Avengers: Infinity War - Official Movie Review 

Matt pretty much nailed it : This is a TV show on the big screen. All due respect to Christy, but I can't believe there are still movie critics who judge these crossovers by traditional movie standards and patterns. It's like a tv critic reviewing "The Winds of Winter" or "Ozymandias" and complaining about the lack of setup in the first act or the overwhelming amount of protagonists! Like... what year is this ? 2007? Film schools need to update their textbooks: Forget about 3/5 acts that constitute a movie, let's talk about 3/5 movies that constitute an arc.

Christy always seems legit surprised when people disagree with her. She asks if Matt actually liked Civil War, almost as if it was a poorly reviewed film (and not 91% on Rotten Tomatoes). I also enjoys how she checks out every single time Game of Thrones comes up. It's only the most popular show on TV, so the comparison makes sense.

Even if you couldn't go into this movie without having seen the other movies how could that be a criticism? You can't jump into Return of the King without seeing Fellowship and Two Towers. You can't start reading the sixth Dark Tower book without reading the other ones. You can't jump in on season six of Game of Thrones without seeing the previous seasons. This is the 19th movie I think it is more than fair that Marvel shouldn't have to worry about catching everyone up to speed. This is an ongoing story and to understand this part of the story you need to have context and that context comes from other movies. I think sometimes we hold movies to a weird standard of expecting movies to be accessible even if you're not following the series.

Christy lets talk about this review of yours. I think it’s good, except it sucks. So let Matt do the review and that way, it might be really good

"Don't @ me." Don't worry, Christy. They will.

This is a great example of what your channel brings to the film review community, three unique perspectives: fanboy, fun mom and unattached critic (not a slur). While I'm sure many will attack Christy for her opinion, I can guarantee there's lot of others that will feel the same way about such huge team-up movie. No, it's not for everyone but it was made for those who are fans of this material and the film series itself. It simply can't please a viewer who's unattached to this as a fan and feels overwhelmed by this behemoth of a movie. However, this film breaks new ground and is truly a first of it's kind. Merging storylines and characters from 18 previous films into 1 cohesive script with over 3 dozen characters given some form of presence is a stupendous challenge that was completed nearly flawlessly. The Russo's and the rest of the crew should be commended for a monumental achievement in film history. The 'rock concert' atmosphere is something to be admired, that so many people can be that engaged in the universe and characters they would respond so enthusiastically is something we need more of in movies. One last bit, you guys have a great review here except - horrible job at avoiding spoilers. This is why I never watch reviews of films that can easily be spoiled by saying so little ("extinguishing half the universe", to me, is a spoiler). And for the art house naysayers, having a film be this big of a hit can only influence even more film fandom which is good for the entire business.

Lets begin by stop lying. Thanos was not in Hulk or Ironman. So NO they didn't plan this from the beginning.

I really wish Alonso had been in this episode

With so many characters I expected some of my favorites to only get one good moment. My only hope was that those moments didn't fall flat and I personally feel they nailed them.

I agree superhero or action set pieces get tiresome. The banter is the best part about these movies imo

Comic book readers have been trained to follow multiple lines and characters and even universes at the same time. If It’s too much for some people it only means you struggle with this skill

If you didn't get this movie cause you haven't watched a marvel movie before then that's on you. It's like not getting game of thrones season 7 if you haven't watched the first 6.

It was “so much” = she had to pay attention. It was “arduous.” = she had to think.

As someone that is absolutely bored of the Marvel movies, I really liked it, this film has a lot of things that could have gone wrong and they nailed it, they did it. A nice surprise.

Does anyone know what happened to William "Bibs" Bibbiani? He seemed to vanish about 6 months ago with no farewell or send off and I notice his facebook page does not even mention that he ever worked at WTF? Did something weird happen?

Can Tara make any point that isn’t vapid?

Tara is great, very articulate, hope they have a 4 people panel.

