The result of a long term project

Rating: 8/10 (3 May 2018)

That's what Infinity War is... since the first Iron Man 10 years have passed, and Marvel Studios built, piece by piece, this ambitious superhero TV series for the cinema is something few people would have thought could work.
We can now say the project was successful, even though there's a price to be paid: no talented directors to bring their vision to the characters (Whedon left, Wright was not even able to complete his Ant Man and so on) in name of the long term project, the budget per project was someway limited (this kind of movies usually has a much bigger budget) and, finally, you have movies like this one that don't stand on their own since the assumption is you watched the previous movies and know the characters.
Anyway, Infinity War is the first part of the climax of the project, and it delivers more that 2 hours and a half of entertainment. Humor is well balanced as well as the on screen time of all characters. You'll not be bored. It's focused on the villain, finally a menacing (and interesting) one (even though his solution to what he feels is a lack of balance in the Universe is way too much simplistic).
You'll see a big and emotional ending, even though us comic book readers know very well that superheroes can overcome even the most dire of the situations. We just have to wait the next Avengers movie.
Sure, the directing is TV-like, the special effects are limited by the budget, the OST is not exactly exciting even though better than most of the previous movies, we seem to have lost some details from what we watched before (example, in Ragnarok Thor finally is God of Thunder, his power not linked to the hammer that is merely something to better channel it, here it seems he's back to being the God of the Hammer... but he's as powerful as he should be).
I'd say there are more pros than cons, and you should absolutely not miss this one if you watched the Marvel Studios movies so far but, if you didn't, don't bother watching this one.