Avengers: Infinity War comes out on Thursday, and with it, we were given the film’s first reactions earlier today. Now, we’ve been given the film’s first reviews, courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes. The movie currently sits at a 90% at the time of writing this article, with the majority saying that the film is great. Obviously, the reviews aren’t as good as Black Panther – but that was a tough act to follow.
Here are some of the reviews:
The Good
Village Voice: The cliffhanger climax of Infinity War left the audience at my screening in a state that I can only describe with the most tired of critical clichés: They were stunned.
IndieWire: Even as the movie forces audiences to submit to so many cataclysmic events, the directors manage to direct the cascading mayhem to a unique kind of cliffhanger.
Total Film: It’s not perfect, but it goes to a place most tentpole movies wouldn’t dream of, while retaining the scale, excitement, and humour you’ve come to demand from an MCU movie.
Empire: Marvel has solved their third-act problem and villain problem and then some. However prepared you feel, you are not ready for Thanos. But then, neither are our heroes.
Vanity Fair: What lies beyond it, I’m sure we’ll know soon enough. For now, I’m enjoying Marvel’s version of denouement-excessive and inevitable.
IGN: Making good on Nick Fury’s promise from 10 years ago, Infinity War is fun, thrilling, and emotional.
The Bad
Time: There’s no pacing in Avengers: Infinity War. It’s all sensation and no pulse. Everything is big, all of the time.
Los Angeles Times: Not even the threat of universal annihilation, it seems, will keep this assembly line from chugging ahead with its signature polished, mechanized efficiency.
Slant: Throughout the film, rapidity of dialogue and drama is mistaken for actual rhythm, of which directors Anthony and Joe Russo have one mode: pedal-to-the-metal pandemonium.
Time Out: Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War — an overstuffed sausage of summer entertainment — is the Ocean’s Thirteen of spandexed heroism, if you can imagine a version of that movie with two times as many Brad Pitts and no poker dealers.
So there you have it. That is what people are currently saying about the film. We will keep all of you Marvel Cinematic Universe fans updated on the score and its changes throughout the night.
Infinity War hits theaters everywhere on Friday.
What do you think of the first reviews for the film? Are you surprised? Be sure to tell us your thoughts in the comments!