Avengers: Infinity War

marvel finally gets all (most) of its characters together for this one big explosive movie. such a thing comes with pros and cons. on the plus side, if you've died to see the rocket racoon blast down aliens next to the winter soldier, you're in for a treat. this is very much a big amalgamation of all the characters that has ever been mentioned in the marvel movies, except for my boy ant man. the cost however is that by making such a big crossover movie, the directors have to fit in the narrative of 20 or so characters in an ~150minutes runtime, which gives all the characters limited space to... read more

note: the sixth paragraph here gets into spoilers on the ending.  no, avengers: infinity war is not a masterpiece. get outta here with that 4.1, letterboxd. you too with that 9.1, imdb. still, the fact that this film with 40 main characters and 15 ongoing plotlines is a pretty good 3.5 and not a befuddling, headache-inducing 1.5 is a massive achievement. i think people dont realize this when they give it low scores, saying it was just another boringly made marvel movie. it really isnt. like it or not, when people call this a cinematic event, it is. its a film that culminates (well, partly,... read more

avengers: infinity war is undoubtedly the biggest marvel cinematic universe film ever made with its massive casts, roughly $400 million budget and the overwhelming anticipation surrounding it, it is great to see infinity war hits its stride with most audiences. sadly it doesnt work for me. infinity war plays like the penultimate episode of the final season of a popular tv show, it uses everything at its disposal to set up the final episode but in the process it becomes overstuffed and soulless. infinity war relies solely on past instalments of mcu movies to establish its characters and the... read more