The biggest movie of the year just came out yesterday. You may be familiar with it, Avengers: Infinity War – yeah, that one. It’s probably the most highly-anticipated Marvel film because of the insane cast and characters within the universe so it’s to no surprise people have been flockin’ to all the cinemas to experience the glory… and to escape any chance of being a victim of a spoiler, even if that means muting film critics for a coupla days.
Spoilers are a shitty thing, there’s no denying it but Marvel Studios and Disney have gone to pretty cool or extreme lengths to encourage loyal and dedicated fans to stay away from any chance of a spoiler.
Things got so real, the cast were made to gather ’round to spread the message.
#ThanosDemandsYourSilence has since been trending across the twitter-verse with hundreds of thousands picking up the catchy hash-tag.
For those who’s going to watch Avengers: Infinity War today, a quick reminders:
1. No spoilers
2. No spoilers
3. No spoilers
Respect other people who’s going to watch it.
Thank you. #ThanosDemandsYourSilence
— Mat Den (Forrester96) (@forrester_96) April 25, 2018
You get it, no spoilers. But when it comes to reviews, things get a little blurry. There are the blessed spoiler-less reviews and there are the reviews with bits and pieces in it to explain a point. Both are written to invoke thought or protest or even just discussion. Spoiler reviews can suck but these generally come with a “warning spoilers” tag at the beginning of the article.
Upon the film’s release, Guardians of the Galaxy director and producer James Gunn posted a warning to fans.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/988961502131642368
This apparently was written about a Forbes review that contained a very big spoiler.
Of course, this fuelled the #ThanosDemandsYourSilence rage even more and if you look just at James’ thread you can see multiple replies from users and fans who have completely sworn off film critic reviews.
I am avoiding all reviews, even one that claim no spoilers for just this reason.
— Stephanie Mandelsberg (@SMandelsberg) April 26, 2018
Unsurprisingly, this abso-fucking-lutely pissed of ~ film critics ~ because when you think about it the catchy hash-tag also acts as a thinly veiled attempt to make fans dodge reviews that aren’t bloody frothin’ the movie.
Oh, for fuck’s sake. I’m in the bag for Marvel and I dig @JamesGunn, but this is a media conglomerate trying to dictate the terms of critical discourse. You read whatever the fuck reviews you want. Despite the conspiracy theories, we are *not* paid by @Disney. https://t.co/66j1w2q3Z7
— Travis Johnson (@CelluloidWhisky) April 25, 2018
The films that have the least interesting writing and narrative ingenuity are, ironically, the ones we are told shouldn’t be ‘spoiled’. My friend Travis is right. We have allegiance only to our readers. Not to Disney or any other corporation. https://t.co/9gT7rd5wbW
— Dr Luke Buckmaster (@lukebuckmaster) April 25, 2018
If you want to read a critic’s review who isn’t especially frothin’ Infinity Wars, hit up Luke Buckmaster’s twitter.
As it is, Infinity Wars reviews have been unsurprisingly polarising. A huge amount of critics hate it because to them, it’s CGI on top of CGI on top of more CGI with little to no depth in character. That sort of thing.
I’m shocked, really.
Meanwhile, other critics are applauding the film alongside millions of Marvel fans.
Again, I’m shocked.
If you’re keen on hearing what we have to say (sans spoilers) about Infinity War, aggressively click HERE.
Anyway, you’ve probably already seen the trailer too many times but here it is.
