Poll of the Day > Which movies do I need to watch before seeing Infinity War?

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I've seen Avengers, Civil War, Doctor Strange, and Age of Ultron. Should I hold off and watch the others to fully enjoy it or can I dive right in.?

Goodfellas
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Batman.
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Chumscrubber
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Definitely Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2. And Thor: Ragnarok.

Arguably I'd say you should watch just about every Marvel movie first, but I can understand why some people might balk at that.


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Guardians 1 and Thor Ragnarok are probably the big ones you're missing.
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Blighboy posted...

Guardians 1 and Thor Ragnarok are probably the big ones you're missing.

This, but also watch Winter Soldier just because it's great.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Definitely Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2. And Thor: Ragnarok.

yeah, i'd say these

Civil war sets up where a lot of people are too

Just watch them all.
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All of them.
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Aren't all of them on Netflix? I guess you could binge them there...
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LinkPizza posted...

Aren't all of them on Netflix? I guess you could binge them there...

On Canadian Netflix there are some weird ones missing. I have no idea why, there's no pattern to it.
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On top of Guardians+Ragnarok, I'd suggest Black Panther. The story itself doesn't tie in but seeing Wakanda and BP's supporting cast in advance will prevent any issues you might come across from their inclusion in IW.

I don't think Guardians 2 is all that essential. All it really does is introduce Mantis. Sure they reference the events in one scene but not knowing exactly how it went down doesn't hurt it.
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Guardians of the Galaxy I and II - backstory of the Guardians and backstory on the Reality and Power Stones
Black Panther - Wakanda backstory
Avengers: Age of Ultron - Vision and Mind Stone backstory
Thor: Ragnorak - Thor, Loki, Hulk, and Space Stone backstory
Captain America: The First Avenger - Space Stone and Red Skull backstory
Captain America: Civil War - backstory on breakup of Avengers
Doctor Strange - Doctor Strange and Time Stone backstory
The Avengers - Reason for Chitauri invasion and backstory on Mind and Space Stones
Iron Man 3 - Tony Stark/Thanos backstory
Spiderman: Homecoming - Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, and Peter Parker backstory

In all honesty, all of the movies tie well together and the after-credits scenes add more details.

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WastelandCowboy posted...

Guardians of the Galaxy I and II - backstory of the Guardians and backstory on the Reality and Power Stones
Black Panther - Wakanda backstory
Avengers: Age of Ultron - Vision and Mind Stone backstory
Thor: Ragnorak - Thor, Loki, Hulk, and Space Stone backstory
Captain America: The First Avenger - Space Stone and Red Skull backstory
Captain America: Civil War - backstory on breakup of Avengers
Doctor Strange - Doctor Strange and Time Stone backstory
The Avengers - Reason for Chitauri invasion and backstory on Mind and Space Stones
Iron Man 3 - Tony Stark/Thanos backstory
Spiderman: Homecoming - Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, and Peter Parker backstory

In all honesty, all of the movies tie well together and the after-credits scenes add more details.

Reality Stone was Thor: The Dark World.

wwinterj25 posted...

Batman.

No good, TDK makes The Avengers look like a WWE plot.

Ant-Man
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green dragon posted...

Ant-Man

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Such a great movie! Both of them!
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AverageBoss posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Guardians of the Galaxy I and II - backstory of the Guardians and backstory on the Reality and Power Stones
Black Panther - Wakanda backstory
Avengers: Age of Ultron - Vision and Mind Stone backstory
Thor: Ragnorak - Thor, Loki, Hulk, and Space Stone backstory
Captain America: The First Avenger - Space Stone and Red Skull backstory
Captain America: Civil War - backstory on breakup of Avengers
Doctor Strange - Doctor Strange and Time Stone backstory
The Avengers - Reason for Chitauri invasion and backstory on Mind and Space Stones
Iron Man 3 - Tony Stark/Thanos backstory
Spiderman: Homecoming - Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, and Peter Parker backstory

In all honesty, all of the movies tie well together and the after-credits scenes add more details.

Reality Stone was Thor: The Dark World.

He doesn't need to watch Dark World though. They really fail to explain anything about the reality stone in that movie. If anything IW is where you really understand what it does.
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Veedrock- posted...

I don't think Guardians 2 is all that essential. All it really does is introduce Mantis. Sure they reference the events in one scene but not knowing exactly how it went down doesn't hurt it.

It also alters a lot of the details of the Gamora/Nebula relationship prior to Infinity War, which might seem more awkward or confusing if you're jumping directly from GotG1 where they still hate each other and Nebula is theoretically dead. It also segues directly into Nebula's place in Infinity War, considering her expressly stated goal at the end of the movie.

Though even if all it did was introduce Mantis, that's also important, because her powers have a significant impact in one major scene.

Besides, it's one of the better Marvel movies, so people should watch it anyway regardless.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Though even if all it did was introduce Mantis, that's also important, because

Because Mantis is awesome!!!
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There are so many characters that just "it introduced one" isn't really significant tbh. Infinity War gives you a quick rundown of Mantis's powers early on and nothing else about her is relevant.

It's more important for Nebula, but even then Nebula isn't super relevant.

You should watch GotG 2 just cause it's great though. Better than the first imo.
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Blighboy posted...

There are so many characters that just "it introduced one" isn't really significant tbh. Infinity War gives you a quick rundown of Mantis's powers early on and nothing else about her is relevant.

