[GreenLantern]

I feel like Thanos was so committed to his vision he lost sight of what it really meant. It wasn't even about saving the universe anymore or trying to rationalize his actions, it was just about achieving the goal he had set out to do and that he had sacrificed SO much to get to. You can see this in the final scene when he just sits down like Ahh, I did it.. but didn't really even care what IT was. You can also see it in the scene where he gets the Soulstone, he has to kill his daughter who may hate him, but he loves her. It's on his face, "Ahhhhh come on, really? Well I'm this deep already.."

It's like that quote from Jurassic Park, Thanos was so obsessed with whether or not he COULD achieve this goal he never stopped to think if he SHOULD.

And I could be way out to lunch on this, but this is my take on it. This also reinforces just how great of a job they did with Thanos. I can't remember ever debating this much over a Marvel Villain. Well done.

Side note, I also just re watched Ultron today as I was jonesing for more Avengers. He was actually better than I remember as far as villains go, especially his evolution scenes. But just absolutely pales in comparison to the complexity of Thanos. Both CGI, both great actors behind the CGI... but Thanos >>>> Ultron.

This movie keeps getting compared to Empire Strikes Back and I think that is pretty accurate. I feel like the ending sequence of people fading to dust, the scene with Parker and Stark, just the silence and cut to black... that really hit people. It wasn't quite as shocking as I am your father but it still had a similar effect.

I kind of thought they would have one of the heroes end up being a Thanos double agent. A long play of deception that none of us saw coming that ended up being the culmination in Thanos achieving his goal.