This is the same woman (Christi) who scored 50 Shades Of Grey HIGHER than the The Dark Knight Rises. Pleaseee lol what a joke

Why the hell do you need to see sooooo many minutes of each character when we've already had HOURS of each. Saying that is judging it like its a stand alone film. The major characters have gotten their depth several times now.

I still like you, Christy, wrong as you are.

Is Matt the kid Tara is referring to?

Dread it, Run from it, Disney still arrives.

I loved the "I am Steve Rogers" moment

I saw it just a bit ago. I loved it. There IS a lot of action but it doesn't feel too fast paced and it's easy to follow. I f you have seen (and are invested) the majority of the MCU films this will certainly be much more emotionally powerful. It has laughs, it has sadness, and it has cheer out loud moments as well. I'd give it 9/10. Also, the end credit scene is the best one yet.

Two years ago I was underwhelmed by Civil War, but this one was really-really good, even though it wasn't flawless. The first 40-45 minutes with Thanos' introduction, with the Tony, Doctor Strange team-up, Vision and Scarlet Witch, with Cap, Natasha and Falcon showing up, and with the Guardians bumping into Thor was fan...tastic! I enjoyed every moment of it. Then there was another 45 minutes when the movie slowed down (Tony, Peter and Strange travelling on the alien ship to some planet, Thor and Rocket leaving to get the weapon, etc.), that part was not very engaging. But then, the last 1 hour with the battle in Wakanda, Thanos showing up on that other planet, and then in Wakanda, was amazing. The ending for me was a bit anticlimactic, but with all the character arcs, the emotional impact and with the best action scenes I've ever seen in a comic book film, this one has probably become my favourite MCU movie, and probably the best superhero movie ever. I loved the dynamic between Thor and the Guardians (90% of the humour was hysterical), I thought Doctor Strange was great (even though I was never a fan of him), as well as Tony, and the relationship between Vision and Scarlet Witch was impactful, it had a real emotional effect on me. Thanos and his guys were scary and believable. Some of my favourite moments were Cap and Natasha showing up to save Vision, Thor appearing in Wakanda, Cap and Black Panther running into battle, but there were many-many highlights of the film. Inspite of the flaws, I'm really impressed by the movie, I didn't expect it to be so effective and well-done.

No Spoilers, but If people hated The Last Jedi, they're going to RIOT after Infinity War.

This movie is awesome. It was really brave like *Empire Strikes Back.* To end the movie with such a *jaw-dropping* and *hopeless* state. But I'm afraid of breaking the formula of happy, funny Avengers of the past, this movie is gonna *suffer at the Box Office.* I think most people were happy with a PG Avengers where everything is fun and shiny in the end.

Where is the video?

Opinions do not have to be so extreme. It’s not a train wreck of a film or Citizen Kane. But everyone still is entitled to their own opinion. And anyone with an opinion, is not an idiot either

I thought this was a very bold film narratively. Thanos is on 10, so to speak. Marvel delivered on a 10 year promise- Thanos did it. He showed up and legitimately wrecked house. Oddly, this is the film equivalent of DC's Final Crisis. Really bold. I have no issues following anything in the films. I read comics and enjoy the material, so I guess a cheat sheet isn't needed for fans.

If you go in this cold having not seen another marvel movie or only a few you will be lost.

Watching this after I finally saw it on the 4th, mostly because I had trouble finding a written review by Christy that was on point about the movie itself. Kinda curious about how people feel as I've been avoiding the social media surrounding it, and I was in a super gripe mood when I did. Overall I was sad neither of the characters I wanted to die did and that the only hero deaths seemed to come from Thanos. The Children of Thanos were awesome and deserved some notches on their belts.

Hmm, I actually feel the opposite way than Christy about Civil War and Infinity War. After Civil War I was really worried as to how they were going to incorporate all of those characters into one movie (because everything felt too crammed for me in Civil War, but the thing is, Civil War was supposed to be a Cap movie, not an Avengers movie, and it just seems like so many other characters stole the show, when it was supposed to be about Cap and Bucky, and I hated that they introduced so many new characters in it), but I think Infinity War pulled it off really well. I'm biased, so I wanted more of certain characters (like Cap), but I didn't mind it as much as I did in Civil War. Also, there's a part two to this, which is going to feature more of the characters that didn't get as much screen time this time around, I believe (like Cap and Black Widow).

