Leaving the theater that first weekend was like a funeral procession. People stunned into silence, people crying, and people in solemn disbelief. And yes, we had to wait an entire year to see how it would play out.
Yeah, this cliffhanger is second only to when Jean-Luc Picard said "I am Locutus of Borg." And then we had to wait.... We're used to cliffhangers now, we weren't then.
Except those of us who knew the comics, we expected this ending. Just like many of us knew what was going to happen with Gwen Stacy when we saw her outfit in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. So, it didn't affect me like it did others, because I knew this would happen, but I also knew how it will finally end. And yes I know the comics aren't exactly the same as the films but they are pretty much following many of the same blueprints for some of the storylines.
Gamora smiled because Peter pulled the trigger. Even though Thanos turned the blast into bubbles, Peter kept his word and tried to kill her, he kept her trust because he truly loved her. Edit: corrected the spelling of Gamora's name
21 movies before this one, that all set this movie up perfectly. One of the greatest achievements in cinema history. People were definitely crying at the end in the theater. A lot of people walked out in shock.
I saw this in theaters and man... when the snap happened it was nothing but stunned silence. As each character vanished, I could hear a few gasps. Particularly for bucky and groot. But when Spiderman dusted... this one girl a few rows back was full-on sobbing. It was such a wild experience. Usually people remember when the theater crowd erupts in applause... but the reaction to the ending of this movie is something I'll never forget.
I remember seeing this in the theatre, as a comic reader knowing the general direction the story was going, and it was something I'll never forget. The entire crowd just went silent aside from a couple people crying. Nobody could believe it. People were just staring off into the distance like they had PTSD. It's very rare that a movie can end a story on the villain winning, and they NAILED it.
I was going to say the same thing. The silence was almost deafening. It wasn't a bad silence but like everyone was just numb. I never read the infinity wars run but I knew the outcomes and such, but to see what was done on screen, chef's kiss
I watched it multiple times (like a lot of people), and knowing what was going to happen and how the people I was with were going to react was super tense.
It's pretty wild how Marvel spent like 20 movies lovingly building up this whole universe of characters, only to have Thanos come in and tear through it like a wrecking ball in this movie. This is one of the best comic book movies of all time IMHO, and one of the reasons is that it doesn't mess around.
Hulk’s not coming out for two reasons. 1. He’s resentful of how Banner just uses him for his strength. 2. Thanos beat his ass so bad that he’s too scared to face him again.
The audience was completely on edge the entire movie. Several high pitched shrieks went out when Loki was killed. From there tears and sniffles were audible the entire movie so when the jokes landed they landed hard for some temporary catharsis. Thor's arrival in Wakanda created a tremendous applause and it was even louder when the axe hit Thanos. But when he snapped any way, the audience grew silent. A few low murmurs and sniffles were let out until Groot dusted and people just started crying outloud. It died down during the credits and people left the theatre in stunned silence. The people waiting for the next showing looked baffled as the crowd just ignored them. This happened the 2nd and 3rd times I saw the movie, I saw the midnight showing opening night and was just as stunned and unaware of my surroundings as everyone else. Never had an experience like that ever, heartwrenching despair and utter satisfaction simultaneously.
The scene at the end when Cap catches Thanos' fist and, using all his strength, is able to push it back to Thanos' bewildered amusement is one of my favorite moments in all of the MCU.
The stones respond to the holders will, and the gauntlet makes it so the person holding it has control over them.. Cap had his hands on the gauntlet. Whether he realized it or not, the gauntlet was responding to both him and Thanos, equally. It's why Thanos punched him with the other hand. It's the same problem in the next movie when a certain someone grabs the gauntlet while Thanos has it on and Thanos has to punch someone in the face again with his free hand. Bit of a design flaw on the glove, if you ask me. You build the ultimate weapon, you kinda want to make sure no one but you can use it.
I watched this in a theater on opening night. It was a packed house. When the movie ended people were sobbing in the theater . When we walked out it was in silence, like walking out of a funeral.
@ESUPhotoman it might have still been called Infinity War II at the time, point still stands that the movie was coming in 1 year. So was I shocked at this ending - definitely like everyone was. But it didn't hit me that way because I knew the resolution to undo it was coming in a year, because there's no way they were ending all the franchises of everyone who got snapped 🫰🏽.
@@ESUPhotomanI remember, we didn't know Endgame's title until the first reveal at the end of the "Avengers 4" teaser. So well after Infinity War was on home release lol
Yup. Originally these two movies were Avengers: Infinity War 1 and 2. Then they changed it. We knew it was Infinity War but they said the name of the next one would be some sort of spoiler for Infinity War. So they didn't tell us the name of Endgame until a month or two after Infinity War released. Honestly, I don't see "Endgame" spoiling *anything* in Infinity War, so my thought is the "the name is a spoiler" stupidity was just some marketing BS trying to get more buzz.
Saw this in the theater with my son - it was a spectacular film, full of amazing moments. And a crushing film full of lass and sacrifice. I think someone else commented with something that was perfect - "it was like walking out of a funeral" tears. silence. and a feeling of bonding with everyone in the theater of that loss.
"I'm confused why Hulk can't Hulk in this movie..." Simple: He got his ass handed to him by Thanos aboard Thor's ship. Hulk has been able to defeat everything anyone's ever thrown at him (with the possible exception of the Hulkbuster-armor). Hulk is basically suffering from a bit of PTSD after his smackdown by Thanos.
And, he was suffering from harming civilians following the events of _Age of Ultron_ which is why he fled and ultimately ended up on Sakaar. Then he spent 3 years fighting in the Grandmaster's Arena on Sakaar unable to return to his Bruce Banner form. That was never explained but clearly Hulk has lots of issues.
Yeah, it’s a thing with boxers and fighters. When they are very strong and have only ever dominated or have close matches, and after they got their first REAL beat up, it gets to them and they get all shaky and insecure to got back in the ring again.
The official explanation from the writer/directors is that Hulk is sick of being used and discarded. He refuses to let Bruce "Hulk out" just to not exist after the day is saved. It is not that he was afraid or suffering PTSD.
I saw this in theaters. Nobody moved during the credits. Everyone was in shock. As the credits ended the guy next to who was a complete stranger asked if I was okay. All I could say was “I don’t know”
The scene with Hulk crashing into the Sanctum is actually pulled straight from the comic. In Infinity Gauntlet (1991), the Silver Surfer crashes into Doctor Strange’s Sanctum to warn about Thanos, while for this film it's Hulk. Adam Warlock then takes charge and leads Earth’s heroes against the Mad Titan, since Adam has yet to introduced in the MCU he's of course not in the movie. Another big difference is the snap. In the comic, it happens right at the very beginning of the story, while in the movie, it’s saved for the dramatic climax. Thanos’ motivations are also completely different. Comic Thanos wants to impress Mistress Death by wiping out half the universe, while MCU Thanos believes he’s saving the universe by doing the same thing. The biggest change, though, is the lineup of characters. The Infinity Gauntlet comic features everyone from The Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and more. The MCU, however, focuses mainly on the Avengers since Marvel didn’t have the movie rights to the X-Men or Fantastic Four at the time. Disney’s purchase of Fox in 2019 reverted those rights back to Marvel, meaning they can now freely use characters like the X-Men and Fantastic Four. That’s how we’re getting Fantastic Four: First Steps in 2025 which will introduce Marvel's First Family into the MCU. It’s worth noting that this movie isn’t based on the Infinity War comic (1992), but on Infinity Gauntlet (1991). The Infinity War storyline in the comics focused on The Magus, an evil version of Adam Warlock, who schemes to gain absolute power. That storyline brought together heroes and villains from across Marvel’s universe. Fun fact: the X-Men got a lot of spotlight back then since they were Marvel’s biggest stars in the early ‘90s. If you check out the Infinity War comic covers, you’ll see a massive lineup of characters, with the X-Men characters taking center stage. Doctor Doom, along with Galactus two iconic Fantastic Four villains were also major players in this storyline as well Because the rights to Marvel characters were spread across different studios in the 2000s to 2010s many people introduced to Marvel by the MCU during this time had no idea that the X-Men or Fantastic Four were part of Marvel. For them, Marvel was synonymous with The Avengers and the MCU. As a comic fan, that’s wild to think about, but it makes sense, those X-Men and Fantastic Four films were completely disconnected from the MCU, so casual viewers wouldn’t associate them with Marvel, aka the MCU. Yet the X-Men, along with the Fantastic Four are so important to basically every Marvel crossover event in the comics.
