Surprisingly average

Rating: 7/10 (20 November 2018)

It took some time for me to get around this movie. Was really looking forward to it, maybe that was the reason it took so long, finding the appropriate mood and day to check it out in 4k on my tv.
Finally I managed to watch IW a few days earlier and it went by rather fast and felt to be an unfinished movie, like it should be. But it felt to be lackluster too and also highly inconsistent in terms of writing. Like how the movie starts and how it progresses regarding the villain's actions. Like his personality is shifting based on the part of the movie, being overly violent, then dismissive later on. I sympathize with Thanos' character but the movie clearly wants to make him an indisputable evil lots of the time, however I look at it, and wanting you to understand him at other times, which just feels highly inconsistent once again. In addition all the new tech/powers associated with either side are breaching into the territory of 'anything goes' leaving lots of plot holes and leaning into convenient writing. There are no rules anymore, the story dictates what happens to whom which breaks the suspension of disbelief a bit. Lots of stuff is going on here, and the disjointed nature really shines throughout. There are too many people perhaps featured in this film. It might feel rushed but it definitely cannot leave enough space for development. The humour felt rather tacked-on in a lot of cases. Like almost every scene has to include a few jokes at least. It felt tiresome by the third one.
Overall, without going into further rumbling, I can tell that I enjoyed IW but felt nothing especially special towards the end. The whole movie feels so unimportant and it heavily goes overboard with some (supposedly temporarily) actions. I liked Avengers much more with its more grounded approach and these huge risks, like the fate of the universe are really outdated at the moment and just make for dull movies overall.