Just What I Expected

Rating: 7/10 (1 May 2018)

I recently saw Avengers: Infinity War and I thought it was a good film. I went into this film expecting to see some great actions and banter from the cast and I just about got that.
I like that the story kept itself simple (although it sometimes does seem like the films in a bit of a hurry for Thanos to get the Infinity Stones) and doesn't try to be darker than it needs to be or trying hard to be funny. The cast worked well off each other and honestly it's amazing that the Russo Brothers managed to make a film like this work so well with such a gigantic cast. If it were poorly directed than it could've been a huge, cluttered mess and probably unwatchable. The visuals were decent and the action scenes, while not as thrilling as, lets say, the first Avengers film, were fun to watch. Seeing the Guardians of the Galaxy cast with the rest of the Avengers was a joy to watch and I feel that the run-time was just right (Despite being over 2 hours long which I didn't even notice). However the best part of the film is Thanos. It's really good to have a Marvel villain that not only doesn't suck and have a lack of screen time (cough 'Yellow Jacket' cough), but actually be threatening and interesting. Like a good villain should be. He definitely makes the viewing all the MCU movies worth it and I can't wait to see more of him.
However the film uses the death fake-out a little bit with certain characters. Where you think one character will die only to be survive and not be killed at all (although it's not as bad as The Lord of the Rings Trilogy). I also wasn't interested with a part involving Thor, Rocket and Groot in the middle of the film and (while I did praise the film for managing a big cast well) some characters don't have much of a role within the film. That mostly being Dr. Strange, The Guardians, War-Machine and even Captain America. It's also a film that I don't see much re-watch value in. It's like Mad Max: Fury Road for me, once I've seen it there's not much reason to watch it again.
Overall I thought Infinity War was a pretty good film and I suggest to any fan of superhero movies to watch it although you probably already have seen it or just going to see it.