Review of Infinity War Except It's Really a Bunch of Theories

After Avengers: Infinity War was over, I said to Favorite Cousin and Baby Brother, "I hated everything about that, but it was really well done."

I could drop the mic and end the review here. I don't really need to say anything else...but I will.

Things I liked: They balanced the huge cast of characters nicely...the movie was fun and sharp and clever and met the ultimate movie test (does it make you forget about your own troubles for a few hours?)...Rocket's interest in Bucky's arm (called it)...some big plot twists...great contrast of maturity between the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers.

Things I didn't like: No Hawkeye...no confusion over the fact that both Spider-man and Star-Lord's names are Peter (I was looking forward to that)...and everybody in the movie lost the person they loved the most. Every. Body. No one was spared. (Okay, I guess Tony lost the person he loved second-most, but still.)

Ugh.

So what's going to happen now? According to Baby Brother, Captain Marvel should know how to fix it. Looks like she'll be teaming up with the six original Avengers, Ant-man and the Wasp, Nebula, Rocket, Rhodey, Okoye, and Shuri (who is now queen of Wakanda, yay). And Harley Keener (the cute kid from Iron Man 3) who is a confirmed character in Avengers 4. Pepper, Wong, and Happy should be in there somewhere, too.

That lineup...isn't terrible. It's way worse than the team that the franchise was slowly building, but since Captain Marvel is apparently like the most powerful being in the universe, they should be able to manage.

Now, Baby Brother tells me that set photos from Avengers 4 indicate that the story will be jumping backwards in time. Which means that almost anything is possible in terms of story and plot. It's likely that some of the deaths will be undone. We know that almost all of the heroes who were vaporized by Thanos will have to come back (they have sequels coming out), but I'm convinced that either Loki or Gamora's death will be undone. (But not Heimdall's. Sorry, Heimdall.)

Here's my reasoning for why Loki could come back: He. Just. Won't. Stay. Dead. I have become soooo suspicious of him that not even seeing his lifeless body will convince me. Also, the scene was scripted oddly. It didn't...really read as the fitting death of a major character? It was wildly unsatisfactory. Especially since it looked like Loki was still just living for Loki; he never completed his character arc by choosing to fight for something greater.

On the other hand, Gamora's death was pretty satisfactory. It made complete sense, and it felt like a fitting end to her character arc. However. I find it unlikely that she's not going to be in the last Guardians movie, and if they choose to go back in time to prevent Thanos from getting the stones at all, they'd have to save her to prevent Thanos getting the stone anyway.

What I think is going to happen is that they will end up saving Gamora. Then, when they go back in time (it looks like they're specifically going to relive the Battle of New York from the original Avengers movie), Thor will see Loki and embrace him and be all, "You died! Sweet brother, you died!" and then tell Loki about everything that happened. Loki will see how much Thor loves him and have a change of heart. He'll officially join the Avengers, and during the fighting he'll die by Thanos's hand—again!—but this time his death will feel more heroic and less pointless and awkward.