Avengers: Infinity War - 14 Things You Probably Didn't Notice

Avengers: Infinity War isn't just a film, it's an assault on your senses. Not only does it have legitimate emotional gut punches almost from the first few minutes through to the end, but it's funny, charming, devastating and intoxicating at the same time. The final hour - which comes after lots of story already - is a quite stunning marriage of spectacle and stakes whose action is right up there with the best of the Lord Of The Rings franchise. Praise cannot get higher than that.

Because there was so much in there, it's very possible that you missed a fair amount. Who wouldn't miss nuances and subtle background details or gags when the foreground is exploding in an angry melee of superhero on alien action, after all?

But the best thing about Infinity War is that it is so rewarding and so challenging that it demands multiple viewing experiences - if only to properly digest that stunning finale - and that means you get to go abck and drink in all of those little touches you might have missed first time. And the result is just as rewarding as you'd think...

14. Kenneth Branagh's Cameo

The film begins on a bleak note, following on from the ominous ending of Thor: Ragnarok with the Asgardian refugee ship starring down the barrel of Thanos' gigantic ship. A distress signal acts in place of a voice-over, establishing that Thanos has attacked and the mostly unarmed Asgardians have been decimated.

And while you were peering through the murk to look at the devastation, you might not have noticed that the voice of the distress signal belonged to Thor director Kenneth Branagh.

Also, if you look close enough, it appears that only half of the ship is there, explaining why Korg, Miek, Valkyrie and the surviving Asgardians were while Thanos was killing Loki and trying to kill Thor.