Saturday, April 28, 2018

In Theatres: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

For its 2nd entry in its 10th anniversary year, Marvel Studios threw in everything but the kitchen sink for "Avengers: Infinity War". In other words, almost everyone was shoe-horned into a 2 1/2 hour visceral thrill ride.

"Infinity War" is a loose adaptation of a sort of Jim Starlin's cosmic epics, involving particularly Thanos (Josh Brolin), whose warped idea of solving a cosmic population problem puts him at odds with not only Earth's mightiest heroes, but also the Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, & Dr. Strange. To make a long story short, he's after a set of infinity stones, which, upon being attached to a gauntlet he wears on his left hand, gives him ultimate power.

This trailer may give you some idea of what to look forward to if you haven't seen it yet:



Speaking of trailers, they include "Ant-Man & The Wasp" (July), which brings back Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, & Evangeline Lilly for a 2nd go-round, and "The Incredibles 2", the long awaited sequel to Brad Bird's superhero satire from Disney/Pixar.

I won't go into too much detail, except to say that "Infinity War" has a little bit of everything, including comedy and romance, though the subplot of Black Widow (Scarlet Johansson) & Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) wasn't advanced here, but if you've been faithfully following every Avengers & Guardians movie, you're probably up to speed already.

Rating: A-.

2 comments:

Samuel Wilson said...

There's a big lie in that trailer, but I won't spoil anything by pointing it out.

hobbyfan said...

Oh, I get it.