Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) by Jarody — 27 Apr 2018

There is only one thing a person can ask after coming out of this movie, and that question is "did it live up to the hype?". The answer, in my opinion, is a yes. The movie isn't perfect, but it had enough interesting surprises and story elements to keep me perfectly engaged.

I didn't think one cast member put in a poor performance, they were all at least good. However, Robert Downey Jr. knocks it out the park. This is one of his best performances since the original Iron Man film, 10 years ago.

Thanos, as the villian, is perfectly fine. They showed the right amount of human emotion to make him not completely stale, like the majority of marvel villians tend to be. Although, that being said, while he was completely ruthless and evil, elements of the film led me to actually reason with his character, and not completely hate him, which I don't know is a good thing or a bad thing.

Now onto the issues. The cast is understandably bloated, so you find yourself having to keep up with all the different storylines happening at once, and it becomes quite difficult to follow everything.

It felt like at least two of the main storylines could have been their own movie. There are a couple of plot holes and unexplained events that happen in the film, although it would be difficult to explain them without going into spoilers, so you'll have to take my word for it.

The special effects I felt were very inconsistent, at times they blew me away and at other times looked rubbery and formulaic, but luckily the latter part of them were in less noticable shots. Speaking of camera work, the cinematography wasn't anything too special, it wasn't on the level of something like Dunkirk but it had enough interesting shots to keep me entertained.

The dissapointing thing about a cast this large is that some characters would be forced to take a backseat, and in this movie some took a significant backseat. So much so, that I forgot some characters were even in the movie.

From what I remember one of the most significant avengers had about 4-5 lines in the whole movie. Much like every other marvel movie there were a significant amount of quips and jokes, however I was hoping due to the high stakes and a more serious threat that they might have toned down the jokes but dissapointingly they didn't.

That being said, the jokes didn't take away from any of the serious moments. It may seem like I didn't really like the movie, but I have to say, some moments absolutely blew me away, and I believe most came from the screenplay.

It's difficult to discuss what I loved without spoilers, so you'll have to take my word that I did enjoy the movie. Not the best ever marvel movie, but nowhere near the worst.