‘Avengers: Infinity War’ was nothing short of a masterpiece. It has grossed more than $2 billion at the box office and a sizeable chunk of that money may just be because of people watching the movie more than once. 

But, even after watching what is being touted as ‘the largest crossover event in history’ twice, there are certainly going to be a few things you still don’t get. If you consider yourself an expert on the Marvel Cinematic Universe here’s a test of your knowledge. How many of these things did you notice about ‘Avengers: Infinity War?’ It took us multiple viewings to notice them:

Dr. Strange’s sword

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Yes, the Sorcerer Supreme doesn’t just rely on the mystic arts. While there have been multiple occasions in the comics when Dr. Strange has relied on weapons, this is the first time we got to see him rely on one in the MCU. Albeit a magical sword, at the very least, it’s a nod to the Strange of the comics for sure.

There are so many things happening on screen when Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Guardians Of The Galaxy and Dr. Strange are taking on Thanos on his home planet of Titan. But, if you pay close attention, you’ll notice the sword in Strange’s hand while taking on Thanos. 

The Chitauri

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Yes, the Chitauri were in ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’ No, there were no flashbacks of the Battle of New York which you missed. There was no extra end-credit scene you forgot to watch.

Remember the flashback when Thanos met Gamora for the first time? He had ordered the massacre of half the people on her home planet of Zen-Whoberi. Who were those soldiers who did the killing? Yeah, they were the Chitauri. It’s a nice way of tying in with the events of the ‘Avengers’. The Chitauri are Thanos’ army and while they’re all dead in the present, there’s no doubt over whose command they were under.

Gamora isn’t dead

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Okay, this is a little complicated, so keep track. The Soul Stone was the one Infinity Stone we hadn’t heard or seen in the MCU till ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’ While Gamora seemed to know about it all along, it’s only now that we, the viewer, got to know about its existence and location.

Thanos had to sacrifice the person he loved the most, i.e., Gamora, in order to get the Soul Stone. Everyone thought that was the end of Gamora. But, on closer inspection, we realised that Gamora is actually trapped in the Soul World. She isn’t dead. We even got to see her at the end when Thanos snaps his finger and enters the ethereal plane briefly. Remember?

Vision isn’t dead

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The only superhero to die twice in ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ there may just be something you’ve missed when it comes to this android’s death. First, Scarlet Witch kills him to prevent Thanos from getting the Mind Stone, then Thanos turns back time and kills him while also getting his hands on the Mind Stone.

But, if you remember the time in Shuri’s lab, Wakanda’s Head of Science & Information Exchange pushed some buttons just before Corvus Glaive attacked her and Vision. Shuri had already been working on separating Vision from the Mind Stone. Maybe she succeeded? Vision has proven to be quite strong in previous movies and was a shadow of his former self while taking on the Black Order and Thanos in Wakanda. Yes, he was beaten but maybe it’s because Shuri was able to extract a part of him?

Everyone who disintegrated isn’t dead

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How can we make such an assumption? Well, we have a pretty good reason actually. Remember when Dr. Strange looked through some 14 million different possibilities and found only one in which they could defeat Thanos? We’re guessing that’s the plan they decided to stick with. I mean, why wouldn’t they? Before disintegrating, you’ll remember Strange’s last words to Stark, “there was no other way.” That pretty much means Strange has already set the one possible way to defeat Thanos in motion.

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It goes without saying that disintegration was a part of Strange’s plan. He knew that was going to be the first thing Thanos did when he got all the Infinity Stones, right? But, he can’t be dead. Why? We’ll have to go back to ‘Doctor Strange’ to answer that. Remember when the Ancient One was dying? Remember what she tells Strange? “I spent so many years peering through time… looking at this exact moment. But I can’t see past it.” She’s basically telling Strange that they can’t use the Time Stone to look past their own deaths. So, that pretty much means, Dr. Strange isn’t dead. Could it be that they have all gone to the Soul World? We’ll have to wait till 3rd May 2019 to find out.

Mr. Bachchan is the boss on Twitter and there is no one who can say otherwise. At times he blatantly trolls people and at times becomes a victim himself. The Internet is a savage place and there is no one who can escape its cruel sting, not even Big B. 

