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Well here you guys go. Post your thoughts on the movie.
(I thought the movie was okay)
(I thought the movie was okay)
but he put spoilers in the title already. Anyone that wanna check out are gonna spoil themselves anyway. We gave them a warning. If they don't back away, it's not our fault. :PTheLocalAquatic said:Cuz the topic's already labeled for spoilers, I'm going to point out something...and because I feel as if those who haven't seen the movie are likely to read this topic anyways, Imma just put it in a spoiler so they don't ruin the movie for themselves because it is REALLY GOOD and WORTH WATCHING! :thumbsup:
Spoilery talk eh? Why not.
Talking to this movie is hard, idk where to start. I'm just gonna talk about my negatives first, then end this post with a positive note.
Negatives:
- I love MCU so much but jfc they need to tone down the humor for good. I don't mind laughing and the movie definitely had some good jokes but at times, shoehorned humor was really noticable, especially after Thanos was done with Asgardian ship.
- I was so disappointed in Drax being more comedic than serious here. Look, I don't mind Drax being funny. He has always been a goofball but they really went a bit far with his humor that I stopped taking him seriously. This movie should have been more important to him. He lost his family because of Thanos' order to Ronan and I just couldn't feel as investment in him wanting to attack Thanos so badly.
- I wish there'd be more of Steve Rogers in the movie because I just love the character so much and he was the character that brought actual seriousness and stakes to MCU. Nevertheless, his development was seen here. He just stopped giving crap about what the goverment said about Avengers and he went all rogue on saving people and the universe.
- I felt like there were some ways to beat Thanos so easily like chopping his hand off or his head off but character barely used those attacks. I wish they'd use those but they'd still lose to him.
- WHEN IS OYOKE GONNA GET HER OWN STARBUCKS?
Positives:
- Dear lord, this was painfully dark and that comes off as a praise. This movie had balls to kill this many characters off and play it so seriously. I cried so many times in the theaters and I don't think I've cried this much to a superhero movie before, except of course Logan. Spider-Man's and Gamora's deaths were the most painful and emotionally rich. I know obviously Thanos' damage will be undone but some of deaths like Loki's and Visions are most likely permanent and there'll be some sacrifices in that in Avengers 4. I count on it.
- Thanos was awesome. This was his own movie and he was so complex, philosophical and sympathetic. That's how you write Thanos. I feel like some people who read the comics will be disappointed in Thanos having no interest in Lady Death but I actually liked that it wasn't like that. That aspect of Thanos is interesting but his motivation of killing half the universe because of limited resources and wanting peace and order was much more interesting. This might also be kind of unintentionally meta since this movie had too many characters. Thanos wasn't some evil dude for sake of it. He admired our protagonists, sympathized with them and grieved. He felt pain for killing Gamora but he did the necessary thing to keep the universe alive. Yeah, you can all say that "why couldn't he just use Infinity Stones to male limitless life sources?". I felt like he didn't do that because people would be very greedy and ungrateful for that. He expects that either we control our population or Thanos kills half of our kind again. Thanos believed he was the hero of the story and that's how you write a perfect villain.
- Scarlet Witch is OP af and I love that. It took 3 years for MCU to understand how powerful she is and I loved all of that.
- One constant theme I recognized after seeing this movie was that just like Thanos, our protagonists made hard decisions to stop him. Star-Lord was ready to kill Gamora, despite not wanting to. Gamora tried to kill herself but it didn't work. Strange gave up Time Stone because there was no other way to stop him. Scarlet Witch had to kill Vision to destroy Mind Stone. This movie and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5 were all about making hard decisions and survival of our kind, major props to both.
- Acting was all around excellent, especially Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsowrth, Zoe Saldana and Tom Holland. Major praises to them for playing the most emotional scenes of the movie.
- Groot has a language of his own and Thor knows it! James Gunn recently confirmed last thing Groot said was "dad" to Rocket and yes, it was in the script. I'm gonna cry, excuse me for a second...
- Doctor Strange finally showed more magic tricks and he was awesome. I was in love with how he was written to be more than just a magician Stark in this movie.
- "I'm Groot", "I'm Steve Rogers". I love this part so much.
- Rocket obviously wanting Bucky's arm. Oh Rocket you crack me up.
- Speaking of Rocket, he was amazing in this movie. He desperatly wanted to be the captain of their crew and he got it by losing all of the members. One notable thing was that he said he had a lot to lose and that's what happened. AND HE LOST GROTT TWICE. This rabbit can't catch a break.
- Squidward reference.
- Ebony Maw was the only memorable member of The Black Order but idc, he was creepy and intense. The way he talked was chilling and so much fun. He may not be a compelling villain but he was such a fun one. Such a shame he was killed off first. :/
- I loved seeing so many different character interactions, it's insane. My favorites are Thor/Rocket, Tony/Strange, Steve/Groot and Thanos/Gamora.
- That Scarlet Witch, Black Widow and Oyoke fight was awesome. Good to see ladies of MCU teaming up to kick butt.
- The awkward moment between Black Widow and Bruce. I'm thankful Russo's mentioned their romance as a joke because I hated their romance so much and they deserved a burn.
- Peter Dinklage was a giant dwarf and it was so good.
- It was lame to not see Hawkeye in this but I liked the explanation of him being on house arrest for his family and I felt like he's gonna be important in Avengers 4 cuz his family is probably gonna be erased. RIP.
- Samuel L. Jackson almost saying "motherf***er" in MCU. About time.
- End credit scene of Captain Marvel tease made me hyped for her own movie already. It's gonna be tough to wait for it for a year.
- The whole scene of Scarlet destroying Mind Stone was one powerful. Not because I'm really interested in Scarlet and Vision romance, tho "All I feel is you" was emotional but the whole scene felt so hopeless. Nobody had the power to stop Thanos and Scarlet was devistated and broken by killing Vision. Thanos' victory was slowly rising and all Scarlet was doing was stopping him with any means necessary. She did it but Thanos reversed time and killed Vision. That was brutal and it broke me.
- I don't usually praise music when it comes to MCU but the background music was some of the most memorable in MCU history. Especially scenes with Gamora's death, Vision's death and the credits had outstanding music.
- One little thing but I loved that Gamora's death was not only dark and devistating, It was so interesting to see that aspect played like one epic fantasy story like Lord of the Rings.
- "What did it cost?", "everything".
- Everyone clapping at the beginning and at the end. So powerful.
This movie is flawed but it was the darkest, the most emotional and the most powerful MCU movie to date and idk how Avengers 4 will be able to top it. Major credits to cast and crew and everyone else who was involved with this great movie.
Grade: A-
but he put spoilers in the title already. Anyone that wanna check out are gonna spoil themselves anyway. We gave them a warning. If they don't back away, it's not our fault. :P
well if they clicked this topic, they knew what they were going in and they wanted to know what happened in the movie so. :PWintermelon43 said:The people who get spoiled aren't going to feel so good........ They didn't want to know what happens yet!
I was just making an infinity war reference lolwell if they clicked this topic, they knew what they were going in and they wanted to know what happened in the movie so. :P