What a ride! It left me wanting more.

Rating: 8/10 (27 April 2018)

This is my SPOILER FREE review of Infinity War. There are many things I wish I could talk about to make this review better..but I don't have the heart to spoil it for you guys. There aren't many people who hate spoilers more than me...and I won't spoil your experience for you here. I was fortunate enough to see an early screening a day before the scheduled release of Avengers: Infinity War with one of my best friends. I had fairly high expectations and I was pretty excited to see it. This movie delivers exactly what it promises, and that's fun with a capital F. One thing Marvel does to perfection is combine action, drama, and humour. It's absolutely loaded with exhilarating action scenes that often take your breath away, which is something Marvel always excels at. They put the pedal to the metal right from the outset and they don't take it off for well over 2 hours. But one thing that might surprise some people is how dark and dreary this movie is for a lot of the duration. You definitely get your humour that we all know and love...but this movie will get you emotional. It's extremely dark for a marvel film and it left me uncomfortable at times (In a really good way) You don't even have a chance to settle in for very long because your emotions will go haywire not too long after the movie starts. That's all I'm gonna say about that.
The performances are all top-notch here. You're able to get emotionally invested in most of the characters and care about what happens to them. This will probably be a fairly unpopular opinion...but I'm not too fond of The Guardians of the Galaxy movies. I certainly found them watchable.....but I felt they were overhyped and nowhere near as good as people made them out to be. I couldn't really get into the characters either. That said, the characters from Guardian of the Galaxy are pretty well-written here and I surprisingly enjoyed them all. They all had a place, especially the complex relationship between Thanos (Josh Brolin) and Gamora (Zoe Saldana) I was riveted all the way. They mixed in well with the others and weren't a distraction like I expected. Josh Brolin is tremendous as Thanos, I can't rave about him enough. I don't wanna write too much more...but I was very satisfied when I left the theater and so were many others. People gasped, laughed out loud, clapped, and were talking non-stop to each other after the movie was over. You can't ask for more than that.
When all was said and done, I left the theater very satisfied. It's exciting, thought-provoking, saddening, and downright awesome. I can't wait for Avengers 4. I couldn't be more intrigued by the direction they've chosen.
8.5/10
P.S...Be sure to stay for the end credits!