Avengers: Infinity War

[JasonPratt]

More detail, no more spoilers, from BtSGrace.

"The best part of the film is the spoilers." "Never heard so many audible gasps at a press screening." "Feels hollow afterward, though." "Pretty clear most or all of the shock things won't stick." "Unrelenting... like the napalm scene in Apocalypse Now but the whole film." "Repeatability factor" seems oddly low.

"No battles as intricate as the airport fight" in Cap3.  :o

One female character gets fridged. (Maybe more than one.) Well, that's unlikely to be Gamora since her ties with the Thanos plot are so strong, which leaves Widow and Pepper -- both of which seem highly likely to me. I suppose several female characters from Black Panther could count, though, come to think of it. ("Fridging" is a trope where a romantic interest, typically female, is brutally slain to motivate the hero into kicking ass. From that very specific perspective, Romanov would be the clearest option since Banner would be worried about Hulking out too much.) Only two romances in the film, however, at two corners of the galaxy.

Grace thinks this film shouldn't get a pass if Last Jedi doesn't (which suggests she doesn't understand or at least accept rejections of TLJ).


Only one end-credit epilogue, at the very end. Medium importance (by her estimation).

[JasonPratt]

A much more vanilla review from IGN:

Reviews so far agree the villains are among the best (even maybe the best) of the MCU so far.

Also, Av4 is CLEARLY being set up as a part 2. This is not really a standalone movie, despite us being told that in the marketing. Consequently, I'm putting my Coke money with Palpatine: everyone dies but Ant-Man (and maybe the Wasp), and Phase Four plus Av4 is meant to work out fixing that problem.

[JasonPratt]

Reviewer pastiche. (Everyone also agrees, avoid all spoilers as much as possible.)

[Sir Slash]

I'm predicting that after Thanos is defeated in Avengers 3 he will fight in the UFC under the name, "The Purple Haze".  :clap:

[JasonPratt]

Is that professional wrestling? Because if so, he could make a habit of doing finishing moves and momentum bounces off the ropes, and call himself "Cable".

[JasonPratt]

[Sir Slash]

The UCF is Mixed Martial Arts but perhaps the WWE would be a better fit for him. If that doesn't work out he can always get a show on HGTV flipping houses, literally.

[BanzaiCat]

I'm good with not watching any of these reviews from YouTube or anywhere else. I'm going to see it, so I don't need their opinions or nerdiness gunking up MY nerdiness, thankyouverymuch.

[mirth]

I read the spoilers last night :P

[BanzaiCat]

I read the spoilers last night :P

Of course you did. You probably watched a pirated copy of it online, too.  :D

[mirth]

Nah. I will see it next weekend with the kids. I just wanted to know who dies.

[BanzaiCat]

I'm thinking everyone does except for Black Panther. Pretty sure the MCU is going to milk that franchise for all its worth.

I could be wrong but yeah, the death toll is gonna be high. :(

Can't wait to see though.

[mirth]

I could just tell you now.

[BanzaiCat]

You could, but then I'd have to kill you.

[bayonetbrant]

You could, but then I'd have to kill you.

Yeah, but Mirth isn't on the list