But there’s been no shortage of criticism of Infinity War, in particular surrounding its narrative busyness. It’s a testament to the strength of the characters that even once it became clear that all two and a half hours were building to Thanos “winning” (and therefore leaving all of us in an unpleasant limbo for another year), I didn’t find the movie any less compelling. And of course, who can resist more banter between the ever-eager Peter Parker and the reluctantly protective Tony Stark. It was Thor at his best, Rocket at his most endearing, and a lanky, teenaged Groot whose eyes were glued to his videogame. My favorite plotline was probably the journey that Thor, Rocket (who the Asgardian re-named ‘Rabbit’), and Groot (logically called ‘Tree’) took to find a Thanos-killing weapon. It’s a known fact that audiences eat up crossovers, and the first hour and a half of Infinity War was just chock-full of overlapping storylines and witty, mid-battle introductions. And the interactions between characters from different storylines were, unsurprisingly, the most enjoyable part of the movie. Coherently weaving together so many narrative threads while not reducing characters down to caricatures is a tall order, but Marvel managed to deliver. Kind of similar to Angela, but without the high hopes. Justice Namaste: I’m not going to lie-I had pretty low expectations for Infinity War. Justice, what were the most shocking and rewarding parts of the film for you? There are a ton of layers we can peel off this thing. Maybe where I saw disconnect and carelessness he saw directors Anthony and Joe Russo’s truer aim: Giving the movie the texture of its source material. From its pacing to its narrative construction, jumping from New York City to Titan to Knowhere, as if one was scanning from panel to panel on the page.
That watching it felt like actually reading a comic. But my friend’s argument was that Infinity War was essentially the most comic book-y movie Marvel has made to date.
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