One of the things that disappointed me about the MCU Infinity Stones, is how weak they are compared to the ones in the comics. In the comics, the Infinity Stones are absolute in their bailiwick. We all understand it was a narrative conceit, but the notion that the stones couldn't be used to just provide infinite supplies instead of killing half the people is laughable. Heck, you would only need the Reality Stone really - these aren't Dragonballs. They are will-less fundamental aspects of reality. Even the celestial beings like Eternity, the In-Betweener, Master Order, Lord Chaos and Galactus feared just one stone. Dead people could be brought back with just a thought with the full gauntlet, let alone just the reality and soul gem. Also in the comics, the stones could be wielded by an ant, let alone a person, Titan or Celestial. The notion that their use is damaging or lethal was a new construct for the movies as an answer for why people don't just use them willy-nilly.
In the comics Thanos didn't really kill half of all life to impress Death. It was actually her idea and the reason she brought him back to life and increased his power. Thanos acted like he was gaining the gems so he could better fulfill that mission, but in fact was doing so with the hope that Death would see him as an equal and he could be her consort. After he gained all the Infinity Gems Death was acting cold towards him and Mephisto suggested that it was because he hadn't fulfilled the mission she had given Thanos to kill half of a all life. Thanos then did the snap hoping that she wouldn't be mad at him.
When I saw this in the theatre with a bunch of fellow comic nerds.. we weee silent after the snap and dusting.. but when we saw the symbol on Fury’s device the place exploded
Wakanda isn't "just right there." You were right and the commenters are wrong. There IS a hologram that makes it invisible, but it doesn't actually vanish. The hologram just makes it APPEAR as if nothing is there. This didn't work on the Children of Thanos because they were tracking Vision via the Mind Stone's energy, much like Tony and Bruce did with the Tesseract in the first Avengers film.
In the end credit scene of Black Panther, the United Nations knows that Wakanda exists, but think it's just a backwards nations of farmers because of the hologram
@@charlize1253 Yep. Before that, in Civil War T'Chaka is addressing the UN, so the world knows Wakanda exists, just wouldn't be able to find/enter the city unless someone told you how.
I remember sitting in the cinema at the end of this movie, and thinking “WHAT JUST HAPPENED “ was in total disbelief and kept saying “NO”. Then had to wait like FOREVER to see Endgame.
When I watched this in the theater and Spiderman started saying he didn't feel so good, I started bawling my eyes out. His Spidey-Sense let him feel it coming!
When he said he didn’t feel too good, I knew it was coming cause of his spidey-senses. No one else even knew it was coming… so effing sad. Peter’s a kid!! 😢
This movie is the MCU masterpiece! It is absolutely incomplete without Avengers: Endgame (which was originally subtitled Infinity War Part 2 - the title was changed mainly because of how very different they are tonally), but I hold this as the stronger film technically speaking, and the true achievment of what Kevin Feige set to pull off.
yea imo this is the best Marvel movie by a long shot Thanos is such a good villain and u can see the reasons for his actions as bad as they seem i just dont like End Game as much because i dont like how they were able to resolve it
Didn't Thanos have an infinite number of possibilities when he got the Infinity Stones, couldn't he have done an infinite number of things and giving people an infinite number of resources? He didn't even have to kill Gomorrah because he already had the Reality Stone and he could have changed the existing reality and provided resources for everyone in that reality.
@@thomasgriffiths6758 - Creating more food, even if it was possible, wouldn't be solving the problem at hand, but would instead just be compounding the problem.
Heartbreaking when you think about this, After Spider-Man turned to dust, Tony is looking at his own hands waiting to see himself turn to dust too. But it doesn't happen... The realization of you've lost everyone and you're still here.. alone.
The reason Thanos can turn blaster fire into bubbles, Drax into bricks, etc. is because he got the Reality Stone from The Collector before the Guardians arrived at Knowhere. He can use it to make reality whatever suits him by activating that stone. The red stone is always lit up (like they do with other stones on the gauntlet) when he's using it.
Couldn't he have just created a reality where there were unlimited resources and he didn't have to kill anyone??? Especially when he had all of the stones.
@thomasgriffiths6758 well I don't want to spoil the Eternals movie but if Thanos didn't do what he did, earth would've been screwed. That's probably what happened to Titan, too high population and "something" destroyed his planet. This would explain the messed up Gravity too.
Nice. Now this was a theatre experience. Having been a lifelong comic book nerd, I knew how it would end but it was amazing how silent the theatre was when this ended. My 2 nephews were trying to hide their tears, looking to me to explain. Truly magical. My alltime number 2 MCU movie.
Infinity War has a lot of really great performances, but I think one moment people don't praise enough is the absolute sucker-punch that is Chris Evans going, "...oh, God..." at the end there; the weight of his realization in just that was intense.
You keep saying Hulk never had any problems switching but you're forgetting Ragnarok. He got stuck as Hulk for two years and Banner was slow to change when he fought the dog. He also never lost before getting pounded by Thanos.
Thanos having the Infinity Stones means that he has an infinite number of options to choose from but chooses to eliminate half of the universe's population instead of making an infinite amount of resources for everyone, so his basic thesis is flawed and it just seems like evil for evil sake. He didn't even have to kill Gomorrah because he already had the Reality Stone which means he could have changed reality creating an infinite number of resources for everyone.
The moment I will always remember from seeing this in the theater is when Doctor Strange's cape is wrapped around Thanos' hand, and there's an audible tearing sound as Thanos is trying to remove it, and the whole theater gasped.
Some of us knew what was coming because this is an established comic storyline. There are differences in how things happened, but it's mostly all there. Mostly we wondered how the MCU would do it, rather than how it happened in the comics. I saw this at a theater in Las Vegas. When the credits rolled, silence. Everyone just walked out.
i will never forget this movie in theaters. absolute silence after the Snap happened and then gasps as we see which characters get dusted, sobbing after Spiderman, and then after all the credits rolled, i never heard an audience walk out in complete silence. Everyone was shook, nobody was ready, and had to wait a YEAR! a YEAR to find out how it was going to all wrap up. Funny opening night side note. At a theater Tom Holland came out to greet the audience watching the movie opening night saying, "See i'm alright everyone! haha, i'm not dead see. oh. wait? You guys watched it right?". He totally thought he was coming out to greet AFTER the movie, but it was before. Tom still managed to do what Tom does.
21:47 She smiled because Peter respected his promise to her; even though it didn't work because Thanos Reality-stoned the shot to bubbles, Peter tried to honor her wishes despite how painful it was for him. That was what the smile was about.
I love how Tom Holland played Parker as a truly altruistic kind of guy. Always addressing people as sir. Even if I was some known slinger in that universe I'd shake his hand and give him a nod of respect. That's a warrior.
I like that thanos is not only stronger than the hulk. But he was having fun. He demonstrated how controlled martial arts were better than hulks rage. Imagine if hulk learned kung fu, he might beat an alternate but similar hulk variant. I can’t wait for you to get to the guardians Christmas special. I hate Christmas and I thought it was really funny.
