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Top 10 Reasons Avengers: Infinity War is Marvelous

Top 10 Reasons Avengers: Infinity War is Marvelous

It’s finally time for Avengers: Infinity War to smash into theaters like a girthy, alien fist clad in the Infinity Gauntlet intruding into Captain America’s face. This movie has been in the works in some ways for nearly ten years, ever since we first saw Thanos’ smug-ass face at the end of the first Avengers (more on that later).

While the movie has little to do with video games (unless you play one of Marvel’s fifty gacha-style mobile games currently advertising the flick), this is a big enough deal that we know all you dorks care about it too. So here’s ten reasons why we’re making ours Marvel and settling in on the hype train. Excelsior or whatever.

It’s the Ultimate Build

It’s the Ultimate Build

Sometimes, when you think too hard about it looking back, it comes off as a little silly at times. But when you take a step back, it’s pretty impressive to look at the Marvel Studios project as a whole. It’s nothing that has ever really even been attempted before, much less more or less nailed on the first try. Each movie feeds into the next, and it’s been happening since 2008. Avengers: Infinity War is arguably the ultimate culmination of everything that has happened since Iron Man , and that’s pretty cool. Sure, the “phase” doesn’t actually end until the next one, but still.

Great Action

Great Action

Not every Marvel flick has had great action scenes. A lot of them are full of awkward camera movement and too much visual noise, but the Russo Brothers have proven multiple times that they know how to direct an action scene. Even as big, silly blockbuster affairs, you can tell even the bombastic stuff is thoughtfully planned and constructed. Avengers: Infinity War will be this, but on the largest scale yet.

Cast Shakeups

Cast Shakeups

It’s Avengers: Infinity War . Thanos is coming, and he’s coming to mess people up. He’s a threat on a power scale that has yet to be seen. Now, I’m not normally into characters dying for the sake of shock or messing with the audience’s emotions for the sake of it, but it’s been ten years. Things will happen in this movie that alter the course of the next phase, and that will lead into Avengers 4 , where most of the main actors’ contracts will be over. Stuff with a “capital S” is going to go down.

Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs

For the more serious and hardcore comics nerds, part of the fun of watching all these movies is scouring each frame for little nods and hints at the greater Marvel Universe that simply have no room in the movies. They’re mostly there to show the fans that the people making these movies not only care, but have access to the deepest Marvel lore and want to show it off. As busy as Avengers: Infinity War will be, the easter egg articles to follow its release are going to be a lot of fun.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy

There are going to be a lot of characters from Marvel cinema history running into each other for the first time left and right. But things will be extra special when the Avengers finally come into contact with the Guardians of the Galaxy for the first time. These characters were a surprise box office hit, and have been building entirely in their own space so far. The potential for disparate character interactions with all of these folks running into each other is through the roof.

Hawkeye?

Hawkeye?

Conspiracy theory time. The entirety of the Avengers: Infinity War marketing campaign has been missing something… or rather someone. Where the hell is Hawkeye? While some were worried about the character not actually being in the movie for some reason or another, more discerning Marvel fans know the long history of the character and are expecting a surprise transformation by the end of the film. Ronin, anyone?

Iron Spider

Iron Spider

The new version of Spider-Man for the Marvel Studios flims is a hit, and we’re excited to see more of him. But even more exciting is that despite the events at the end of Spider-Man: Homecoming , the Avengers: Infinity War trailers have shown Spidey donning the Iron Spider costume. While historically a Civil War thing, seeing how the MCU interpretation of one of the wackier Spider-Man costume phases works out is definitely intriguing for fans.

Black Panther!

Black Panther!

Black Panther was huge, and deservedly so. And we don’t have to wait very long before we get to visit these awesome characters again. While T’Challa himself already debuted in Avengers: Civil War , seeing the rest of the supporting cast make some sort of appearance in the Avengers scene is going to be badass.

Russo Brothers

Russo Brothers

Many of the Marvel movies have been pretty hit or miss, but the Russo Brothers have proven themselves as talented directors, and their talent has shone through on all the projects they’ve been in charge of. While Joss Whedon ultimately fumbled the ball, these dudes picking it up and running to the end zone with it has been so much better overall. Just based on ability alone, I’m curious to see what the Russos and their crew can do with a much more fantastical premise than the last few.

Thanos

Thanos

For me, a more casual comics fan, Thanos has always been the big dude in Marvel vs Capcom 2 who also is on the cover of a ludicrous number of Marvel trades. This guy is a big deal, and has been for decades. Seeing him finally front and center in an Avengers movie after multiple teases of him lurking in the darkness in the background is super exciting. Plus he has a wild new character design, and seeing how that works out will be just as fascinating.

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