Remember when Amitabh Bachchan scolded Anushka Sharma on Twitter for not replying to his text message? Or when he savagely trolled Twitter requesting it to increase his followers?

This time, taking to his Twitter he tweeted, “Achha bhai sahib, bura na manana, ek picture dekhne gaye, ‘Avengers’… kuch samajh mein nahi aaya ke picture mein kya ho raha hai !!!!!!!”

T 2803 -T 2003 – अचà¥?छा भाई साहेब , बà¥?रा ना मानना , à¤?क पिकà¥?चर देखने गाà¤? , ‘AVENGERS’ … कà¥?छ समà¤? में नहीं आया की picture में हो कà¥?या रहा है  !!!🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪😠😠😠

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 13, 2018

Well, this didn’t turn out well and fans took it personally. Some tried to educate him, while some savagely trolled him!

@SrBachchan saheb ji is be like 👇 👇 pic.twitter.com/W5pFiiF1k4

— Satyabrat Dwivedi (@decentdwivedi) May 13, 2018

Sirji, galti se kahin ye wali Avengers xxx to na dekh li Aap ne?😂😂🔞👉👌💦 pic.twitter.com/r0jgPiqJpP

— ? (@pirajnish) May 13, 2018

Sir This Might Help…LoL…😋😋😋 pic.twitter.com/CIQmfDmTrx

— Raja Sharma (@RajSSSharma) May 13, 2018

That’s exactly what we feel when we watch Abhishek’s movies

— Rachit Mathur (@rachitmathur5) May 13, 2018

हिंदी मे देख लेते सर 😂😂
वैसे लाल बादशाह सम� आई थी 🤔🤔🤔🤔

— मिस à¤?लिजाबेथ सà¥?वाॅन 👒👸💕 (@tealicious_twep) May 13, 2018

Sir watch movies in this order.. pic.twitter.com/5BQettAn0r

— Saurabh Pandey🇮🇳 (@Saurabh100pande) May 13, 2018

सर ये देख लो, ये जबर�दस�त मूवी थी. pic.twitter.com/BGTuCzuX6j

— LolmLol (@LOLiyapa) May 13, 2018

😠😂 pic.twitter.com/8moWwialkC

— RAHUL (@alwaysfun_mood) May 13, 2018

pic.twitter.com/pf20We12Qv

— OMKAR SANKHE (@OmkarSankheblog) May 13, 2018

Aap Badumba aur Punba dekho sir, pic.twitter.com/MG5tcidHxI

— Mayank (@fab_mayank) May 13, 2018

Same pinch, sir. Just watched the iconic blood transfusion scene in Bollywood’s first avengers movie #AmarAkbarAnthony pic.twitter.com/eOmgQFMraK

— Kuldeep (@iamkuldeepp) May 13, 2018

While Twitter never fails to give us our daily dose of entertainment, we are here today to thoroughly guide Mr. Bachchan and introduce him to the ‘World of Avengers’.

So, worry not Sir, we are here for your rescue. Here’s your 11-step-guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

1. A quick ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ review for your better understanding.

2.  If you want to understand the MCU, here’s the perfect order

3. You 101-fact list to know who Captain Marvel aka Carol Danvers is.

4.  Don’t worry Mr. Bachchan, there were mistakes in ‘Infinity War’ as well

5.  Also, don’t be fooled by the trailer, as many scenes were missing

6. Every question that you might have related to the movie

7.  Difficulty in understanding the ending? We’ve got you covered.

8. Want to catch up with superhero transformations? Check the list out here, it’s worth your time. 

9. All the upcoming Marvel movies  that you should watch before ‘Avengers 4’.

10.  In case you decide to watch ‘Infinity War’ again, this is all you need to know

11. In case you were wondering will Thanos get away after destroying half the MCU, check this out:

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ was truly an emotional journey, the deaths, the defeat(?). It was more than everything we all expected out of the movie that was like a culmination of the last ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

While it was incredible and truly iconic to see so many superheroes come together for one goal – to somehow defeat Thanos – there was obviously a lit bit of confusion that came with that.