The audience reaction to this movie was immense. People in the theatre were silent in the beginning from the intro and dead silent and in shock at the ending. It’s the first time in the theatre that everybody sat through the credits. I do mean everyone by the way. Normally a few people here and there walk out at the end but not the day I went which was release day.
I was SHOCKED and devestated when I saw this.i had NO idea about the comics so I was completely unprepared. The theater was stunned into silence and then people started gasping and crying, especially for Spiderman. Everyone walked out in a stunned silence.
At the end of seeing this in the theater for the first time (it was an early showing, so there weren't a lot of people in the first place), NO one was saying a word when leaving the theater. Not. A. Whisper. However, most of us did know we had Endgame coming up (we didn't know the title yet, but knew the follow-up had been filmed back-to-back with Infinity War. Plus, a lot of us had seen set photos of what was coming, and Gweneth Paltrow and said some things on a late night talk show that seemed like spoilers for a movie that definitely _wasn't_ Infinity War). And yes, two things stood out almost immediately: First, killing off Spider-Man and Black Panther raised a lot of eyebrows and was basically hinting to the audience not to give up hope. And second, that it was mostly the original Avengers left after the snap. Both of those things you, yourself, noticed; I'm just saying I'm pretty sure we were supposed to.
For my own part, I saw wasn't able to watch this opening weekend, but a week or two afterwards. All of the die hard fans here in Japan had seen it already, so I was in a mostly empty theater. I didn't cry, but I was mostly numb for a few hours after the movie ended -- like, "How could they do this to us? How can this possibly work out in later?" And it was all the harder not knowing what kind of movies were coming down the pipeline. So I don't blame you for being in denial, Shanelle. This ending was probably hard for all of us to accept. What none of us realized was, the Avengers weren't the protagonists of this story. It was Thanos -- this is the story of his quest, and that's why he won. I'm glad you appreciate Thanos' motive in this franchise. "Infinity War" was a major crossover event in the comics, and his much more grounded and realistic reasoning here is a far cry from what the movie's based on. In the source material, Thanos was simply a nihilist who fell in love with Death. Not 'death' as a concept, but the cosmic entity and "living" embodiment of Death, who appeared to him as a beautiful woman. He was so infatuated with 'her' that he embarked on his quest to find all the Infinity stones and kill half of all living things, just to impress and woo her. This was touched on way, way back in the first "Avengers" film. In the stinger, The Other told Thanos, "To challenge (humans) is to court Death." When Thanos turned and smiled, most of us probably figured that's where the story was headed. Looking forward to your upcoming reactions!
I think Shan was in too good of a mood to watch this. its like she wasn't getting what was going on for the first little while. Edit: and the last little while too.
I love the way the cape acts when Tony and Peter Parker are talking. It's like "Are you going to let him talk to you like that?" and "Old movie? Are you kidding me?"
Seeing this opening weekend, the entire theater was stunned into silence at the end. None of the usual after movie talking. Throughout the entire credits as we waited for the end credits scenes. Leaving the theater. Walking through the mall to the parking garage. A whole crowd of people just staring into the distance, not saying a word. I saw it on my own, but I heard about entire car rides home in silence, everyone just processing. It was insane. It was also one of the best kept movie secrets I've ever seen. Of course, there are always a few jerks that specifically want to spoil it for others. But on the whole, the entire fandom just collectively decided to protect the secret of the ending like it was the last infinity stone. Content creators who would usually have immediately started covering it, making reactions, developing theories, etc. instead waited _months_ to make sure everyone got a chance to experience it for themselves without spoilers. It won't give you the experience of stunned silence at the end, but you should look up audience reaction videos here on youtube if you want to know what the experience was like in theaters. The full length ones don't have any video, just audio of the audience (cheers, laughter, gasps, etc) and you can sync it with the movie. I've done it a few times to relive the experience, and it's actually pretty close.
Remember, we went one entire year between these movies. At the end of the movie, no one moved or made a sound. Everyone knew there would be an end-credit scene, and everyone was seeking any hope. The music score was just haunting during the end credits. I think it was important to confirm to everyone during the end-credit scene that this was happening everywhere. Yes, when Fury dropped that pager that symbol was recognizable. I expect that these films will be re-released prior to the next Avenger's films. I would recommend you try to catch a screening with an audience.
Being in the theater after the credits hit, I just remember everyone in the theater sitting in stunned disbelief, and the only thing I could hear was sobbing.
The fact they had Cumberbatch and RDJ in a movie together, and neither of them said "No Shit, Sherlock" to the other will forever be a lost opportunity of tragic proportions
I remembered taking my niece to see this in the theater and that finale ending, when we all walked out, you could almost hear a pin drop, that's how quiet and in disbelief we were.
As a comic fan, I knew pretty much that Thanos would win. I still enjoyed the hell out of the film. Seeing the bad guy win is so rare that I was still surprised they did it. Seeing other peoples reactions was the most fun part.
Also a comic fan. Knowing what was going to happen if not how they would fix it and seeing people's reactions in the theater and as we left was priceless. I don't know if it was better to know about the snap or not, but seeing everyone shocked and crying at the was great.
It's always fun explaining to non-comic people how much they reduced Thanos' and the gauntlet's power. In the MCU, the heroes are able to put up a bit of a fight, but in the comic they are literal playtoys. Thanos fights all of the cosmic entities at the same time and freaking wins. It might be the most insane feat in Marvel comics to date.
I was deployed when we got to see an advanced screening...let me tell you when the tent was silent.....a bunch of dudes who grew up on the comic books and had been following the MCU. We were shocked as hell.
I love that despite the clashing egos of Tony and Dr. Strange, that Strange does take Tony's advice. "You might want to put that stone in your back pocket" "I might want to use it" Yet, he never actually uses it, he hides it, as Tony suggested
At the end of Spiderman Homecoming, remember Tony offered Peter to be an Avenger and he rejected the offer.. Pepper and Tony decided to announce their engagement because they had gathered a big press conference announcement that was supposed to be a new member of the Avengers, but Peter declined..
I can't find her reaction either, but I was so sure I'd watched her reactions also 😂 idk, maybe she didn't and I imagined she did, or maybe it was removed for some reason..
When I was in the theatre and Peter was begging “Mr. Stark I don’t want to go” everyone started crying and cried more when Black Panther dusted. After the final post credit scene, the whole audience was silent while leaving the theatre
Dead silence in the theater when it was over, and a feeling like I'd just watched Shindler's List again. The Snap did kill half of all living creatures, but the Random Number Generator killed well over half of the Avengers, plus a few that Thanos had already killed. He really could have killed more if he'd been trying, but in most of the movie, he was using only as much power as needed to win.
When I saw this in the theatre it was silent at the end and people left very quietly. This film probably sparked the most "what's going to happen in the next film?" discussions of any film I've seen. It was a long year to wait.
I think that’s what they intended. He went from never being beaten/needing to fear anything to first Ultron, after which he ran away to another planet he had nothing to fear on and was all but worshipped for his power. Then not even able to put up a fight against Thanos. The Hulk part of Banner, built from his rage, was taught to fear and didn’t know how to handle it.
I was at the theater watching all the Avengers turning to dust. It was totally quiet. Suddenly, a pretty young boy, maybe 8 or 9 years old, says, "...at least Black Panther didn't die." A nano second later he's disintegrating. I couldn't help but laugh!!
The next 2 movies: Ant-Man and the Wasp & Captain Marvel, some people may say skip. Do not do that because a couple of plot points from Avengers: Endgame come from those 2 movies. I hope instead get through them quickly first. Also, we knew about Endgame before Infinity War came out.
@@jculver1674 Absolutely not. It explains who Captain Marvel is and how powerful she is. It's also essential background for several of the later Marvel projects. Oh, and it's just a good movie. Brie Larsen was actually perfect for the way they wrote her character, which, seeing she's a Best Actress Oscar winner, makes sense.
