One of the biggest possible challenge faced by the Russo Brothers - they didn't fail

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2018)

First of all, one request: dear users, for years IMDB has been a film platform facing the movies critically. This gave unsuccesful movies the oppurtunity to shine worldwide. Before rating the movie, please take some time to think about how good it really was done. 10/10 doesn't mean just good and 1/10 doesn't mean just bad. There's a difference between how good the movie was and how much you liked it. For example, Jumanji is one of my favourite movies, since I grew up watching it so often, but it still is a mediocre to good movie and nothing more.
It was very difficult to make this movie good. You have very different type of characters and they had to put unfitting atmospheres together. Then you have the biggest antagonist, who was very passive in the former movies. In the end the most tough challenge was giving all the characters the spotlight. And all I can say is that the writers and the Russo brothers faced these challenges pretty well.
Pro:

Relevance:

Infinity War reacted to every former MCU film. It's truly impressive how they made all the movies relevant for this composition. After all, it didn't even feel forced. At this point I would like to suggest to watch every MCU film before this one.

Performance:

You really felt how much the actors and actresses enjoyed their role. There's not a single actor who disappointed. But the real show-stealer was Josh Brollin as Thanos. The character didn't even feel like a CGI model and a big part of this work was Brollin.

Antagonist story:

They really created a classic villain with Thanos. There was a good balance between cruelty and transparency,

Potential:

One specific event of this film created so much potential for the next sequel. It lowers the challenges they had to face with here.

Contra:

Character development:

The decision to not rely on a main character and give everyone equal spotlight lead to less character development, except for Thanos and Gamora. The plot only reacted to the past, but there wasn't much plot in this movie itself.

Mood:

Some people say that this was a dark movie. What they mean is that it has some dark events, but there weren't any dark elements. No matter how much I like the marvel characters, I really couldn't feel for them. It's not because of bad pacing like in other movies with this problem. It's because the mood immediately changes to too much comedy. And yes, the humour was great. But it wasn't necessary and took out the time for the actual plot. There weren't useful extended dialogues. In Guardians of Galaxy the comedic elements had meaning for the plot, but here they barely defined the characters and had the only function of making people laugh.

Background score:

The score for the Avengers was never outstanding. Unfortunately here it was even annoying. But also this is a result of too many mood changes.
In the end Avengers: Infinity War is a decent popcorn film. As a marvel fan you will like it, as a movie fan you might get excited for the next sequel. In the end the path of Thanos was the deciding factor, while 50% of the movie was wasted with too much comedy and fight scenes.
6.5/10