Marvel is going all out for this movie and it will be the biggest movie of the year. Not much of a statement if you are a fan of the Marvel movies or have been semi-conscious in the comic book world. The movie was literally the biggest when they first announced the cast.
CAST:
If anyone remembers those Expendable movie trailers where they just list action star after action star, it's like that, except triple the size. All of the characters from the last 10 years are returning from Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man to Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther. Along with the returning characters will get to see new heroes and villains as well (I won't say who in case you'll like surprises). Knowing there is these many actors in one movie, many of them award winners, it's bound to be cameo bonanza.
If you are interested in a list of the cast, you can click the button below.
So, the cast size is massive. But, what about the run-time?
RUN-TIME:
The movie currently clocks in at a Lord of the Rings level TWO HOURS AND 40 MINUTES! Yes, I yelled when I heard about it. Why? Because it's the longest Marvel movie in the collective Marvel Universe and if the Russo Brothers are telling the truth, Avengers 4 will be even longer.
To give it a bit more perspective, here are a few movies that can claim to be that long:
- Watchmen (2hrs 43min)
- Troy (2hrs 43min)
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2hrs 41min)
- Avatar (2hrs 40min)
- Dark Knight Rises (2hrs 45min)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2hrs 41min)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2hrs 32min)
*NOTE: The Lord of Rings and Hobbit movies are all longer.
The run-time of this movie is setting Avengers: Infinity War up to become a true epic. Now we have a large cast size and a long run-time. Outside of those visible factors, what makes this movie the biggest movie of the year? One word: Anticipation
The press tours, the trailers, the overall hype of seeing every after-credit sequence finally coming together is mind boggling. To think, 10 years ago, there was going to be this expanded universe that would get to this boiling point of epic action is incredible.
The only other movie franchise that can garner this amount of attention is probably Star Wars and Star Wars took arguably longer to reach the same heights as Marvel is at today. This movie has the potential to create what movie theaters have been desperately lacking to bring people in as well. Marvel is making this movie not just a movie, but an event. It takes a tremendous amount of effort to create enough anticipation for fans and non-fans to be interested in anything. However, the level of anticipation built up over the years will make this movie a grand event for fans and catapult the film to the prestigious status of biggest movie of the year. Some early positive reactions, like here and here, also help too!
I for one can't wait for Friday to see a both a conclusion of one timeline and the beginning of a new era of superheroes. Movie drops on April 27th, but you should already know that.
-- J.J.
P.S. Venom trailer just dropped yesterday as well, so check it out below: