Avengers Infinity War- The Wait Is Over

Is the ultimate event movie and the most ambitious block buster ever made. But has marvel bitten off more than it can chew?

- Chris Hewitt

It’s the trucks they spot first. 

Then the security barriers. Then the security guards. Then the cameras.

That’s when people realise a big movie has come to town. And that’s when the crowd starts to form on this boiling hot June day, trying to catch a glimpse of the Atlanta street that has been transformed, for the time being, into a little slice of New York City. More accurately, into MacDougal Street, complete with meticulously recreated frontage of the famous Minetta Tavern. And, even more accurately, into a MacDougal Street that has seen better days. Cars, including those famous yellow cabs, are strewn everywhere. Some are on fire. Some are upside down. Rubble litters the streets. Shopfronts are cracked. Windows are broken. Clearly, something bad has happened here.

Then, the crowd glimpses four figures walking among the throng of the film crew. One is wearing a long red cape. Another is dressed in a purple-and-red tunic. One is casually dressed. Jacket. Black trousers. T-shirt.

The last figure sports a short haircut. Goatee beard. Slick shades. Brightly coloured dots studded down his trouser legs and arms. And a shiny symbol in the middle of his chest. Even from a distance, near the barriers, the figure is unmistakeable: this is one of the most famous men in the world.

Unmistakeable to all save one lady, who leans forward, squints at Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo and Benedicts Cumberbatch and Wong as they make preparations for filming, and asks: “What are they filming?”

Well, ma’am, they’re filming Avengers: Infinity War. Otherwise known as the biggest damn film of all time.

“OKAY, TINY DUDE IS BIG NOW. HE’S BIG NOW!”

RHODEY, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR