Bets on the title of part 4 being Infinity Crusade?
I'm leaning towards Avengers Assemble or Avengers: Endgame
Yeah, I saw the recent rumors - just weird they would hold those titles back as they aren't "overly spoily".
We have to take in mind that Chris Evans is probably done after A4, and that I suspect RDJ will be going but will be replaced by a new actor after Avengers 4, as a means of legacy.
Not to mention, with the Ten Rings still seeming present considering Ant-Man and Red Skull returning to the MCU with IW, there lies potential for future Captain America and Iron Man stories that don't have RDJ and Chris, Endgame makes sense as it will probably be the final outing for some avengers.
And to say this in the open, I'm putting my chips down that Thor, Banner, and Nat will be alive, with Nebula, Tony, Steve, and M'Baku dying in A4.
I'm leaning towards Avengers Assemble or Avengers: Endgame
The main "issue" (I'm not sure if that's the right word to use) I have with all these potential A4 titles is that non of them seem like spoilers. The Russo bros have said multiple times that they can't reveal the title of A4 because it would spoil what happens in IW but nothing so far has made me go "Aw man that totally gives away the ending to IW!"
There’s a reason why the Russo brothers were chosen to direct Infinity War, and that’s because they have enough television experience to satisfactorily keep all the balls in the air. If these films were self-contained, standalone affairs, you might want someone with more flair for dialogue or inventive visuals. But the Russo brothers are perfect for this job, because this job is simply about moving the story along.
So yeah - back to my point about the end growing on me.
Everyone expected it was either Cap, Tony, or both that was going to be the big death. They lived.
A lot of people were not expecting Thanos to actually win. Maybe he'd come close to acquiring all the stones, and maybe one or two of the big guns die to prevent him from doing so - but that's not what happened. Hell, in my theater, and from what I gathered from different reactions..... when Thor hits him with Strombreaker - a lot assumed he was still able to stop him.
Once the snap happened - unless you were privy to the comics - you didn't know what was coming until Bucky disappeared.
So yeah, who's left? The original team. Steve, who gave up everything for Bucky, just watched him die. Tony, who became a father figure to Peter, just watched him die. Wakanda is without a king. Thor may feel responsible he didn't aim for the head, and Banner didn't turn into the Hulk to help out more. Not only that... Tony and Steve have to talk, reconcile, and team up in order to fix anything.
While we may know that not all of the *Snap* deaths are final (T'Challa, Spidey, Starlord), there's still going to be more death to come. There's is going to be a price to pay with those who are left. The stakes are still there, and it's more about the journey to the conclusion. You know Spidey is coming back, but you'd be hardpressed to find someone who saw that death scene and didn't feel the emotional weight behind it.
That means the movie did its job. In the age of information being available everywhere with the internet and social media... Marvel did a hell of a job making sure they could still surprise you with the film
So yeah - back to my point about the end growing on me.
Everyone expected it was either Cap, Tony, or both that was going to be the big death. They lived.
A lot of people were not expecting Thanos to actually win. Maybe he'd come close to acquiring all the stones, and maybe one or two of the big guns die to prevent him from doing so - but that's not what happened. Hell, in my theater, and from what I gathered from different reactions..... when Thor hits him with Strombreaker - a lot assumed he was still able to stop him.
Once the snap happened - unless you were privy to the comics - you didn't know what was coming until Bucky disappeared.
So yeah, who's left? The original team. Steve, who gave up everything for Bucky, just watched him die. Tony, who became a father figure to Peter, just watched him die. Wakanda is without a king. Thor may feel responsible he didn't aim for the head, and Banner didn't turn into the Hulk to help out more. Not only that... Tony and Steve have to talk, reconcile, and team up in order to fix anything.
While we may know that not all of the *Snap* deaths are final (T'Challa, Spidey, Starlord), there's still going to be more death to come. There's going to be a price to pay with those who are left. The stakes are still there, and it's more about the journey to the conclusion. You know Spidey is coming back, but you'd be hardpressed to find someone who saw that death scene and didn't feel the emotional weight behind it.
That means the movie did its job. In the age of information being available everywhere with the internet and social media... Marvel did a hell of a job making sure they could still surprise you with the film