Avengers: Endgame - A flawed but satisfying end of an era 

Anyone else feel Nebula was a more compelling female protagonist than Captain Marvel

The smartest part of this film is keeping Captain Marvel shipped off to another part of the galaxy for most of it.

For anyone who missed the nuance, Nebula's arc comes full circle at the very start of the movie playing table-top football with Stark. She wins at something. For the first time in her life. And what's more is congratulated for it. It's a beautiful moment.

The sidekick known as War Machine had more emotion than a full fledged superhero that had her own film.

THANK GOD it was Tony that delivered the death blow and not captain marvel. It always deserved to be Tony.

The Face of Hemsworth when he is forced to say:"I like this one." Had a good lough.

I loved how in the end Aria didn't show up out of nowhere to stab Thanos.

I look back at Endgame and wish the MCU ended there. It makes me look at other media that ended ‘too soon’ and makes me realise that sometimes things need to end.

For me, "Endgame" is to "Infinity War" what "Return of the Jedi" was to "Empire strikes back": A somewhat flawed but still satisfying followup/conclusion.

Why didn't Nebula turn off her WIFI? She should have known better.

Let us not forget the biggest sacrifice made in the entire movie, the sacrifice of Ant mans first taco

The all female skirmish line was the most cringe thing I've ever witnessed. It caused me to grow udders it was that bad.

Russo Brother: You need to see Capt. Marvel before Endgame of youll be lost. Me: *So that was a fucking lie...*

Nebula helping Tony sit on the chair was more heroic than anything captain marvel did👍

They nerfed Thor out of the necessity. He become too OP character for the Universe. He could've swung gauntlet effortlessly, and single handedly end Thanos in final battle . Remember , he almost killed him when Thanos had stones . And now, when Thanos doesn't have them - Thor would've just obliterated him . And so they had to nerf him somehow

About Thor, I think the movie did a good job at having each hero cope with their loss in different ways. Cap works to help others recover. Black Widow distracts herself with work. Hawkeye seeks vengeance. Hulk/Banner finds true peace for the first time. Stark ends his billionaire playboy antics and settles down to start a family. But Thor takes it the hardest, as he has the greatest sense of guilt, dooming half the universe to death due to a moment of hubris; he becomes a recluse, hiding in his little home playing video games rather than learning to live in the world he shares responsibility in creating. It's only after a heart-to-heart with his mother that he is finally able to cope with this and learn to function in society again. It's played for laughs, yes, but Thor's predicament is easily the most heartbreaking, and he has the strongest character arc in the film learning how to finally cope with his failure.

"Captain Marvel doesn't get to ruin it." That's all I wanted to know. Thanks for that lol

That picture of Cap standing alone in front of Thanos and his whole army, is my favorite shot in any movie ever. That picture tells you everything you could ever ask about the character of Cap.

Why the Avenger's series succeeded summed up in two lines finally answered in Endgame: "Everything special about you came out of a bottle." "You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you."

its nearly two years later and we still laugh about how i made my cousin laugh so hard he threw up in the theatre by going "brace for the girl power" about 5 seconds before the all female battle clip.

Black Widow and Scarlet Johanson look 3000x better as characters and people when compared to Captain Marvel and Brie. What a horrible trade.

I'm pissed that Hulk didn't get to smash in the final battle I understand why but still wanted to see him hulk out at the end.

Thor before infinity war - realised he didn't need a weapon because the power was inside him - settled into his role as king - lost an eye to show what he'd gone through Thor after infinity war - got another hammer - no longer a king - got a new eye These movies really fucked him over

Had a great time, for the most part. There were spots where I wanted to cheer. My awe of the such a spectacle kept me quiet and shoving popcorn in my mouth. Iron Man's sacrifice was heavy, but a welcome conclusion to his storyline. When the funeral ended and Tony's daughter was visiting with the family valet, the dam unexpectedly broke. "..what do you want for lunch?" "..cheeseburgers."