@@jculver1674 why would you try to spoil the movie for her. Please let reactors do what they came to do and give honest reactions to everything they watch and not everything YOU want them to watch. You and I are not there only subscribers. There are other subscribers of hers that really might want her to react to the movie. PLEASE be considerate to her and others.
Vibranium came from a meteor that struck Africa. It’s a metal, but like many metals, it made its way into the plant life of the area (much like iron, calcium, zinc, magnesium).
Enjoy the experience. Ignore the comment section on Captain Marvel. Take a break after Endgame. There are good Phase 4/5 projects but the quality varies and you’ll burn yourself out.
All three points are good advice. Phase 4/5 have some legit good stuff but the mid drags it down and hurts more if you don’t give yourself a break. And then there’s Secret Invasion.
Agreed on all points. Ignorant people ( MCU fans unfamiliar with the comic books... ) unjustly disparage Captain Marvel. I knew way back after the first Avengers movie that they'd have to bring in Captain Marvel. A baddie like Thanos requires a serious power level character.
I’ve watched a few reactors go on this MCU journey and I always think it’s impressive that some reactors weren’t really interested in superhero movies at first, but Marvel continued to grow and build and adapt these engaging characters and storylines, and by Infinity War people are REALLY attached to this universe.
I hate that Thor doesn’t mention The Warriors Three when he talks about the people he cares about that he lost. They are the three musketeers of Asgard (Volstag, Fandral, Hogun). They deserve better.
I have also always been irritated about how dirty they did the warriors 3. They were just instantly killed off by Hela and never spoken about again. We don't even get to see Sif until Love and Thunder and by that point she's missing an arm and has been through it. I just with they got a better send off or at the least a mention.
I went to see it in theaters a few days after it came out. After the end of the movie, it was such a somber ambiance, everyone was sad, nobody was talking, I had never been a part of a movie audience like that.
I like the confirmation at the end, that this was really a Thanos movie and we were following the "bad guys". Thanos was the protagonist of this story, and this was the story of how he succeeds and beats those trying to stop him. The end screen saying "Thanos will return", is a nod to this.
"I know we have Endgame. You people didn't know that." Technically we DID know Endgame was coming as both Infinity War and Endgame were announced at the same time. What we DIDN'T know was everything that would happen DURING Infinity War, Endgame, and the few films in-between.
Haha you may be onto something. Pretty sure this was long before any stories about his family life got out, the dirt on the church he attends, his Twitter/insta follows got out there and people started getting annoyed at his voice castings.
34:41 *NO SPOILERS FOR FUTURE MOVIES* "I'm confused why Hulk can't Hulk in this movie..." They don't show any of it on screen, but HULK is tired of being used like a weapon and not as a person, so he refuses to come out.
As I was walking into the theater wearing a Black Panther shirt the usher looked and said “Oh Black Panther, you’re not gonna like this”😡🤬 I was looking for him when the movie ended. He was nowhere to be found for the pound.
I felt that way about someone telling me "Hulk" got dragged 😠 like ragdoll.. and was like Df you mean 😐and low and behold Red grapes Won 😮 No Contest mind you..
Regarding Hulk, I feel like the Russos didn't know how to properly write that character in this story. Whedon handled him much better in his 2 Avengers movies.
One thing that I think they really nailed especially well in Infinity War is the balance of weight/darkness with enough moments of humor. It doesn’t so much “lighten the mood” overall, it’s still an incredibly dark storyline by comic movie or overall action movie standards of constant defeats and a sense of sliding down toward doom. It’s more of a relief valve to let even more of that darkness actually sink in (unless you just go hard on the denial like some do, I guess). Just in general, whether it’s real life or film/stories, people’s ability to process things like grief/fear gets saturated and they start to readjust and be more numb to it as it goes on. Sometimes the numbness can go so far as to just overall disconnect from the rest of the story. Writers/filmmakers have found you can push up to the edge of that saturation, though, and if you instead give the audience even a small break with humor/hope you can keep pushing further down without that numbness.
Leaving the theater that first weekend was like a funeral procession. People stunned into silence, people crying, and people in solemn disbelief. And yes, we had to wait an entire year to see how it would play out.
That is totally true, people left quiet and crying
This movie and Schindler's lost. Only 2 movies I can think of that did this. One a horrific truth, the other a terrorific fantasy.
Yeah, this cliffhanger is second only to when Jean-Luc Picard said "I am Locutus of Borg." And then we had to wait.... We're used to cliffhangers now, we weren't then.
@@hughwotmeight2453 It's called emotion. You should try it sometime as you appear to be void of it.
Except those of us who knew the comics, we expected this ending. Just like many of us knew what was going to happen with Gwen Stacy when we saw her outfit in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. So, it didn't affect me like it did others, because I knew this would happen, but I also knew how it will finally end. And yes I know the comics aren't exactly the same as the films but they are pretty much following many of the same blueprints for some of the storylines.
Gamora smiled because Peter pulled the trigger. Even though Thanos turned the blast into bubbles, Peter kept his word and tried to kill her, he kept her trust because he truly loved her.
Edit: corrected the spelling of Gamora's name
Exactly.
*Gamora 😁
Gomorrah is the city in the Bible, Gamora is the green lady with swords.
Quill was the only person that was willing to sacrifice his love. That is why Thanos like him.
@jonathanross149 cuz on that one thing they were similar (except Quill did it because she asked him to, not for his own plans/goals)
21 movies before this one, that all set this movie up perfectly. One of the greatest achievements in cinema history. People were definitely crying at the end in the theater. A lot of people walked out in shock.
As opposed to this reactor who giggled, and cracked snarky jokes throughout most of the film.
This generation's EMPIRE STRIKES BACK but we were able to record it for future generations.
I saw this in theaters and man... when the snap happened it was nothing but stunned silence. As each character vanished, I could hear a few gasps. Particularly for bucky and groot. But when Spiderman dusted... this one girl a few rows back was full-on sobbing. It was such a wild experience. Usually people remember when the theater crowd erupts in applause... but the reaction to the ending of this movie is something I'll never forget.
I’m so sad to not experience it in a group setting 😢
Not gonna lie, Spidey made me squirt a few tears. It cemented Tom Holland as my favorite live action Spidey.
@@ShanelleRicciopeople recorded audience reactions, search for infinity War audience reaction (but maybe do this after watching endgame)
Peter dying in Iron Man’s arms…uugh!!! Gut wrenching…full on body sobs from me in the theater as he dusted. 😢
I remember seeing this in the theatre, as a comic reader knowing the general direction the story was going, and it was something I'll never forget. The entire crowd just went silent aside from a couple people crying. Nobody could believe it. People were just staring off into the distance like they had PTSD. It's very rare that a movie can end a story on the villain winning, and they NAILED it.
Having read the comics, I had a grin on my face seeing others reactions of grief and disbelief.
I think I helped my comic friend by reminding him what Dr. Strange said. "1 in 14million603 or something" is how I said it.
I was going to say the same thing. The silence was almost deafening. It wasn't a bad silence but like everyone was just numb. I never read the infinity wars run but I knew the outcomes and such, but to see what was done on screen, chef's kiss
I watched it multiple times (like a lot of people), and knowing what was going to happen and how the people I was with were going to react was super tense.
It's pretty wild how Marvel spent like 20 movies lovingly building up this whole universe of characters, only to have Thanos come in and tear through it like a wrecking ball in this movie. This is one of the best comic book movies of all time IMHO, and one of the reasons is that it doesn't mess around.
Hulk’s not coming out for two reasons. 1. He’s resentful of how Banner just uses him for his strength. 2. Thanos beat his ass so bad that he’s too scared to face him again.
Hulk never met anyone that could whoop him on his Worst Day Ever..
#GreenGrapeLost 😠
Thanos didn't just snap away half the Avengers and half the world... he dusted half the Universe!
