Avengers:
Infinity Wars
It’s
the mother of all ensemble casting of super hero talent in one single film in
the highly anticipated “Avengers: Infinity Wars”. A 2:30 minute running time cornucopia of
Marvel Comic heroes including Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Panther, Captain
America, The Guardians of the Galaxy and the entire rest of the Avengers all united
under one banner to battle their most powerful enemy in the universe yet -- the
evil Thanos (Josh Brolin).
The
plot is singularly straight forward. Thanos is on a mission to collect all six of
the Infinity Stones. Once accomplished he plans to use the unique gemmed artifacts
to inflict his twisted will of reality to him having sole supremacy of life and
death for all living species in the entire universe. With the fate of all of existence
at hand there has never been more uncertain for all of humanity with everything
the Avengers have ever fought leading up to this pivotal moment.
REVIEW: Avengers: Infinity Wars is exhilarating and thrilling.
And to my surprise with such a large intersection of casting ingredient talent
to compose a meaningful plot around I found it rather compelling to the very
end as well.
Make
no mistake about it, it still has the standard array of too numerous to keep
count super hero hand to hand battles and combat, along with the inconsequential
destruction of cities, space ships and planets. But of course that is pretty
much understood going into this type of film. However, to my surprise what I enjoyed
the most about this effort was the coherency of the dialog. It captures quite
adroitly all of the why and the what for of all of the previous individual marvel
films which have been building up to this blockbuster effort. And while not an epic
story it is an epic battle of good versus evil, ambitiously conceptualized from
its creation to its execution effectively showcasing the deep passion and importance
of theses many characters working together for “the greater good”.
Now
I do believe Avengers: Infinity Wars is too long, but that doesn’t mean there
were some scenes that needed to be cut. To the contrary with the exception of
about maybe 5 minutes total of the entire film I cannot recall anything on the
screen that was a waste of time. It’s just my belief they could have made the
same smart film minus about 30 minutes.
Overall
this is an entertaining effort from beginning to end with a lot of surprises.
Not giving anything away but the carnage level is high with an ending that was
moving, emotive and heart rendering. They also make it 100% abundantly clear
there is sequel coming to this mega effort and also very subtly revealed (at least to me) how some of
the many shocking surprises will be explained and resolved in the sequel to come.
Avengers:
Infinity Wars while is mindless entertainment is still filled with smart wink–wink
jokes and humor, has lots of whirling action and overall was just a delight to have
experienced. So get off your “Star Lord” butts and see it in the theater. It’s well
worth an intergalactic trip down your local highway to see.
3.50
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