Spoiler Thread: Avengers Infinity War
Two major deaths in the first few minutes and the Hulk being absolutely destroyed by Thanos set the tone for the movie. This was a different type of villain.
I actually felt pain for Thanos when he sacrificed Gamora. He loved her in some way, otherwise he doesn't get the Soul Stone. Even during all of his interactions with her, you could tell he thought of her as more than the little girl he kept.
I enjoyed the bits of humor of this movie as well. Drax and the,"why is Gamora," was gold and the part where Thor introduced Groot to Cap was hysterical.
"This is my friend, Tree."
After impaling the enemies, "I am Groot," followed by, "I am Steve Rogers."
There was a round of applause when Cap arrived and when Thor did as well. I thought for sure that the Hulk was going to come out of the Hulkbuster, instead it was Thor coming in.
This is rambling, I know.
Bucky and Rocket's interaction was great.
I liked that Hulk wouldn't come out, he was scared in my opinion.
The ending, I'll admit, I cried. Spider-Man was heartbreaking same with Groot. I also thought having Rocket the sole survivor of the Guardians was great, especially after his talk with Thor about losing everything.
One thing in this jumbling rambling bit I want to say is that I know Quill is getting a ton of grief, but I fully knew it was coming when he found out about Gamora. This was and is the nature of his character. It reminded me of how he reacted when he found out Ego killed his mom. Not shocked by what he did.
And Dr. Strange, I hear a lot of folks stating it was a massive change of heart that he gave up the stone, but I took it as this was something he saw in that one scenario that they won.
I also think this was one of the best viewing experiences I have ever had in a theater. Not one time did a phone come out. There was clapping, audible gasps at a few points. When T'Challa died, I heard multiple people blurt out, "no!" This was something that people had waited a long time for and it showed in that theater. Amazing crowd.
I could do this all night , I truly loved this movie that much. My only complaint is that when the movie was starting, we had a active desktop recovery pop up on screen delaying us for a few minutes. Ha.