Avengers : Infinity Wars Review (Spoilers)

Hey you, welcome back to the channel. And guys, today we're gonna talk Avengers: Infinity Wars. This will be a spoiler-filled review. If you haven't seen the movie yet, please watch the movie first, come back here so we can talk about it, and we can talk about some of the very interesting things that happened throughout the course of this movie. So you Guys, anyway, after 18 years of— I'm sorry, not 18 years, 18 movies, 10 years, not quite 18 years yet, but seems like it will be. 10 years of Marvel movies, 18 movies, we're finally here. And this film pretty much has just about every Marvel character, every Marvel character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe we've seen thus far in it, uh, with the exception of a few people. But, uh, you know, pretty, pretty much there. And what's so great about, um, what we get in this movie is, uh, the characters over the course of, of this decade, we've, we've gotten a chance to, you know, really, um, learn these characters. Uh, there's been a great amount of character development and investment in characters, right? So to the point where there's this huge impact when we see these people on film. Um, and, uh, we're just coming off the Black Panther movie. We got set up even with the Black Panther as he was like the, uh, the last Avenger here to, you know, pretty much, you know, come in the fold. And even with him, we get a pretty good, uh, setup and character development, uh, from that movie. So, um, you know Uh, this movie is, uh, basically, uh, one of the hugest complaints I had about Marvel, but also one of its, uh, most, uh, strongest, uh, uh, accomplishments has been to take these comic book movies, no matter how comic booky the character is, and somewhat find a balance in, uh, you know, translating them into a kind of character of realism mixed with this comic book world. And, uh, Marvel has the secret recipe to this, and they do it quite well. Uh, so this movie is no exception. Uh, a big huge popcorn movie, um, mostly just action. But what, what's so great about Marvel as a whole is you didn't need the character development. We've known what the story has been for like the last several movies, so you didn't really need a whole lot of setup. We already had that, unless you've just been absent from these Marvel movies. Now, I did take people with me to the movie the other day to see this film, and these were people who didn't know really anything about comic books or the Marvel Universe. They just pretty much just knew it was a superhero action movie. And, uh, you know, some of them slept halfway through the movie or almost through the entire movie but would kind of wake up at certain action scenes and be entertained. Um, and, uh, that's what you're gonna get with this movie. This movie is designed for comic book fans, for people who have been there through the course of these movies. You know, if you're coming in and you're just going, okay, what is this Avengers, this Marvel Avengers thing? This is something that I like to check out, all the hype's been going on about it. And if you're just coming in like that, then you will just see this action movie and it's not going to be a whole lot of depth to it. And, you know, whereas generally I'm very critical of Marvel in those areas, areas. Uh, for this film, you gotta let it get a pass on this and still kind of walk away going, hey, this is a darn good movie. Because look at the amount of characters that were involved in this film. I mean, for a person to even be able to get a minute or two action, you know, is, you know, is, uh, is very difficult, uh, you know, to, to pull off. And, uh, we get enough in this film. We get to see all of these various characters and get enough, get enough to move the movie along. Of course, you know, some of the story is more geared towards other characters than others, and this was definitely a Thanos movie, and it made sense since Thanos was who everyone wanted to see, who was behind much of the events that led to the Avengers, right? Really, all of the Avengers, uh, you know, events is based on Thanos and the will of Thanos to destroy half the universe. Um, so this was a decent film, you know, considering all these things. I think it definitely, uh, satisfied the popcorn movie fans. It definitely satisfies the a lot of comic book fans, right? Um, and, and, uh, and a diehard, uh, Marvel Cinematic Universe fan. So I, I think it's mission accomplished there. And I think that's all this movie was set out to be, uh, that it was, it was, it was crescendoing to this. And so, and, and, and, you know, looking at it for what it set out to be, I would say it, uh, achieved that 100%. So it gets an A+ in that. It didn't miss a beat with that. Uh, but again This isn't a film that, you know, that you're gonna have to come in— this is an action film based on events of all these individual Marvel Cinematic Universe movies that leads to this point. Now, there are some parts of the film that were— I