Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you want a completely spoiler-free experience going into “Avengers: Infinity War.”
“Avengers: Infinity War,” a.k.a. “What If Marvel Threw a Superhero Party and Everyone Came?,” feels like a movie that the American Entertainment State had to get out of its system. It’s the 19th entry in the Marvel Comics Universe, but it’s the first to push to the wall, to the max, to the ultron the notion that the McU really is a universe: a vast intermeshed thicket of comic-book icons, destined to be an army that’s greater than the sum of its parts. If, for decades, the metaphor for propulsive blockbuster filmmaking was the “ride,” then watching “Avengers: Infinity War” is like going to a theme park and taking three spins on every ride there.
Set in deep space, and in half a dozen lands, the film...
“Avengers: Infinity War,” a.k.a. “What If Marvel Threw a Superhero Party and Everyone Came?,” feels like a movie that the American Entertainment State had to get out of its system. It’s the 19th entry in the Marvel Comics Universe, but it’s the first to push to the wall, to the max, to the ultron the notion that the McU really is a universe: a vast intermeshed thicket of comic-book icons, destined to be an army that’s greater than the sum of its parts. If, for decades, the metaphor for propulsive blockbuster filmmaking was the “ride,” then watching “Avengers: Infinity War” is like going to a theme park and taking three spins on every ride there.
Set in deep space, and in half a dozen lands, the film...
- 4/24/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety - Film News
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