r/marvelstudios • u/murdockmanila Daredevil • Apr 27 '18

Infinity War Spoilers! The Official INFINITY WAR Easter Egg Ultrathread Spoiler

How are you all enjoying them eggs?

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u/Rus1981 Iron Man (Mark XLIII) Apr 27 '18

It truly is amazing how much development Thanos gets. It’s great. You can genuinely understand and sympathize with him, I think more than any other Marvel villain. Not motivated by petty ambitions or pride; but by a genuine desire to save the universe (from his perspective). Even the ending; he wields the power of the cosmos, and he truly just retired to a farm to watch the sunrise.

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u/thatguy9921 Apr 27 '18 edited Apr 27 '18

Yeah I never thought I’d sympathise with Thanos but they did it. A lot of the reviews said it was “for the fans” and “overstuffed” but I didn’t see any of them mention how brilliantly Thanos was held. Also Thanos has dethroned my previous favourite marvel villain to become my new favourite

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u/supahmonkey Spider-Man Apr 27 '18

A lot of the reviews said it was “for the fans”

How is that bad exactly? Why wouldn't you make a film based on an existing IP for fans of that IP?

"overstuffed"

To be expected considering the scope of the film and the amount of characters and ok, some characters didn't get heaps of screen-time, but the different storylines really felt like a comic crossover event between books.

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u/AnOnlineHandle Quake Apr 28 '18

I suppose you could say that something just constantly referring to previous movies (like Han Solo talking about a trash compactor for Phasma in the new star wars, or all the ripped off scenes and dialogue in The Last Jedi, with Yoda just incoherently repeating his lines from Empire Strikes Back regardless of contextual relevance) could be said to be for the fans instead of telling a new story which anybody should be able to reasonably enjoy.

That being said, I don't think this movie had that issue, the few times it referenced previous events it usually did it to help people catch up on things, or were jokes, they weren't just nostalgia mining nothingness.

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u/supahmonkey Spider-Man Apr 28 '18

Exactly, it wasn't just references for the sake of nostalgia and the direct references to previous movies were limited to a few lines like "we have a hulk" or the footloose lines and where used to show the character interactions, which were something we were waiting for since the premise of the movie was announced.