did appreciate a lot more looking at it more as a, you know, as a well-put-together film, stepping away from CGI and action. And that is just the, the motivation of Thanos, that, you know, the best villain is the villain that sees himself as the hero, right? Thanos recognizes that there are finite resources within the universe. This causes suffering. Light bulb goes off: why not just eliminate half the universe and just let it work in a balance alongside with the rate of growth. You know, it's kind of interesting when you think about population, resources, and referencing, you know, back to just the planet we live on here, Earth. I live in Georgia now, and in Georgia there is a monument called the Georgia Guidestones, I believe erected in 1980. Uh, this kind of mysterious monument, uh, it's likened to Stonehenge. Uh, it's supposed to be set on ley lines if you're into, uh, different types of mysticism and earth energy and different things like that. But this is supposed to be that. And inscribed on the stones talks about the earth should only have 500 million people. To balance out with nature. I just found that all very interesting. But as you, as you look through the Guidestones, there are a lot of good things that it talks about, about just how human beings should govern themselves and just how there should be this balance. And Thanos becomes this complicated character. You know, he's just not a villain, he's this complicated character that's on this mission, that has this destiny to fix the universe and set it back to balance, right? So in that respect, you know, Thanos is a thought-out character, right? He's not just some, ah, just some drunk with power. I just want power for the sake of power. I just want control because, uh, the sake of control, or because there was some abuse I faced that was faced by the character of within their life, and now that they want to use power to correct that, right? Or even if you kind of compare it to what we get in the Star Wars franchise, right, where you have a character like Darth Vader whose whole quest for power is plagued by his personal problems, his emotional issues with his family, with his mother, with losing Padmé, losing his wife, and various things like that. Right, so Thanos is a much more complicated, it seems, in that respect, character where his, his ideology is much more grand. It's not directly a personal thing as much as it's more of a destiny thing, like I have to set this straight, and if not me, then whom? So I found all that very interesting. But, you know, of course, as we watch the movie, we get to the end where Thanos does succeed. He gathers all these various Infinity Stones, and he apparently, it seems, wipes out half the universe. Now what seems interesting about it was who remains are the original Avengers, it seems, right? It's kind of a little symbolism there to who— how it all began, how it all started. Now the original Avengers may have to go out and set things straight. And, you know, like I said, guys, the movie worked pretty good. You know, did I think it was a great movie? No, I didn't think it was a great movie. I actually, at points, I felt pretty I was actually— it was kind of putting me to sleep at certain points, you know, except for the action sequences. But, uh, you know, all in all, you know, what movie franchise can say they could put these many big characters with pretty much their own standalone films, uh, into one movie, put together a coherent movie that isn't all over the place? And, you know, even though— and still somehow make it work. And Marvel's just been able to really do that from the beginning, from from even from the jump start when they— how they put the Avengers together in the original Avengers. And everybody was a bit concerned about that coming off of a lot of standalone movies and being able to accomplish this with major, major characters, not just like secondary characters that stand in the background someplace, you know, like what you might get with the X-Men sort of, and they just kind of come as a package deal. No, you got people who are iconic and in their own right very big characters like Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, you know, and now Black Panther, and put them all together and it works. So some interesting things we got, especially going into the post-credits scenes. We get this, you know, Nick Fury trying to communicate with it looks like Captain Marvel. Now, you know, Captain Marvel, you know, story, she's to be the most powerful of the Avengers. I'm not sure what storyline they're gonna go with, but in the comic books, she's a product of the Kree Empire, kind of meant to be this super weapon, right, fight off their enemies. And so now she's an Avenger, and we're gonna, you know, I don't know if we're going to get her back, her story first in her own movie, or what exactly the lineup or setup is. But anyway, we know that she's going to be very instrumental in what's going to happen next with what we got with half of the