Avengers: Infinity War Ending Explained

Avengers: Infinity War Ending Explained

Avengers Infinity War premiered this past weekend and its left people pretty shaken up. If you’ve seen the movie, the ending – and perhaps the whole plot – may have been a bit of a shocker. Thanos felt like the protagonist, with the Avengers acting more so as supporting characters, having been already fully introduced and developed from the previous MCU films. And – mega spoiler alert - Infinity War ended on a major cliff hanger – the villain emerged victorious, and half of our heroes were turned to dust, ceasing to exist. So what does it all mean? What was with Thanos chilling at the end? And what does this mean for the future of the MCU? Well, today we’ll be exploring all of these questions and more with our video on Avengers Infinity War Ending Explained!

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[jaxsonbateman]

The reason Dr Strange gave up the time stone, IMO, is because in that 1 timeline where he saw victory, he saw that Tony Stark was alive. If Tony Stark being alive is a requisite for victory over Thanos, then clearly allowing him to die means defeat - so Strange knew that even if it cost the time stone, he had to keep Stark alive.

Hell, that seems to have been the whole reason they included the scene of Strange looking at future outcomes. When it comes to (good) story writing, you don't randomly introduce elements 'just because'. If there's a scene, there's a reason for it. Sure, there'll be some scenes that are just comic relief or backstory - but you have to look at that scene with the future-viewing, and ask yourself "why was this included in the narrative?". It's so that Dr Strange breaking character (remember, he mentioned earlier he'd easily sacrifice Iron Man and Spider-Man to keep the stone safe - pretty grave!) and giving up the stone in order to save Stark makes complete sense, as opposed to being a "what, that's not in his character at all!" moment.

Honestly, it's my favourite moment in the movie. Somehow it's both pretty obvious and very subtle at the same time. Probably because Strange doesn't hit them over the head with his reasoning, saying stuff like "herp derp, I saw you alive in that victory timeline so I had to give it up!". No, it's up to the viewer to see the connection and put it together. It's not necessary if the audience misses it, but it gives a small information payoff to those that can put the pieces together.

[WeWatchTheMovies]

"Should have gone for the head" was the best line.

[KnightLxght]

*End credits scene*

Captain marval: Fine! I'll do it myself.

[rjwalters]

Why didn't Ant Man just climb up Thanos' butt crack and then transform into a giant?

[bradyelliott]

I have a theory that all the people who were dusted are in the soul world/dimension within the soul stone

[ghostyybean]

Everyone in my theater went dead silent. not the type of silence where everyone except for a whispering person went silent, but DEAD silent at the ending. After it, I literally said "He did it, he really did it..."

[riahlexington]

Dude I think they’ll get the time stone, go back in time, to save everyone then Thor knows to go for the head will kill thanos and they’ll destroy the stones

[zakasha]

Black Panther can come back in his role as the King of the Dead as in the comics.

[seanfield]

Everybody who got dusted or killed comes back in part 2 of infinity war then thanos is killed

[sillymia]

I cried when spider man went to dust 😭😭😭😭

[x-manfam]

Ok, but you didn't talk about what's really important... What happened to korg and miek? They were to pure for this world to just assume they just died

[numerousncomicsandlegos]

Now realizing what doc strange says about those possibilities I'm scared

[brokenbridge]

Does everyone have a favorite funny moment in the movie. Mine was when Drax came upon Star Lord and Gamorra after that moment they had together.

[soultiger]

Wanna Know The Fucked Up Thing About Thanos's Motivation In The Movie? Thanos Was Kinda Right

[Reconseal]

That Tony Starks and Spidey scene got me! It was gonna be the end of Starks but then Strange became the Savior and Spidey was way too young to die

[Reconseal]

That picture of Thanos at 3:10 looks like a nice guy lol

[davidflores]

Did anybody catch the Easter egg of Thanos' scarecrow made of his old armor?

[omarpinto]

All the characters that turned to dust are in the soul world

[Dat.guy.kai]

Idk y but I nearly, cried when Spidey died

[larv]

Thanos needs the 6 stones to destrpy enemies like dust while Jean Grey just need to think of it.