I loved that when Tony was surrounded by his makeshift family at the end, they were all protected by armor he built for them. Edit: wow, thanks

The poor writing of women in that scene is simultaneously sexist (no time to write female roles well, huh?) and at the same time, it's political pandering to women. Basically they created the worst of both worlds. Trying to come up with explanations, this is what I got: Scarlet Witch: "I came back from being dusted; to me, I just saw the love of my life die. I really want to find and kill Thanos for that. I almost already finished him off by myself. And now the ship's cannons are offline, so I really could finish him. But instead, I'm going to back up Captain Marvel, who I don't know, even though she seems to need no help." Mantis: "I'm also back, and I'm the most recent Guardian of the Galaxy. I haven't got much fighting ability, I use empath abilities, like when I read emotions, or help calm people so they can sleep. Now, instead of fighting with people who I know, I am going to run off alone, with the fighting strength of an average person, to back up Captain Marvel, an alien I don't know." Wasp: "I just came back to life, haven't even met Doctor Strange before, and don't know what Infinity Stones are. For some reason I flew through one of these portals after Strange or one of his underlings told me to, onto a battlefield. Then, instead of staying near Ant Man, my partner, I've decided to hunt down the most powerful woman on the battlefield to back her up instead of people who really do need help." Valkyrie: "We just doubled the remaining Asgardian population with the reverse snap, so I came to keep it that way! Now, instead of actually fighting with Thor or my other fellow Asgardians, I decided to find Captain Marvel and provide absolutely unnecessary aid while people I actually have close relationships with might be dying and need me." Shuri: "I'm the Wakandan technology expert, basically on the same level as Tony Stark but without battle armor. I'm going to leave all my people behind to back up Captain Marvel, someone who I barely know, even though I was basically their queen for the past five years and they're the most likely people to die in battle without help." Okoye: "I'm acting as Shuri's personal bodyguard. I am literally the only person with an excuse to be in this scene."

It's been 2 years and the deaths of Tony and Nat still break my heart. The look on Clint's face when she fell was.... well, it's the face of a man who has known real loss. It's a fight where there are no winners. Even the survivor of it loses. The sheer testicular fortitude to write a movie wherein a man and a woman fight to sacrifice themselves is.... well... awe-inspiring to anyone with an ounce of sense and an understanding of the backdrop of the culture war.

Here's the Thanos explanation, at least by my interpretation. Infinity War Thanos felt older, more jaded, ready to finish the job and retire. Endgame Thanos is slightly younger, more belligerent and bloodthirsty. Younger Thanos was willing to go to greater extremes to achieve his goal. At least that's how it seemed to me.

Tony's conversation with his Dad is what helped him make the final sacrifice. Not just dying but giving up the life with his family etc. I cant remember the exact line but essentially Howard says he hopes his son can do what he never could, put the greater good over his self interest.

Correction: Ant-man shrunk himself when HQ was attacked.

The girl power scene really came out of nowhere for me, and I honestly think it would have gone better if her, Rhodes, and Falcon had a small aerial dogfight moment, all three being Air Force. Like, think about, Peter passes it off and War Machine forms up on her left, Falcon on her right, and the three start flying towards the van. A nod to who their characters are, rather than what's in their pants, would have been a lot cooler in my opinion.

The reason why Thano seems like a complete different guy is because he hasn't experienced the sacrifice he made in infinity war.

Things Captain Marvel contributed to the movie. 1) A MacGuffin get out of jail free card. 2) An contrived aspirational photo op. 3) A form of catharsis via Thanos’s dismissive kick that sent her flying out of the rest of the movie. I liked #3...

the "passing the torch" is a bit far fetched. nothing will ever fill the shoes of the original Marvel heroes. I predict a grueling future, where the marvel franchise will get mercilessly milked tp a point where its thinner than water. I loved endgame, and most of all. I loved that brie larson had pretty much no screen time in it.

When we see Tony's funeral and it shows all characters in groups from those who were closest to him to people who never even spoke to him and then we have Capt Marvel standing out in the back, hands crossed, legs apart, standing with confidence, seeing her like that just made me laugh in a sad and touching scene.

Man hearing you describe the last moments of Tony almost brought me to tears like it did in the theater.

I knew they couldn't top Infinity War. I mean the movie is good because the bad guy won and that's different than the standard "villain of the week" formula.

I liked the bit when Stark managed to overcome one of, if not the, greatest challenge sentient life anywhere in the universe will ever face by figuring out the near infinite complexities that make up time travel, at his kitchen table using a few old breakfast cereal cartons, some dried spaghetti and a bit of prit-stick.

My absolute favorite moment in this movie was when Cap- who is fighting alone, who is getting badly beaten- stands back up, tightens the strap of his broken shield over his mangled arm, and looks out over the unquestionably insurmountable forces of the foe, ready to go, even if he's got to go alone. He said with his actions, this time, rather than his words, "I can do this all day." That was freaking excellent.

