Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) by Michaela91 — 05 May 2018

A good looking weak movie. You might enjoy it more if you absolutely love super-hero movies.

Do you like movies that are too unfocused and have so many story arcs that go nowhere just so they can promise to tie them together somehow in a sequel so they don't even have to try to resolve the main conflicts they set up through the movie? Then this is the movie for you ! A movie with absolutely no value unless you've watched all the previous movies leading up to it AND are 100% sure you WILL watch the sequel whenever that comes out.

That being said, if you liked generic super-hero movies you'll absolutely LOVE this one, it's got more out of context fan-service than anything I've ever seen which, given you love what came before it, will be moments you actually enjoy.

The visuals are great, the performances from almost all of the secondary characters is great, the only ones of the big name actors that are phoning it in are Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. (and in his case he's still not that bad compared to the others, but he is worse compared to how he acted in the Iron Man trilogy).

The story is incredibly incomplete and can't be judged adequately until it's finished however it does have a lot of moments where you'll be thinking: "Well why didn't they just do X instead of Y, this is a terrible idea and I'd actually be insulted if it works" it's not any worse then it's been in the previous Avengers movies but it's not any better either.

Every character gets at least 1 chance to show off on the screen and it looks great for all of them even though the way the moments are woven into the story seems contrived and forced.

The villain is a boring guy with an absurd evil ideology, he's barely a step up from Red Skull in terms of motivations. It's amusing how bad his plan and motivation are, his plan is something the magnitude of Hitler's Final Solution without actually being "Final" in any way, he feels like the most generic comic book villain you can find in every way except his acting which is excellent.

It's a CG spectacle with no sense of direction. It's okay to want to see it if you're into that but please don't recommend it to your friends who don't care about superhero movies.