Different and epic, but there are many, many issues

Rating: 7/10 (30 April 2018)

Some parts of this movie are absolutely deep, touching, and well done. Thanos' sacrifice of Gamora, along with the haunting of his consciousness afterwards, makes for real villain character depth, a rare feat in superhero films. The scenes in general featuring the GOTG were stellar in my opinion. This film truly had many charming moments.
That said, the movie was very unsatisfying and had me leaving the theater with countless questions. Why did Loki go down so easily? Loki's "betrayal" was amateurish, surely he didn't expect to actually be able to stab Thanos only seconds after pledging allegiance to him. Also, Loki has prior experience with the Tesseract, why didn't he teleport him and the other Asgardians to a safer place? What happened to Valkyrie and Korg? And why was the ending of Thor: Ragnarok completely nullified with the genocide of the Asgardians? How did Iron Man stand a chance of fighting Thanos when Hulk succumbed to him within a few punches? Why was Bruce later throughout the film unable to turn into Hulk?
Ignoring Strange's "I only saw one good outcome" nonsense, why didn't he use the Time Stone when on Titan? The Time Stone is capable of stopping time and thus freezing whoever you want to, surely this could've been used against Thanos instead of Strange doing nothing more with the Eye than acting as if he was wearing a peridot necklace. Why didn't Thanos eliminate all threats to him as soon as he attained the Soul Stone? If I understand correctly, the Soul Stone would give him the ability to snap his fingers and kill specifically whoever he wanted, not just randomly selected people. And why was Scarlet able to destroy the Mind Stone? The Stones are primordial objects, it makes no sense for something that was exposed to a Stone's effects to have the ability to destroy an actual Stone.
Also, just the fact that the Soul and Time Stones exist makes me more apathetic to the events during the film, as they are not permanent. All of these points I've brought up are why I can't give A:IW more than a 5/10.