I'm with Matt. LOVED this film!

Christy you are not the audience for this!

This movie is a solid 7/10 for me. It's exciting, funny, and full of surprises. It is not a game changer or inspiring, nor is it something that hasn't been done before, aside from the gimmick that it connects 19 movies together, whoopty doo!

Feels like Christy is the only one that can't keep up with all the details in all the movies :O then again, if it's not her thing, it's not her thing and not going to expect her to keep it in her head when she's more interested in other things. Also, that person's kid is an idiot to say it's a bad film :P

I'm always surprised Christy is "worried" about the comments; I normally (And did today) agree with a lot of what she has to say and generally like her as our full time go to critic on 'What the Flick.'

Thanos s problem that we finite space and resources. Therefore he gathers infinity stones. He could've used them to provide infinite resources.

Tara is a perfect human being.

*Goes to superhero teamup movie, doesn't like the fact that there are a lot if superhero's..... teaming up. Oh Kristy

This movie Kicked so much ass. I can understand how it could be too much. This has the best fantasy fight scenes since Civil war, and before that Spider-man 2. These guys continue to top themselves.

wtf? 6.5?

I was rooting for Thanos to win because he is right. A planet with finite resources cannot sustain a exceedingly fast growing population. Earth needs to be depopulized or the entire humanity will be extinct. I'm glad that he won. Thanos for President

"don't @ me" lol

Arduous?? This movie hurtled along with no effort needed to stay engaged. There was no dragged out Ultron Farm scene, the villain is given a true pathos, and wanting more from each of the settings isn't a fault it's a tribute to how much fun each of those settings is. What is the other option? Make each of those it's own movie? No spoilers here, so I'll just leave it at, come on, this isn't a stand alone movie and don't rate it as one, it's a giant crossover event. Just take it in and get hyped!

Infinity War was like Battle of the Bastards. Part 4 will be Joffreys wedding

honestly I am gonna @Kristy but not to complain: I will give an analogy of how I feel Infinty War feels to me as a movie. Its dessert, its that giant piece of chocolate creme cake, with so much sugar and calories its worth a whole meal on its own with just one slice. as a dietary Item it is not recommended to eat it only and nothing else and its nutrional value is horrible yet as a dessert you just dig in sometimes and it rushes you. Thats infinity war for me, while they tried to make this one accessable.... I am always like: Why would people who arent Invested in the MCU even go into an Avengers film, its the treat the extra climax that they gift us. as a standalone film I agree its not the best of the best or so. nah but as a penultimate episode of the MCU series ? it kicked Names and took Ass. Its a reward for fans to enjoy. Who will get all the characters, and the minutia. Or for people who love action movies. (yet IW does have an Undeniably emotional Core. Or even Cores. As I can think of 4 plotlines who rely heavily on personal emotions of Characters to carry the scenes.

Tony said that Thanos had been in his life for 6 years (The battle of NY) contradicting the " 8 years later" quote from Spider-man Homecoming...

Matt makes a great comparison to GoT here. Though this movie feels a lot more like the Battle of the Bastards.

This movie is so fucken good wow. best movie ever made hands down .😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

The film is abeautiful mess guys, go see it.

Crybaby fanboys getting triggered by Christy not giving it a 11/10. Go watch Collider if you want to see people call this the new Citizen Kane

While I don’t agree with Christy I understand where she’ s coming from. I’m a fan of these films, so I wasn’t lost, but these movies don’t function like normal films. Infinity War doesn’t go out of its way to initiate the uninitiated. You have to have knowledge of the previous 18 films. If you don’t, the movie doesn’t make sense. If someone comes into IW having never seen any of the other films, this film is probably entirely incoherent. With that said, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that this movie exists in context.