And not just the people, but half of ALL life.
And he was right in doing so
@@AscendedXSaiyan eh not as evil as magneto trying to destroy 90% of humans
@@lordmortarius538 yes.... thats what half the universe means.
@@AscendedXSaiyan Oh no not another "Thanos was right" edgelord
Shan, “if anyone dies in this one, its vision” totally ignoring that Loki, Heimdall, and Gamora have all already died in the movie
The audience was completely on edge the entire movie. Several high pitched shrieks went out when Loki was killed. From there tears and sniffles were audible the entire movie so when the jokes landed they landed hard for some temporary catharsis. Thor's arrival in Wakanda created a tremendous applause and it was even louder when the axe hit Thanos. But when he snapped any way, the audience grew silent. A few low murmurs and sniffles were let out until Groot dusted and people just started crying outloud. It died down during the credits and people left the theatre in stunned silence. The people waiting for the next showing looked baffled as the crowd just ignored them. This happened the 2nd and 3rd times I saw the movie, I saw the midnight showing opening night and was just as stunned and unaware of my surroundings as everyone else. Never had an experience like that ever, heartwrenching despair and utter satisfaction simultaneously.
It was the same with my audience: Groot was when they lost it.
Haha omg i know it’s not funny but the image of the people waiting for the next showing- gold. Thanks for the theater reactions i love hearing these
About how quickly Thanos can travel, he literally has the space stone. He's teleporting all over the place
I figured 😂 dumb question
I remember saying “I’m feeling a bit low, so I’ll go and watch an Avengers movie to cheer up” - Avengers Infinity war…
😢😢😢
HAHAHAH
The scene at the end when Cap catches Thanos' fist and, using all his strength, is able to push it back to Thanos' bewildered amusement is one of my favorite moments in all of the MCU.
It's not bewildered amusement. It's bewildered respect.
The stones respond to the holders will, and the gauntlet makes it so the person holding it has control over them..
Cap had his hands on the gauntlet. Whether he realized it or not, the gauntlet was responding to both him and Thanos, equally.
It's why Thanos punched him with the other hand. It's the same problem in the next movie when a certain someone grabs the gauntlet while Thanos has it on and Thanos has to punch someone in the face again with his free hand.
Bit of a design flaw on the glove, if you ask me. You build the ultimate weapon, you kinda want to make sure no one but you can use it.
At the beginning, Loki was not flip-flopping on his allegiances. He was resisting Thanos, which is what Thor would’ve wanted.
I watched this in a theater on opening night. It was a packed house. When the movie ended people were sobbing in the theater . When we walked out it was in silence, like walking out of a funeral.
Yeah, the silence at the end of the movie in theaters was chilling.
And walking out past the lines of people hyped and excited to go in. That was unreal.
We knew Endgame was to come. We just had to wait a year.
And Infinity War was mostly out of theaters before we knew that the next movie was titled Endgame.
@ESUPhotoman it might have still been called Infinity War II at the time, point still stands that the movie was coming in 1 year. So was I shocked at this ending - definitely like everyone was. But it didn't hit me that way because I knew the resolution to undo it was coming in a year, because there's no way they were ending all the franchises of everyone who got snapped 🫰🏽.
@@ESUPhotomanI remember, we didn't know Endgame's title until the first reveal at the end of the "Avengers 4" teaser. So well after Infinity War was on home release lol
Yup. Originally these two movies were Avengers: Infinity War 1 and 2. Then they changed it. We knew it was Infinity War but they said the name of the next one would be some sort of spoiler for Infinity War. So they didn't tell us the name of Endgame until a month or two after Infinity War released.
Honestly, I don't see "Endgame" spoiling *anything* in Infinity War, so my thought is the "the name is a spoiler" stupidity was just some marketing BS trying to get more buzz.
Saw this in the theater with my son - it was a spectacular film, full of amazing moments. And a crushing film full of lass and sacrifice. I think someone else commented with something that was perfect - "it was like walking out of a funeral"
tears. silence. and a feeling of bonding with everyone in the theater of that loss.
"I'm confused why Hulk can't Hulk in this movie..."
Simple: He got his ass handed to him by Thanos aboard Thor's ship. Hulk has been able to defeat everything anyone's ever thrown at him (with the possible exception of the Hulkbuster-armor). Hulk is basically suffering from a bit of PTSD after his smackdown by Thanos.
And, he was suffering from harming civilians following the events of _Age of Ultron_ which is why he fled and ultimately ended up on Sakaar. Then he spent 3 years fighting in the Grandmaster's Arena on Sakaar unable to return to his Bruce Banner form. That was never explained but clearly Hulk has lots of issues.
Yeah, it’s a thing with boxers and fighters. When they are very strong and have only ever dominated or have close matches, and after they got their first REAL beat up, it gets to them and they get all shaky and insecure to got back in the ring again.
Yeah this hulk is basically a 4 year old in terms of life experience
I think it's also insinuated that having been Hulk for 2+ years in Sokovia/on Sakaar had an effect on him as well.
The official explanation from the writer/directors is that Hulk is sick of being used and discarded. He refuses to let Bruce "Hulk out" just to not exist after the day is saved. It is not that he was afraid or suffering PTSD.
Gamora smiled because Peter pulled the trigger. He followed through on his promise.
I saw this in theaters. Nobody moved during the credits. Everyone was in shock. As the credits ended the guy next to who was a complete stranger asked if I was okay. All I could say was “I don’t know”
The scene with Hulk crashing into the Sanctum is actually pulled straight from the comic. In Infinity Gauntlet (1991), the Silver Surfer crashes into Doctor Strange’s Sanctum to warn about Thanos, while for this film it's Hulk. Adam Warlock then takes charge and leads Earth’s heroes against the Mad Titan, since Adam has yet to introduced in the MCU he's of course not in the movie. Another big difference is the snap. In the comic, it happens right at the very beginning of the story, while in the movie, it’s saved for the dramatic climax. Thanos’ motivations are also completely different. Comic Thanos wants to impress Mistress Death by wiping out half the universe, while MCU Thanos believes he’s saving the universe by doing the same thing.
The biggest change, though, is the lineup of characters. The Infinity Gauntlet comic features everyone from The Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and more. The MCU, however, focuses mainly on the Avengers since Marvel didn’t have the movie rights to the X-Men or Fantastic Four at the time. Disney’s purchase of Fox in 2019 reverted those rights back to Marvel, meaning they can now freely use characters like the X-Men and Fantastic Four. That’s how we’re getting Fantastic Four: First Steps in 2025 which will introduce Marvel's First Family into the MCU.
It’s worth noting that this movie isn’t based on the Infinity War comic (1992), but on Infinity Gauntlet (1991). The Infinity War storyline in the comics focused on The Magus, an evil version of Adam Warlock, who schemes to gain absolute power. That storyline brought together heroes and villains from across Marvel’s universe. Fun fact: the X-Men got a lot of spotlight back then since they were Marvel’s biggest stars in the early ‘90s. If you check out the Infinity War comic covers, you’ll see a massive lineup of characters, with the X-Men characters taking center stage. Doctor Doom, along with Galactus two iconic Fantastic Four villains were also major players in this storyline as well
Because the rights to Marvel characters were spread across different studios in the 2000s to 2010s many people introduced to Marvel by the MCU during this time had no idea that the X-Men or Fantastic Four were part of Marvel. For them, Marvel was synonymous with The Avengers and the MCU. As a comic fan, that’s wild to think about, but it makes sense, those X-Men and Fantastic Four films were completely disconnected from the MCU, so casual viewers wouldn’t associate them with Marvel, aka the MCU. Yet the X-Men, along with the Fantastic Four are so important to basically every Marvel crossover event in the comics.
