Josh @ 24/4/2018 10:53

Curtis @ 24/4/2018 9:32 There’s almost definitely gonna be massive spoilers floating around very soon My friend texted me a list of all the major things that happened and I didn't realize what it was until the end. RIP

Well you guys can't be friends anymore.

Seeing it Friday night, I think I'm just gonna leave the Internet entirely by Thursday night, blast music in headphones @ the theater until the previews start and hopefully no one will whisper spoilers during the movie. Had that happen during Force Awakens and heard somebody spoiling Last Jedi while I was in line for popcorn, I'm not letting it happen this time lol.

It was A LOT. But in about the best way possible imo, with all those characters and all the plot points to hit, I don't feel like too much got the short end of the stick. Anxiously awaiting Part 2

Curtis @ 28/4/2018 20:47

Thots + I thought it was exactly as disappointing as I was worried it would be It wasn't offensively bad it was just horribly mediocre. With THAT amount of hype and work leading up to it..for it to be so average is such a shame. I've never seen such wasted potential Throwing unlikely people from the MCU together for the first time is just not enough for me. It can be charming and make me go heh but that's it. That seemed to be enough for many people. My audience fucking LOST it at several scenes like that. Also when Stan Lee was revealed as Peter's bus driver my audience.fucking.HOWLED. They had never seen anything so funny. It was the best day of all their lives, they literally squealed and gave a round of applause and that was just the beginning. It was a single moment that summed up how easily Marvel can get away with this barely passable mediocrity Also Thor getting an eye back is such a great analogy for what I hated about this. No consequences ever. This movie was all the stuff I hate about Marvel movies crammed into one final act. People were WEEPING at the ending. But...why? None of them except for boring Vision are dead so why are you crying, I really don't get it. People die all the time in these movies and come right back which I can't stand. This movie did that on a grander scale and asked you to care. It's so unsatisfying and meaningless They should've stuck with the original title of Part I to really remind people that this is just the set up, because that's all it was. Thanos just goes from place to place and gets the stones and that's the only point of the movie. The real sacrifices should come in part two (of the Iron Man/Captain America variety) but until then they really wussed out with this one. I read a bunch of stuff about how it pulled no punches and how audiences weren't ready for how emotionally draining it is. HUH??? The whole movie was one big pulled punch There were three scenes in a row that I really liked in the middle. I think it was...Star Lord meets Iron Man and co, Thor with Rocket/Groot, and Star Lord again with Iron Man when they were planning. Drax still outshines everyone. I made that post earlier about how there's so much talent in the MCU but Dave Bautista out of all people may outshine them all and it was so true here, he killed it. "How long have you been standing there?" "One hour." He was great. GotG remain the best, their scenes were easily the most enjoyable I did roll my eyes at yet another hero on hero fight scene that they had to find a way to cram in there. Iron Man vs Star Lord! Spiderman vs ...Nebula! Only good bit was Drax vs. Doctor Strange's cape https://letterboxd.com/curtislost23/list/marvel-franchise-ranked/ Thor>Infinity War. That's hilarious 13th out of 19 and my least favorite out of the mediocre ones

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I'm surprised with how much I've seen this kind of reception to it, but I guess I kind of understand.....kind of. Funny how there seems to be little middle ground though, people are either disappointed and think it's a mess, or it's the greatest thing ever. I guess for me, even knowing that all the people that turned to dust will probably come back, seeing them go away still really hit, especially Peter. And Gamora died for real too and deserves respect lol, same w/ Loki, which gave Thor some actual character development in a film where that was light imo. I definitely think there were some consequences in this movie, even if some will be reversed, and others likely will not. Plus we don't know what Part 2 has in store and for set-up, I feel like they did more than enough to make you give a crap about where it goes in Part 2, a wuss out to me would have been having Thanos not even win at the end of this one. Things are in shambles at the end of this one, even if in the back of our heads we know they're gonna fix it next time, it's kind of like Empire Strikes Back in a way. We know things will probably end well, but they got fucked up in the process, and that was entertaining imo. Idk, I guess I just don't get what else they were supposed to do. 100% agree with Bautista stealing the show and the Guardians being the best part though, Marvel always gets me to chuckle, but I was laughing hard in all of their scnes.