It's Fun If You Turn Off Your Brain

Rating: Null/10 (26 April 2018)

Avengers: Infinity War is the culmination of everything the MCU has shown us since the first Iron Man. And it's a massive disappointment. The movie boasts more characters in a single comic movie than ever before, and that's where one of the biggest problems comes in. There are too many characters and it causes pacing issues, where they ramp through exposition as fast as possible to move on. Some characters barely do anything and are just there because they are supposed to be.
Thanos is an okay villain. Not "Vader X 10" like they told us. But it's not hard to be a better villain than we've seen before when the MCU has had lame villains for 10 years.
There are multiple character deaths in the movies. But the "Emotion" and "Drama" of seeing them die is artificial, since you know they aren't leaving these characters dead and their deaths will be retconned in Part 4 next year. Some of the characters who "Die" have movies on the release slate for the next few years, so Feige and the Russo Bros. promising the deaths would be permanent is a lie since we know that
*SPOILER ALERT*
Spider-man, Black Panther, Gamora, Bucky, Groot, Mantis, Drax, Black Panther, War Machine, and Falcon aren't going to stay dead.
The jokes are cringey as usual and it causes an inconsistent tone. They don't know what they want the movie to be. A comedy? A serious movie?
There is so much action in this movie, and it exposes the hypocrisy of critics. After years of hearing them whine about too much action in some of the DC movies the final 45 minutes to an hour of Infinity War is pretty much all action, which the positive reviews show they suddenly have no issues with.
The movie was a disappointment. And people attack DC movies while giving movies like this a pass. It's stupid. Justice League was a mess but let's be honest with ourselves. WB let Joss Whedon butcher that movie because they wanted to pander to the critics who love brainless quipfests like what the MCU puts out on a regular basis. We never got to see the real version of Justice League. So my question is, why are DC movies fair game but we're supposed to just pretend garbage like Infinity War are masterpieces?
The MCU is exhausted. They are out of ideas so this movie became a cheap gimmick to try to prove that it's not just basic parodies and they are desperate to prove how "deep" they can be and how much "risk" they're willing to take. But how much risk is there in doing things that you know will be undone in the very next movie? It renders the entire movie pointless when you know that it's just a set-up for the finale instead of standing on it's own.
The CGI was pretty subpar in some scenes. Showing off mid-2000s level CGI in some areas, which is just sad in a movie released in 2018. Say what you will about the effects in Justice League, but that movie underwent unnecessary reshoots and that caused the effects to not be as polished in some scenes. So what is Marvel's excuse for this, especially as massive as the budget for this movie was?
Some of the action was really good, but overall the movie was like when you go to a restaurant and you just happen to get the food that's dry and has been sitting out for a bit. It's okay but you walk out regretting spending the money on something that you know could have been more but the people who worked on it knew they didn't really have to try to still make money off you.
Had it's moments, but ultimately a let down. 3/10