New Release Birb: Avengers- Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Josh Brolin
Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo
Worldwide Release Date: April 27th, 2018
My First Viewing: April 26th, 2018
image credit: movieposter.com

**Note** This is a NON-SPOILER review.

Coming off the massive success of Black Panther earlier this year, Marvel gives us the gift of Avengers: Infinity War, starring, in some capacity, just about everyone who has been a hero in the MCU, plus Josh Brolin as the uber-villain Thanos. It is directed by the Russo Brothers, who bring their style of action and humor from the last two installments of the Captain America franchise.

Thanos (Brolin) is on the search for the Infinity Stones, which if he gets all six in the Gauntlet, he can wipe out half of the universe's existence in the snap of a finger. He feels that this is the natural order of things, and by eliminating people, he can better society long-term. In his way, in some capacity, are the newly-reformed Avengers, as well as the Guardians of the Galaxy, who make their first appearance in an Avengers movie.

The two main issues I saw going into the movie was it's two-and-a-half-hour runtime, and how they were going to pack so many characters into the movie without it seeming like it's just cameo appearances. You can safely put that in the back of your mind. There are so many action-packed and humorous in this movie that the runtime doesn't seem as long as it really is. You may have been able to shave five to ten minutes off the run time and still make it a coherent story, but it's not necessary.

As far as the characters, Thanos is the central focus and has to be since so much of the movie hinges on him finding all of the Infinity Stones. They wisely break up each team so you get enough screen time with all of them, and while the first two Avengers films had their humorous moments, this is laugh-out-loud territory, much in the same vein as the Guardians films, as well as last year's Thor: Ragnarok.

Infinity War is an obvious must-see for the continuity of the MCU, and will probably require multiple viewings just to be able to unpack everything that happens. The final act will have you on the edge of your seats, and the ending will have everyone talking until the next Avengers film is released. This more than makes up for Age of Ultron, and continues Marvel's streak of upper-tier entries in the MCU.

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