Avengers: Infinity War - Ending & Themes Explained 

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I realised when watching the movie, Thanos knew Stark’s name because Stark was responsible for killing people with his weapons, wars have two sides so by giving one army the weapons Stark was essentially killing the other half like Thanos does now. *And* when Thanos tells Starlord he likes him it’s because Peter understands the idea of sacrificing to save the many which is why he lets Peter go, same with Wanda. This just shows how deeply Thanos believes in what he’s doing. He’s not a typical hothead powered by vengeance, he truly believes what he’s doing is right, same with Kilmonger and that makes him a good villain.

After Apocalypsis and Steppenwolf I didn't believed I was going to take serious and be fascinated by a giant super powerful colorful bad guy. BOY I was wroooong. Thank god I was wrong.

Oh no, Spiderman died. *Sees that there's going to be a Spiderman: Homecoming 2. Oh no, most of the Guardians of the Galaxy died. *Sees that there's going to be a third Guardians of the Galaxy. I'm starting to think that the MCU shouldn't announce movies too far in advance. The dramatic tension isn't as strong.

Something I found refreshing about Thanos is how unique a villain he is. Clearly he’s the film’s protagonist. It’s scary how much he thinks his vision of life in the universe is the right one. The fact that instead of snapping up more space and resources for life he is adamant that the only way is to exterminate half of all sentient life. I think it enforces the idea that though he is rational he is also indeed a Mad Titan! Then there is the whole logical but twisted sense of fairness and mercy he possesses. He annihilates randomly without pretenses of social class, or nitpicking victims, it’s 50% death and it’s wickedly fair in that sense without a doubt. And with the Gauntlet and Stones he exterminated painlessly, no torture or pain, just random disintegration. To top it all off he doesn’t seek to become essentially God to rule and subjugate the universe, he has a goal, a mission, that he thinks makes him the unsung hero of the universe that’ll never be understood or praised by grateful life; but he has done it and will watch the fruits of his great labor and leave life now to their, as he sees it, better future and fate. He has a messiah complex and has sacrificed what he loves for the greater good... 😈 Mad Titan Thanos!

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There is no cliffhanger, there's a very definite resolution to this film. The protagonist had a complete plot arc, a complete character arc, and succeeded in his goals whilst the antagonists failed. If Avengers 4 hadn't been announced this film barely even hints at a continuation other than that the 'heroes' where the ones who failed.

Everything else made sense except the comparison between Thanos and Killmonger. Killmonger, though spurred on by his tragic past just like Thanos, was not doing anything for the greater good. It was all for himself. While Thanos truly believes that he is saving the world from the fate that plagued his home planet. At the end he does not crown himself king but retreats into a peaceful corner and leaves the world to itself.

The scene where Thanos throw gamora remind me of Stannis Baratheon. Stannis also sacrifie his own daughter because he believe that's the only way to save everyone away from the Lanisters.

Soo no one gonna say anything about Red skull?

I was just glad to see Thanos live up to the hype.

When Ebony Maw is torturing Dr. Strange with those clear needle things he says "these were originally intended for micro surgery" or something. I didn't notice it the first time but upon second viewing it kinda felt like Maw was just making small talk with Strange because he knew he was a surgeon before.

I don't wanna go mr. Stark. :'(

Wow!👏🏽bravo! Another fantastic break down especially to one of my favorite comic book movies of all time!!This is the breakdown that I’ve been looking it went from Thonos’ philosophies to the parallel with Star Wars with old versus new another fantastic job ladies! keep up the good work! I would love to see more breakdowns of all the Marvel movies, & keep up the great work! Much love 🙌🏽💯💜

I feel like you're so right, but I don't want you to be! I know is natural to let go characters to let others come in and the new ones are so great but I can't let go old characters like Tonny Stark, Thor, Loki... I simply cant. :( Anybody feeling the same?

Do me the difference between Thanos and Killmonger. Was that Thanos had a plan built on logic yet immoral reasoning. Killmonger had a grudge built on a vendetta.

