Wow. This is a great film, packed with story and every actor brought their "A" game. As expected, the music, CGI and plot are all top notch too - it had to be to get all the heroes together, and while you don't get too much of anyone everyone does get their chance to shine.
I'm the glue that holds it all together.
There are action pieces a plenty mixed with strong story moments and Thanos himself (the villain) is surprisingly charismatic, which is great as the movie is basically about him. As far as I'm concerned, it was a perfect 5 infinity stones out of 5. I do suggest that you watch a few of the lead up movies though (at least anything with the word Avenger in it, as well as Captain America: Civil War and Thor: Ragnarok) or you will be very lost.
Wow! This is one of the few times where i completely disagree with your review. Shortcut version in my eyes: too many superheroes, too many characters who needed their time in the spotlight, not enough time for most of them. It really felt like "enter stage, perform one move, leave stage" for a number of them.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind being disagreed with Sylow! :) I did go in with the mindset that Thanos would be the "protagonist" of the story which might have skewered my perspective.
DeleteAlso while I don't mind more people getting more to do, it needs to be done in a way that adds to the plot and not takes away (see Finn and Rose in Last Jedi - neither needed to exist in that movie).
Definitely a tough balancing act for the script writers to be sure, especially with business/profit/advertisement directives and a time limit of film length.
I'm wondering, did you feel the same about Captain America: Civil War? Lots of heroes there too, but the difference is the villain was given such little focus.
That one for me suffers more of another problem. All "good" heroes had to remain "good". At the same time the "villain" there was more along the lines of a mediocre troll and not the mastermind he wanted to be. So for the plot to work, the superheroes had to be all like little kids: "i think he said and so i will..." Even just taking a few words with each other would've broken the complete plot. Sure even the superheroes are human (at least most of them), but they also are grown up adults (at least most of them), and not just average ones, but many of them also are known for their superior intelligence and ability to solve problems.
DeleteThat being said, the end also felt the very same for me. One superhero after the other entered the fight, did his one signature move and had to leave the stage again, to make room for the next one.
I think the best way they can fix the "one move then leave stage" problem is to simply make a one season series instead of a movie next time.
DeleteAlso, you get extra thumbs up for comparing the Civil War villain to a troll. That definitely made me chuckle! ^_^
Yes, you are right. Both mentioned movies would've worked much better in the format of a TV series. There they would've had enough time to for a cast of this size. But alas, how to communicate that to Hollywood?
ReplyDeleteYou'd need to gain the ear of a producer I think, as Marvel themselves will have none of it - see the link below:
Deletehttps://marvel.com/help/category/17/topic/30