Well, here it is. After a decade since its inception and almost twenty movies under its belt, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally reached what is essentially its penultimate chapter. Look, I'm aware that there are more Marvel movies planned after this; but, ever since it's been announced, Kevin Feige and company have basically been selling this as the grand finale for most of its top-tier cast members. Naturally, the first trailer we've been given is as epic and massive as one would expect.
Overall, the footage present here all looks cool, even if its structurally identical to a lot of Marvel trailers nowadays. The action looks intense, kinetic and refreshingly colorful. Allow me to elaborate. This movie's going to be directed by the same guys who did Captain America: Civil War and I wasn't keen as that film as the rest of the public. I can't say in honesty that it's a terrible movie; however, it feels like an utterly bland, soulless, mechanical product of a film. Part of that is because I think a similar storyline was handled better in Batman v Superman (fight me!) and it all looked desaturated sludge. Thankfully, this appears to have changed and the Russo brothers appear to embrace the cartoonish insanity of its source material while maintaining some level of narrative weight (hopefully).
Josh Brolin seems like he's going to be fantastic as Thanos and all the new costumes for the returning players are pretty interesting. My biggest hope for this movie is that it doesn't cop out and undermine any dramatic momentum (like bringing Thor's hammer or not killing off any of the main characters out of fear a sense of finality). Plus, that ending tease is just perfect. We'll see how this all plays out, come May 4th of next year.
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