Avengers: Infinity War

Plot: Thanos wants to kill half the people in the universe in his form of Malthusian population control, and to do that he has to collect the six infinity stones that have been scattered about in previous Marvel movies. Thus we can unite many all the story lines in one movie. Thanos fights with all the boys and girls, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Spiderman, Star Lord, Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, Gamora, and Black Widow. [imdb]    [photos]

Review: I needed to see this movie because it had been building for so long. It is like a new installment in a long running series, and it can tie up many loose ends.

I liked it. It was fun to watch. There were many small scenes with a few characters interacting, like an anthology. It was tied together by bad guy Thanos, who was smarter than most bad guys in that he had a reason for his death & destruction. Thanos (Josh Brolin) is the real center of the film.

Infinity War has a big surprise ending, that will keep me guessing until the sequel. At least this did not end like even other action movie. 

Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hollad, Chadwich Boseman, Zoe Saldana, Karan Gillan, Tom Hiddleston, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie. 

Directed by: Anthony and Joe Russo

Written by: 16 people!

The Music: Orchestral music by Alan Silvestri. Not so noticeable during the movie, but the end credits sounded good. 

The Visuals: About like you'd expect. The fight scenes are not super detailed, and the is no blood and gore. They were trying to reduce the gross-out factor. 

Rating: 3.0 stars: It doesn't feel like more than that. I do want to see it again though. 

SPOILERS: Wow, who would have thought so many characters would die. I thought they'd kill off some of the older characters like Iron Man and Captain America because those actors didn't want to do any more films, but it is almost the opposite. The younger characters died, leaving the old guard to pick up the pieces in Infinity Wars 2.

I suppose that there will be some time traveling or alternate reality that will allow everyone to come back to life. Publicists for Marvel say that the mass killing will cause major changes, and everything will not be business as usual.

It is important to note that AntMan, who has a movie opening this summer was not in the movie, and that Captain Marvel has a film next year prior to the next Avenger's movie. Captain Marvel was referenced in the teaser scene after the credits.

Worse SPOILERS: Seems that in the comic book, people who are killed by the soul stone are sent to the Soul World, which is inside the sole stone. In the comic, one character (Warlock) can communicate with them. 

Yet more: So why did tech billionaire Tony Stark have a flip-phone? Is this movie really set in the past? Seems not. It looks like that was a burner phone sent by Captain America to Tony in a previous movie. 
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