Avengers: Endgame brings a decade of worldbuilding to a satisfying and spectacularly epic conclusion.
Avengers: Endgame is a thoroughly rewarding experience for longtime fans, as the plot offers plenty of scope to revisit key moments from earlier movies. There are also so many subtle nods to the larger MCU that totally justified my decision to rewatch the origin stories and Infinity Stones-centric movies. The time-jump to the Battle of New York was particularly awesome and just unbridled fan-service. It felt like a series of Shawarma scenes as we get new perspectives of the Avengers doing mundane things. I whooped in delight when Endgame revisited the iconic elevator scene from Winter Soldier with an inspired twist.
At the heart of Endgame are the heroes we’ve been following since the very beginning. While Infinity War felt crammed with too many heroes, Endgame does a remarkable job of balancing its character arcs that it seemed like each hero got their own solo movie. Despite a runtime of over 3 hours, the movie whirs past at lightspeed, playing out as a series of exciting time-heists before the epic, climactic battle.
Even though the Avengers are only fighting CGI monsters, the battle is quite simply spectacular and works so much better than the Battle of Wakanda, since it is tempered with so many character-focused moments. The internet has theories, but the post-credit sceneclip is still undecipherable. I’d been hoping for a ‘Snikt!’, as there could be no better way to mark the Disney/Fox merger, but it was not to be.
Despite tackling ambitious projects with mounting stakes, the Russos have always managed to deliver movies that are loved by fanboys and critics alike. With an unprecedented mass hysteria accompanying Endgame’s release, it’s quite staggering that the movie managed to exceed expectations. It bears further testament to the Russos’ mastery of assembling tentpole movies that their portfolio of MCU movies (Winter Soldier, Civil War, Infinity War, and Endgame) is now good enough to rival even The Dark Knight, arguably the greatest superhero trilogy of all time. Nolan’s trilogy ended on a thunderous, satisfying note when the end credits ushered in Batman’s heir. Endgame somehow manages to emulate that by giving us a wondrous sense of closure as the MCU comes full circle.
In terms of sheer scope and ambition, the Infinity Saga (the first twenty-two films in the MCU) is a staggering accomplishment that has revolutionized cinematic storytelling. Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios can look back with pride as Avengers: Endgame brings a decade of worldbuilding and interwoven stories to a satisfying and spectacularly epic conclusion.
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Great review!
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Nice review. Hopefully we will get a character wise review too!! 😉
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“It felt like a series of Shawarma scenes as we get new perspectives of the Avengers doing mundane things.”
Completely agree. I had been longing for a superhero movie to do that kind of thing but wasn’t prepared for how much Endgame leans into the mundane aftermath of prior epic events.
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Yeah. It’s also one of the many reasons why I loved Marvels comic by Alex Ross and Kurt Busiek so much! It’s rare where we can witness superhero action from different perspectives.
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Definitely agree with all of your points here! Very well written, too.
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Wonderful thoughts you put down here which capture so much of how I feel about the film. However, it chean be argued that the Dark Knight trilogy has been supplanted by the Avengers films with Age of Ultron being the weak link.
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Holy cow! I didn’t realize there were 22 films!! I have seem them all but still that is a LOT! But I agree Endgame brought them all to a close in a satisfying and spectacularly epic conclusion.
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Good review! I can tell by reading your article how much excitement you have for this film! I also wrote a spoiler-free review for Avengers: Endgame, with a spoiler review coming to my blog this weekend. Here’s the link if you want to check it out:
https://18cinemalane.wordpress.com/2019/04/27/take-3-avengers-endgame-spoiler-free-review/
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Just checked it. Completely agree with you!
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Thanks for checking out my review, letstalkcinema14! It sounds like you enjoyed reading it. Keep up the great work! 😃
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Anthony Mackie’s gonna be an awesome new Captain America in the MCU
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I know! I’m also excited for how Wanda’s character will evolve as she embraces her true potential.
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Next month I’m gonna see Spider-Man: Far From Home on the 1st and The Wiggles in their Wiggle Fun concert on the 4th
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