SPOILER ALERT!!!
Time to follow up on my last post with ten bad things about Avengers: Infinity War, just as it gets knocked down in the box office by Deadpool 2. (Don’t worry: I’ll be posting on that movie soon!) Of course I loved the movie, but I wouldn’t be a true fan if I couldn’t love it while still recognizing its faults. That in mind, let’s get started!
1. Without a doubt, half of the MCU is about to be revived.
Seeing the villain win was nice, but it is obvious that things are about to turn around. Not only could Marvel never kill off T’Challa or Peter Parker, but Doctor Strange’s references to it being the “only way” made it clear that at least a significant portion of the movie would effectively be written out. Of course, we don’t know to what extent characters will be brought back, but it could make significant parts of the movie pointless.
2. Lack of Common Sense
From Star Lord’s anger to Thor’s going for the chest, the Marvel superheroes acted like amateurs while fighting Thanos. Of course I would expect that from the Guardians of the Galaxy, but, in all his time practicing the mystic arts, Doctor Strange should have figured out how to use a portal to cut off a hand that might be wielding a dangerous weapon. Similarly, the Wakandans should have considered two layered barriers to keep out even the most perseverant of alien monsters. Yes, the Avengers have not fought on the same scale as Thanos and his children have before, but it seems more likely that these oversights resulted from plot holes rather than purposeful contrasts in strategic abilities.
3. CGI Villains (other than Squidward)
The chick with the feathers around her eyes and her elvish brother looked entirely unrealistic, and the bigger son unremarkable. Squidward, of course, had more recognizable features while remaining somewhat realistic as to what an alien could look like, but the first two looked like characters out of World of Warcraft.
4. Where are the rest of the Asgardians?
It bothers me that they never mention what happened to the other half of the Asgardians refugees (who presumably are not killed). The movie suggests that Thor has nothing left to lose, but half of his people could still be out there. It would appear that the Valkyrie, Korg, and Miek were also among those spared, as you never see their bodies. Valkyrie was an awesome strong female character in Thor: Ragnarok, so I would be really disappointed if she just inexplicably disappears from all future Marvel movies.
5. Loki’s Final Acts
Loki’s death seemed implausible. All he used his powers of trickery for was to conceal a dagger. Surely he could have at least stabbed Thanos from behind. Thanos was also fairly confused by Doctor Strange’s multiplication, a trick that Loki originally pulled off in Thor. It just does not make sense that Loki would die that easily.
6. Dialogue Before the Fight in Wakanda
Before the fight in Wakanda there are a few short lines referencing Wakanda’s previous isolation and their new relationship with the world. However, Okoye’s assertion that sacrificing Wakanda in the battle will be noble falls flat without sufficient earlier discussion.
7. Titan
This is just a minor complaint; I was really confused when I saw the name of the planet was Titan. I know that the name of Thanos’ home planet was likely decided long ago in the comics, but surely back then they could have picked a different name than Saturn’s largest moon. It quickly became clear that Titan was not in our solar system, but it did cause a bit of brief confusion.
8. A Touch of Melodrama
I did not like the scene where Gamora asks Peter to kill her if Thanos captures her. It makes sense that she would make the request, but there was no reason for her to not tell him that she knew where the soul stone was. She said that then he would know, but she did not have to tell him the stone was on Vormir to explain the situation.
9. Plausibility of Gamora Confiding in Nebula
Supposedly Gamora found the soul stone before the events of Guardians of the Galaxy. However, at that time Gamora and Nebula were enemies. Nebula sided with Ronan over her, and tried to kill her in Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2. Thus, it just does not seem plausible that Gamora would confide in Nebula that she had found the soul stone. It would imply a much closer relationship than they actually had.
10. What qualifies for elimination?
A potential plot hole comes from what types of beings would qualify for elimination by the infinity gauntlet. Supposedly the purpose is to limit the population because resources are limited, and indeed all organisms are fighting for the same resources. Thus, animals and plants should have also died at the same proportions. However, no trees disappeared in the movie. Perhaps the gauntlet is limited in scope to sentient beings, but that would not align with Thanos’ limited-resources logic, as sentient species are not the only ones taking up land, air, water, and food.
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