Avengers: Infinity War (WARNING: SPOILERS)

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    Nah, a troll would have included comments about you being a high school kid who can't handle his liquor (or stolen 3.2 beer). It was a one-off comment based on previous remarks you'd made, were I intending to troll you, I'd have put much more thought into it.
     
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    I just got back and I'll say this, this is how you subvert fan expectations without shitting on the fans or the franchise. I didn't predict any of the deaths correctly. Some of the people that died we know for sure will come back because of sequels and what not, but still, it was tough watching them go, especially
    I liked the use of Dr. Strange, I didn't expect him to get so much to do. I liked the use of Thor. I loved the use of GoTG. I'm still big time team Cap, but it seems like he got the least to do, but he's more of the man with the plan in this. Another thing I didn't expect was and I don't know how to say this without spoiling it, but it didn't end like Age of Ultron. In other words,
    Thanos was great. Spidey was great. The one cameo was awesome and I'm glad they were able to fit that in there. The end was beyond ESB level downer. I'm very interested to see what's next and how this truly ends. My biggest question is
    I'm very interested to see how this plays out.
     
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    I've heard this is good but I'm also pretty burnt out on a dozen new comic book movies a year. Is this movie worth my time, or is it a rehash of the other Marvel movies?

    And will I need to go and watch the previous Avenger movies to understand this? With the exception of Deadpool, Guardians 1 and 2, and Dr. Strange, I haven't kept up with the mainstream Marvel movies since Iron Man 2.
     
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    “The Conscious of the King” reference a little past the 18 minute mark.
     
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    Ehhh...Guardians and Strange are kind of the MVPs, along with Thor,....you could kind of get by with that knowledge, but any extra movie you could add to your homework would enhance your enjoyment.
    Thor Ragnarok plays a pretty big part in setting it up, but they give you some exposition on that one.
     
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    I say this as a huge Cap fan, but it seems to me that Strange is the biggest hero of the movie. Story wise it makes sense he knows how to wield the time stone, but in the real world, he's been a foot note in the MCU. I guess Cumberbatch has a good agent, LOL. That being said, I loved Strange and Stark's interaction. It's like the Rousso Brothers said, "let's have a goatee off", LOL. Also, "let's have the three most egotistical characters interact" Lastly, Rocket better steal something dammit!

    One thing that does kind of irritate me.

     
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    Yeah I've heard Thor Ragnarok is a must see.
     
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    Very much enjoyed it, Thanos made for a top notch villain and was handled pretty well. Not just some one dimensional juggernaut. As for how I think things will pan out for Avengers 4 based on this...


    May have more thoughts when time allows!
     
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    Pretty solid theory.
     
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    I think you're on to something.

     
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    I love it too, beat him with brains and brawn!.
     
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    Just got home from the second viewing. I usually don't do this, at least not until it's out for the home theater. But when you already know what's happening (in contrast to my friends who'd likely have paid protection money so I don't spill the beans :lol:) you notice other things.

    For me the one standing out is that in all the gigantomania, what's really missing are big emotional cinematic moments. I mean, they are. But they are exclusively among the crew, except for


    Think about the first AVENGERS. Except for being new and exciting and looking quaint compared to IW, it had one standout scene that subjectively ranks among the top 20 in cinema history. I'm talking about the Stuttgart opera scene. Has it all. Loki having everybody kneel before him, giving a grandiose speech how there has never been a man like him. The old German (Jew?) getting up, telling him how there have always been men like him, basically unmaskting him with a single sentence. Cap saving him out of nowhere. IM swooping in to AC/DC.

    What I mentioned in the spoiler tags comes somewhat close. It's the only moment but it's not as impressively constructed.

    Still liked it though. IW is monumental in its own right. But relate as a viewer I cannot, especially since we never see anybody of no importance whatsoever being affected by the events.
     
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    I wanna know how...

    :bailey:
     
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    Just saw Ragmarok last night. It is very good. It makes the prior two dull Thor movies seem like a different franchise.
     
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    While I wouldn't necessarily say the prior two were "dull," they're certainly among my least favorite Marvel movies. Ragnarok is definitely a big step up, and, I think, in the upper tier of Marvel films. I liked it better than Infinity War and Black Panther. :shrug:
     
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    So, these are two possibilities to get out of the fix things are in at the end.

    The first, and most likely IMHO, is

    The other is

    One thing I will bet money on
     
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    Guys . . . it's the freakin' Infinity Gauntlet. If they even loosely follow the storyline from the comics, someone other than Thanos will get hold of it and just undo everything Thanos did. It is literally a deus ex machina plot device.
     
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    People who abuse 'literally' that way don't get to gripe about misplaced apostrophes. :bailey:
     
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    As for the movie, it was a bit meh for me. Not bad, but aside from lots of nice fan service in crossover moments it was just one fight sequence chasing another. Not among Marvel's best, which is a shame for such a central position in the series.
     
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    Not necessarily.

    Consider a medicine to cure a sick girl.

    In story #1, a man's daughter is sick and he tries in vain throughout the movie to cure her, fails, but then someone shows up with a medicine that cures her. In this story, the medicine is a deus ex machina because it comes out of nowhere. It's not a logical consequence of the plot.

    In story #2, a man's daughter is sick and he struggles through the movie to find and bring her a medicine that will cure her, and he succeeds. In this story, the medicine is not a deus ex machina. The story is about obtaining the medicine.

    As long as the movie is about getting control of the Infinity Gauntlet, then using it to reverse the situation is not a deus ex machina.
     
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