Excellent work yet again. This really is my favourite channel on here.

ughh i'm still so sad about loki ;__;

6 Avengers = 6 Stones.

The movie didn't leave me stunned, it left me sobbing and crying waterfalls while my subconcious was trying to calm me down by remembering me that there will be a 2nd part where they are able to fix everything

I just noticed, in Gamoras "Mugshot" scene ( 1:40 ) from GotG, it says "Last of the Zehoberei people" but in Infinity War, Thanos claims that half her people are alive and thriving... was he lying? Or is it just a continuity error?

infinity war was such a good movie

I'm gonna miss Mr Evans :(

Best take I've seen on this movie! Great job!

I agree with absolutely everything. Excellent video essay!

As much as I appreciate the points in the video, I disagree with a few things. The video make it look like the old Avengers are like a burden and the Infinity War movie signals that they should retire. I never felt that they are overshadowing the newcomers. In fact, both the old and new school are working side by side. If they want to retire or end up dying, it is OK. But saying that it time to step off and let the newcomers take centre stage did not sit well with me. Captain America is immortal and never age. He have been doing his job since World War and is still going strong. Is it fair to say that he is hindering the new class of Avengers? As far as I can see the old heroes are happy that they have more fighting alongside them and they are recruiting more. The newcomers are doing what they want freely, unless they are working under the directions of a leader. As for the old ones making mistakes, everyone does that. Even superheroes. The newcomer Star-Lord lost his cool and enabled Thanos to escape. That is a mistake, right? Whoever has made the mistake, all the Avengers both 'elder' and 'new' have to fix it. I am watching 'The Secret War' series and when the default Avengers were gone, new ones took their place. And before disappearing, Captain America told them to do what they have to in their stead and avenge. He did not say, " Oh it is time for us to go and so we are passing on our legacy." If some old school Avengers decide to retire, as I have said before, that is fine. But they have yet to reach that point (unless they die), well at least most of them. Seeing how Marvel comics are written over the ages indicate that they will come back again with new stories being written about them. And the video's explanation about the inner meanings of the stones seems rather forced. Not everything has to have some hidden meaning. The Avengers movie may be full of surprises but it does not necessarily have to be symbolical. Of course, I could be wrong.

One thing the whole situation with the Soul Stone reminded me of, was Wagners opera "The Ring". The ring in the story is the ultimate power, but in order to keep and use it, you have to give up all love.

watched this after Endgame...let me just say, your analyses never fail to impress.

Could thanos not just create limitless resources and control the birthrate?

How does this Chanel not have 1m yet!! Such good content!!

I spoiled the movie for myself but damn I can’t resist watching your videos😂😭💕

you girls rule.

I cried when Peter died

I would have loved to see more of Loki in this movie. :( I still want to see him do magic alongside Dr. Strange.

I predicted Black Panther a few weeks before I went to the press screening of AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR in NYC. Where's my cookie?!

Tomorrow Will Become Yesterday So Live Today Like You Mean It& Keep That Same Energy!!⚡⚡

If Thanos is so strong why can’t he just create more resources???

Did anyone else think "hmm that's not a bad idea" when Thanos explained what he wanted to do? Not to mention what he sacrifices to do it and the fairness of how it will be done. Pretty brilliant imo.

Who knew Thanos was a big fan of Bill Burr

So one thing I am wondering about is where was the Hulk during the final battle? He was completely MIA! I really wanted to see a rematch between the Hulk and Thanos...

Can you do a video on Season 2 of Dear White People?

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“When given the choice to give up a person they love or the stone they give up the stone” Ironstrange confirmed

So weird watching a movie analyzing Infinity War from before Endgame

I love that I watched this after Endgame. My anxiety was so high the closer we got to Endgame and this video would not have helped much

WTF? No! I dont want the new superhero´s fuck them i want the old to be there

Thanos is pretty much Anton Chigur from No Country for Old Men

Can you guys make a video about Dean Winchester?

Beautiful analysis 🙏👏

Thanos is not a utilitarian 50% of people get Better lives- quite good 50% of people die which is very bad Altogether it is bad

It's funny to call the OG Avengers elders when some of them are younger than 35 and some of the other Avengers are as old as 55 haha

You guys rock, as always. Don't ever change.

I am really gonna miss RDJ

I can’t wait for Avenger’s 4, I love MCU and ScreenPrism!! The older characters have to go out on a heroic, sacrificial high note rather than the result of Thanos’ plan. That’s a much more satisfying transition!

I still think that logo bug you use in the lower right corner is way too big.

