Post by Archelaus on May 14, 2019 19:32:34 GMT
I thoroughly enjoyed your detailed critique of the film.
Related to “bored,” there were parts during which I got really confused. That may be because I haven’t seen all of the series, but I thought the movie did a good job explaining stuff that I’d missed (related to Antman and Sherlock Holmes, mostly—Chris Pratt and his annoying gang of aliens don’t play much of a part here). Mostly it was just the cutting between the scenes on the planet, in New York, and in Asgard. The planet stuff went on forever, and I found it boring. I also got confused when it seemed like it was treading over the same ground the last movie had. Also: time travel. The writers didn’t seem to get it either, so I just went along with it. But didn’t the snap require all of the gems? So why couldn’t they have gone back and just taken out one of the gems? Yes, I’m sure there’s a reason.
I'm having trouble trying to follow your second question. The snap required all of the Infinity Stones, in which the Avengers had.
Also, where’d his Narnia-esque villain army come from at the end? One of the guys is his second-in-command, yes (“I herald the coming of the great Thanos”), but I’m talking about the monsters at the end. Of course they had to be there to fight our heroes, but who/what are they?
Thanos's army comes from the Chitauri who are basically his client enforcers when they invade planets and kill off half of the population. The monsters during the final battle you may be referring to are the Leviathan.
Thanos. I liked that early death surprise, as mentioned, but they did the big purple guy a disservice: he was a complex, interesting character in the first one, and here he’s a plot device. He even has clichéd villain dialogue to go along with it. (Also: I laughed because what he did in the movie wasn’t too far removed from what he did in fake “spoilers” I wrote as a joke here.)
That's a fine point to make, but I was content with it. It shows how much Thanos has grown since Infinity War. The search for the Infinity Stones took Thanos on a character journey in which he had to make a painful sacrifice. The alternate 2014 Thanos hasn't gone on that journey yet so he's very much an intergalactic despot without the nuance.
I'm having trouble trying to follow your second question. The snap required all of the Infinity Stones, in which the Avengers had.
Thanos's army comes from the Chitauri who are basically his client enforcers when they invade planets and kill off half of the population. The monsters during the final battle you may be referring to are the Leviathan.
That's a fine point to make, but I was content with it. It shows how much Thanos has grown since Infinity War. The search for the Infinity Stones took Thanos on a character journey in which he had to make a painful sacrifice. The alternate 2014 Thanos hasn't gone on that journey yet so he's very much an intergalactic despot without the nuance.