After months of hype, this weekend Avengers: Infinity War finally arrived in cinemas. Much to the delight of fans, the film delivered on many promises. There are epic action sequences, there are loads of humour and there are a lot of heartbreaking and memorable moments, just as the Russo Brothers warned. Despite the overwhelmingly positive feedback for the film, however, there are some who still feel shortchanged.
Warning: this article contains spoilers.
There are some who feel that Infinity War didn’t give enough attention to Black Panther, Falcon, Nick Fury, and War Machine. In fact, they believe the film is a good reflection of how Hollywood and Disney treat black actors and characters in the industry. Just have a look at the tweets below:
The marginalization of #BlackPanther & its supporting cast in 'Avengers: #InfinityWar' is indicative of a larger problem in Hollywood's treatment of characters of color pic.twitter.com/qAzW2vgTWQ
— I Wanna Talk To Sampson! (@JMYChi) April 29, 2018
"Black Panther not being the lead character in Infinity War is the continued reduction of Black specific safe spaces in the MCU and the assault on Wakanda can be compared to colonization on a COSMIC scale." My debut article for The Root drops at 6.
— Roscoe's Wetsuit (@NewTSage) April 29, 2018
Of course, there are many reasons to take into account as to why these characters got a smaller role. Firstly, Black Panther just had his own solo film. It was a huge success and they didn’t need to introduce his character again. If people wanted more Black Panther they could just go watch Black Panther.
Secondly, most of the third act took place in Wakanda. It was incredibly refreshing to see a place other than the U.S. saving and protecting the world. In fact, it’s one of the coolest moments of the entire film. Personally, I was incredibly proud to see Africa represented that way.
Thirdly, War Machine and Falcon were never going to be big players in Avengers: Infinity War. Their characters were never that important to begin with. Same can be said about Black Widow, Hawkeye or even Scarlett Witch. They were all present but it was far more important to see the key players lead the fight against Thanos.
Lastly, Avengers 4 will definitely see a new set of heroes play a bigger part in the continued fight against Thanos. It’s very likely that more black characters, like Okoye, M’Baku, War Machine and Shuri, will play a bigger role. Shuri’s popularity alone ensures her a place in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Complaining about Black Panther’s role in Avengers: Infinity War is silly. The same arguments could be made for Captain America, who also didn’t get a lot of screentime. The film has a huge roster of characters. It was always going to focus on certain individuals more than others. It’s just not possible to give everyone a full story arc within two or three hours.
With that said, get this man a shield!
There are some stupid people in this world.
There are some stupid people in this world.
There are some stupid people in this world.
There are some stupid people in this world.
Oh ffs
Oh ffs
Oh ffs
Give me a fucking break!!! It’s an AVENGERS movie, not BP 2, every other character is a side cast other than the Avengers, what a fucking MORON!!!!
Give me a fucking break!!! It’s an AVENGERS movie, not BP 2, every other character is a side cast other than the Avengers, what a fucking MORON!!!!
Amazing how everything and everything can always be twisted and warped into a racial debate.
Amazing how everything and everything can always be twisted and warped into a racial debate.
Jose Quinones
Jose Quinones
What about the great symbolism of captain America and black panther leading the charge together. Neither one infront of the other but as equals. Thats something that stood out to me.
I don’t feel there is any place for racial arguments here! All Africans can be proud about the role Wakanda and Africa played in such an iconic film. Completely agree with Johan Schulze- Cpt America and Black Panther fighting side by side… come on let’s push forward and stop pulling back and critizing- let people and countries get roles and world renown status on merit and not colour!
Seriously!!?
What?! Didn’t the Avengers run to Wakanda (Africa) to mount their defence? That in my view was high praise.
If anything this is Thanos’ film everyone else are side characters
Wakanda shit is this ????
Marnél ……
You will never win face it some cunt will always be offended
Very true
You will never win face it some cunt will always be offended
You will never win face it some cunt will always be offended
I’ve labeled this as the dumbest shit I’ve seen on the Internet today.
I’ve labeled this as the dumbest shit I’ve seen on the Internet today.
I’ve labeled this as the dumbest shit I’ve seen on the Internet today.
Peter-John read this kak bra
Peter-John read this kak bra
Firstly, NOWHERE else in the world had the tech to fix Vision, only an African nation could help. Secondly they took their final stand in Wakanda. And the fight sequence where Captain America and Black Panther were all army of two, that’s unison.
These people need to take a seat and realise everything doesn’t revolve around race.
It was a brilliant movie. End of discussion.
What about green people!?!?! Hulk only got a few moments before being turned back into Banner and then go no time onscreen after that!
And thanos basically did a mass genocide on zen-whoberis…. also green
Altamish Mahomed really? Really? Asses
DO IT FOR THE AD REVENUE!
