#ACTOR WHO PLAYS THANOS IN ENDGAME MOVIE#
He is evil because he just refuses to engage with the idea about what consequences his action – of snapping his finger and wiping out half the population – would actually have, especially for those who have been left behind.Īs the timer for the release of Endgame runs out, we know the movie would be about these consequences, the emotional and psychological toll the decimation has wrought on the survivors. Thanos can be called evil not because his intentions were evil. In many ways, it only reinforces the idea that evil deeds in the world are not done by men who look like monsters, but men who are thoughtless. But the very lack of rational engagement with the problem of population and scarce resources, and by assuming that decimation is the only key, MCU presents him to us as rather stupid. He sees himself as a saviour of the universe. Is Thanos evil? Within his own moral compass, he is not. They then proceed to let him go ahead with his plans with an even more simplistic snapping of his fingers.Īnd that brings us to the question, we tried to tease in the beginning of this piece. Look, he’s the big, bad guy - the filmmakers appear to be insinuating - and like all big, bad authoritarian guys drunk on power and deluded by the perceived purity of the ideals underlying their megalomaniacal plans, he fails to take into account the glaring irony of his final solution. But a powerful, self-reflective man who holds the destiny of the universe quite literally in his hands fails to look beyond the most simplistic solution. Fittingly, the filmmakers spend considerable time on showing Thanos deliberating and brooding upon his plan’s implications. Nothing can distract us from the fatalism of his idea, not even if one considers it in the vein of light entertainment. In sum, Thanos’ solution to the violence and decimation he sees all around him is a singular bout of all encompassing destruction to end all destruction.
Millions will die, but the survivors and their children will inherit a better, more equitable universe. But Thanos wants to save the universe and provide at least one half of us the opportunity to live more peaceful, fulfilling lives. This, despite the now familiar good-versus-evil scenario that sustains comic book movie franchises, complicates the state of affairs. However, in Infinity War, they’ve presented a film about a set of superheroes out to stop a powerful villain from carrying out an evil plan. The writers have made Thanos’ seemingly noble and earnest intentions amply clear. One is left befuddled by Thanos’ lack of ingenuity in coming up with a more constructive plan to save the universe. Yet, one cannot but help notice that this choice is also, in a way, anti-climactic. Yes, the choice is random, and unlike other evil men in history – like Hitler, for example – his choice is not dictated by either ethnicity or race.
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