So let’s save that for later, and start with the reverse, which is far easier: There’s no Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), no Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), no Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), no Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), and no Everett Ross (the CIA agent played by Martin Freeman). I could try to name all the MCU characters who make appearances in the film, but I’d just wind up leaving a few out, and then we’d all feel bad. There are a few unforced errors-a late defeat-snatched-from-the-jaws-of-victory moment, the ongoing Iron Man–ification of Spidey’s “suit”-but the film’s number of actual missteps is a tiny fraction of the potential missteps inherent in an undertaking this vast.
It is far from a perfect movie, but it is probably close to the best movie it could have been. Infinity War-the title is almost too apt-is a narrative juggling act the likes of which I’m not sure I’ve ever seen before.
Never has the “Marvel Cinematic Universe” seemed like more of a universe, in ways both good and bad. (Marvel fans will recall he spent the interim years perfecting the extraterrestrial ultimate-fighting skills that he showed off in last year’s Thor: Ragnarok.) At one point, having sat out the whole Captain America: Civil War storyline, Banner asks, “The Avengers broke up? Like a band? Like the Beatles?” Later, he’s more incredulous still at the launch of not one, but two new arthropod-based Marvel franchises: “There’s an Ant-Man and a Spider-Man?” Oh, Bruce. the actor Mark Ruffalo-shows up early in Avengers: Infinity War, he has a bit of catching up to do. But actually-trust me, and take a deep breath-that was eight Marvel movies ago. It seems like only a couple of Marvel movies ago that the original Avengers-Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Hulk, Hawkeye-were duking it out with Tony Stark’s high-end, ill-advised kitchenware Ultron and his shiny utensil-minions. Those who wish to avoid any such knowledge should see the movie first.Īh, how times passes. Note: Although this review avoids spoilers, it inevitably contains hints of what transpires in the film.
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