Bla Bla bla
What does that even mean. Saw it on Saturday I thought everyone fought bravely and together against Thanos.
A rubbish argument
I’m black and i felt no way insulted by any portryal of the Wakandans and ya, Johan Schulze said it best.
Wait?! Was it the same Wheeler New York was dévastée? Meh
It’s wrong to just ignore folks that have these complaints. I can understand where people of color would have some reservations about that lack of lead roles and it’s fair to question the movie considering how incredible Black Panther was.
Those same people believe the world is flat…
Gamora was a major player in the movie and she isn’t exactly Irish
People seem to forget she’s balck, to put it more bluntly…
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XD Piyush Madhurima Adrija
I’m still offended at the fact that Asians aren’t represented in the Avengers 😤
Atleast they had the girl-on-girl fight scene…so Feminazi sentiments haven’t been hurt xD
Wakanda is a technological marvel, with incredibly powerful warriors and amazing skill. Black panther, war machine, and falcon all are well played and without trying to spoil anything fight hard as hell
It’s just a fukin movie!
Ppl need to calm down, if they didn’t like it oh well everyone else loved it
I mean two ppl have an opinion .. who cares.
I personally felt the Wakanda scene was the highlight of the film
Everyone was treated badly in this movie… Thanos sees no colour… Unlike most of the fuckers writing these articles.
Not seeing color isn’t a good thing.
‘Black specific safe spaces’ – if such a thing should exist, then that’s racist.
what’s new, its 2018 and people get offended for everything
“Black Panther not being a lead character in Infinity War”… uh, nobody was… I don’t think this person understands a crossover/collaboration movie.
The person with the repeated comments here is the one feeling most about this topic. And they irritate so much they should be in the movie and let ultron deal with them. So petty and stupid
This is a dumb article. Everybody got a fair shake in screen time. BP and Falcon were never central to the Thanos storyline. War Machine got good screen time as well.
Ffs Fortress of Solitude you are a bunch of click baity wankers aren’t you.
So you come on here and call us wankers and then continue to ask for a job? I’m not sure what planet you are on but it doesn’t work that way. If you actually read the article, you would see that we defended Infinity War.
I know the title is click baity as fuck and you site two tweets. Ps. I know people who would be interested to write. I unfortunately do not currently have time.
Henkie Van ROFLMAO. You are the dumbest fuck on the internet hands down. “I know the title is click baity as fuck and you site two tweets.” Thank god you aren’t writing for the site!
Steve Hoffman… You win!
Steve Hoffman… You win!
But what about the fact that thousands of thousands of Wakandan soldiers were sent to fight (and arguably sacrificed) in order to protect the life of one person – Vision? Surely that complete imbalance says something about Hollywood. They constantly say throughout the film “we don’t trade lives” but many of the Characters are happy to let the black soldiers die in order to protect Paul Bethany. If that’s not racism I don’t know what is.
JJ van der Westhuizen het jy die shit gesien??
Ongelukkig het ek.
Maar ek het eerder stil gebly.
Vreemd… Ek weet.
Dis ongelooflik.
Wys jou weereens… Thanos is korrek.
Rushil Mistry see what I was talking about yesterday…it happened
Could’ve done better with black panther. He is not as powerful a character as what he is in the comics. His super intelligence, military prowess and presence is not accurately represented. He would’ve been more tactical, especially in his own homeland. It was his land and he should’ve called the shots.
He was tactful and analytical in the final battle. He was the one who realised they would’ve been surrounded unless they open a bit of the shield.
There’s a lot of Anonymous posts here. Why you anonymous if what you’re saying is relevant? Secondly, if you read the comics you’d understand who Black Panther is and how he fits in with the Marvel Universe. Regardless of whether the film is shoot in Wakanda or not, makes no difference except for the fact that it’s cheaper to film on an open land setting then a city (metropolis area). Numbers don’t lie, and if you look at box office ratings without a biased opinion, just the numbers you’d see that.
So I agree with the complaints to a certain degree. Whether something is always turned to a racial thing or not, the fact that your response is “what more do THESE PEOPLE what?” shows you’re no different.
The movie was enjoyable, not sure whether the turn out for the second installment will be just as big though. We’ll have to wait and see.
If you go to watch Avengers to see how kuch screen time black people got in the movie then you are in the wrong cinema. Go follow some other franchise because the whole Infinity War was beyond that of a single or small group of people. This movie was about everyone fighting to protect the universe and if them running to Wakanda is not significant enough for you then nothing will ever be.
After months and months of extraordinary hype and seein ppl come together all because of a movie character, next movie they kill the nigga. The fuq lol
Marvel is following the storyline from the comics. They didn’t kill everyone just to fuck with the audience.