How Marvel Made Avengers: Infinity War The PERFECT Comic Book Movie

5. Streamlining The Narratives

"Today we don't fight for any life... we fight for all of them."

Joe and Anthony Russo had their work cut out for them when tackling material as grand as this. In 2012, audiences deemed it miraculous that Joss Whedon could successfully juggle the storylines of seven different heroes and avoid making a convoluted, overstuffed mess.

Though his second outing, Avengers: Age of Ultron, wasn't as successful, the dynamic between the heroes remained one of the highlights. Infinity War, however, is on an entirely different scale. Juggling characters from all three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the risk of stumbling over the narrative has never been higher.

The Russo's wisely streamline the narrative by dividing The Avengers into different groups, with the emotional undercurrent of each group being shouldered by the characters with the closest relationship to Thanos.

The film explores the massive losses Thor had just endured at the hands of Thanos and his Black Order, the trauma being raised by the Mad Titan has had on Gamora and Nebula, and the inevitable threat Thanos' quest for the Stones portends for Vision. This deep emotion ripples to the rest of The Avengers, furthering their desperation to stop Thanos.

For every emotional arc and different connection to Thanos, their motivation throughout is simple: keep Thanos away from the Stones. There are few to no distractions from that base motivation across the entire film; each separate journey that takes place is solely dedicated to the hopefully eventual defeat of Thanos.