(Dir. Russo Brothers 2018)
PG-13, this is definitely one of the darker Marvel films. If they wanted to, they totally could've made it R. This is NOT going to be a spoiler free post. So if you haven't seen this movie yet and don't want it to be spoiled, do not read this blog. You have been warned. This is easily the longest Marvel movie, its two and a half hours long. That length can be a little intimidating, but it didn't feel long at all. The movies events are very tightly filmed and there is good quick pacing. The movie is that long because that was legitimately the bare minimum they needed to fit all the plot into one film. You can essentially think of this film as being divided into four or five groups. There's Thor's group, Cap's group, Tony's group, the Guardians, and then Thanos. For a majority of the film these groups act independently of the other and are each carrying out their own little section of the plot. Obviously they're all connected and come together somewhat in the end, but the movie is so long because it needs to spend time with each of these groups. Honestly I feel like this movie requires an infographic just to keep track of all the characters. And as much as there was going on, it felt amazing to watch what is basically a culmination of all the other movies. We finally!! Actually!! Get to see Thanos in this movie! He's been teased for literal years and now we finally get to see him in action. Let me just say, that all that build up was totally worth it. Thanks is by far the best Marvel villain. Heck, one of the best villains period. His motivation is really what sets him apart from other villains. Is he doing something utterly evil and despicable? Yes. But not because he himself is inherently evil. A lot of villains their motivation for doing evil things is that they're just straight up evil. They're bad greedy people who don't care about hurting others to get what they want. But Thanos is honestly doing all of this with good intentions. He truly believes that what he is doing is for the greater good and eventually the universe will thank him for it. It's hard to even accuse him of being insane and entirely misguided. He lived through the complete destruction of his own planet and lost everything. After that he decided it was better to destroy half, but keep the whole alive. Is what he doing right? No. But in a sad terrible sort of way its understandable. Speaking of sad, what the heck? They did not pull any punches on who they killed off?! And they did it in the cruelest way possible! I legitimately cried at Spider-Man. I can only take solace in the fact that they will likely be brought back in the next movie by either time travel or the quantum thingy. I cannot wait to see Captain Marvel! That teaser in the post-credits was amazing.
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Aubrey KirchhoffI'm just screaming into the void and somehow getting graded on it. Archives
April 2018
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