A longtime Marvel fan is very unhappy with the new Marvel blockbuster. Warning, SEVERE spoilers after the fold. Do NOT read this if you do not want to know what happens in the movie. It will ruin it for you, to the extent that is actually possible.
Loved the Marvel Universe, loved Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers, some of the best Sci Fi made IMHO. Didn’t really like the last Thor movie, thought they mocked and attempted to de empower him, but hey, allowed Thor to exercise his comedy chops, no harm.
Then came Infinity War. And I realized the blogs I have been reading are right. They HATE us. There is no other explanation for this.
You take the Marvel Universe, gather all the heroes together, let the Evil win and kill off half of the galaxy. Half! Including half of your hero characters. Think about a guest director on an episode of any of the Star Trek TV shows; just kill off half of the universe and half of the crew. Then hand it back to the regular team “ there! Fixed it for you, all those pesky heroes are gone, no need to thank me”
I understand sacrificing key characters in support of the story and the narrative; Spock, Groot, Han. I mourned but I didn’t whinge, in the story line it made sense. But this movie made no sense and there is no recovering from this unless they do a loopy this-was-just-a-dream/time-warp-fooled-you deus ex machina crap.
We go to movies for enjoyment, for fun, for escape, and yes, for a little bit of hope. I have that quote from Second Hand Lions on my wall
“Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things that a man needs to believe in the most: that people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; that love, true love, never dies… No matter if they’re true or not, a man should believe in those things because those are the things worth believing in.”
Where was any of this in Infinity War? Nothing our heroes did made a damn bit of difference. And whenever they tried to do a noble sacrifice? Magical Bubbles appeared (and more than once). The Hulk? For no reason every made clear in the previous cannon the Hulk is de empowered and made a figure of fun. True love? Let em watch each other die with no gain or reason other than Reasons! Thor? Beaten to a pulp and all his people killed including Loki, but Natasha (a human grrl) can beat them back to a standstill? Iron Man and Dr. Strange? Let’s have them at each other’s throats. I am sorry, but it seemed very clear to me all that was happening was the folks at Disney et al were just trying to shit all over a beloved universe and its fans. And oh guess what? The Evil was doing it for Climate Change Reasons??? Kill half the galaxy to save the galaxy because humans are a pestilence? Seriously?
This wasn’t just a bad movie, this was a deliberate attempt to attack and hurt the fans and their love for this universe. I get sacrifice and I get losing characters, I do. But yah know, I don’t watch Macbeth because of the Everyone Dies routine. When you take that cheap out way of attempting drama, you end up with no one left to carry the story. Ah, they can just fill out with more a not a white male remakes and attempt to sell it to an new and different audience. One that doesn’t love sci fi or superheroes, that will not be paying to watch. But that appears to be the whole idea, isn’t it? Take it over and destroy it. If I stop watching these movies, they win. If I keep watching these movies, they win.
Any hope for a Dread Ilk Movie project?
Actually, it sounds as if George Martin would have benefited heavily from such an approach. And yes, there very likely will be a movie project down the road. But first things first….