Fans left the theatre needing a little bit of emotional support and a lot of questions, and we are here to answer some of them.

1. Where The Hell Was The Hulk During The Whole Movie?

The Hulk is obviously an integral part of MCU and is also an OG Avenger, but sadly the green angry giant was missing throughout the movie and only made an appearance in the first scene. Yes, the internal war between Bruce Banner and the Hulk was quite hilarious to watch, but we still were hoping for the Hulk to make an entrance at the most crucial time and help out everyone.

But, nope, that didn’t happen. We were all hoping for ‘Hulk smash’, but all we got was apparently ‘Hulk scared’ after the giant purple grape kicked his green ass in the beginning. Only, that’s what we thought, but turns out it’s not really accurate.

The Russo brothers explained that they wanted to explore the relationship between Bruce Banner and the Hulk a little more. “These two beings don’t like each other and don’t like helping each other,” Joe said. “We thought it would be more interesting to explore Banner as a hero. We thought it would be a more interesting choice to take him down a path where the Hulk is not interested in helping him anymore. That these two have reached an impasse with each other and Banner has to rise to the occasion.”

“I think people have interpreted that Hulk’s scared,” Joe said. “[And] certainly, he’s had his ass kicked before and he loves a good fight, but I think it’s really reflective of the journey from ‘Ragnarok,’ that these two characters are constantly in conflict with each other over control. And I think if Hulk were to say why [he didn’t return in ‘Infinity War’], he’d say, ‘Banner only wants Hulk for fighting’. He’s had enough of saving Banner’s ass.”

2. Why Are So Many Scenes From The Trailer Not In The Actual Movie?

We’ve already covered a list of scenes from the trailer that never made it into the movie, and I would also like to clarify that all of them are true, even though a lot of people in the comments didn’t believe so. (Go watch the movie again before you come to fight!)

Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s come back to the question that actually has a very simple answer. Seems like the makers expected everyone to rip every little scene from the trailer apart and base theories and predictions off it before even watching the movie, so this was done to keep the actual movie kind of a surprise for everyone.

 

“That shot that you’re referencing was never in the movie in the version that you saw. It was never even created for the movie in that version. It was literally created in that version for the trailer.” If you couldn’t tell, we’re back to talking about the Hulk here.

They added, “We use all the material that we have at our disposal to create a trailer. We look at the trailer as a very different experience than the movie, and I think audiences are so predictive now that you have to be very smart about how you craft a trailer because an audience can watch a trailer and basically tell you what’s gonna happen in the film. We consume too much content. So at our disposal are lots of different shots that aren’t in the movie that we can manipulate through CG to tell a story that we want to tell specifically for the purpose of the trailer and not for the film.”

3. How Did They Choose Who Would Survive In ‘Infinity War’?

As much as I would like to avoid talking about that ending, we have to, as it was the most crucial part of the movie. As we all know, Thanos succeeded in collecting all the infinity stones and killed(?) half of the universe.

But, with so many characters all together in one movie, it would have been a very huge and difficult decision to decide who will die – or disintegrate – and who will clearly survive to be a part of the next one for sure. (Yes, there is a big possibility that almost everyone will be back, especially with so many billion-dollar franchises at stake)

“All of our choices are based on the story,” Anthony explained. “It’s based upon the road that these characters have travelled, in not only this movie, but throughout the entire entity up to this point because, again, these movies are the culmination. So, all we can say is that they are very focused story choices.”

So, it looks like they made a decision to kill off almost everyone but the original Avengers, maybe as a way of letting ‘Avengers 4’ serve as a closing to the original team’s story. But, when asked about this particular point, they only had one word to say – “Interesting”.

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ was a masterpiece, no doubt about that. After all, it has been almost two weeks since it was released and here we are still talking about it, and we probably will until the next Avengers movie comes out next year.

Remember that meme about it being the biggest, most ambitious cross-over yet? If you have watched the movie, you know it wasn’t an exaggeration. The movie brought so many brilliant actors together and tied all the characters together perfectly, and when you have such incredible actors, you know they’re going to give everything they have, way more than just coming in and delivering their lines.

We already know that so many actors, who are a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, like to improvise their lines and ‘Infinity War’ was no different.

