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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

I'm really glad they gave Thanos the "You'll know what it's like to lose. To believe so desperately that you are right, yet fail all the same" line, just it's basically a giant "fuck you" to the idea of the power of friendship

I saw a MovieBob video where he basically said the real gut-punch of the movie is that the movie basically subverts expectations along those very lines.

Basically, in every other Marvel movie, the heroes do the right thing, they learn their moral lessons, they grow as characters, and their willingness to improve and live up to those higher ideals ultimately allow them to succeed. They learn to trust, they learn to love, they learn to work as a team - whatever. But in Infinity War, every hero basically learns the lesson the universe was clearly presenting to them, and they do what they're clearly supposed to do in the context of the narrative - and still lose. Thanos repeatedly makes their sacrifices absolutely meaningless (Quill shooting Gamora, Wanda sacrificing Vision). Thor's heroic moments with Stormbreaker lead to absolutely nothing.

Ironically, tying into the idea that Thanos is the actual protagonist of the movie, he's literally the only one who seems to learn lessons, make sacrifices, and actually win. Giving up Gamora for the Soul Stone is essentially the key to his victory (and it's arguably what helps him gain the Time Stone as well, which in turn is what allows him to recover the Mind Stone). HE'S basically benefiting from the Power of Narrative that has always helped the heroes in the past.

Granted, he's going to lose like a motherfucker in the next movie, but part one exists more or less to build Thanos up as high as he can possibly go.


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