Right: Thanos
5 Things Infinity War Did So Right, and 3 Questions Still Left Unanswered
CGI villains almost never work in movies, just look at Steppenwolf from Justice League if you want proof. This was a huge concern going into the movie as so much of it was riding on its purple-headed big bad Thanos. He had to be scary, powerful and determined but also interesting and understandable. In the first five minutes the movie establishes all of these things. By having him hand Hulk his own butt in a fight, then killing Loki, he cemented himself as the most formidable villain the MCU has ever seen.
It’s not just strength that sets Thanos aside from other villains though, it’s his emotional struggle with the task he’s set out to accomplish. Over the course of the movie you see him grieve for his daughter, sacrificing everything he has for a cause that he genuinely believes to be just. No one could have expected it, but Infinity War is very much Thanos’ movie, with the Mad Titan stealing absolutely every scene he’s in.
