Just great fun

Rating: 9/10 (27 April 2018)

I was about ready to give up on the MCU, to be honest. The villains were ineffectual, non-threatening, and the heroes triumphed every time with barely a loss. Civil War was especially disappointing to me in this regard - in the comic book storyline, the panel where Cap lies dead before Iron Man was one of the most personally impactful in Marvel comics.
However, Infinity War does superhero movies right. It's big, it's loud, it's got enough lightheartedness so that you are still aware it's a popcorn movie based on a comic book - it's just fun. It does Thanos right, probably the most worrisome part of the film for me going in. If they couldn't make Thanos threatening, I would have stopped watching. But they did it. Whether they have the guts to stick with their decision in regards to the ending will be something else entirely, but for now, Infinity War has sated my appetite for a superhero movie.
While I don't think it'll be something I'll watch twenty years from now like Blade Runner and will inspire deep, complicated thoughts, Infinity War truly was an epic spectacle, and if you were a fan of any of the previous MCU movies, there'll be something in this one for you.