Review of Avengers: Infinity War, "What Just Happened?" SPOILERS

Warning: SPOILERS INCLUDED

So Scott and I just saw the latest Avengers movie, Avengers: Infinity Wars.

(Side note: Scott mentioned something interesting before we left for the movie. He said that he would have seen it earlier if the IMAX theaters didn't sell out so fast. He wanted to see it in IMAX, no 3D, and there are only so many of those showings a week. That's why we saw it so late. His suggestion: Put more IMAX movie screens in theaters! They always sell out because "most people" (we are assuming here from our own experience) want to see it in a higher quality and will pay for that quality. I don't think they would have any trouble filling up theaters if the invested in more IMAX movie screens. Just a thought.) Anyway...

We, of course, loved the movie.

But as a friend of mine posted on Facebook right after she saw it, "What just happened?" is exactly the response you will have after seeing this movie. So. Much. Happens. Big. Stuff.
SPOILER: People die. Specifically, (and I hope I am remembering correctly), Spiderman, Star Lord (my favorite), Gahora (the green girl), all of the other guardians except for the Racoon, Dr. Strange, Cobie Smulders (can't remember her characters name), Nick Fury, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Black Panther, Black Hawk Guy, and basically everyone else except for the original Avengers. As Scott said, "All the B characters." Which kind of makes sense. I really couldn't see them killing off Iron Man, although he did come really close. You will have to watch it. So to be clear, here is who is still living, if I can recall correctly: Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Black Widow, Thor, and only half the population of the universe. Meaning, of course, that half of Earths population is completely wiped out. Crazy stuff.

But, I'm not buying it. There is no way they would just die off half that many people permanently. Unless the writers were like, "Ya know what, the Marvel Universe just has WAY TOO MUCH going on and we can't keep track of it all soo.... we kind of had to downsize. Sorry!" Which I really don't think that is what happened. Especially all the potential money these characters can make for them. So here is Scott's theory: In the movie Dr. Strange had a meditation moment where he explored all the possible outcomes in their endeavor to defeat Thanos. And out of some 14 million or so there was only 1 outcome in which they succeeded. And just as Dr. Strange was "fading away" he said to Iron Man, "This was the only way..." Meaning he HAD to give up the time stone to Thanos which ultimately lead to Thanos acquiring the other stones and wiping out half the universe. In order to, I'm assuming, ultimately defeat him somehow in the end. So, I am definitely thinking that time has something to do with all of this. 10 bucks says that in the next movie there will be some kind of time warp thing that will bring everyone back. Of course, there were two deaths that happened BEFORE Thanos had all the stones: Loki and Gahora (the green gaurdian girl). I really don't know what is going to happen with that. Those deaths may be permanent.... but I am honestly not sure. I can see Gahora coming back because she was a sacrafice in Thanos achieving the soul stone, but Loki was kind of just a casualty of war. I don't know. It was pretty creepy/scary when Loki died.

One other layer that is interesting to think about is that Scarlet Witch had a vision way back in one of the earlier movies that "all the avengers would die and it was all Tony Starks fault". Which is kind of what happens in this movie. It is not his "fault" per se but it does put him in a delicate situation. I won't tell anymore. You will have to see it for yourself.

One thing though that I definitely do NOT buy is Thanos's reasoning for being "the one with the will strong enough" to make the difficult decision to wipe out half the universe so that the other half can survive. It seems a little far fetched to me. He says that the universe is finite and life will "overtake it" somehow if it is not kept "in check". But life in finite, too. People die everyday of natural causes. Hmmm. It is very interesting.

Anyway. We loved it. Very well done. Good writing. And what a writing feat it was. It felt like I was watching 5 movies. Each scene with each group of the Avengers in their efforts to stop Thanos had to maintain a delicate balance of progressing the scene forward while also leaving the audience hanging enough until the next go around. Intense is the perfect word to describe it all.

Definitely worth seeing. IMAX, of course. 3-D if you are into that. Please forgive the spelling of the names/lack of names. I am a nerd, but not THAT big of a nerd. :)