RandMart wrote:
When the Guardians + Ironman + Strange had Thanos pretty much subdued on Titan, why did they waste efforts try to get the glove
off? Just chop off his fucking arm, TOTALLY!!!
Thor had the magic axe and went for the kill, why didn't he chop off the fucking arm FIRST? Or, like Thanos said, "Should've gone for the head"
Finally saw it. Having read most of this thread I knew what Thanos was going to win and what he was going to do. Ruined it for me. By the end I was on the side of Thanos because he was the only competent character who did not do stupid things. I was pissed off at the end that any of the idiot avengers got to survive.
Tony Stark was supposed to be a smart guy? He takes one of the infinity stones to Thanos. Idiot. Hate that he survived.
Vision: Half the population in the world is going to be vaporized. Nobody can stop Thanos so he is going to pull that damn stone out of your head. Don't ask Scarlett Witch to kill you. She won't do it till it is too late. Pull it out of your head and let her vaporize it. You two are in love, so I'll give both of you a pass.
Gamora: Your lie didn't work, so you just go ahead and just lead Thanos to the stone. You asked the idiot boy friend to kill you, but you can't lead Thanos on a wild goose chase and just kill yourself at some point?
Quill, your plan to subdue Thanos has almost worked. Passing on the easy opportunity to cut off his arm, the gauntlet is almost removed and now you are going to slap some sense into Thanos and wake him up. Nice. Well you were always stupid, so I'll give you a pass.
Well, good thing we had some humor on the way to half of population of the universe being exterminated. Now we see what was Joseph Goebbels' failing: genocide needs some humor along the way.
Three stones needed by the bad guy are in possession/control of the good guys. Good guys take bad guy to one stone and take another to the bad guy. The last stone is taken to valiant people who are exterminated trying to protect good guys who are too weak to do what needs to be done to save half humanity.
I can root for a bumbling hero, e.g. Inspector Clouseau, if the hero wins. Avengers were fun entertainment when they won. Now they are playing the role of James Bond villains, making it easy for the other side. Thanos is only sympathetic because he has some admirable characteristics unlike the idiot avengers.
Goes to show that decent action, effects, a few good characters (Thor, Black Panther, Spider Boy), and a serious sad ending can cover up for a stupid story that makes a mass killer seem a sympathetic character.
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