Kickass Super Movie

Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2018)

Avengers - Infinity War-Marvel(lous) Movie -
My review
Firstly for Superheroes movies - there are minimum 2 kinds of audience
1. One who have read those comics and have high anticipation of the characters
2. One who have watched the movies but not the comics, yet have high expectation of the movie
And maybe a bit of both...
Regardless this movie was a Highly anticipated, Awaited, High expectation movie for the Super hero genre.
So how does it stand?
Do read on...
For the record I belong to the 1 type audience, I grew up reading the super hero comics- both of Marvel and Dc so I am aware of the power and the character of the heroes.
The review is strictly of Marvel - characters of this movie.
To begin== A kickass- Blockbuster movie
Like I always mention a Super hero is made a hero based on the villain and the tasks that they undertake and accomplish.
The villain has to be good and strong.
Does the Villain - have that impact- a strong YES, an exceeding expectation characterization of 'Thanos' as the villain.
All the trailers have not let down the character of Thanos in the movie.
He is a Granddaddy of all super villains- thus far. Exceeding expectation of the villain role. He is impeccable and portrayed as a super villain to perfection. No flaw in his characterization.
Perfect fit a Super villain? >>
Does the movie have flaw/cons - Yes, but do they impact the outcome of the movie - No Sir, The flaws are at minimum to negligible - only if you strictly try to find them, will they feel so.
To the story. Before that I, marvel the manner in which Marvel studios have linked up all their superhero movies and those who have watched the earlier movies can co relate to that I am talking about.
The story- it begins from where it was left (Thor -Ragnarok) . No spoilers here of the story as the trailers are clear of what Thanos is all about and the rest of the story is how the heroes fight/defend..There is no point talking of the story as that is the least of the concern. What is most important is the number of heroes and their characterization,
The movie requires 20 + heroes( got this from some updates on net... I was to engrossed to count) to fight him. That says a lot of the power of the Villian.
Does this lessen the role of heroes? No- Each character was given sufficient role and every character played their part to perfection.
The Visualization are visual treat. The video format was in Imax and it was amazing.
What was surprising was the audience reaction in the theatres. The audience was vocal, emotional, reactive to the scenes on the screen, I saw them gawking, cheering, whistling , cussing at villains, and literally jumping off the seats at an exciting hero event. And this reaction is not of kids, but Adults.
This shows how much the characters have an impact on the audience and how much they are involved.
There are some jaw-opening, mind blowing situations that HAS to viewed and experienced in the cinema.
Reading comics and watching the characters come alive on screen is a huge thing. In comics it is not that hard as it is all drawing and it is upto the reader who understand and get involved. But on screen you are stuck with the characters and their interaction and their reaction that is what is the essence that makes you glued to your seats and Marvel has done it to perfection. You can feel and anticipate the chemistry/the intensity when the characters face each other and feel as if they are the real characters.
Any cons of the heroes - minor - find that toward the end.
Pros - everything about the movie, the anticipation, the excitement, the breath taking visualizations, the characters, the actions, the sound, the imax affect . The movie leaves you with a Deja vu effect that would last even after you come out of the movie.
I hated the movie to end.
It is amazing that inspite of this movie being a super serious movie, Marvel directors were able to include pinch of humor in between.
Thor was
Cons= The movie should have been longer and that would add more action (wink, wink)
Like I mentioned there are few flaws/cons. That I should also mention.
Thanos seems to have got more time on the movie, I personally would have preferred if that time was spared for a hero. But I guess that was needed to portray the 'Thanos' character.
The characters of Vision and Hulk were not fully utilized to the potential that they could. But then that does not have huge impact as the story keeps moving up.
The part of restoring a weapon to Thor and the part of restoring the eye was bit overdone maybe something could have been done better - but trust me even if you watch it after reading this review it would not affect the outcome.
Tony Stark(Robert Downey jr) maybe getting a bit old as the age shows up.. but no impact as I don't think anyone would want that character to be replaced.
To summarize
What do you want to watch a movie for? To get the bang of it, the money worth. And becoming a fan of the characters. I am positive you would love one or the other characters of the movie.
All this and more is what Avengers is all About
What are you waiting for- Go watch it Imax. I will watch it again.
So what is the final take-- This is a Daddy of all Super hero movies. A kick ass movie- Worth watching in Imax.