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So many things going on right now with me that I really don't want to go into detail in, but the gist that mainly applies to you dear reader is that I am rediscovering my love for a great many things. For the past couple years sitting down to have time to write and create was a luxury that I could not afford. There is nothing more important to me as a person than to be a husband and father first and unfortunately a lot of the things that were extra became burdens impossible to bear. As I said though things are changing and it looks like I will have a lot more time on my hands to do some things that I truly enjoy and that includes write this blog, create content for the FB page, and launch a podcast. Enough of this lets get on to a partial review....
I aspire for The Comic Book Shop to be unique and not like all those other "comic book sites" that use current events as a reason to produce tons of clickbait articles with banner headlines like "DID <SPOILER> REALLY <SPOILER> in the <SPOILER> with <SPOILER> in Infinity War?". I also aspire to give things due time before discussing in full. A person should not be punished for having to wait a couple days/weeks to see a movie.
That is why over the next few weeks we will collect pieces of a review like Infinity Stones little thoughts & anecdotes about individuals and events that when placed together on a web browser will become the most powerful force in the universe (unless you are running Internet Explorer).....
A decade of time & 18 movies to build up one Mad Titan. Did he live up to near impossible expectations?
Absolutely.
The Russos created a film that was bold, brave, independent, and didn't need no man (okay maybe not that last one). In doing so they put Thanos at the heart and center of it to great effect.
The way that superhero movies are now we've almost become accustomed to either 1. a listless, boring villain with no real story 2. a CGI monstrosity that could easily be replaced by a wacky-waving-arm-flailing-inflatable-tube-man or a combination of the 2.
Thanos (portrayed by Josh Brolin) breaks the mold. His motivations are easy to comprehend, he isn't a mustache twirling cornball, and ultimately he portrays a total bad ass without feeling the need to talk tough or yell. He conveys a quiet strength & calculation that inspires fear in his delivery.
Brolin's mo-cap/voice over work helps to anthropomorphize what had the potential to be another poorly conceptualized CGI blob. That's not to say that the CGI was bad though because I thought they did a wonderful job rendering the Mad Titan.
It's not an original thought to say that this was Thanos' story and that description is apt. He begins his machinations and the Avengers we've met over the past 10 years scramble like cockroaches when the lights get switched on to catch up.
It can be argued that this will be a 2 part story I have to say in my mind that this was a Thanos movie with a complete beginning, middle, and end.
Thanos best exemplifies the Power Stone because he is the force driving the story told in this film. Lets' add him to our gauntlet and get ready for the next entry.
That's all I really have for today. I apologize for the jumbled nature of my thoughts. I will be back in a few days with the Mind Stone so look out for that.
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