That not only throws spoiler hounds off the trail, but helps create a greater “anything can happen” sense across both movies.īut yes, Thanos “snaps his fingers” and utilizes the full power of the unified Infinity stones. Instead, Avengers: Infinity War ends where The Infinity Gauntlet begins.
The Infinity Gauntlet comic, which very much inspired certain parts of this movie, actually BEGINS with Thanos already in control of all six gems.Īnd that’s really the crazy part of this: everyone expected this movie to be the cinematic adaptation (in some form) of The Infinity Gauntlet. The movie even lulled comic book fans into a false sense of security. So what happened at the end of Avengers: Infinity War?įor all of Thanos’ talk throughout the movie of bringing “balance” to the universe by eliminating half of all life, nobody really expected him to be able to pull it off.
