Sunday 6 May 2018

Avengers: Infinity War review (Spoilers!)


Avengers: Infinity War
The third Avengers film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where Thanos goes about gathering the Infinity Stones in pursuit of his genocidal plan. Power. The Power Stone, is obtained in backstory. (Did the Guardians tell Thor where it was bestowed, or did they try to get into contact with the Nova Corps, and he found out that way?) Space. The Tesseract. Loki did save it before Surtur destroyed Asgard, but that doesn't save him from Thanos. A rather effective scene. Thanos saying “No resurrections this time” is rather impactful...
Reality. The Aether, which Asgard had sent to the Collector. But the reality appears to be that wasn't effective enough. It's certainly a painful reality for Peter Quill, when Gamora is captured by Thanos as a result! The scenes in (what's left of) the Collector's base on Knowhere were also very effective (especially at showing Quill's anguish). Soul. Of course, Peter would be more anguished when he finds out what had happened next. The Soul Stone requiring a sacrifice to gain is very effectively portrayed...
Time. The Eye of Aggamotto, which Dr. Strange is sworn to protect. But time was running out from the time when Banner landed in the Sanctum. Everything the Avengers were doing after this was simply delaying the inevitable. (Especially after a misunderstanding causes a fight between the Avengers and the Guardians on Titan...) Mind. Vision. It all comes down to an endgame in Wakanda as they try to protect Vision. The battle in Wakanda was portrayed rather well, but it all comes to naught, as Thanos achieves his goal. 9.25/10.



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