Can't really say I agree with the whole review. I loved the time Tony got to spend with his Dad and I feel was the final piece of his growth. He always had a somewhat negative view of his dad and thought he didn't love him. Yeah we got that small moment in Iron Man 2 with his dad on the video, but he got to actually talk to his Dad realize he was wrong. Infinity War was Thanos movie, endgame was not his movie at all, this was all about the original six avengers with two of them getting a final sendoff.

I’m dumbfounded that Cap and Bucky didn’t even have a moment together at the end.

Heck even Pepper Potts did more than Captain Marvel, she was casually one shotting giant Leviathans using the armour for the very first time in a battle

Tony passing after such an amazing Arch with alot of character development was mind blowing. The theater I was at was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. And when his holo gram said "love you 3000" everyone was choked up. What an epic movie and a great way to end the phase. Best...phase...ever.

I know its a little late. But the end scene when everyone came back actually did make my wife cry even though she has seen very few of the movies. It was epic and touching in its performance.

Pepper Potts in an iron man suit... Hmmm... Iron Maiden...? 🤟

We should've gotten the Black Widow movie before Captain Marvel. Change my mind

I think the worst thing about this movie is also the thing that makes it so enjoyable to longtime fans: the sheer anount of fanservice. Half of the movie was pure fanservice moments, which of course as a fan you love to see but it's like the story took a backseat. It feels like they came up with a bunch of epic moments they thought fans would love and then tried to write the story around those moments instead of writing the story and working those moments into it.

*Tony dies.. World: *looks at Dr. Strange Dr. Strange: "if he had known it wouldnt have happened" World: "Oh, if someone just had a way to turn back time and bring ppl back to live...." Dr. Strange: "hm. what? i wasnt listening" World: *sigh*

You forgot the bit where Captain Marvel gives Jailbait Parker the cougar eye, a nod to the comic and the only humanising trait of her character🤣

Howard the Duck was in the fight at the end - what a legend!

with all its flaws, it's still 1000x better than every movie marvel has put out in the last few years put together, and I would kill for the quality of their films to return to something like this.

They had to nerf Thor since he went toe to toe with Thanos in IW is my reasoning why they did this shit to his character. Not a fan at all but I kinda get why they did it

"Mauler's gonna have a field day with this one" - bloody hell mate, I can't wait now.

So basically, the universe was saved because of a Rat looking for cheese

When the Drinker said “Tony....I raise my glass to you...my friend...(Long Pause)” *I felt that.....IN MY SOUL*

Your synopsis of the finale from 10:26 to 11:14 shows us all what an excellent author and writer you are, its sounded like an excerpt from a great audiobook

My favorite moment was Scarlett Witch going after Thanos.

There was no enchantment on Thor's Axe. Anyone can pick it up. Odin was the reason Mjolnir could only be lifted by someone worthy of it.

I have to admit - I love this movie and can watch it over and over many times. It's now in my top five movies of all time next to 'The Return of the King!'

I think the one thing you left out on both the positives and negatives was Bruce banner/hulk. I thought the movie suffered extensively from the complete absence of a fighting hulk in the middle of the madness. It would have brought so many fun moments and high points to a battle that was spectacular, yet felt like something was missing. I despised the weaker hulk who didn't want to fight and actively avoided confrontation. The two moment s where we got to see original hulk during the time jump we're too great moments and just showed how much the movie missed having him in it. It's interesting how the film nerfed it's two most powerful characters only to bring back Captain marvel in time to single-handedly destroy a ship and fight Thanos to a standoff.

When Cap is holding the Hammer, Thor yells, "I knew it." Cap was trying not to show off to everyone in Ultron. He budges Mjolnr and stops on purpose.

Wasn't the gauntlet made specially by the dwarf .....by using the power of an undying star.........how in the hell did they make it on earth.....to channel such an immense power...of the stones

"I like this one." "You're the only one who does." I said that in the theater. It erupted in laughter.

Imagine being in theater and sitting beside the Drinker and not knowing who he is. I mean, if you knew you would watch that movie from another dimension probably.

Endgame was great but not as good as Infinity War imo

So they essentially pulled a “Jake Skywalker” on Thor. I’d be really pissed off if I was a Thor fan.

