LogFAQs > #903668728

CoolCly posted...

If someone has seen the Guardians movies and the Iron Man movies and thinks "well, there's a lot of people I don't know in Infinity War... I guess I shouldn't go see it", that's a failure for the movie. Instead, the movies are made so you can just watch them all individually and enjoy them. People who have seen everything else appreciate them MORE, but it's not a requirement. It doesn't matter if you saw Ant Man before Civil War. He's just a guy that shows up and is pretty funny. Everyone gets it. Just because he has his own movie doesn't mean you have to see it. He literally doesn't matter.

Not needing to have seen all the movies is actually something very subtle but actually done very well in Infinity War. Most of the characters have introductions and background information seamlessly woven into the narrative and dialogue. People who havent seen some of the movies will almost immediately know what most of these characters are about. But at the same time, the dialogue isn't hammered in or forced to the point that someone that has seen all the movies might not even realize an introduction just happened(Star Lord and Thor aren't debating backstories just to be funny, it served a narrative purpose).
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