Infinity Begins: Marvel-inspired wedding video goes viral

Morris had no cape, no superpowers, and no epic soundtrack in the background. It was her. What he had was Maria. (Screenshot from Infinity Begins – Morris & Maria via Wonderlast Films/Facebook)

A dangerous encounter. “It doesn’t matter who I am, I’m here to ruin your fate.”

A couple.

This was how the viral wedding video began in its very first seconds – only to surprise its viewers with not only the upcoming popular comic hero references and lore, nor the graphics and sound effects that slapped in the threaded storyline, but the love that exuded from the video’s eight-minute run.

Enter Morris and Maria Chavez, who now share not only their last names on paper and in the eyes of legality but now share a life to be bonded together forever.

Their wedding video gained popularity among the netizens after being inspired with Marvel characters with the groom flaunting Doctor Strange’s mastery of mystic arts, to putting on the Iron Man suit of the “genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist” Tony Stark, also to wielding the hammer of the God of Thunder, Thor. The Infinity War inspiration will not be complete without the villain which is a fusion of Thanos and Ronan the Accuser of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

In the video, it was revealed that it was Maria who was sketching the first scenarios as she was struggling to think of a way on how they will defeat the villain on her comic book story.

With all those superpowers that her groom used to counter the baddie only to end up as a series of failure scenarios, Maria asks herself, “What really makes one a great hero?”

From blowing the netizens away because of its magnificent visual effects, the video suddenly shifts the action-packed mystery mood to a tearjerker as it slowly reveals what superpower can really defeat the enemy.

Letting the graphite of her pencil speak as she sketches her new concept, Maria said, “I think anyone can be a hero. We may not have the special powers like those in the comics, but being there for someone when they need you the most or knowing that somebody’s always got your back, for me, I think that’s enough.”

It was not the Mjolnir, the iron suit, nor the mystical energy, but it was the power that comes from within.

Apparently, none of the six stones of the Marvel Universe – power, space, reality, soul, time, and mind – mattered. The video then shows that the only thing that can win against the enemy was their engagement ring or the “Heart Stone.”

Turning to reality, the video highlights Morris, this time not as a hero saving his beloved, but as a groom in his wedding suit.

“What we started was far from perfect. It was hard, difficult, we face a lot of challenges,” he starts narrating.

“I admit that there are times I would think, ‘I’ve had enough, I wanted it to end. This is not the life I wanted for myself.’ But because we chose to be tough, we were tough. We chose to be strong, so became stronger. With all the struggles and hardships, we endured,” he continues.

Morris had no cape, no superpowers, and no epic soundtrack in the background. It was her. What he had was Maria.

“Yes, Father.” Two words to bind two people forever.

Posted on filmmaker’s Wonderlast Films Facebook page, the Marvel-themed video has already garnered 138,000 reactions; 22,000 comments; 89,000 shares; and 3.1-million views, as of writing. The video was edited in six weeks by two of the Wonderlast Films editors.

Just to add to the Marvel fantasy, a netizen pointed out that not only were the visuals inspired by the fictional universe, but the bride’s lines in the video were also related to the Avengers.

“If you listen carefully, the bride’s message actually somehow related to the Avengers that they did on the first part before the SDE (same-day edit),

We may not always control the anger. We will never let it control us.  (This is obviously for Hulk)

Time may not be on our side. It’s never too late to make things right. (Ant-man, when he’s stopped by the villain from suiting up.)

The truth may hurt us sometimes but, I’d rather be with you in pain than believe in lies. (Dr. Strange, when he’s making the mirror of dimension as an illusion).

We may not always have everything we need,  We’ll always work on what we have. (Ironman and his resourcefulness.)

And finally, even the strongest storm of our lives I just want you to know that I will always be by your side. (Thor),” Julie Ann Garcia wrote.

The comment was given a thumbs up by the Wonderlast Films, saying that “someone noticed it.”

With the newlywed couple pressing their foreheads together and looking at each other’s eyes as seen in the last part of the video, their road to infinity begins.

“What we started was far from perfect. It was hard, difficult, but the uphill start will not dictate the rest of our journey,” Morris ends.