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Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:04 pm
by JimZipCode
Long! So, so long. We took my 9yo son and 6 of his friends to see the movie, for his birthday. My son, big-time superhero nerd, was rapt. But after 20 mins of previews and ~90 mins of movie, some of the other 8/9yos with us got antsy. And there was still a whole nother hour to go! 3 or 4 of the kids made a few trips to the bathroom, or water fountain, or whatever.

Dark! So, so dark. Scenes of torture, a few deaths. Much darker than many/most (all?) of the Marvel movies have been. Grim and desperate.

Busy. You need a pretty solid sense of who all the heroes are from previous movies, because there is absolutely no extra time to fill you in on anyone's backstory.

Choppy. The ensemble is so huge, they have to cut away to what a different group is doing in another part of the story, like every 2 seconds.

I thought it was great. Epic. Ambitious, well pulled-off. I think I may have loved it? But I have to stop short of "recommending" it, esp to families with kids younger than ~10 or so, due to reasons given above. Not as fun as Thor Ragnarok, or Doc Strange, or even Wonder Woman. That's right, less "fun" than World War One. But yeah, I thought it was great. I was impressed.

Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 5:41 pm
by Fat Cat
So long. Best part of the film was Brolin as Thanos.

Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 5:51 pm
by tough old man
Its funny to think that people believe Wakanda is what Africa would be like if there were no European influence in the past.

Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 9:14 pm
by Grandpa's Spells
It was good but long. Ragnarok raised the bar.

Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 10:34 pm
by JimZipCode
Fat Cat wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 5:41 pmSo long. Best part of the film was Brolin as Thanos.
Did the kiddo like it? How old?

Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 10:38 pm
by Fat Cat
He's ten, he liked it okay but I can't say he's mentioned it since.

Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:07 pm
by Kazuya Mishima
tough old man wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 5:51 pm Its funny to think that people believe Wakanda is what Africa would be like if there were no European influence in the past.
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Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 6:43 pm
by Fat Cat
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Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:30 am
by Protobuilder
Meh. Killing off people who have movies coming up isn't convincing.

Re: Avengers Infinity War

Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:05 am
by The Ginger Beard Man
I finally saw it a couple nights ago; the night after finally seeing Ragnarok on Netflix.
After Ragnarok, my wife asked, “Would it kill them to spend some money on a good script?”
I’d say the same about Infinity War.