I’m not entirely sure how limited Strange’s abilities are, but when him and Tony were on the “donut” ship and he asked how they’re gonna get back, couldn’t he just make a portal back to earth?
People are saying its a mess and has problems structure wise.. I think it is an easy and cohesive story to follow. The structure is not traditional due it being half a story. I can't get over how well the story all flows together with so many characters all over the Universe.
I think other then Cap, Falcon, BP, and BW.. All of the characters had a very good to great character moments. IM, SM, GOTG, Thor, Dr. Strange, and Banner had wonderful moments in this film and all were taken to very dark places.
I have read somewhere here on this thread that Star Lord was not very Star Lordy. They said he seemed less bad *** or something like that.. Accept that he only took on IM and Spidey pretty much all by himself. Great moment for Star Lord and his fans..
I found the Thor Hammer building scenes to go by much quicker this time also.
Audience I saw it with cheered at all the right moments and were in stunned silence at the end.
This was a perfect 1st half to the story.. I hope they don't blow it for part two.
Good post, Jaws, you said everything that I'm thinking right now.
My only two issues are...
The mold of the Infinity Gauntlet that Thor finds. Thanos already swiped the gauntlet in a post credit scene, why did he have Eitri make another? The second issues I have was the poor CGI of Banner's head in the Hulk Buster armor.
On some levels I'm struggling with some of my own expectations not being met like
no Netflix heroes or Cap getting his proper shield
But I'm so blown away by how other things were orchestrated like
Thanos being an idealist in his own mind and not a one-dimensional serial killer. That perfectly explained why he could possess a weapon like the reality stone and *not* just vaporize everyone in his path since that wasn't his primary goal.
Brilliant.
And the scene where he got the Soul Stone.
I took it that Gamora's defiant victory speech in his face made him love and respect her more in that one moment than at any other time in his life which makes it one of the harshest mistakes of any hero in the film. Damn.
I definitely
almost peed myself a little at Red Skull's cameo, lol.
Holy crap did NOT see that coming.
The early scene with the one bad guy chasing an unconscious(?) and flying Dr. Strange while riding a piece of wall as Spider-Man tried to catch up with him might be the single zaniest action sequence I've seen in a movie in a very, very long time. I freaking loved it, lol.
I didn't mind Cap being mostly sidelined since the Russos and writers always treat him with respect. No goofy jokes or outfits at his expense. And IIRC he had to take a bit of a backseat during the IW in the comics as well just due to his power level not being up there with the gods and titans and what have you. Also I have to acknowledge that Cap has gotten three awesome movies where he kicks all kinds of *** in the MCU and characters like Spidey and Dr. Strange still have yet to make their mark so I understand the need to focus a little more on them.
Dang it I just read one of you mentioning Dr. Strange
telling Stark that there was only one path out of 14 million that lead to victory. I wish I remembered that at the end of the movie because him handing over the Time Stone felt like a really contrived character flaw to give him at the worst possible time which did not really sit well with me. Now I have watch it again with that in mind.
I'm kind of in shock about the whole experience and don't even know what to rate it. But I will say that what the Russos/Feige did was pretty damn amazing.
Seriously though, had they done that meta **** intentionally, I would've praised it non-stop, not only did they implement an 2part event movie successfully, which JL didn't even dare to try, next they're gonna go Flashpoint on them, before DC does the Flashpoint movie.
They also would have out-Crisis'd DC crises, effectively crippling DC movies for decades.
I’m not entirely sure how limited Strange’s abilities are, but when him and Tony were on the “donut” ship and he asked how they’re gonna get back, couldn’t he just make a portal back to earth?
On some levels I'm struggling with some of my own expectations not being met like
no Netflix heroes or Cap getting his proper shield
But I'm so blown away by how other things were orchestrated like
Thanos being an idealist in his own mind and not a one-dimensional serial killer. That perfectly explained why he could possess a weapon like the reality stone and *not* just vaporize everyone in his path since that wasn't his primary goal.
Brilliant.
And the scene where he got the Soul Stone.
I took it that Gamora's defiant victory speech in his face made him love and respect her more in that one moment than at any other time in his life which makes it one of the harshest mistakes of any hero in the film. Damn.
I definitely
almost peed myself a little at Red Skull's cameo, lol.
Holy crap did NOT see that coming.
The early scene with the one bad guy chasing an unconscious(?) and flying Dr. Strange while riding a piece of wall as Spider-Man tried to catch up with him might be the single zaniest action sequence I've seen in a movie in a very, very long time. I freaking loved it, lol.
I didn't mind Cap being mostly sidelined since the Russos and writers always treat him with respect. No goofy jokes or outfits at his expense. And IIRC he had to take a bit of a backseat during the IW in the comics as well just due to his power level not being up there with the gods and titans and what have you. Also I have to acknowledge that Cap has gotten three awesome movies where he kicks all kinds of *** in the MCU and characters like Spidey and Dr. Strange still have yet to make their mark so I understand the need to focus a little more on them.
Dang it I just read one of you mentioning Dr. Strange
telling Stark that there was only one path out of 14 million that lead to victory. I wish I remembered that at the end of the movie because him handing over the Time Stone felt like a really contrived character flaw to give him at the worst possible time which did not really sit well with me. Now I have watch it again with that in mind.
I'm kind of in shock about the whole experience and don't even know what to rate it. But I will say that what the Russos/Feige did was pretty damn amazing.
I'm definitely a GotG fan now. It's hard to imagine this film succeeding without them.
And holy crap did the opening 10 minutes make even the silly Ragnarok one hell of a downer movie. How can you ever watch that movie again without the opening of IW in mind, lol.
all I can say is Strange gave it up too easy.And the Mightiest of them all gets a little beat up so now he is hiding and too afraid to show up.. I laugh
I think Strange saw something in the one instance where they won, out of the thousands of possible futures where they didn't win, which may play out in AIW2.
Seriously! And after the super downer ending I think it's hilarious that they made you sit through the entire credits just to see an epilogue of more death and depression, lol. "Oh you thought that characters that weren't even in this movie were safe, nope!"
Seriously! And after the super downer ending I think it's hilarious that they made you sit through the entire credits just to see an epilogue of more death and depression, lol. "Oh you thought that characters that weren't even in this movie were safe, nope!"
AoU takes place after Thor 2, where Loki became Odin. Plus Thor went somewhere else after AoU and didn't come back 'till Ragonrock, at which point we learn that Skurge is the Bifrost guard and Heimdall was on the run. So all in all the continuity is fine.
I'd forgotten that Thor 2 was before AoU. So I agree, the continuity tracks OK, but it still feels off, no doubt because it's been 3 years in real time since we first saw that AoU post credits scene. It also makes you wonder where Thor went to investigate the infinity stones. Apparently nowhere close to Nidavellir.