This is more focused on the Thanos quest before infinity gauntlet story line where Thanos gathers the gems as infinity gauntlet starts with the snap.
One of the things that disappointed me about the MCU Infinity Stones, is how weak they are compared to the ones in the comics. In the comics, the Infinity Stones are absolute in their bailiwick. We all understand it was a narrative conceit, but the notion that the stones couldn't be used to just provide infinite supplies instead of killing half the people is laughable. Heck, you would only need the Reality Stone really - these aren't Dragonballs. They are will-less fundamental aspects of reality. Even the celestial beings like Eternity, the In-Betweener, Master Order, Lord Chaos and Galactus feared just one stone. Dead people could be brought back with just a thought with the full gauntlet, let alone just the reality and soul gem.
Also in the comics, the stones could be wielded by an ant, let alone a person, Titan or Celestial. The notion that their use is damaging or lethal was a new construct for the movies as an answer for why people don't just use them willy-nilly.
In the comics Thanos didn't really kill half of all life to impress Death. It was actually her idea and the reason she brought him back to life and increased his power. Thanos acted like he was gaining the gems so he could better fulfill that mission, but in fact was doing so with the hope that Death would see him as an equal and he could be her consort. After he gained all the Infinity Gems Death was acting cold towards him and Mephisto suggested that it was because he hadn't fulfilled the mission she had given Thanos to kill half of a all life. Thanos then did the snap hoping that she wouldn't be mad at him.
There was nothing but silence in the movie theaters at the end of this movie. Silence and tears.
When I saw this in the theatre with a bunch of fellow comic nerds.. we weee silent after the snap and dusting.. but when we saw the symbol on Fury’s device the place exploded
Small world, love the profile pic, lol.
Reactions are my guilty pleasure.
Wakanda isn't "just right there." You were right and the commenters are wrong.
There IS a hologram that makes it invisible, but it doesn't actually vanish. The hologram just makes it APPEAR as if nothing is there. This didn't work on the Children of Thanos because they were tracking Vision via the Mind Stone's energy, much like Tony and Bruce did with the Tesseract in the first Avengers film.
In the end credit scene of Black Panther, the United Nations knows that Wakanda exists, but think it's just a backwards nations of farmers because of the hologram
The country is not hidden just the city where the vibranium is located
@@keithhoward5928 that's pretty much where everyone lives aside from the farmers.
@@godmagnus Not the border or gorilla tribes so probably not everyone
@@charlize1253 Yep. Before that, in Civil War T'Chaka is addressing the UN, so the world knows Wakanda exists, just wouldn't be able to find/enter the city unless someone told you how.
Speaking of Kevin Bacon, all I can say is, don't skip the Guardians Christmas Special before watching Guardians 3.
I've never been in a theater watching a movie where everyone was cheering, screaming, and crying. 🤯🤯
Norse Myth Loki is also a flip-flopper. Every time the other Asgardians think they can trust him, he lets them down.
Well yeah he is the trickster god. His flip-flopping is one of the things pulled un-adapted from the norse sagas. Loke is gonna loke.
I remember sitting in the cinema at the end of this movie, and thinking “WHAT JUST HAPPENED “ was in total disbelief and kept saying “NO”. Then had to wait like FOREVER to see Endgame.
This is me. I’m like nope nope didn’t happen
46:34 now wait a year.
Lmao, ya
Exactly. To get the full experience :D
When I watched this in the theater and Spiderman started saying he didn't feel so good, I started bawling my eyes out. His Spidey-Sense let him feel it coming!
What broke me was Black Panther being taken out. I went "No! We just got him! It's not fair."
When he said he didn’t feel too good, I knew it was coming cause of his spidey-senses. No one else even knew it was coming… so effing sad. Peter’s a kid!! 😢
This movie is the MCU masterpiece!
It is absolutely incomplete without Avengers: Endgame (which was originally subtitled Infinity War Part 2 - the title was changed mainly because of how very different they are tonally), but I hold this as the stronger film technically speaking, and the true achievment of what Kevin Feige set to pull off.
yea imo this is the best Marvel movie by a long shot Thanos is such a good villain and u can see the reasons for his actions as bad as they seem i just dont like End Game as much because i dont like how they were able to resolve it
I loved how it all came together. Like really cohesive.
Didn't Thanos have an infinite number of possibilities when he got the Infinity Stones, couldn't he have done an infinite number of things and giving people an infinite number of resources?
He didn't even have to kill Gomorrah because he already had the Reality Stone and he could have changed the existing reality and provided resources for everyone in that reality.
@@thomasgriffiths6758 - Creating more food, even if it was possible, wouldn't be solving the problem at hand, but would instead just be compounding the problem.
Heartbreaking when you think about this, After Spider-Man turned to dust, Tony is looking at his own hands waiting to see himself turn to dust too. But it doesn't happen...
The realization of you've lost everyone and you're still here.. alone.
21:55 she smiled because Quinn kept his promise (even if it didn’t work)
*Quill 😁
This is exactly right
*Quail
The reason Thanos can turn blaster fire into bubbles, Drax into bricks, etc. is because he got the Reality Stone from The Collector before the Guardians arrived at Knowhere. He can use it to make reality whatever suits him by activating that stone. The red stone is always lit up (like they do with other stones on the gauntlet) when he's using it.
That reality stone is scary.
The bubbles are also a reference to the video game called Marvel Super Heroes, where Thanos uses a bubble attack.
It was cool the way he used each stone immediately as he got it.
Couldn't he have just created a reality where there were unlimited resources and he didn't have to kill anyone???
Especially when he had all of the stones.
@thomasgriffiths6758 well I don't want to spoil the Eternals movie but if Thanos didn't do what he did, earth would've been screwed. That's probably what happened to Titan, too high population and "something" destroyed his planet. This would explain the messed up Gravity too.
Shanelle is the only reactor to not react to Hulk losing to Thanos in their fight in the opener.
Nice. Now this was a theatre experience. Having been a lifelong comic book nerd, I knew how it would end but it was amazing how silent the theatre was when this ended. My 2 nephews were trying to hide their tears, looking to me to explain. Truly magical. My alltime number 2 MCU movie.
Infinity War has a lot of really great performances, but I think one moment people don't praise enough is the absolute sucker-punch that is Chris Evans going, "...oh, God..." at the end there; the weight of his realization in just that was intense.
You keep saying Hulk never had any problems switching but you're forgetting Ragnarok.
He got stuck as Hulk for two years and Banner was slow to change when he fought the dog.
He also never lost before getting pounded by Thanos.
Shanelle, I have a couple names you can go by when watching the MCU. You can either go with, Thanelle or Shanos.
Thanos having the Infinity Stones means that he has an infinite number of options to choose from but chooses to eliminate half of the universe's population instead of making an infinite amount of resources for everyone, so his basic thesis is flawed and it just seems like evil for evil sake.
He didn't even have to kill Gomorrah because he already had the Reality Stone which means he could have changed reality creating an infinite number of resources for everyone.
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The moment I will always remember from seeing this in the theater is when Doctor Strange's cape is wrapped around Thanos' hand, and there's an audible tearing sound as Thanos is trying to remove it, and the whole theater gasped.
Some of us knew what was coming because this is an established comic storyline. There are differences in how things happened, but it's mostly all there. Mostly we wondered how the MCU would do it, rather than how it happened in the comics. I saw this at a theater in Las Vegas. When the credits rolled, silence. Everyone just walked out.
i will never forget this movie in theaters. absolute silence after the Snap happened and then gasps as we see which characters get dusted, sobbing after Spiderman, and then after all the credits rolled, i never heard an audience walk out in complete silence. Everyone was shook, nobody was ready, and had to wait a YEAR! a YEAR to find out how it was going to all wrap up.
