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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Avengers: Infinity War is the beginning of the end. The first Avengers film was a big success with 2015’s Age of Ultron being a disappointment. It's tricky to make Avengers movies work because there are so many different elements to put together and if the story isn't very good then the whole thing can go wrong. This is the first part of two (the second part coming next year) and comes in at 2 hours and 34 minutes which is the longest of the Avengers movies.

The opening scene might be one of the best opening 10 minutes or so that I have seen in a Marvel film. Thor and Loki versus Thanos which sees Loki killed by Thanos’ bare hand. This is the Russo Brothers way of saying this is what you can expect from these two films.

Thanos is perhaps the best villain that has ever featured in a Marvel film and that's partly because he has been involved one way or another in all the plots of the Marvel films and that alone makes him feel like the epic final boss. There is also the fact that he doesn't want the stones and the gauntlet to be a dictator but because he wants to bring balance to the universe and all he wants to do after that is rest. Literally the last shot of the film is him at peace and that makes it hard to 100% dislike him.

There are a couple of things that I am not so keen on. The Vision/Wanda portion of the film wasn't particularly interesting although it was fun seeing it filmed in Edinburgh. I know a lot of people might like it but the bickering between Tony Stark and Doctor Strange really did annoy me. I couldn't wait for the story to move away from them. Sometimes Robert Downey Jr.’s humour works but it felt like a bit of a misfire in this film.

I did like the relationship between Thanos and Gamora. It’s the thing that I found the most interesting aspect of the film. Yes everyone is going to be excited for all the characters to meet up again and in some cases for the first time but I think that this felt like something important and substantial. That is why when Thanos throws Gamora off the cliff to make the sacrifice it was a shocking moment and felt for the first time like there were some high stakes involved.

The moment when Thanos gets all his stones and clicks his fingers leading to half of humanity being wiped out is a fantastic moment and as it has been something that Marvel have been building up to for a decade, it didn't disappoint. It came after a long and very well set up fight on Wakanda and

Despite being two and a half hours long and part one of two, I felt like it was the perfect running time. Everyone got their time on screen and got something to do. It didn't feel like they were rushing things or struggling for things to do. It’s one of those rare instances where the run time was perfect. The only real downside to the film is that we will have to wait a year to see how this all pans out. The film does what it needs to do and does it very well. Time will tell if it was worth it.

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