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I fucking love Christy

it's ok christy we still love u

All action set pieces are not interchangeable Christy. It's fine that you don't like action and prefer a more cerebral film. However, I think it's incumbent on you as a critic to have an appreciation of action.

I love how childish comments under this video are. It's all people either writing their own reviews or outright shitting on Christy for daring to not give it a rimjob of a review. It is a realistic opinion you want out of a review, right? It wouldn't be genuine if it was just a bunch of superhero fanboys, or conversely if it was only arthouse film fans like YMS reviewing it.

Thanos fighting moves are sickasf

no offence but Christy should not have reviewed this..love her options on films but these just isn't her

If Christy 's opinion is a good way of gauging whether someone who doesn't really get the superhero hype would enjoy this, then I'm gonna trust her taste and skip this one. And if it's any good I'll just catch it in 6 months on HBO and have a blast without contributing to Hollywood making superhero films for another decade.

Infinity war really isn't the masterpiece all the usual comic-book sites are making it out to be (collider etc) The deaths don't mean anything, they have 0 impact because anyone can be bought back also there's Spiderman 2, Black panther 2 etc.. So they aren't dead. There's too many characters to keep track of to get a coherent movie, it's just all over the place imo. Don't get me wrong the movie is ok, it should be called "Thanos the movie" though as he is the best thing in it and gets the most screen time.

Christy's expectations for this are bizarre - what was she expecting of an ensemble superhero movie? It seems like she would dislike it straight out of the gate, unless it was like 4 hours long.

I am also not a fanboy... I am a fangirl!

Can we replace Ben with Tara. I like Ben's opinions but he is hardly ever here. Tara seems cool.

Is she high? This the funnest 2hr plus movie I've ever seen. I completely lost track of time.

I loved the Comics as a Kid. This Hollywood Trash has nothing to do with that though.

Still love you Christy

Christy keeps complaining that she prefers the solo films. Okay, fine, but this isn't one of the solo films. Review the movie for what it is and for what it's trying to be.

Having not seen it, and being a fan, I have to agree with Christy. It's a lot of people/characters to follow. I just watched 6 movies to remember where everybody's at, going into this one, and I wholey believe someone who's not strongly invested would have a very difficult time following.

where is ben? ben should be here

ARE YOU READY FOR AN INFINITY WAAAAAR!?!?!?!

This movie broke me

So were allowed to swear again are we.

Official movie review? 🤨

I just wanna know if my nigga silver surfer puts in a appearance.???

Black Panther was better in my personal opinion but Infinity War was okay. Didn't really live up to the hype. Kinda felt rushed & all over the place.

I know Kristy hears this a lot but she reminds me of Leslie Mann. I could hear her saying "I wanna hangout with Iron man"

