As I’ve said many times, and as I said in my review of Avengers: Infinity War, even if I don’t think it’s perfect, it is a movie that is about as good as one could have expected from a mammoth crossover like this. With so many characters populating the damn thing, time is precious real estate that cannot be wasted, and they do an amazing job of making sure that not a single second is wasted. I think back to when one of my roommates came home from the film, and she said she felt like the movie had almost no dialogue and was all just stuff happening.

It wasn’t a knock on the movie, but given just how much happened, I can definitely see that perspective. In Avengers: Infinity War, there wasn’t a moment lost, and as a result, it felt like it was just barreling forward with its action. One contributing aspect to this is its simple plot. Unlike other Marvel Studios films like Captain America: Civil War, the plot in Avengers: Infinity War isn’t complex. There aren’t layers and layers of convolution to it. It’s a story about a guy collecting things.

As directors Joe and Anthony Russo stated in the commentary for the film, the plot of the movie isn’t complicated, but it’s the weaving together of several simple plots that makes it feel more complicated than it is. But with everything that this universe has built, it would have been easy to lose one’s self in a complex plot, right?

Well, let me direct you to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This was a film that was way more complicated than it needed to be. Now, granted, I absolutely adore the Ultimate Edition and think it’s a genuinely great film, but because of its convolution, I can see why many had a hard time clicking with it — it doesn’t quite deliver on its promise. Yes, Batman and Superman fight, but the movie itself is so worried about weaving its tale that it forgets to take full advantage of what a Batman-Superman dynamic would actually bring.

Enter Avengers: Infinity War. In the commentary, the filmmakers specified their reason behind going with such a simple story, and it really highlights why the studio succeeds. If they had decided to go with a more complex story, it would have taken away the opportunity to get all the interactions we got in the movie, and let’s face it, the fun part of these crossovers is getting those interactions, which we got in spades.

So, at the end of the day, Avengers: Infinity War‘s ability to tell a simple story competently all while giving us those character interactions we crave has allowed them to thrive on the very universe we’ve grown to love.

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