By that logic there's no reason to watch any movies before Infinity War, because all of them only introduce characters or expand on ideas that aren't necessarily "relevant". Almost everything you need to know to understand what's happening in Infinity War is more or less explained IN Infinity War, even if only as a throwaway line when someone new shows up or something happens.

But that also sort of misses the entire point of a shared universe in the first place.


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Perhaps we could only open our eyes once and either consume all of existence into our consciousness in a single blinding moment of comprehension as our soul reaches nirvana, or die.

Or maybe there are middle ground between extremes.

Mantis has a handful of lines and all her actions within the movie hinge on the ability to put people to sleep or wake them up which isnt really elaborated on even within GotG2.

Civil War, GotG and Ragnarok are the most important films going into Infinity War.

Age of Ultron, Winter Soldier and Thor 2 are the most important films going into the above.

Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Avengers are the most important films going into the immediate above.

Agents of Shield is the single most important work of fiction in history.
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Deadpool 1, Deadpool 2, Logan.
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Blighboy posted...

Civil War, GotG and Ragnarok are the most important films going into Infinity War.

But Ragnarok really only matters because it explains why Thor, Loki, and the Hulk are where they are when they first show up, but as they almost immediately STOP being there, by your logic, no one needs to watch Ragnarok.

Civil War really only explains why some Avengers are in hiding from the law, which has almost no strong influence on the plot of Infinity War, so by your logic, that shouldn't matter either.

GotG only introduces the Guardians themselves, who ARE a significant part of the film... but the only real important things you NEED to know about them to understand the plot (Quill is from Earth and likes Gamora, Gamora is Thanos' "daughter", they've seen an Infinity Stone before, Nebula exists) are all recapped/explained in Infinity War itself, so by your logic, no one needs to watch that either.

The entire point of watching earlier movies is to have a deeper understanding of characters and events, so you can better appreciate things that happen in the current movie. Someone who knows who Mantis is, what she can do, and why she acts the way she does will appreciate her scenes more than someone who doesn't. It isn't NECESSARY, but almost nothing from earlier movies is necessary.

If you're just going to dismiss her (and all of the other things I mentioned) entirely because you don't consider that "significant" enough, then almost nothing is "significant" enough to give a shit about at all. The characters are mostly archetypes, most of us have seen them before in other media in different incarnations by this point anyway, and almost everything you absolutely NEED to know is explained in the film.

You can watch Infinity War and understand it without watching a single previous Marvel movie. But you won't even remotely enjoy it on the same level as someone who has watched every Marvel movie.

And watching GotG2 will absolutely give you more pieces to the puzzle that help appreciate Infinity War in ways that watching, say, Ant-Man or Homecoming won't (in spite of those both being great films that people should watch regardless of whether or not they directly impact Infinity War).


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But none if that answers the question in the topic title my dude. Which you answered yourself earlier.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Definitely Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2. And Thor: Ragnarok

Are there just two people using your account or what.

Just crank one out to Mantis and calm down.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

If you're just going to dismiss her (and all of the other things I mentioned) entirely because you don't consider that "significant" enough, then almost nothing is "significant" enough to give a shit about at all.

Also this sentence is actually giving me a headache because you're trying together two utterly distinct concepts.

Like if I dont care about Mantis I dont care about the entire MCU fucking what
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Veedrock- posted...

I don't think Guardians 2 is all that essential. All it really does is introduce Mantis. Sure they reference the events in one scene but not knowing exactly how it went down doesn't hurt it.

It also alters a lot of the details of the Gamora/Nebula relationship prior to Infinity War

That's fair, didn't consider that. Guess I'll change Guardians 2 to recommended then, even though I dislike it.
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Theyre all worth watching, tbh. And pretty much all of them are connected in some ways to the whole story.
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Everything's pretty much said but I'd definitely say watch Thor 3 LAST since it literally comes right before Infinity War. I swear, I spent the morning watch Thor 3 then immediately left to see Infinity War, it was just so perfect. that opening scene definitely hit a lot harder
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Nomak-54 posted...

Everything's pretty much said but I'd definitely say watch Thor 3 LAST since it literally comes right before Infinity War. I swear, I spent the morning watch Thor 3 then immediately left to see Infinity War, it was just so perfect.

I actually agree with this. I saw IW before I saw Thor 3, and wish I would've watched Thor 3 first.
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Blighboy posted...

But none if that answers the question in the topic title my dude. Which you answered yourself earlier.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Definitely Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2. And Thor: Ragnarok

Are there just two people using your account or what.

You're clearly missing the obvious point here.

I don't actually agree with your logic. And am pointing out why it's flawed.

I think those movies DO have elements that will help you better appreciate Infinity War. But if you accept the logic that nothing in GotG2 is "significant enough" and dismiss it out of hand, and that's your standard for judging, then no prior movie (other than the ones he's already seen) really has much that's absolutely required.

Most prior movies just have little details that make Infinity War more interesting because you'll get more references and understand more minor details. And GotG2 absolutely meets that criteria as much as Ragnarok does.



Blighboy posted...

Just crank one out to Mantis and calm down.

I don't even care that much about Mantis. She's probably the least important of the things I mentioned in GotG2

I was only using her as an example because you were the one who seemed to focus on her, while casually brushing the other things I said off.


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Sorry I'll correct what I said

Nothing in GotG 2 is significant enough in my opinion
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