universe fading and vanishing away. Of course, we got a lot of shocking things through the movie from the death of— well, not really the death of Loki. I think a lot of people kind of expected that, but Gamora was, was kind of out in left field. We didn't expect Gamora, you know, and but it was well, it was well set up how she does, you know, end up dead. And who else was lost? There was, there were some other characters that were lost through the movie. We get, we get like Vision being killed, which a lot of us kind of expected as well, but It's kind of— he's killed kind of twice as we got to see. But, you know, there are a lot— this movie also dealt with a lot of tough choices having to be made and paralleled against each other, like what we got with Star-Lord and Gamora, him being forced to have to make the decision to kill her and actually try to follow through with it, to only be stopped by Thanos. And then we get— we have that also being played between the Vision and Scarlet Witch, and she has to— in both cases where people have to kill the people they love, right, uh, to save the universe. So I mean, the movie worked. I, I can't complain about the movie. Uh, it wasn't a perfect movie, but it was a very ambitious movie, and, uh, for what it was looking to do, uh, I think it pulled it off, and I, and I think it definitely is gonna hold the interest. Probably my least favorite though of the, of the, uh of all of the Avengers movies, probably my least favorite. You know, I would, you know, even with Thanos, and I, you know, would have thought it'd be a great deal more, you know, interesting maybe with Thanos in it. But although there are a lot of treats in the movie, I love seeing— I don't think it would be my favorite Avengers movie, but it was a, it was a, it was an entertaining movie. Definitely entertainment, a treat to watch. Very interesting to see all these, these characters. But where I got— where the parts of the film I felt I found the most humorous probably won't be what a lot of other people found the most humorous. Because what I found to be the most funny in the film and some of the most entertaining was the role that was played by Peter Dinklage. And if you don't know who Peter Dinklage is, he plays Tyrion Lannister in the Game of Thrones films. Where he played this giant dwarf. And it's kind of ironic, you know, it's kind of interesting that, you know, Peter Dinklage obviously as an actor, when it comes to dwarfism, when it comes to people in that community, the little people getting roles in film, Peter Dinklage has done a lot for that community and shown that They bring a lot of value to theater and acting as opposed to just being playing, you know, some kind of dwarf or elf or, you know, being someone's court jester or something like that, right? So I really enjoy as he played this toolmaker, right? This, he would harness, make weapons from fire from stars, right? Thor gets his hammer and, uh, you know, how it was created, you know, by this, this Smith, right? This who can do this. And he just had these very humorous parts I really enjoyed, uh, these really comical bits, uh, you know, that only Peter Dinklage could deliver that way. And I really, I really love that part of film. That really entertained me. And, uh, I, I think I would watch the movie again just to see those parts. But guys, uh, I thought it was a fair movie. I thought it was a fair-to-good movie. Uh, I, I, I, you know, if you're a comic book fan, if you're a Marvel fan, I don't see how you wouldn't have, you know, found some enjoyment in this film. Uh, I haven't looked at any bad reviews of this film yet, but I try to— I usually try to look at some bad reviews of a film, you know, before as well. But, uh, I will be doing that. But for me, I thought it was a pretty good movie with all, you know, what it was doing. Um, you know, and, uh, there was again for me some sleeper parts, as you know, when you're going through so much action in a film, uh, for me it's always been a bit exhausting, right? You know, even like with a— I always compare this to, I call it the Man of Steel syndrome, where you just go through these, um, these, uh, different, uh, uh, levels of fight sequences, stages, and it just gets exhausting as you go from one to another to another. So we, you know, obviously we got to get that in this film because, you know, this is a, there's a lot at stake and these are all where all the big action sequences are going to play out, right? But, you know, when your movie's 90% that, yeah, it can be, get a bit exhausting at points. And, uh, you know, as they're trying to set up certain things, uh, and, uh, you know, various things like that, uh, it can, you know kind of, you know, create a little bit of, okay, let's just get to the next action sequence. But anyway, guys, I will say I like the film. Tell me what you all think, thought about it. Tell me what your favorite Avengers film was. Was this one it? Was the first one? 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