Enjoyable, yet Expected

Rating: 7/10 (29 April 2018)

If you're super into the Marvel universe, you'll love this movie. It's a great culmination of the last 10 years, and it felt more dynamic than others. I think it was fantastic that it made me care about Thanos and understand him, which I find difficult for other animated characters. The visuals were spectacular and in a few instances the shots looked absolutely beautiful. Most of the performances were pretty good, and I think the disparities in their performances had to come from being fed pretty awful lines of dialogue. The score was just as you'd expect, and there was nothing new about it. My main issue is with the writing. As I stated earlier, the dialogue was not good at all. Thanos seemed to be really easy to defeat considering the powers that he showed us that he had. He didn't seem to test the rules of his powers, or even use them at all. They clearly didn't have a "refresh timer" or something because of later scenes, so why would he not use them less sparingly? Most of it was predictable based on earlier scenes, and some of it felt like filler (but not much). The action was difficult to get into. It was at such a large scale that it was just more difficult for me to care about. I'd have to praise them for the ending, which made it much more enjoyable for me, but it didn't manage to push a 7 (It's a pretty high 6 though). I like how actions had consequences in this film, which is a relief from some of the other films (more than just Marvel) that I've seen recently. In the end, I'd like to give it a 7, but there were some aspects that were a little bit held back. Still, great as a Marvel movie, just pretty decent as a regular movie.