C INEMA R E V I EW Avengers: InfinityWar By filmcolumnist JenniferMayWest
Howmuch of theMarvelCinematic Universe (MCU) have you absorbed? Are you standing at the right point of the timeline?Are you a fewsteps behind in origin stories?Or perhaps you’ve gone rogue and hop- scotched yourway through the MCU?Manywould tell you that getting to gripswith every character is essential on your quest through this vast space-scape and that you need to be precisely at the right point, at the relevant time, to gain access toAvengers: InfinityWar… exactlywhy out of sync I, decided to embark upon thismission. Yes, Iwent to see
it.No, Iwas not up to datewith
that all-important chronology but let me tell you; nomatter howfar away you are, themagnetismof this one is enough to align themissing pieces. This one doesn’t need infinity stones to level up; once againMarvel have outdone
themselves.Crafting (G)roots so lovinglywateredwith energy and emotion, that the film Rocket…s into a newleague. Beyond epic, achieved. The hype has been unrelenting –
and although Iwas considerably behind in the timeline (I haven’t even seen Thor: Ragnarok …) -my enjoyment of all things fantasy based is a force so powerful, it reduces
barriers of ‘normality’ to rubble,when it comes toMCUepics.Avengers is, unquestionably, one of the smartest Sci-Fi’s to blast into cinemas for…well, an awfully long time. The shape and strength of each character knocks ‘stereotypical superhero’ into the abyss,whilst clever quips and dashes of sarcastic-fantastic, cover bases of modern cult-classic almost asmuch asQuill’smixtape love. This time around, even a supernova personality like Stark’swasn’t enough to combat the darkness faced by our Avengers in this powerful instalment. Thanos, the supremely
evil/deluded bad dad is on the rise.
36 JULY /AUGUST 2018 THECHELTONIAN
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