Last week, we got to know that Tom Holland, aka Spider-Man, came up with the most heartbreaking line in the entire movie himself. You know what I’m talking about – “I don’t feel so good Mr. Stark. I don’t want to go, please I don’t want to go Mr. Stark. I am sorry, Tony, I am sorry.”

Okay, brb. Need to cry first for just reliving this moment.

Now that I’m all cried out, let’s try to lighten the mood and look at some of the most hilarious lines in the movie, actually one particular line. We have already listed our favourite dialogues from the movie, and obviously “why is Gamora?” was a part of it.

But, the best line from the movie just got even better. But before we go further, we need to relive this one.

Peter Quill: “I’m gonna ask you this one time: Where is Gamora?”

Tony Stark: “Yeah, I’ll do you one better. Who is Gamora?”

Drax: “I’ll do you one better. Why is Gamora?”

And, this was followed by the entire theatre laughing. It turns out this was completely improvised by Dave Bautista aka Drax and my love for Drax just increased right now.

In an interview with Yahoo, ‘Infinity War’s two screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely revealed that Bautista completely ad-libbed the line, prompting Markus to recall, “OK, you’re very good at your job.”

Good job, Drax. Also, side note, if they don’t bring him back, I will start my own Infinity War with Marvel.

Now, if it turns out “I am Steve Rogers” was improvised, I will die.

The one main thing that ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ has done, besides playing with our feelings, is make us want binge-watch the entire thing. Doesn’t matter if you have been religiously following it for a decade or just became a fan recently after this incredible movie, everyone must feel like watching all the movies that led up to this masterpiece.

Since all the movies are linked in a lot of ways, it would be such a good idea to just have a recap of it all, and then you can maybe also figure out that when did Marvel become so sadistic.

But, the main question is what order you should follow while watching or re-watching all the 18 movies that came before ‘Infinity War’?

Well, if you’re going on a binge-spree, the most logical one would be to follow the order Marvel intended, the order they were released in, but there could be a different way, maybe even a better way.

Okay, for reference, here’s the original release date order:

And, what we’re suggesting is a chronological order, it could maybe give you an entirely different experience. So, just hear us out because we may just have sorted your weekend plans. And, if you’re planning on watching on watching ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ this weekend, we have got you covered with a quick recap on all the movies and other things you need to know before watching the movie.

Before anyone questions, the only TV Shows we’ve included are ‘Agent Carter’ and ‘Agents of Shield’ because they are the only ones with characters appearing in the movies.

So, here’s the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe in the chronological order, let’s begin.

1. Captain America: The First Avenger

2. Agent Carter

3. Agent Carter (one-shot — Iron Man 3 DVD)

4. Iron Man

5. Iron Man 2

6. The Incredible Hulk

7. The Consultant (one-shot — Thor DVD)

8. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Thor’s Hammer (one-shot Captain America: First Avenger DVD)

9. Thor

10. Avengers

11. Item 47 (one-shot — Avengers DVD)

12. Iron Man 3

13. All Hail the King (one-shot – Thor: The Dark World)

14. Agents of Shield (season one: episodes 1 — 7)

15. Thor: The Dark World

16. Agents of Shield (season one: episodes 8 — 16)

17. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

18. Agents of Shield (season one: episodes 17 — 22)

19. Guardians of the Galaxy

20. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

21. Agents of Shield (season two: episodes 1 — 19)

22. Avengers: Age of Ultron

23. Agents of Shield (season two: episodes 20 — 22)

24. Ant-Man

25. Agents of Shield (season three: episodes 1 — 19)

26. Captain America: Civil War

27. Agents of Shield (season three: episodes 20 — 22)

28. Doctor Strange

29. Agents of Shield (season four: episodes 1 — 8)

30. Agents of Shield: Slingshot (web series)

31. Agents of Shield (season four: episodes 9 — 22)

32. Spider-Man: Homecoming

33. Black Panther

34. Agents of Shield (season five, episodes 1 — 14)

35. Thor: Ragnarok

36. Avengers Infinity War

Have fun!

Also, here’s a cute gif of Captain America and Thor, enjoy.