10 Years of MCU Week 5 Discussion: Avengers: Infinity War (SPOILER ZONE)

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It's the 5th week of our Cap-Ironman 10 Years of MCU celebrations and it is here: Avengers: Infinity War.

In this post everyone is invited to share their reactions and thoughts! Have you seen it yet? What did you think? How many feels do you need to share?

This post is of course an ALL-PURPOSE SPOILER ZONE. If you haven't seen the movie yet, be aware that this is not a spoiler free discussion. Beyond this post everyone please keep our Spoiler Policy for Avengers: Infinity War in mind.

Comments

[sheron]

I loved it to bits too!! Everything! (My jaw dropped open when that was where they ended) I thought it was very entertaining. I had very few "needs" from this movie and they were all met (i.e. Steve & Tony surviving being a biggie)

I really liked that they didn't force the confrontation here. I hope that means there'll be a nice reuninon in Av4, but even just now this whole movie felt like an epic statement on "Avengers should work together", and specifically "Tony and Steve need to work together to solve this".

Rhodey looking out for Sam was so great! Did he call him "Sammy" at one point or did I mishear?

ANyway. I have all the feels and I had a blast.

[ireallyshouldbedrawing]

Rhodey looking out for Sam was so great! Did he call him "Sammy" at one point or did I mishe

ooh when I saw your comment I just had to confirm it when I saw it again because sammy??? so cute???
but I think Rhodey said sth like: sam, ya gonna get your wings fried, but really fast? and it sounded like sammy because of that. my eas could be wrong though.

speaking of Rhodey, there was something bugging me about him when he had an argument with Ross, because that scene sounded like Rhodey changed his mind about the accord, and Cap was right all along. Idk if Rhodey said that just to piss off Ross or genuinely having second thoughts, but I thought it was bad taste to treat the issue of the accord that way, so lightly, when Civil War was still so fresh.

I really liked that they didn't force the confrontation here. I hope that means there'll be a nice reuninon in Av4, but even just now this whole movie felt like an epic statement on "Avengers should work together", and specifically "Tony and Steve need to work together to solve this".

So much this.

[sheron]

Oh yeah, I also wasn't sure about "sammy" vs "sam ya" when I watched it :-)

Yeah, I felt like when Rhodey said that, he was saying more like he understood that Ross & Co aren't the people to work with. Not that he specifically disagrees with the accords. I know I'm reaching a bit here, but the idea that Rhodey changed his mind from the last CW scene to now without a reason why, is kind of too weird to consider. I do think he believes in the Accords (maybe not in current shape) but I also think that doesn't mean he thinks Cap & the others should be fugitives.

I like the idea that they can disagree about policy/politics and still work together.

[felis]

I basically agree with this. The scene between Rhodey and Steve really could have done with a sentence or two of internal conflict/hesitation from Rhodey, that would have made it less jarring. But not only is Tony missing and possibly presumed dead again, which means Rhodey is holding the fort alone (Vision is gone as well at that point), but in a situation that dire, with Thanos a minute away, Ross is still insisting on calling Steve et al war criminals who are to be hunted instead of trying for any kind of constructive and helpful solution. That wouldn't sit well with Rhodey regardless of his stance on the Accords, so when Steve shows up at personal risk to help, he's okay with that. (My actual problem is that they made Ross the sole face and executor of the Accords after T'Chaka's death, but that's a left-over Civil War problem.)