“In time, you will know what it's
like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right. Yet to fail all the
same.” – Thanos
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The Review
To be a proper hero you need a great villain. Someone who
is powerful, intelligent, persuasive, maybe some can even be sympathetic to the
cause. To sum it up; heroes need a substantial threat, especially the super-powered
kind. The viewer (see also reader or player) needs to feel as though there is
some sense of danger and suspense surrounding the protagonist for which they
are rooting. Avengers: Infinity War
accomplishes that in this writer’s view.
So it’s here I want to write about my experience with Avengers: Infinity War. Now that I have
completed enough therapy sessions after watching it to feel that I can discuss
it and not need a safe space.
I won’t go into spoilers here, even though I imagine if
you are interested in the MCU you’ve likely already ventured to the theater or at least uncovered details of the plot elsewhere. It’s
safe to say, it was full every emotion; action on many different fronts, touches of
great humor between the characters (Bucky and Rocket to name just one), love,
respect, and much, much more.
You may have guessed by now overall, I loved the movie. I
grew up with these heroes in nothing but comic book form and the imagination of
a teenager to power them. There is something deeply appealing to me about
seeing these heroes literally come to life. It is even greater to see them come
together in order to overcome the impossible. It motivates me to press on in
the face of adversity. That quite simply is the highest compliment you can pay
to any art form (Yes I just referred to a genre where the main characters wear
tights as an “art form”), is that it pushes you to be a better human being.
The Haters
What’s odd to me is I continue to see people on social
media express their disdain for the super hero genre as overdone, childish or
predictable. And to those people, I would say it is. It’s based on fictional
characters that have incredible otherworldly powers, also there’s a guy that
shoots arrows. All of them are equally interesting to me because of what they
stand for, even the villains. So if you don’t like super hero films I have two
pieces of advice: 1) Go back to watching Downton
Abbey, and 2) Fuck right off because no one asked for your opinion
(Somewhat ironic coming from a blogger, no?).
Where I’d Like to See the Next Movie Go
I enjoy the Avengers (and many DC characters as well). However, my favorite team is the X-Men, specifically Wolverine. As such, it is my hope that at least in the post credit scene of Avengers 4 we get a sneak peek of the X-Men and/or the Fantastic Four. Although, if Disney/Marvel really wants this writer (and many other fanboys and girls) to completely geek out, a full crossover and meeting of these teams fighting side-by-side with the Avengers would be epic (And trust me I’m not the type of guy to throw around the word epic very often)!
For now, the opening day for the yet untitled Avengers 4
is slated for May 3, 2019. In the meantime, I’ll keep snapping my fingers in
anticipation.
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