What else could #1 be? I mean, y'all know I'm a big-time Marvel fan and they haven't let me down. Even their bad movies are still pretty good and this is just going to be the beginning of the end for Phase 3. I mean, we're 10 years into this experiment Marvel started with Iron Man and things are moving along quite nicely. The same team behind the last two Captain America movies are helming this one and the fourth Avengers movie, so I think they'll be able to handle the epicness of it all.
They've been referring to this movie as a heist movie, where Thanos, the big baddie lurking in the shadows of the credits in some of these Marvel films, starts to steal all the infinity gems/stones so he can conquer the galaxy. It will be interesting to see how the movie handles his character. Like, besides having ultimate power, what's his motivation? I'm hoping they can write a decent character because they've revealed very little about him so far.
We've come a long way since the first Avengers. This is what I wrote back in 2011 regarding that upcoming film (#9!):
This is every Marvel fanboy's wet dream come true. The culmination of five movies (The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 1 & 2, Thor and Captain America) that laid the groundwork for this penultimate comic book film kick starts the summer movie season. I don't believe this movie can live up to the amount of hype that the internet has heaped upon it, but I'm sure it's going to be a real good time at the theater. The only thing that can get in the way of this movie is the fact that there are so many characters! On top of the main cast which includes Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Hulk; you have Black Widow (Scarlett Johanssen, previously seen kicking some butt in tight leather in Iron Man 2) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner who had a very small cameo in Thor). PLUS! You have Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role again as Nick Fury, who until now, has only been on the sidelines gathering up the team to create The Avengers. To say this is a big movie is not doing it justice. I don't know how long it's going to be, but I seriously wouldn't mind a three-hour action-packed popcorn flick. I have faith Joss Whedon, the man behind Buffy, Dollhouse and Firefly, can shine in this movie. If he can't make a great movie out of this, then really no one can. Obviously this is a guaranteed box office hit - I don't know how much it will make domestically, but worldwide? Probably at least $500 million, and that's a conservative estimate. So we can probably expect more of these movies on the horizon. I don't want to get my hopes up, but secretly I want to be blown away by this movie. The trailers released so far haven't wowed me, but that's probably a good thing because I can only expect they're saving the best stuff for the actual movie (or on the other, more depressing side of the coin, this is all they've got to wow us. Sad face). And you know what I'm most excited about? Cobie Smulders doing something outside of How I Met Your Mother! I hope she has a significant role which might be hard to come by with all this stuff jampacked into the movie. I can only dream. But what a great way to start off the summer!
Wow, I really tampered my expectations. I was excited about that movie and it really did live up to the hype. And here were are 6 years later and I am not worried one bit. Sure, the other Avengers movie was just okay, but this one has more talented directors and writers than Age of Ultron. I think Joss Whedon was a good choice to usher in this new era of superhero team-ups, but the Russo brothers know how to handle a large cast of characters and make it look and feel exciting and intimate all at the same time.
So yes, I'm hoping there will be some really long, 2-day marathon involving all the Marvel movies of which I can participate, otherwise I'm doing my own thing because this will be epic.