A really good surprise by Marvel.

Rating: 9/10 (30 July 2018)

It has been a couple of years since I watched a Marvel movie and didn't get disappointed about shortcomings.
Infinity War rides off the back of Thor Ragnarok (one of my lowest rated Marvel films) and Black Panther (a decent film, but flawed) both very successful and both very different in tone to each other.
Infinity War as the third Avengers film does something that you don't always see happen, normally the third movies are not that good, in some cases are even catastrophic but here Russos bring their directorial power back for a bigger film than CW and thanks to a much more compact and well planned script a much much better film than CW too.
Infinity Was doesn't waste any time and goes straight for the jugular from the very beginning.
There is no warmup, no normal life sequences that drag on, there is only real tangible threat and the powerless (compared to the villain) heroes that put everything on the line.
The film goes on to shock (well depends on what the audience expects form the film) the audience from the very beginning and paints the picture as clearly as possible, the real strength of this film comes in the fact that the story is very much straight to the point, some might even say rushed but the fact is that this "rushed" feeling helps in creating those whiplash like moments where the audience is suddenly thrown off course by big moments that are supposed to get emotional responses of all kind from the audience.
The sound design is nice and there isn't anything to complain about in that category really and I personally enjoyed the soundtrack too, the character themes come in at perfect places and they are tweaked a little bit to reflect the changes these characters have gone through.
Acting is also very well done in most parts and that should be give considering the names in the movie, however this is the first time that most of these people get to shine in a Marvel movie because normally the scripts are not really on par with the quality of the casts.
Here as I have mentioned before script shines bright and in turn helps the cast members to be more than what they normally are.
What makes Infinity War really good is that it knows how to balance the tone, the humor is there but kept in check and the closer to the finale we get the fewer out of place jokes there are (altogether there are not many jokes that fall flat and out of place) and that is something that I believe any serious movie watcher would most probably appreciate.
I have to say, Marvel and the Russo's did impress me a lot specially after the taste Thor Ragnarok left in my mouth.