OrangeCrush

Nope, never read a comic before....sigh!!!. Only have over 150 short boxes of comics and Watchmen and Infinity Gauntlet are easily 2 of my all time favorite stories. Were not talking about what happens in the next film. Wre talking about this film and even knowing some of these characters are coming back doesn't make the scenes any less impactful, at least not for me. And if you have read any of the interviews with The Russo's or Fiege, you would know that there are going to be some surprise deaths or people not coming back at all, so nothing is for sure right now besides a few main characters. Its not just going to be Loki & Hiemdall.

They all looked FAR more vulnerable than we have ever seen them before. I was right about one thing tho and that is that Marvel purposely misdirected people with the trailer. I said that awhile back as they made it look like Vision was going to die by getting the mind stone ripped out and Thanos says "I hope they remember you" when looking down at Stark. I usually don't watch trailers, but the trailer aired during the super bowl so I just said screw it. I suspected from the very beginning that the trailer was misdirection.

Agreed! Same with Stark watching Spider-Man die. He was just a kid and when he starts saying "I don't want to die,, I don't want to go", the look on Starks face was just brutal. Some pretty impactful scenes in the film in regards to deaths.

Gamora was easily the saddest death for me. Most shocking was Loki, not because I thought he would survive the movie, but because it happened in the first 10 minutes.

Here is a MIGHTY impressive feat: http://deadline.com/2018/05/avengers-infinity-war-first-week-global-international-box-office-results-1202380241/ Yep, looks like you were spot on! http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/01/avengers-infinity-war-director-confirms-this-character-survived That makes me really happy as I absolutely loved the character.

Wow, I guess New York's AMC 25 had an 11 Marvel movie marathon that lasted 31 hours before Infinity War aired as the finale. Now those are some die hard fans. Not sure I could sit in a theatre for 31 hours just to get to Infinity War. https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/1/17294156/marvel-avengers-infinity-war-movie-marathon-amc

Ah, didn't pick up on that part! Much appreciated!

I asked this in the other thread in spoiler mode and haven't had a response. Just wondering if anyone knows what happened to Valkyrie? Wasn't she on the ship that Thanos attacked at the very beginning? They never showed what happened to her.

Not for me. Given the challenges they faced with making this film, I think they did an absolutely brilliant job. It never once felt jumbled or out of sorts. You have to remember going into this that its really a film about Thanos more than it is any of the individual Avengers.

I have to agree on Black Panther. I really enjoyed it and thought it was very good film, but it appears to be one of the most popular films in the MCU to date and that just isn't the case for me. It would probably rank around 7 or 8th if I were to make a favorite MCU film list. I loved Ragnarok as it was very different from everything we have seen thus far.I thought Cate Blanchet did a great job as Hela and I LOVED Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie. And that scene near the end when Thor starts attacking the soldiers on the bridge to the Led Zeppelin song was one of the best scenes I have seen to date in the MCU. Again, as always to each thier own.

Looks like its broken another record, and by a pretty big margin. The previous record was Universal’s Furious 7 ($14M on April 6, 2015). Infinity War almost doubled that amount. ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Posts April Monday Record With $25M+ http://deadline.com/2018/05/avengers-infinity-war-monday-box-office-second-best-marvel-1202380127/

Here is an interesting article: Avengers: Infinity War – Hollywood has admitted defeat in its war with box-set TV https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/01/avengers-infinity-war-hollywood-tv-box-sets

As if that changes anything at all. Your still watching the movies. As for your feelings on the movies, your posts certainly don't come off the way yur describing here at all, at least not to me. Either way, my advice would be to not get so defensive and take things so personally. Again, I wasn't attacking your opinion at all. I was simply making a very common sense suggestion if you really didn't like what Marvel was doing with the MCU. Never underestimate James Cameron. Not only is he a master at the medium of directing and storytelling, but he is also pretty much a genius when it comes to technology. The guy has invented and patented quite a few things in his time. Cameron's inventions/patents https://patents.justia.com/inventor/james-cameron I for one am most excited for his Terminator sequel, which will ignore all of the previous films post Terminator 2. My biggest problem with Ultron was they took the humor aspect of the film too far. One of the most impressive aspects of the VAST majority of Marvel films has been thier ability to mix and balance the action scenes, the more serious exposition scenes, humor, and legitimately moving character interactions. Black Widow & Cap in Winter Soldier is a perfect example. Had the interactions between Widow and Cap not ben in Winter Solider, it would not have been nearly as good of a film. IMO, this is really where Marvel puts DC to shame. Unfortunately with Utron, that balance was nowhere near what we have seen with most of the other films. I still enjoyed the film, but it would definitely be way down the ladder if I were to rank all of Marvels films.

