Oh yeah, this appears to be one of those times being a hoarder pays off. That handheld Defender game Groot is playing throughout the movie? I have one. A couple years ago, I tested it, and checked ebay to see whatever they were going for. Only about $20 back then. They are now north of $60, and it seems like some are even being sold for more than $100.
Hulk wasn't strong enough until Thanos killed his chick.
Marvel will get them there and with Thors and his new hammer and Steve Rogaines shield they will seperate the gauntlet stolen by Rocket while Thanos is enjoying the new universe, freeing the stones just after the guy who trained Dr. Strange uses it to roll back time to just before Loki dies and both Hulks whoop Thanos asterisk. the wholething ends with the stones separating and the duplicate characters from the new timeline vanishing because that's how that stuff works.
I'll be honest I was pretty disappointed with the movie. It felt choppy and like they tried to shove 10lbs of E36 M3 in a 5lb bag. I thought they glossed over a lot of stuff they shouldn't have. But I seem to be the only disappointed by it among the group of us that went.
I loved it. Thanos is an outstanding villain with real reasons and motivation. They did a great job of giving everyone a decent part, which is pretty amazing considering this cast. There are moments of real feeling and real humor. I think it's one of the best comic book movies ever, but I will also stipulate that you won't feel that way unless you are very well-versed in the MCU. This is the payoff from 10 years and 18 movies of buildup.
Tom_Spangler said:This is the payoff from 10 years and 18 movies of buildup.
Agreed, which is a pretty brave move in a short-attention-span world.
Overall I dug it a lot. I think the Russo brothers did a fine job of pivoting from features to a true ensemble film, which was a tough move given the fact that we're talking about super-folk here who naturally dominate their environments and the screen whenever they're on it. It was also particularly tricky given that it follows Black Panther so closely, which did a lot to really create the newest marvel superstar.
But I've got a major gripe. And it's not so much a major gripe with this movie in particular as it is with the general concept of these tentpole franchises and what they've done to the narrative. I mean, at the end of this movie, half the damn Avengers were erased from existence. But because this franchise is so heavily invested in continuing—hell, we know the release dates for a dozen more movies in the cycle already—those deaths carry little narrative weight because we know they're only temporary. Really the only deaths that carry major weight in this film were Loki's and Gamora's, although I don't see her staying dead for too many more pictures.
Ultimately this is one of the reason's that time travel films are so hard to pull off properly, and characters like Superman never really resonated with me: If you have a giant cosmic reset button you can deploy to erase huge, world-changing events, nothing really matters. With Superman, we constantly see that self-doubt is really his only enemy since he can basically punch his way out of any problem. At some point you just want to say "come on, Clark, get your crap together and help out already."
Look, I'll still be in a seat on opening night of IW2, but I know by the end of that movie that Peter(s), Bucky, Groot, Steven, T'Challa and the rest of the evapo-friends will be back in action after someone hits "reset." My guess is that Tony and Cap will not survive the next film, and that Tony's statement of "we don't trade a life for a life" will turn out to be somewhat flexible when an opportunity to sacrifice himself for his friends arrives.
Also, if beard Steve Rogers and Jason Momoa's Aquaman were ever in the same room together I think I would become man-pregnant. It's just not fair what those two get to look like when the rest of us are just languishing in our Crocs with BBQ sauce stains on our shirts. I'm pretty sure is BBQ sauce, anyway. It tastes like BBQ sauce.
JG Pasterjak said:If you have a giant cosmic reset button you can deploy to erase huge, world-changing events, nothing really matters.
Basically the ending of Dr. Strange sums this up pretty well, just rewind as many times as you want until you get the result you want. It was cool in that movie that one time just to show how it works but i agree it can easily get over-played if that's always how all the problems get fixed.
I also haven't seen IW yet (plan to this weekend, also dont mind spoiler which is why i'm in this thread) but i have to say having seen all the movies leading up to this i'm pretty stoked to see it all come together for IW, the marvel movies are some of my favorite films.
Disapointed about the lack of Buzz Lightyear in this thread. I don't have a clue what you guys are talking about because I generally steer clear if comic book superhero movies.
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