The Marvel you must watch. More of the same sometimes, A thousand times better all the time

Rating: 10/10 (29 April 2018)

I will never give a Marvel movie a 10 out of 10 rating, no matter how much I like or love or enjoy it because that would go against the whole premise of perfectness that a complete a 100% approval ratings signify. Marvel movies are not perfect and even more so they have a lot of help and leeway in terms of their history, background and casting that not a lot of other franchises can boast of. Nonetheless, Infinity War the movie is perhaps the best movie of Marvel I and in consensus, most of the other people have ever seen.
What sets M's IW apart from any of it's predecessors and relatives of the same family tree? Nobody has had the opportunity to learn from 18 previous releases, for one, which is major identifier to the causality of the successful destiny that has arrived for it unlike DC's Justice League movie from last year, which wanted to do too much ala Marvel in too less time non-ala Marvel. The worse part of it all was that it was that even failed to put forward a coherent movie that made some trails about making you feel you didn't waste you money and/or time. Anyways departing from the tragedies of Snyder and quickfixes of Whedon, let's talk about a darker MCEU which is second reason of what set IW apart and primary reason why I hated the generic Marvel humor (Read effing Bruce Banner all over the movie) so unnecessary. I mean people die here. Well, people die everywhere almost and especially in these movie franchises when the cameras are zoomed out and thousands, if not millions, are at risk from the catastrophic proportions of devastation that is brought about encounters between supernatural entities again and again, much to the bother of the people who keep tabs on the Sokovian Accords. So, characters in the movies you actually might care about die (you can count them as the number of fingers on one of your hands but for Marvels, that is a lot) and then there is the matter of Infinity Debacle. This movie is made shock and awe you at every turn of the frame and passing of minute. And judging by my personal elation when I watched it on 28th April and that of the theater audience, I am quite sure Kevin Feige and his identical bro-balls named the Russo brothers succeeded.
I admire this movie a lot for one particular reason and it is that despite how predictable how it was to be and how much you could extrapolate from the general arcs, you really still pretty much get invested and surprised by what it has to offer.
1) You know the stakes are high and people may die. But the emotional investment and disbelief of the actual scenarios still would actually silence whole crowds because of their nature and what Marvel has come to be. Which is all the more the Feige and lot should tried to keep the humor in check with the grim colors and darkness involved in mind.
2)The visual effects, power-ups and battles that happen all across the board are so great and good and exciting that do actually eclipse everything that came before. That in itself may not have been all that surprising because time and sequels have a way of doing that, but let's not betterment as a granted for it is often known that might not be the case.
3)Thanos. THANOS. THANAPTOSIS IS HIS WAY FOR NIHILISM IS EXISTENCE.
Okay, caps-ing of the letters may have been a bit much but my praise of the supervillain isn't. He is everything Infinity War is all about and to him everything in MCEU has been leasing upto. He is power, pain, emotions and guilt, Idealism and Rationality pumped into one battle hardened super-bod that can and does tame in the stones of power, legend and cosmos just long enough to fulfill his promise and when that all is accomplished, he sits lonely in an unknown sense of pride etched on a guilt riddled face. It was all for him and despite how this franchise is, if he were not good as he turns out to be (Hats off to Brolin and the VFX teams) it could damaged the legacy of ten freaking years and nineteen whopping movies. And as he does promise, when he gets done, half of humanity does remain but whether it is perfect balance and mercy in addition remains to be seen as there is a certain call made by a certain person before a certain cosmic catastrophe happens which will lead to three more Marvel movies in-between and then, the most awaited Avengers movie of 2019. The fact that Brie Larson has been roped in Captain Marvel just makes it all the more better (The sheer volume of people involved and the awards and accolades in between all the cast members involved just speaks to the lengths of success this franchise boasts of).
The rest of cast is bloody brilliant too in their own small ways. It makes so much worth your precious money that you will shout "TAKE MY MONEY, already!" when the next installment does roll around. Special mentions to Tom Holland (the dude is bit of a prodigy in almost anything he does), Elizabeth Olsen (She acts even better than how beautiful she is in moment of her existence), Zoe Saldana (She is frequent occurrence in fictional and emotional lore(s) like these and for good reason; I can finally say she was the best part of the GoTG group) and RDJ & Chris Hemsworth (The franchise oldies are golden in their portrayals and the shine they have; I will miss them if and when they do leave the franchise behind).
All in all, that is my take on it. I had expected the half and half thing to happen in 2019 edition of this tale seeing as there was no clue as to where the Soul was, but now I and most people not privileged enough to be part of Feige's integral team are absolute bewilderment of what is to come. So good luck for the wait.