Infinity War is Not a Movie to Skip Over

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2019)

17 movies in the Marvel universe were the setup, and now "Infinity War" is the ultimate payoff. Marvel leaves your classic superheroes and their quests behind and rapidly plunges into a much darker story of ultimate sacrifice that is much more deep than any before, the quest of Thanos.
"Infinity War" is the story of Thanos and his journey to collect 6 infinity stones, gems that possess incredible power with no equal. If he succeeds he can wipe half of all life from the universe with the snap of his fingers, Thanos' idea of how to create ultimate peace. By lowering the population in a mass genocide, everything wrong such as poverty, hunger, and all else can be solved with a new mass abundance of resources that will create ultimate peace, but it takes the ultimate cost. The protagonists we have all come to love or hate so far must join from across the stars in a effort to stop Thanos to save them all. Failure would be catastrophic.
That's just the plot. The movie truly shines in its use of character building, comic relief, and it omnipresent themes of family and sacrifice. To see jaw dropping effects and environments, characters unfold within astonishing action scenes of heroism, and to see them also suffer from their previous mistakes which haunt them makes for an astounding spectacle to behold. Trust me when I say, 'You don't want to miss this one.'

The characters in the movie have been kept greatly the same and you can still see them change in their changing environments, which is amazing. I really love to see what MARVEL will do with each new instalment into the franchise and now we finally get our first pay-off. We can see all of are beloved heros and villian come together and it's just amazing to watch and awe at. To see all the characters come together for a massive battle made me really giddy sitting there in the theater. It moved me to the edge of my seat, but that's the surface of it, the plot. Each character has their own outstanding personality and they interact with others in there own way, and that makes me love this movie even more. Characters aren't just along for the ride, they all show who they are and that attention to detail in every moment is truly an amazing piece of work. Personalities are not glossed over for action, but expressed upon and even bring out new themes that wouldn't have been apparent such as family and loss as mentioned before. Another major point with their personality is the comic relief, and it wouldn't be MARVEL without it. The characters are funny, and not just filler for a boring plot. The jokes don't take away from the quality, they only add to it. This is different in a good way compared to many others. Even in solo sections or in scenes where multiple people are together, the personality of each character is very apparent. Star Lord, Spider-man, and many others keep their quips and charm and even others provide wanted humor just from their bluntness or lack of awareness make for a funny moment or two. Its funny to see characters meet each other and express that. I would write a joke, but I'm keeping spoiler friendly here. I just want to express how they creators crafted them together and it doesn't feel fake or needed. It perfectly placed and I'm glad to have it.
Another key difference and major change in this movie is the main character. No it's not one of the heroes, but the villain Thanos. This movie focuses on his journey, his quest, his goals, his regrets, not anyone else. Sure they develop the other characters, but he's the focus. Now don't make the mistake of thinking that he's the protagonist, but he still is focused on. It's a super enticing idea. This makes for a really interesting impact on the movie as a whole too. It subverts expectations and feels exiting to the audience since no-one else does this and no-one else has ever before. (At least not really) This just adds to the ever building pile of greatness for this movie.

To conclude, this movie is truly spectacular. I've never seen and probably will never see anything like it again. Years of work and detail to smash into an ultimate plot, impossible twists and surprises, great story and characters, a villain as the main character, intense ideas and themes, they all make this movie an all time great. There have been movies with similar elements before, a villainous main character such as Maleficent (but not really), great action scenes like many others such as movies like Star Wars or The Dark Knight, great themes of bonding and sacrifice, but none before now have put them all together. All MARVEL fans can appreciate this movie, and you can even if your new. You can see this movie by itself and still be blown away, though I recommend watching the others so you understand who everybody is. I can't recommend this movie enough. I could ramble on about it all day and night, but the main point here is you'll never see anything like it, and you don't want to miss out. You need to see Infinity War, and you won't regret it.