I gave it a high 7 (maybe 7.7, B+) I thought Tony Stark's diva/frontrunner attitude was more grating than usual. And I thought the special effects for the nanotech-formed weapons made him look like a red & gold Gumby. Since everyone else's powers are at a post-physics point (which is especially true of astrophysical powers of Thanos, Strange, Thor, etc), Marvel made the wrong choice of trying to amp up Iron Man's abilities in a way that completely defies physics. He should be daunted by the fact that he's facing a weapon that can BEND reality and TIME. He should've been completely outmatched and yet Marvel tried to make him stand toe to toe with Thanos. The Inspector-Gadget huge weapons that spring out of nowhere looked like a desperate attempt to be relevant in a cosmic fight. It's like making Batman completely unbeatable. Looks desperate. You'll know the Gumby moments when you see em. Seriously, wtf was up with that. There was a lot of fan service (e.g., dramatic entrance of Team Cap, sudden Iron Spider legs, etc). Marvel made sure that each person's favorite character got some shine. But again, this really should've been quarterbacked by Doctor Strange with a big assist from Vision. The only 2 Avengers who have experience even using an Infinity Stone never actually USE their Infinity Stones in a movie called Infinity War. Also, the movie doesn't lay out its internal logic. Most importantly: what do the stones do??? What are their weaknesses? If Scarlet Witch's power is of the same frequency as one of the stones, does that mean she's one of the most powerful Avengers? If she can't destroy the other stones, then does that mean that she could at least fend off an attack by the Mind Stone even if it's in the Infinity Gauntlet? Zoe Saldana nailed her death scene. Chris Pratt nailed his scene where he finds out about it. Tom Holland put in a mediocre death scene. Good delivery of the lines but the facial expression for the closeup didn't have the necessary panic. In his defense though, he said Chris Pratt kept making him laugh during that scene (maybe that's why he buried his face when he should've done panicked eyes in that closeup). ScarJo's fight scenes disarm my skepticism about a prospective Black Widow solo movie. Previously, I wrote that her age was showing in Civil War and that she was chubby and now swift-moving in Ghost in the Shell. She so lean, athletic, and fast in this movie. They did great things with Elizabeth Olsen (Russo bros aren't prudes when it comes to their female characters). Russo bros setup effective bookends. The Scarlet Witch & Vision romantic moments set up the emotional finale well. Gamora's childhood flashback setup the death well. And FINALLY Gamora kisses Starlord in a lustful enough way that you actually believe that she loves him (in both Guardians there's no chemistry and it even seems like she can't stand him). Ruffalo's comedy was cranked up too much. Clown-like role.

Where's the hairy guy?

I don't like the comparisons that this is like a television episode. Despite what people may think, film and television are two different entities. It's a bit of a cop out calling this an episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe tv show. I've never liked that comparison. HAven't seen the film, but a lot of these films minus Black Panther and a couple of others, are not very cinematic. I will say Thor: Ragnorok and Black Panther are much better cinematic achievements.

It is flawed but still gets an 8? Come on Matt that makes no sense at all.

jesus christ. IT IS THE END OF THE ROAD. of course everyone is going to be in it other wise you wonder its the end of the world and where is have the superheros like every fan person complains about. Christy.. wtf man

I like much of movie but hate ending.

The plot is awkwardly structured, and there's a lot of stuff they had to cover, a lot of their introductions and interactions felt rushed but honestly, I don't know if this kind of thing could have even been done better.

So when are you guys going to create WTF junior edition? Cause all the women reviewers seem to take their kids to their press viewings.

Too many plots? There's literally 3 plots. If you won't be able to keep up with the movie why watch it, you 100% knew what it was going to be. So dumb to judge a movie for not being something it never attempted or claimed to be.

Christy you gave this movie only 0,6 higher score than the Amy Schumer movie. Are you on drugs?

Did Christy and I watch the same movie? She probably gets lost on her way home.

Go watch a good movie instead

It's supposed to be somewhat arduous, it's a ten year culmination. This is supposed to be a reward for everyone who has followed it since the beginning.

I think Infinity War works on it being for kids and adults. You may get your jokes, but you also get the occasional middle finger.

THANK YOU CHRISTY. Your initial comments sum up what I've thought of several marvel properties for years. I don't know how so many of these movies manage to be so bloated and overstuffed and outright exhausting, yet remain so utterly empty, mediocre, emotionally weightless and meaningless. It's actually quite impressive

Are we past the possible conflict of interest from reviewers being sponsored by a movie ticket sales company?

Make Tara a permanent co-host!

Why is @Christy still doing these reviews???!

I’ll probably watch this in a couple of months, as I have for the past 5 of these movies. Christie’s analysis sounds spot on. I really don’t GAF about these characters, given that I watch the movies as single entities. This movie has taken up fully half the screens in the city and there’s nothing else new out this week. That’s how Marvel takes the air out of the cinematic balloon.

AND THE OTHER GUYS?

I enjoyed the movie but its a shame its not a great film. They could of done all the characters a whole lot different and much better. Like Christie says your just getting into them then they are gone for an hour and it was a bit boring in parts too. That said Thanos was great, a proper villain at last and the action in the third act was also great.