{"id":19344,"date":"2018-05-02T13:39:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=19344"},"modified":"2018-05-02T13:39:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:39:40","slug":"avengers-infinity-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=19344","title":{"rendered":"‘Avengers: Infinity War’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Captain America (Chris Evans), and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) prepare for battle in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fans Will Drool <\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

by Sandra Olmsted<\/h3>\n

No doubt this latest installment of Marvel Universe\u2019s multi-franchise is a fan pleaser, and the record-setting, opening-weekend box office has proven that. Unfortunately, I felt cheated by co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo\u2019s Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>. After two hours and twenty-nine minutes of the poorly paced battle-after-battle structure, I felt as cheated as I had after the second Matrix<\/em> movie. Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>, it turns out, is all a set up for the next installment. In this installment, the Infinity Stones, which have been extremely elusive in previous installments, are suddenly easy for Thanos (Josh Brolin) to locate and collect. (I\u2019ll avoid spoilers as best I can.)<\/p>\n

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Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Tony Stark\/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Bruce Banner\/The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), and Wong (Benedict Wong in their first encounter with the minions of Thanos (Josh Brolin) in Avengers-Infinity War (2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The film opens as Thanos collects the second one after destroying a world and murdering at least half the inhabitants. He also tangles with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston), and that\u2019s just the beginning of the visual name dropping that this installment includes. Soon, Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), who wears one Stone around his neck, joins forces with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), who can\u2019t getting his anger up to become The Hulk. Meanwhile, some other big stars play Thanos\u2019 minions, including Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as the Ebony Maw. Another Stone resides in the head of Vision (Paul Bettany), so he and his lover, Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), join the battle. The Soul Stone, which, in Lord of the Rings<\/em> fashion, will rule the other Stones, is carefully guarded on a distant planet.<\/p>\n

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The Guardians of the Galaxy, including Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Manits (Pom Klementieff), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket, and Groot, in fight mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The film repeats a pattern until all the Marvel Heroes are included. A big battle in which \u201ceverything is at stake\u201d is followed by banter with exposition, another battle, and more banter which is at least funny when the Guardians of the Galaxy — Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Dave Bautista as Drax, and Zoe Saldana as Gamora — team up with Iron Man and Spider-Man (Tom Holland). Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper provide the voices, respectively, for Groot and Rocket. Fans will see all their star-studded favorites and then some, including Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Heimdall (Idris Elba), Okoye (Danai Gurira), War Machine (Don Cheadle), et al. Using a tacked-on over-population theme, Thanos\u2019 quest for the stones threatens the entire universe, and every Marvel Hero must join the \u201chopeless\u201d fight.<\/p>\n

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The Avengers and company charge into battle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the repetitive plot finally reaches the climactic battle, fans will be shocked at the carnage. Fortunately, for this movie\u2019s sequel and solo installments awaiting release, death means little for Marvel superheroes because Marvel has plans for these cash-cow superheroes. The plot of Avengers: Infinity War<\/em> only provides a not-that-complicated backstory for what promises to be a more interesting next installment, but I adhere to a simple rule about installment films: \u201cFool me once, shame on you; try to fool me again, and you won\u2019t see another dime from me.\u201d In theaters now and probably for a while, Avengers: Infinity War<\/em>, a Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures release, runs a repetitive 149 minutes and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, language and some crude references.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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After two hours and twenty-nine minutes of the poorly paced battle-after-battle structure, I felt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columnists","category-entertainment-travel","category-movie-reviews","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n'Avengers: Infinity War' - flovalleynews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=19344\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Avengers: Infinity War' - flovalleynews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fans Will Drool by Sandra Olmsted No doubt this latest installment of Marvel Universe\u2019s multi-franchise is a fan pleaser, and the record-setting, opening-weekend box office has proven that. 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