Its simply common sense. I have stated MULTIPLE times in this forum that people have a right to thier own opinions and that I respect those opinions even if I happen to disagree with them, and yes that even includes yours. That being said, if you don't like what Marvel is doing with the films, don't go and see them and stick with the comics you enjoy. Again, just common sense in my book. I know I don't go see movies that I don't like. Maybe your different. All the power to you! And I understand fully what subjective opinions are and would NEVER ridicule or make fun of someone's subjective opinion on an online forum. IMO, that's one of the biggest problems with the modern day internet. So clearly your reading a LOT more into my post than was intended. As for what you were thinking....well, what was I thinking making a logical post to someone that isn't enjoying the MCU? People like you get so defensive that you think any post that is made that addresses your opinion is an attack on your opinion and you couldn't possibly be more wrong in this regard.

Its dominating by such a large margin that Korea might take legislative action to prevent such domination at the box office. How absurd, Korea Box Office: ‘Avengers’ Domination May Hasten Legislative Response http://variety.com/2018/film/asia/korea-box-office-avengers-domination-legal-pushback-1202791599/ Now that is truly the definition of dominating. It accounted for 95% of the total weekend box office. The 2nd highest movie accounted for just 1% of ticket sales, lol. Love this:

It will be a good way for kids to hit up the same houses time and time again. There will likely be so many kids dressed up as Thanos, Iron Man, Cap, etc. tht it will be impossible to tell if they have already been at your house already. Great way to go home with like 50 pounds in candy, lol.

And again, these figures don't include China, the 2nd biggest market in the world. It opens I think on May 12th in Chiina. Once those figures get added onto the total opening figures, this is going to crush everything, and by a significant margin.

Nobody ever said that it was a dream come true for everyone in here. Again, no film ever gets 100% positive rating and if you haven't learned at this point that Marvel isn't following the comics verbatim, you never will. As I said earlier, I for one don't want Mavel to feel like they have to follow these comics to the letter. Again, where is the fun in seeing a film when you know exactly what is going to happen. I for one couldn't possibly be more content with the direction Marvel has taken with all 19 films. If you don't like what Marvel is doing, then just don't see the films and just stick with the comics. Problem solved.

Yeah, as I stated earlier, merchandising is HUGE for both DC and Marvel. You have everything from high end statues from companies like Sideshow and Prime 1 to lunch boxes, Lego sets, T-shirts, and pretty much anything you can think of in-between. Disney really is king of Hollywood right now and are just making truck loads of cash!! And you have Incredibles 2 coming from Pixar. A lot of people have been waiting a LONG time for a sequel to that film. That film is going to rake in a ton of money as well. And Black Panther is still in the #5 spot right now at the box office and has grossed 1.3 billion to date. So Marvel has 2 of the top 5 spots right now in regards to the box office.

The people looking at the box office opening numbers, you have to remember that this still has yet to open in China, which is the 2nd bigges movie market in the world. It opens in China in the 2nd week of May and those numbers will be added onto the opening numbers for Infinity War. So you should expect at least another $150 million to get added onto Infinity War's opening numbers.

Ah, gotcha!! I really don't either. I think there have been like 5 films in my entire life I went and saw more than once including The Matrix & Avatar.

Wow, you never watch a movie more than once? I just can't imagine not revisiting my favorite movies every so often. Not to mention, some films really need to be seen twice to really fully appreciate them. Memento and Inception are 2 perfect examples.

Let not all forget that if it wasn't for Paramount given Marvel the chances with Iron Man none of these movies and including Disney buyout could've happened. Actually, Marvel raised the VAST majority of money on Iron Man. They actually put up the IP rights to MANY of their characters as collateral. It was considered a HUGE risk at the time and had it failed, Marvel would have lost the rights to many of thier characters including the Avengers. So Paramount didn't have nearly as much to do with it as your suggesting.

Its never even been close to a contest, with the one exception being Wonder Woman. DC is so far behind with the DCEU compared to Marvel that its not even funny. And the sad thing is, Marvel basically handed DC the perfect blueprint for making these films, but DC was stubborn and wanted to go a different route. One much more dark and serious and we have all seen how that has played out. The good news on this front is I think DC is starting to come around. Wonder Woman was a great movie and hiring Joss Whedon clearly shows they want to lighten things up a bit. Still, they have a LOT of catching up to do. And what makes this even more unbelievable for me is I think DC has a MUCH stronger roster of characters than Marvel.