Great video! The MCU is definitely doing it way better than Lucasfilm/Star Wars. It is simple all about storytelling and good payoffs. Something the new Disney/SW movies are completely ruining, with reckless abandon. Thanks for sharing your thoughts & stay safe!

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Great job as always thanks for the awesome vids....Do more game of thrones,lotr,starwars, avatar leg3d of aang and last airbender plssss

Nitpick: star wars episode III: revenge of the sith was 2005, not 1983

Pretty good video on the ending of the movie. Now, the real question out of all this is, where Hawkeye fits into the mix.

I’m pretty sick of this idea that “old” hero’s need to die to make room for the “new”. (Younger) heros. It is a stupid idea. There is fuck all wrong with old and new side by side. But that is all Hollywood is today. Mostly garbage.

To me, before I watch, this movie was about sacrifice. In every scene there is a choice to sacrifice something for either the greater good or to advance your own resolve.

It👏 Didn't👏 End👏 On👏 A👏 Cliffhanger👏!!! Why can't people accept it when the villain wins?

Still crazy how spiderman is only 16 in this movie, imagine adult spiderman 🔥

The biggest mystery in the film ..When Tony makes Thanos bleed ,his blood is red in color.. When Thanos is stabbed by Thor with Storm Breaker..His blood is Ink Blue.. Explain this shit @screenprism.. Thanos demands your explanation

I just had the movie spoiled for me today before I've even gotten the chance to see it yet. FUCK!!! Still, I'm none to happy about the ending. I'm hoping Black Panther becomes the next leader of the Avengers, he's the best candidate in my belief. I'm curious about Captain Marvel though (but I don't see how she exceeds the strength of certain characters, ex. Thor (who is a fucking god)).

I still don't understand how Tony DIDN'T die. Thanos full on IMPALED HIM. The nano-tech that we see him "shooting" out of his hand to sure up some more of the suit, I don't see how that would've stopped, or even reversed his massive internal bleeding.

Eh couple things this channel gets wrong... old dying and making way for new is such a black and white way of looking at the MCU. We don't need character deaths and sacrifices for conclusions. Cap is suggested to be out completely, and he likely is, but that doesn't mean anyone else is taken off the active roster. Iron Man's fanbase has increased dramatically with the most recent movies, and they've made talks to discuss a 4th movie. Thor is likely to stick around after Ragnarok was a hit, so that's a 4th movie there. We have a possible Black Widow movie in the future to look forward to, and maybe a Hulk reboot/prequel after this as Norton didn't do the role justice, and MCU points at that movie as the OG MCU kick off, but does so unwillingly. So no... old doesn't need to die and fall away to make way for the new. GotG is on hold indefinitely, Black Panther did well at the box office, but that's because of the massive hype train. The movie is actually quite boring, and black panther is a fairly uninteresting character. You also have Dr. Strange who had a poor response in post-theater release, and Antman which is probably a franchise most likely to be chopped next to Chris Evans' Captain America, and that's relatively new as far as characters go. As stated, there's no black and white, no clear cut resolve. The MCU doesn't follow the comics to a T, and the infinity war has been done so many times, it's hard to say what direction they'll go... will they retrieve the gauntlet and undo the snap... will they use the reality stone to merge two polar opposite realities where the other 50% of the universe is still alive.... will they use antman's sub-particle abilities to travel through time and undo the damage done? Who knows... but currently, the only confirmed released IP is Chris Evans' Captain America. Do not be shocked if Bucky takes the Blue helm though.

Disagreed a bit with the new vs old theme, and the stone's symbolism, but liked the other themes

Chris Evans was ready to move on after first Avengerbutgot stuck by the contract.

Before this movie and before knowing anything about Thanos, I always said Darkseid was better mostly because I am more of a DC Fan, but after this I realized that Darkseid is kind of a boring villain, Thanos motivation is awesome and it kind of makes you think about morals and whether or not he's even bad at all, while Darkseid is your run of the mill "I'm going to destroy everything and rule the Universe" kind of Villain, all he wants is to teraform the planet to make it like Apokalips which is basically what General Zod wanted to do, only slightly different he wants to make it a new Krypton. It's sort of a boring motivation.

The old giving way to the new through sacrifice, done respectfully and tactfully. That's my hope for A4. I want the new, but the old respected in its passing while still pointing out their flaws. Basicly everything TLJ didnt do.

