To me, the problem with Age of Ultron, the second Avengers movie, was the fact that it was the very definition of a hot mess. When you compare this film to the first two Avengers films or even something like Civil War (which was the movie that Age of Ultron should have been), in terms of scope and ambition, this movie blows them out of the water, even if I felt that Civil War, as a whole, was the better movie, which I'll get into later. But, at the same time, you have to find a way for every major character in the MCU, at least the good guys, to have a role to play and for that role to make sense within the context of the story you are trying to tell. You not only have to serve the major arc of Thanos, finally, arriving (after over half a decade of constant teasing in MCU films) and attempting to complete his mission of gathering the Infinity Stones in order to obliterate half of life on earth in order for it to be 'balanced'. Not saying that other, smaller movies are "easy" to make, I just mean that films like the Avengers have to juggle so many balls in the air that, realistically speaking, it's gonna be incredibly difficult to do just for one director and writer. And, to me, I find that it is the exact opposite, I think these are the most difficult films to make. They want to make sure that everyone of every age, color, race and gender finds something they like in these movies. I suppose they come to that assumption because the film is so obviously and openly meant for the broadest possible of audiences.
I think some movie nerds, even if they admit it openly or not, come to the assumption that films within the MCU, or the larger Avengers movies (which brings a lot of the characters in this universe together in one film), are easy to make. It's kind of difficult to begin a review of a movie of such gargantuan scope and ambition such as this one. With Chadwick Boseman's passing that scene is just too real. What really got to me here was T'Challa/Black Panther reaching out to Okoye and says "This is no place to die" then turns to dust. Multi-location action and drama.Īnd the bitter ending after the snap. While it helps to have a $350-$400 million budget, it takes a perfect storm of all these teams working to pull it off. The finale is essentially the last hour of the film. The writing, producing, special effects, and frankly all the teams involved deserve huge kudos. Josh Brolin does a great job making him a brutal and mildly sympathetic villain.Īnd the number of locations they bring us to in all of its (4K HDR) glory is just insane: Earth (New York, Wakanda, etc.), Knowhere (Reality Stone), Vormir (Soul Stone), Zen-Whobiri (Gamora's home planet), Titan (Thanos' home planet), and Nidavellir (dwarven "smith" planet).ġ00% of the credit can't be given to the Russo's. Thanos is probably the best villain in the MCU, toppling Loki. All the personalities from their respective films are the same (Drax is still hilarious: "Die blanket of death!" after getting smothered by Doctor Strange's cape). This doesn't include the excellent supporting characters of Wong, Heimdall, Okoye, Shuri, M'Baku, Eitiri, and Maria Hill.Įvery scene that brings these characters together, especially those that haven't met each other before (Iron Man and Doctor Strange, Thor and Star Lord, etc.), or those that haven't seen each other in a while (Captain America and Winter Soldier), gave me goosebumps.
They did what the first Avengers movie did but with 21 of the main heroes which includes Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk, Vision, Scarlet Witch, War Machine, Falcon, Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax, Mantis, Nebula, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Winter Soldier, Black Panther, and Nick Fury. What the Russo brothers were able to achieve in Infinity War is frankly astounding. The first Avengers movie impressed me mostly because of the fantastic job Joss Whedon (🤮 ) did in bringing six larger than life characters together with the requisite tension and witty dialogue, while delivering non-stop action. Finally! After binging the previous 18, I've reached what are indisputably the best of the Avengers movies.Īnd why are these last Avengers movies so great? Because they took the time to build the characters and worlds they inhabit over 10 years and 18 … freaking … movies.
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