Black Widow's death and Loki's death were the hardest for me. Tony's was sad, but I didn't cry about it until I saw Morgan's reaction to it. Tony's felt like the perfect ending to his story. But Nat's was so hard because she truly brought the team together. There were so many stories I wanted with her (no, not the one we got in Black Widow). Loki's was tough too as he just fully reached his character arc only to get killed so fast (especially after being so disrespected by Ragnarok). Gamora's death was also sad too because of her connection with Thanos and finally getting Quill to open up and being himself. Their relationship growth was amazing only to be cut off.

In the movies defence they didnt build the time machine in 2 days it took much longer. Infact Antman and Hulk were working on it before Stark helped out by adding the final piece to the puzzle.

I'm glad you gave a real review, I didn't trust all of the initial gushing reviews after the pay day for critics which was Captain Marvel. Thanks.

Endgame's plot in a Layman's nutshell: Act 1: LEFT BEHIND (without the Christianity) Act 2: BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II Act 3: THE RETURN OF THE KING (with a bland gratuitous sprinkle of feminism). **Tears will be shed** **Laughs will be shared** credits

One problem with the time travel was that it actually lowered the stakes, and thus lowered the tension. Like you said, it's supposed to be a race against time, but once they were in the past, they had all the time in the world. Not literally of course, but they weren't racing against Thanos, they were only racing against the time when they knew exactly where the stones were, and really the reality and mind stones were the only ones with a severely limited time frame within which they knew their locations. The rest of the stones were in their relative positions for years, centuries at least, for two of them. Even after they'd gotten the stones, though, they had lots of time. They could have stopped for a bite to eat, taken in a movie or three, played chess, gotten a good night's sleep, anything. They could have waited a few _years_ before triggering the time machine to bring them back. There was no rush to get back once they had the stones in their possession.

"Skip to this timestamp to avoid the spoilers" WhaT tImEStAmP

Captain Marvel being largely absent from the movie was great. The obvious girl power scene was cringey: Mantis is not a fighter, wtf is she doing in the middle of the battlefield The rest was great. I kinda wish they had skipped from tony's death straight to the funeral without the hologram though

Am I the only one pissed off about what was done to the hulk? Also wouldn't Cap have run into the red skull while returning the soul stone?

"It's a bit like Detroit." 😂🤣😂👏👏

The feeling I had leaving the theater for Infinity War and Endgame were totally different. I was speechless, hyped, and shocked after Infinity War After Endgame, I was disappointed(not in the movie, more of the conclusion of the MCU), empty, but happy. Losing Iron Man and Capt hurts my interest in the MCU. All these shows going on Disney+ also is a negative. And their lineup moving forward, movie wise is not strong or exciting to me.

Totally agree with you on this. I have to say I left the cinema feeling a bit underwhelmed, despite the fantastic moments.

The feminism shot at the end was cringe but in a 3 hours movie with about 1h50 of fan service, I think it's fine if they have their 20 seconds. Captain America getting back in the past to give the soul stone to Red Skull should have been a crazy awkward moment tho.

This perfectly encapsulates the conflicting feelings I felt when I watched End Game. Very well done and fleshed out video.

dude great reads !. seriously kudos. Falling down, blade runner this (the momentum killed by the character moments staked on top of each other like a week long funeral). and all the rest I've seen you do so far. Cathartic to hear someone go through the what was a great idea descend in to 'star bore's'. Great work

the movie overall is a great ride for a moment. but after you watch it and having the afterthought, you'll it cause many plothole and nitpicking ending up making you unsatisfied for some reason. i'm having that experience right now

To hear Captain Marvel didn't consume this movie like we feared might happen is far and away the single best piece of news as far as I'm concerned.

Totally loved Nebula's story in this one, as others have said. I didn't feel that the Girl Power team up in this movie was out of place or contrived in this movie, or the previous one. Mostly it's due to the large number of heroes that we have, that the Girl Power scenes in the two were organic, in my view. They continue to make me smile, and proud. Now, flashing forward to the present day, the release of Wakenda 2, Electric Boogaloo, the Estrogen Girls are stifling and suffocating.

The final scene with RDJ & his line of "I am Iron Man" reminded me of RDJ playing the final days of Charlie Chaplin in his Oscar Nominated performance of Chaplin

"oh hey random guy I met a few years ago here take my whole legacy. I'm giving it to you not my best friend since 1940s"

Good thing about the Brie, I'm more of a mozzarella guy myself..

