Star-Lord putting a bomb on Thanos's back, flipping over, and then giving him the bird while jumping backwards into a portal.
"BOOM!"
Fuck yeah, the portal games was crazy. I'm down with connecting space/earth through more magic bsery.
Star-Lord putting a bomb on Thanos's back, flipping over, and then giving him the bird while jumping backwards into a portal.
"BOOM!"
Vision's death was obviously inevitable but they really overestimated how much the audience cares about his relationship with Wanda. Some of that stuff could have been trimmed down to fit more Cap stuff in or something else.
Why wouldn't korg be dead. The beginning of the film, remember?
In the comics Thanos sends Outriders (they're not mindless beasts there) to gather information about the planets Thanos wants to conquer.
The line was "field trip".Also, complete tinfoil here, but it was late while I was watching the movie, so maybe my mind was in a weird place.
Did anyone else catch Spidey's first line when he joined the fight in New York with Tony. Tony was about to be crushed by that cool anchor weapon the big bad used, and Spidey caught it. Tony said "Where'd you come from, kid?" And Spidey answered "the future."
I thought it was maybe like a BttF reference or something, but it set me up for time fuckery to happen all movie. I'm still hung up on it, wondering if we just watched some time fuckery happen, and they did it right under our nose. Like movie two will show things that recontextualize enormous parts of the first movie. I kept thinking about how we had two major groups of characters, mostly acting independently, with very few people crossing from one to the other, and vague space travel times.
Maybe I've just been watching too much Westworld, but I can't help but wonder if something was going on there.
Or I misheard Spidey's line.
I hope that since Ragnarok has come to fruition the Gods will be reborn and we get Kid Loki:
And then when Cassie grows up in a few years-she and Loki can star in Young Avengers.
I saw that and thought "Someone on the interwebs will complain about this".
*snap* and black screen, credits, then the disappearing scenes and the post-credit scene tacked on at the end. That would have had people leaving the theater in shambles.So you want a cheesy shock-value ending rather than something with actual emotional resonance?
So why did Strange give up the stone? Was it really just so Tony would live? Or was the only one way they could win out of millions of scenarios was if Strange actually gave him the stone?
Unfortunately some idiots at my theater couldn't stop giggling at him.One thing not a lot of people are talking about is how amazing the Peter Dinklage inclusion was. I love they didn't put him in some ridiculous makeup or prosthetics or CGI monster. He's just himself, but bigger. It's great.
My point isn't about winning later. It's about how they lose right now.
Tony dying in his battle with Thanos would have been much more powerful, and made predicting future events more difficult.
It would have made a great developmental plot point for Peter to lose a second "uncle".
Then the audience isn't paying attention. It's also spelled out by Strange.
The film took the easy way out to giving us the finger snap outcome.
nah that would have been terrible. You don't emotional and dramatically important scenes in credits*snap* and black screen, credits, then the disappearing scenes and the post-credit scene tacked on at the end. That would have had people leaving the theater in shambles.
I am sharing mine to because these are all opinions and again my opinion that you are being nitpicky isn't wrong though, it feels like that's exactly what it is with the points you picked out. I thought it was very well handled and with full idea of what the consequences will be is unknown but I thought this movie handled it superbly.I am glad you disagree, but your assessment that I've being "nit picky for the sake of it" is presumptuous, and wrong, frankly.
I'm just sharing my opinion and backing it up with my reasoning, in order to prompt discussion and see if others agree or can change my mind. And I think I have some good points.
The eye is a cool reference. To me, that doesn't outweigh the lack of follow-up on interesting developments. It's more like throwing us a small bone after killing the sense of forward momentum.
Yeah, basically Dr. Strange knew that they had to lose in A3 with Tony left alive-so that he could do his thing in A4 and save everyone. Which meant he knew he had to be killed as well. Heady stuff.
I wish I could see a clip again of that Dr. Strange/Thanos fight because that was incredible.
*snap* and black screen, credits, then the disappearing scenes and the post-credit scene tacked on at the end. That would have had people leaving the theater in shambles.
Strange knows the snap will happen, he's playing the long game victory.I interpreted it as him lying about the "one" way to victory. Meaning, there was no future that possibly avoided Thanos getting all the stones and wiping out half of all life. But he knew that the world would need Tony so he gave the stone willingly to ensure that he would at least survive.
I saw that and thought "Someone on the interwebs will complain about this".
My entire theatre was leaving the screening in shambles.*snap* and black screen, credits, then the disappearing scenes and the post-credit scene tacked on at the end. That would have had people leaving the theater in shambles.
Rhodes calling Ross out for his bullshit about Cap and regretting the accords is the kind of development I want to see.
Tony realizing Pete isn't going to just go home and watch the world end, and then his mentee dies in his arms is the kind of development I want to see.
I dddon think non comic book readers realize that comic books have deaths and reversals all the time. It doesn't mean they have no meaning or stakes. It doesn't mean there's no consequences.
They serve more as motivation and characterization than anything in the Marvel Universe.
But it doesn't mean the survivors don't remember.
Cap was pretty sidelined in this, which I'm okay with. I just hope we get a lot more epic shit with him in the next one.
At least he got that one moment with Thanos though
That's good quality for the film only being out several days.There is something really great about the scene where Strange transforms one attack into something harmless and Thanos reacts so realistically, it's those small moments that really make him believable.
Unfortunately some idiots at my theater couldn't stop giggling at him.
Yep. The entire time after the snap where people are dusting has them looking around scared as shit. They have no idea what's happening. It was a realization moment for all of them: "This is way, way bigger than we ever imagined."It's not supposed to be "incredible" though. They all die confused and scared. There's nothing you can do about half the universe at random turning into ash. That's the point.
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They do let us "live in this moment". No music. Heroes die suddenly and without warning. No jokes. No epic speech of how they'll survive. Just an "oh god, we're fucked".
The balancing act on this movie is ridiculous. So many characters, so many relationships and backstories, 6 stones with separate abilities + introducing Thanos and his whole mission on top of all that. That they were able to pull this all off in one movie is crazy.Still digesting my thoughts on this but I think what most surprised me was the degree to which they did successfully convey the stones having "different powers" onscreen. The only time where it felt a bit generic was the final punchup, where it looked like he was using "blue and purple blasts" indiscriminately, otherwise it was like "oh reality stone does this, space stone does that, yeah it all tracks"
Strange knows the snap will happen, he's playing the long game victory.
Also, this movie was the final nail in the coffin for me. I've switched sides. #TeamIronMan
I saw that and thought "Someone on the interwebs will complain about this".