I’m scared for Infinity War and yet it might be funnier than the Captain America sequels

A director of the Captain America sequels and Avengers: Infinity War revealed that there’s much more room in Infinity War for humor. But how necessary is it?

If you could take a look at my hands right now, you’d see that my fingernails are thoroughly bitten. That’s because of all the news about Avengers: Infinity War is keeping me on edge every. Single. Day.

“Who’s going to die?” everyone asks. “Where’s Hawkeye?” I hear echoes in my dreams as I go to sleep at night — or at least the few hours of sleep that I get as I lie awake each night wracking my brain over what will happen to my favorite Avengers.

And yet (AND YET!) somehow Joe Russo has revealed that there’s much more room for humor in Infinity War than in the Captain America sequels that they directed.

Take this quote from Russo’s BBC Radio interview as proof:

"In fact, one of the most critical aspects is managing tone, and this film in particular, when egos like this clash between these superheroes there’s bound to be humor. A lot of the characters in this universe diffuse tension with humor, so we knew the movie was going to be very funny.It’s very different than Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War in that regard, because the tone of Cap movies is a little bit more serious. Cap is a little more straight-laced and intense, and the world he was in in both of those movies required he behave that way."

Okay, fine. He might have a point about the Avengers getting together and showing off their own brand of humor to one another. Just take the scene in the second trailer where Tony Stark is rolling his eyes at how naive Star-Lord sounds when he’s coming up with a plan.  . . . Or maybe even the ending scene of that trailer where Peter Parker thinks Doctor Strange is his fake name.

Those are funny. Fine. I just hope that it all balances out at the end of the day. I don’t want something so serious that it verges on Age of Ultron levels of unbareableness. But I also don’t want scenes that are so cheesy that it undercuts some of the serious moments at hand.

So far, most MCU movies have masterfully been able to find this delicate balance of humor and seriousness. And maybe sometimes, that mold has to be broken. Just take Taika Waiti’s Thor: Ragnarok, for instance. Despite being a huge change for Thor, it worked out perfectly in the end.

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That being said, if any characters do die, I want a moment to properly grieve. We’ve been along for this journey for 10 years, so there has to be an emotional send-off if necessary.

I’ll see you all at the theaters when Infinity War comes out on April 27. I’ll be the one with the tissue box in hand.