Funny opening night side note. At a theater Tom Holland came out to greet the audience watching the movie opening night saying, "See i'm alright everyone! haha, i'm not dead see. oh. wait? You guys watched it right?". He totally thought he was coming out to greet AFTER the movie, but it was before. Tom still managed to do what Tom does.
The best iron man suit up to me was the briefcase in iron man 2.
Shanelle: If anyone dies it's Vision. I hope I'm wrong.
Us: Oh, you're wrong...but not in the way your hoped for
39:15 like all raccoons, he has that urge to steal shiny sh*t
21:47 She smiled because Peter respected his promise to her; even though it didn't work because Thanos Reality-stoned the shot to bubbles, Peter tried to honor her wishes despite how painful it was for him. That was what the smile was about.
Shanelle: I can't believe we lost 2 main characters in the first 10 minutes.
Later...
Shanelle: If anyone dies, it'll be Vision.
Me: 😬
I love how Tom Holland played Parker as a truly altruistic kind of guy. Always addressing people as sir. Even if I was some known slinger in that universe I'd shake his hand and give him a nod of respect. That's a warrior.
I like that thanos is not only stronger than the hulk. But he was having fun. He demonstrated how controlled martial arts were better than hulks rage.
Imagine if hulk learned kung fu, he might beat an alternate but similar hulk variant.
I can’t wait for you to get to the guardians Christmas special. I hate Christmas and I thought it was really funny.
The audience reaction to this movie was immense. People in the theatre were silent in the beginning from the intro and dead silent and in shock at the ending. It’s the first time in the theatre that everybody sat through the credits. I do mean everyone by the way. Normally a few people here and there walk out at the end but not the day I went which was release day.
The years waiting between the theatrical release of Civil War and Infinity War felt like an eternity.
I was SHOCKED and devestated when I saw this.i had NO idea about the comics so I was completely unprepared. The theater was stunned into silence and then people started gasping and crying, especially for Spiderman. Everyone walked out in a stunned silence.
At the end of seeing this in the theater for the first time (it was an early showing, so there weren't a lot of people in the first place), NO one was saying a word when leaving the theater. Not. A. Whisper. However, most of us did know we had Endgame coming up (we didn't know the title yet, but knew the follow-up had been filmed back-to-back with Infinity War. Plus, a lot of us had seen set photos of what was coming, and Gweneth Paltrow and said some things on a late night talk show that seemed like spoilers for a movie that definitely _wasn't_ Infinity War). And yes, two things stood out almost immediately: First, killing off Spider-Man and Black Panther raised a lot of eyebrows and was basically hinting to the audience not to give up hope. And second, that it was mostly the original Avengers left after the snap. Both of those things you, yourself, noticed; I'm just saying I'm pretty sure we were supposed to.
For my own part, I saw wasn't able to watch this opening weekend, but a week or two afterwards. All of the die hard fans here in Japan had seen it already, so I was in a mostly empty theater. I didn't cry, but I was mostly numb for a few hours after the movie ended -- like, "How could they do this to us? How can this possibly work out in later?" And it was all the harder not knowing what kind of movies were coming down the pipeline.
So I don't blame you for being in denial, Shanelle. This ending was probably hard for all of us to accept. What none of us realized was, the Avengers weren't the protagonists of this story. It was Thanos -- this is the story of his quest, and that's why he won.
I'm glad you appreciate Thanos' motive in this franchise. "Infinity War" was a major crossover event in the comics, and his much more grounded and realistic reasoning here is a far cry from what the movie's based on. In the source material, Thanos was simply a nihilist who fell in love with Death. Not 'death' as a concept, but the cosmic entity and "living" embodiment of Death, who appeared to him as a beautiful woman. He was so infatuated with 'her' that he embarked on his quest to find all the Infinity stones and kill half of all living things, just to impress and woo her.
This was touched on way, way back in the first "Avengers" film. In the stinger, The Other told Thanos, "To challenge (humans) is to court Death." When Thanos turned and smiled, most of us probably figured that's where the story was headed.
Looking forward to your upcoming reactions!
I think Shan was in too good of a mood to watch this. its like she wasn't getting what was going on for the first little while.
Edit: and the last little while too.
I love the way the cape acts when Tony and Peter Parker are talking. It's like "Are you going to let him talk to you like that?" and "Old movie? Are you kidding me?"
The small miniature detail of "I've always hated that chair"..... Sits on the step.
Seeing this opening weekend, the entire theater was stunned into silence at the end. None of the usual after movie talking. Throughout the entire credits as we waited for the end credits scenes. Leaving the theater. Walking through the mall to the parking garage. A whole crowd of people just staring into the distance, not saying a word. I saw it on my own, but I heard about entire car rides home in silence, everyone just processing. It was insane.
It was also one of the best kept movie secrets I've ever seen. Of course, there are always a few jerks that specifically want to spoil it for others. But on the whole, the entire fandom just collectively decided to protect the secret of the ending like it was the last infinity stone. Content creators who would usually have immediately started covering it, making reactions, developing theories, etc. instead waited _months_ to make sure everyone got a chance to experience it for themselves without spoilers.
It won't give you the experience of stunned silence at the end, but you should look up audience reaction videos here on youtube if you want to know what the experience was like in theaters. The full length ones don't have any video, just audio of the audience (cheers, laughter, gasps, etc) and you can sync it with the movie. I've done it a few times to relive the experience, and it's actually pretty close.
I remember a sort of stunned silence at the end of the film, in the cinema I was in.
Remember, we went one entire year between these movies. At the end of the movie, no one moved or made a sound. Everyone knew there would be an end-credit scene, and everyone was seeking any hope. The music score was just haunting during the end credits. I think it was important to confirm to everyone during the end-credit scene that this was happening everywhere. Yes, when Fury dropped that pager that symbol was recognizable. I expect that these films will be re-released prior to the next Avenger's films. I would recommend you try to catch a screening with an audience.
Yeah, walking out of this movie was suuuuper eerie.
Being in the theater after the credits hit, I just remember everyone in the theater sitting in stunned disbelief, and the only thing I could hear was sobbing.
The fact they had Cumberbatch and RDJ in a movie together, and neither of them said "No Shit, Sherlock" to the other will forever be a lost opportunity of tragic proportions
Cringe
That actually would’ve rocked!
I remembered taking my niece to see this in the theater and that finale ending, when we all walked out, you could almost hear a pin drop, that's how quiet and in disbelief we were.
NOTHING in this movie hurts more than Wanda's look of relief when she get's snapped. Dear god that hurts.
Especially now
The silence as you realize Thanos won and credits roll … one of the greatest moments in movie history
As a comic fan, I knew pretty much that Thanos would win. I still enjoyed the hell out of the film. Seeing the bad guy win is so rare that I was still surprised they did it. Seeing other peoples reactions was the most fun part.
Also a comic fan. Knowing what was going to happen if not how they would fix it and seeing people's reactions in the theater and as we left was priceless. I don't know if it was better to know about the snap or not, but seeing everyone shocked and crying at the was great.
It's always fun explaining to non-comic people how much they reduced Thanos' and the gauntlet's power. In the MCU, the heroes are able to put up a bit of a fight, but in the comic they are literal playtoys. Thanos fights all of the cosmic entities at the same time and freaking wins. It might be the most insane feat in Marvel comics to date.
Could you imagine how much darker this movie would have been if they used the comic accurate reason for the snap?
I was deployed when we got to see an advanced screening...let me tell you when the tent was silent.....a bunch of dudes who grew up on the comic books and had been following the MCU. We were shocked as hell.
Please consider the original Planet of the Apes films from the 60s and 70s 🙏
I love that despite the clashing egos of Tony and Dr. Strange, that Strange does take Tony's advice. "You might want to put that stone in your back pocket"
"I might want to use it"
Yet, he never actually uses it, he hides it, as Tony suggested
At the end of Spiderman Homecoming, remember Tony offered Peter to be an Avenger and he rejected the offer.. Pepper and Tony decided to announce their engagement because they had gathered a big press conference announcement that was supposed to be a new member of the Avengers, but Peter declined..
