Cinematic History

Rating: 10/10 (27 April 2018)

The greatest trick Marvel pulled was making us believe that our heroes were invincible. Throughout every Marvel film, we've seen our characters get bruised and beaten - but emerge alive and ready to take on the next apocalyptic space baddie. But when Loki was strangled within the first five minutes, I knew we were in for a different kind of movie. The Marvel rules of who's safe and who's not don't apply here, and the story is all the better for it. This is the film where evil really, truly, wins.
For the sheer amount of characters, settings, and tones that needed to be juggled for a film like this, Infinity War knocked it out of the park. If there's a way it could've been handled better, I'm not sure what that is. Each character gets their fair amount of screen time, the action is self-consciously bold and fun, and the villain develops spectacularly. When it's funny, it's genuinely funny. When it's heartbreaking, it's genuinely heartbreaking. It just works. After almost a decade of waiting, Marvel has produced a theater experience I'll never forget. I can't wait to see what happens next.