That Steve Rogers could never move on from Peggy, and finally got the life he longed for (some say he deserved) was meant to be endearing, I'm sure. Cap became self-serving when he created a chaotic new vein in time, as he stole another man's wife and murdered their two children, just so he could get his rocks off. It was a poor ending to his arc. He should have drawn the strength to find his place in life like everyone else, but instead he bent reality for his own selfish ends. Just like Thanos.

I don't know why but I can barely even hear about Captain America wielding Thor's hammer without getting all emotional... Best comic, movie moment in history.

Totally agree here. It had it's moments, and the sheer weight of seeing the final, to what all those movies have build up was still satisfying. It treated it's characters well, but the plot was kinda messy and not really satisfying. And as they hinted in the movie, Brie might get her all female avengers. But even if they do it and Brie has her own safespace from now on. Tony's Quest, Steve Rogers Duty, Widows Sacrifice, Strange's Gamble, Bucky's Redemption, Hulk's Smashes... She can't compare to that. To that one story we will always carry with us as something we could witness. Despite the kinda dissapointing final episode of it

I think Endgame was a good film, if a bit predictable. It ran more like a fond farewell for the cast and crew where everyone got to have their moment and say their goodbyes. It was so much fan service, but we were rewarded with a climactic battle. IMHO, when you introduce time travel, you've officially jumped the shark. Plus, there's no real villain for half this film. They're just running around through time, bumping into their past selves and reliving the glory days. A nice, final bow, but lacking in style and all a bit inevitable in the way it plays out.

I think thor getting his moment with his mum was a vital moment for his character and worth him having. Cap could have just seen Peggy in passing or just seen her office and dame for Tony. Thir needed that moment after 5 years of depression and ptsd

I might be alone on this but I actually think the Time Heist is the best part of the film because it actually gives us something different to the rest of the MCU.

So Thor becomes what Danvers was in the comics, how progressive.

I agree. The Final battle was too short. I wanted the end battle to be like Return of the King. ie In Final battle, War Machine did absolutely nothing, again! Groot wasn't in the battle. Rocket and Hulk did very very little. Drax, Falcon, and Winter Soldier killed only one noob . Nick Fury who started it all was visually phoned in at the end. So basically all the Secondary Male characters did little to nothing. However, ALL the female characters, Primary and Secondary stole the show. I know the MCU is already going the SJW route, I'm just glad I'm done with it.

A few of My favorite movies in cinematic history! The best part was when Cap caught the hammer, great scene!!! Also Scarlett Witch was amazing when fighting Thanos! The actress did an excellent job; such a visceral reaction to grief, vengeance, and despair.

I was conflicted with this film as well. There is definitely a lot of good and bad to take from it. For me, at the end of Infinity War I simply just accepted it. Thanos wins. A lot of lives were lost, and others were left to live on with their defeat. When two opposing forces wherein both perspectives are understandable and make sense, and comes down to who has the strongest will. That is the true result in my book. I think that is why things feel cheapened here. I forgave Thanos going from pragmatist to sadist when he kicked the shit out of Cpt Marvel. Couldn't even begin to tell you how satisfying that was.

The movie had great moments - the poignant moments were the best - but felt a bit of a mess overall. They absolutely raced through a huge amount of story in the opening segment, pre-time travel, and it just felt like half the movie up to that point had been left on the cutting room floor. And they totally did the dirty on Thor, not happy with that at all. I watched a lot of the press & interviews building up to this, and had the impression Hemsworth wasn't happy. Now I see why. Apart from Brie Larsen being a total non-event (she's still rubbish even in the 5 minutes she's in the movie), every worry that people had about Endgame leading into full on SJW Marvel came to pass. I'll be finding other things to spend my time and money on from now on.

If this was the last true MCU movie, it died on the battlefield in glory. Here's to GotG3: Asgardians of the galaxy 🍻🍻

Smart Hulk has half of Rage Hulk's strength. The trade-off for Banner being in total control while in Hulk form is because he doesn't fully transform. It's Canon FYI. 🤔

The MCU should have ended here. Tony made the heroic sacrifice, Cap got his happy ending, and Black Widow finally fully redeemed herself. All the characters we loved got good resolutions to their arcs. Everything since then has felt so inferior.