I can't find the Spiderman Homecoming reaction. Was it taken down? She did watch that film before this one right?
I can't find her reaction either, but I was so sure I'd watched her reactions also 😂 idk, maybe she didn't and I imagined she did, or maybe it was removed for some reason..
Completely talked through possibly the biggest character intro sequence with Thor reentering the fight at wakanda. 😢
Spider-Man dying had our theater in tears.
When I was in the theatre and Peter was begging “Mr. Stark I don’t want to go” everyone started crying and cried more when Black Panther dusted. After the final post credit scene, the whole audience was silent while leaving the theatre
P.S. The CGI for Thanos is impeccable!!!
(Also, "Thanos will return" is the most baller move they could have done.)
he is inevitable after all :P
When that came up on screen a guy in my theatre shouted
"But we didn't ask for that!" I couldn't help but smile.
Dead silence in the theater when it was over, and a feeling like I'd just watched Shindler's List again. The Snap did kill half of all living creatures, but the Random Number Generator killed well over half of the Avengers, plus a few that Thanos had already killed. He really could have killed more if he'd been trying, but in most of the movie, he was using only as much power as needed to win.
WE HAD TO WAIT A WHOLE DANG YEAR FOR ENDGAME! Ahhhhh! The theater was stunned at the end of Infinity War
When I saw this in the theatre it was silent at the end and people left very quietly. This film probably sparked the most "what's going to happen in the next film?" discussions of any film I've seen. It was a long year to wait.
I always figured Hulk was just too scared/traumatized to come out. Not sure if there's another reason?
I think that’s what they intended. He went from never being beaten/needing to fear anything to first Ultron, after which he ran away to another planet he had nothing to fear on and was all but worshipped for his power. Then not even able to put up a fight against Thanos. The Hulk part of Banner, built from his rage, was taught to fear and didn’t know how to handle it.
probably pissed to be back on earth, too. He was king for a few years on sakaar
I was at the theater watching all the Avengers turning to dust. It was totally quiet. Suddenly, a pretty young boy, maybe 8 or 9 years old, says, "...at least Black Panther didn't die." A nano second later he's disintegrating. I couldn't help but laugh!!
The next 2 movies: Ant-Man and the Wasp & Captain Marvel, some people may say skip. Do not do that because a couple of plot points from Avengers: Endgame come from those 2 movies. I hope instead get through them quickly first. Also, we knew about Endgame before Infinity War came out.
Captain Marvel can be skipped, all it explains is how the Tesseract got to Earth. Not exactly essential information.
@@jculver1674 Absolutely not. It explains who Captain Marvel is and how powerful she is. It's also essential background for several of the later Marvel projects.
Oh, and it's just a good movie. Brie Larsen was actually perfect for the way they wrote her character, which, seeing she's a Best Actress Oscar winner, makes sense.
@@jculver1674 why would you try to spoil the movie for her. Please let reactors do what they came to do and give honest reactions to everything they watch and not everything YOU want them to watch. You and I are not there only subscribers. There are other subscribers of hers that really might want her to react to the movie. PLEASE be considerate to her and others.
(6:35) Thanos is like "Diamonds are a girl's best frieend!!" 💕💕💕That comment got me rolling! 🤣🤣🤣😅😅😂😂😂🤣🤣
I wish I could dislike this video every time you said "I'm dead" and/or "I'm obsessed".
Vibranium came from a meteor that struck Africa. It’s a metal, but like many metals, it made its way into the plant life of the area (much like iron, calcium, zinc, magnesium).
Enjoy the experience. Ignore the comment section on Captain Marvel. Take a break after Endgame. There are good Phase 4/5 projects but the quality varies and you’ll burn yourself out.
All three points are good advice. Phase 4/5 have some legit good stuff but the mid drags it down and hurts more if you don’t give yourself a break. And then there’s Secret Invasion.
Agreed x 3
We don't talk about Invasion.
Agreed on all points. Ignorant people ( MCU fans unfamiliar with the comic books... ) unjustly disparage Captain Marvel. I knew way back after the first Avengers movie that they'd have to bring in Captain Marvel. A baddie like Thanos requires a serious power level character.
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I’ve watched a few reactors go on this MCU journey and I always think it’s impressive that some reactors weren’t really interested in superhero movies at first, but Marvel continued to grow and build and adapt these engaging characters and storylines, and by Infinity War people are REALLY attached to this universe.
I hate that Thor doesn’t mention The Warriors Three when he talks about the people he cares about that he lost. They are the three musketeers of Asgard (Volstag, Fandral, Hogun). They deserve better.
I just like to think about Zachary Levi thinking, "Yes! I'm going to be in the MCU!"
All just to get skewered in an instant.
@@cctomcat321 Zachary was in Thor: The Dark World and had a bigger role.
I have also always been irritated about how dirty they did the warriors 3. They were just instantly killed off by Hela and never spoken about again. We don't even get to see Sif until Love and Thunder and by that point she's missing an arm and has been through it. I just with they got a better send off or at the least a mention.
I went to see it in theaters a few days after it came out. After the end of the movie, it was such a somber ambiance, everyone was sad, nobody was talking, I had never been a part of a movie audience like that.
I like the confirmation at the end, that this was really a Thanos movie and we were following the "bad guys". Thanos was the protagonist of this story, and this was the story of how he succeeds and beats those trying to stop him. The end screen saying "Thanos will return", is a nod to this.
"I know we have Endgame. You people didn't know that."
Technically we DID know Endgame was coming as both Infinity War and Endgame were announced at the same time. What we DIDN'T know was everything that would happen DURING Infinity War, Endgame, and the few films in-between.
Heck, we didn't even know "Endgame" was the subtitle!
I'm not sure you can even call it a reaction when your thumbnail has more emotional range than an entire 56 minute video.
In the theater it was quiet at the end. I could hear one or two people sobbing. The rest of us were in shock.
This Peter quill moment started Chris Pratts public perception decline, I swear it.
😂😂 agreed.
Haha you may be onto something. Pretty sure this was long before any stories about his family life got out, the dirt on the church he attends, his Twitter/insta follows got out there and people started getting annoyed at his voice castings.
lol she just talks casually through Thor's badass action scene in the battle .
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"I'm confused why Hulk can't Hulk in this movie..."
They don't show any of it on screen, but HULK is tired of being used like a weapon and not as a person, so he refuses to come out.
As I was walking into the theater wearing a Black Panther shirt the usher looked and said “Oh Black Panther, you’re not gonna like this”😡🤬
I was looking for him when the movie ended. He was nowhere to be found for the pound.
I felt that way about someone telling me "Hulk" got dragged 😠 like ragdoll.. and was like Df you mean 😐and low and behold Red grapes Won 😮 No Contest mind you..
Children were sobbing at Gamora's death scene.
Regarding Hulk, I feel like the Russos didn't know how to properly write that character in this story. Whedon handled him much better in his 2 Avengers movies.
One thing that I think they really nailed especially well in Infinity War is the balance of weight/darkness with enough moments of humor. It doesn’t so much “lighten the mood” overall, it’s still an incredibly dark storyline by comic movie or overall action movie standards of constant defeats and a sense of sliding down toward doom. It’s more of a relief valve to let even more of that darkness actually sink in (unless you just go hard on the denial like some do, I guess).
Just in general, whether it’s real life or film/stories, people’s ability to process things like grief/fear gets saturated and they start to readjust and be more numb to it as it goes on. Sometimes the numbness can go so far as to just overall disconnect from the rest of the story. Writers/filmmakers have found you can push up to the edge of that saturation, though, and if you instead give the audience even a small break with humor/hope you can keep pushing further down without that numbness.