The argument that doubling resources would solve the problem are ignoring the real world problem of greed. Greed and theft will still exist, a hungry businessman will still steal from a hungry family. In addition to Thanos being torturous and somewhat enjoying the fight, committing genocide would startle humanity more and force them to get their act together. If you notice in Endgame, many of the streets are empty and people are mourning. There's no time for crime, nor is there an abundance of things to steal. Humanity is wounded and people are still reflecting on what happened. That said, I am not excusing nor agreeing with what Thanos did at all. Genocide is still genocide.

I hate the fact that Captain America is gonna sacrifice himself in Endgame. I feel like the older characters like Thor, Iron Man, Cap and Hulk are gonna be way better than the newer ones. I grew up with them. The only new character I really like is Dr. Strange.

Everyone thinks tony is so important, what if strange saving him live was just a professional courtesy, a misdirect? They want you to think tony is the solution, but what if Dr Strange knew he had to give the stone to Thanos either way, so decided to make Thanos think that he was trading it for Tonys life.

Down-voted because you failed to mention the Malthus was wrong. To know of Malthus and not know that he was wrong is inexcusable.

You could probably read the deaths of the younger generation of heroes as the equivalent to a Christian event in revelations called "rapture," in which souls deemed worthy are chosen to be taken away from Earth in order to not experience the apocalypse.

Guys this is just a theory but i think they will time travel to get all the infinity stones but thanos from 2014 got up to them and fought them on the avengers base but all the one that got snapped came back and they help the avengers fight but tony sacrifices himself and dies, idk its just a theory

Thanos did not commit genocide as genocide is mass killing to exterminate or suppress an ethnic, religious, social or political group, Thanos just killed randomly.

I come from the future. The soul stone is NOT the key to undo what Thanos did.

I don't think Thanos had the ability to snap his fingers and make more materials. When he alters reality he doesn't *actually* create anything, he casts an illusion. When he finally snaps the people effected dont simply disappear, they turn to ash. What I'm getting at is that he can't create or destroy matter. He simply changes its form. It seems that the infinity stones still have to adhere to some semblance of the laws of physics.

I was following you until that Elder bullshit, and how they need to step down..because they’re old and “washed up.”

Thanatos Eros Than os Thanos

Was waiting for this upload! Fuck this movie was so good

How does this movie have an 84% Rotten Tomatoes score? I’m still mind boggled by that

Gamoras fault Gamora tells thanos where soul stone is->gamora dies->nebula tells quill what happened to gamora->quill messes up plan->which makes doctor strange give the time stone->which causes thanos able to reset the mind stone destruction->causing him to snap his fingers Or nebulas for telling quill But she got lucky and survived the snap

Wow ok i didn't think I'd be so excited about this but this makes sense of everything iron man has to die it's the only way to save spiderman and prevent the dark age of superhero movies

Seriously I could listen to the narrator break down a Doritos commerical. She has the easy tone of like a kindergarten teacher but in a non condescending way

I’m not sure that Thanos it a utilitarian utilitarian would not be willing to use the infinity gauntlet as it causes far more pain then it alleviates. I would consider him a survivalist as he is willing to do anything to stop sentient species from going instinct, even if that means calls in continuing suffering without corresponding pleasure for anyone

Does anybody know.The name of the violin song that plays in about the middle of the video?

Thanos' plan is genius, he whiped out all the characters with a future in the mcu and left the ones alive whose contract is expiring. No one will stop him now of there are no more movies!

Thanos needs to destroy the time stone if he likes sacrificing so much. Unless he's waiting for the universe to regrow and snap his fingers again.

Do people need to have this ending explained?

I think the reason this movie annoys the hell out of me is that death is apparently better than communism or any form of resource distribution.

Didn't Thanos mention he once run away from his destiny? Isn't that an indication of his backstory

The one to 14 million or whatever odds pretty much shows that strange keeps the stone and let’s tony die about that many times

The Nova Crops at Xandar wiped out off screen, damn they should start from there, but because the end credit scene from thor ragnarok, we never see thanos attacking Xandar

When the people disappeared that was them being transported to a safe world from thanos and all the "elders" were left in the world were they would die.

Did anyone notice that the infinity gauntlet was pretty much destroyed at the end of the movie

You lost me a little at the end. It's almost a cliché to see a character die in an action film nowadays.