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Exclusively in IMAX theatres, Avengers: Infinity War will be.Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film in which the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to stop Thanos from collecting the powerful Infinity Stones. There can be no drama without true risk, and in the MCU, audiences have learned that none of their favorites are ever really in harm’s way.Avengers: Infinity War marks the first Hollywood film to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras. The approach worked early, on a film-by-film basis, but when viewed as part of a 10-year narrative, it’s tended to weaken the broader franchise. Over the course of the saga’s previous 18 movies, MCU heroes have faced numerous world-ending threats, eking out victories by the skin of their teeth, only to have their worlds essentially return to normal in time for the next installment. Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers.Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and the 19th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).The most definitive overarching issue with the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been the lack of stakes.
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Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Spider-Man (Tom Holland), and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) are attacked by several of Thanos’ henchman, who are eager to get the green Time Stone that Strange protects within the mystic Eye of Agamotto. After years of movies where even the most mediocre heroes appeared to be invulnerable and indomitable, it’s an arresting jolt — and exactly the film the franchise needed.It pays off years of emotional investment in ways that are often heart-wrenching.The film tracks Thanos’ quest as he moves from stone to stone, while various superhero factions attempt to stop him. Its devotion to banter and one-liners makes it one of the funniest movies in the studio’s history, but it’s also a film where very bad things happen to good people. The long-awaited face-off between the Avengers and Thanos (Josh Brolin), the MCU’s ultimate big bad, is massively entertaining, deftly incorporating dozens of characters across multiple storylines with a kinetic flair. Avengers Infinity War Movie Directors Joe and Anthony Russo seem acutely aware of this issue with their latest entry, the massive, multi-film team-up Avengers: Infinity War.
Photo: Marvel StudiosWith so many characters in play, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely ( Captain America: Civil War) are faced with a remarkable challenge: giving every character a place in the story, without letting anyone other than Thanos dominate the larger narrative. Nearly every character in the MCU is roped into the war, with Thanos swiftly establishing himself as an unprecedented threat on multiple fronts. Along the way, the Guardians of the Galaxy team up with various heroes, a bearded Captain America (Chris Evans) comes out of hiding, and Black Panther’s home of Wakanda becomes ground zero for a central conflict.
It pays off the emotional investment movie audiences have been making in these characters for years, sometimes in genuinely heart-wrenching ways.The most outlandish-looking Marvel villain is also its most complex and layered oneEven with all of that, this film belongs to Josh Brolin’s Thanos. The result is a film that often feels surprisingly earnest and emotional. In fact, the film is able to give many characters their own meaningful story arcs throughout the film, with Tony Stark, Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), and the Vision / Scarlet Witch love story given particular focus. It’s a testament to Markus and McFeely’s work that the film never feels crowded, even though it’s juggling such a massive number of movie stars.
The biggest surprise of all may be that the most outlandish-looking Marvel villain is also its most complex and layered one, which simply wouldn’t be possible without the film’s synthesis of script, direction, performance, and visual effects.The film’s sparkling sense of humor balances the weight of Thanos’ actions. At several key moments in the film, Thanos nearly becomes a sympathetic character — even while he is doing truly horrific, unforgivable things. He thinks he’s the hero of his story, and while nobody is going to agree with his tactics, his backstory does give his overall reasoning a perverse sort of logic. His master plan involves destroying half the universe, but in his own mind, his motivations are noble. It’s a good thing that it works so well, because Thanos is not the cardboard cutout villain that some previous Marvel bad guys have been. The visual effects undeniably capture the nuances of Brolin’s facial tics and mannerisms, allowing the actor to shine through all the CGI wizardry.
The fact that those concerns are fleeting, however, is a testament to what a massive storytelling achievement Infinity War is.Audiences will be aghast at just how far The Avengers have fallenThe film can’t spread around its camera time in equal measure, but it does give all the characters an equal shot at despair. That’s simply the nature of the beast, however — it was inevitably going to happen with a project of this size. And while every character does get a laugh, a heroic choice, or some other moment to shine, fans will no doubt be frustrated if their particular favorite hero isn’t foregrounded as much as other characters are. The action sequences are mostly effective, but at times, there are so many characters being flung around like CG rag dolls that it can be hard to gauge what is happening to whom, in which order.
(In fact, in its final act, the film seems to tip its hand toward a Hail Mary solution that’s likely to come into play in the still-untitled Infinity War sequel.) But that’s the most minor of complaints. This is still the Disney-run Marvel universe, after all, and the popularity of some of its flagship characters all but guarantees that, no matter what happens during Avengers: Infinity War, much of it won’t be permanent. By the time the credits roll, audiences will no doubt be aghast at just how far the Avengers have fallen.One problem, though, is that Infinity War leans so excessively toward darkness that it’s impossible to believe the studio won’t take back many of the things that happen onscreen. Even the biggest fan favorites are truly vulnerable, and the movie reinforces that idea — relentlessly, at times — as it sprints toward its final stunning moments. No character is safe from the far-reaching implications of his actions, and it’s impressive to see just how dark Marvel is willing to go for this story.
The only real crime is that audiences will have to wait until 2019 to see the conclusion.Avengers: Infinity War opens on April 27th.
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