Good:
-Cap with Mjolnir. Also him, planted like a tree in front of Thanos the biggest army in the universe (that is one of my favorite quotes). Also the elevator scene. I couldn't decide whether he was going to say "if anyone wants to get off..." or "hail hydra".
-I really thought that Cap getting killed in action was the "right" ending, but this worked, too, and no one deserved a, happy ending more.
-Stark's ending was done really well. A lot of tough moments, but "you can rest now"... they probably have to mop the theater after every showing because of that one.
-Lots of players got their hero moments. I definitely lost track of some things during the stone retrieval phase, but overall it never descended into noise which was impressive, and now it all makes sense.
-Thicc Thor was hilarious at first, and although I think maybe they went back to that particular well once or twice too often for jokes, I'm actually ok that they left him fat
-Are there any movies with more tear-jerking scenes than Endgame? There were some doozies.
-Didn't feel rushed or slow
-The final battle was awesome and epic, I echo the people who said that this is one of the most epic battle scenes in cinema. I also think they did a really good job of working in some plot points and lulls in the action.
-Natasha achieved apotheosis. Without ever having her own movie, she sneakily permeated the series almost as much as Iron Man for me, and this was the perfect way for her story to end

Bad:
-Captain Marvel. I didn't see her movie and don't know anything about the actress/character, but what a blah portrayal of a cardboard cutout action hero. Plus she has the Superman problem of being too overpowered for plots to work. Should I have cheered when Thanos punched her face off, was that wrong?
-The girl power scene was too much like when Family Guy does something mildly amusing but it goes on way too long as a metajoke, only I don't do drugs so it's not funny. Looked more like a marketing poster than a real scene halfway through a battle.
-Lest I be accused of being too politically sensitive, I thought the gay guy in the counseling session and the girl power scene in Infinity War were organic to the film and had no issues whatsoever with them, and I have no issues with Wanda because even though she is super powerful she also earned the power and has real flaws.
-I don't go looking for plot holes in movies like this and I don't worry about them very much, but there are a LOT of plot holes. It's probably good that they are wrapping things up and moving on, because in spite of a virtuoso performance overall I think there's just too many cases where powers have to be dialed up or down, timeline issues, etc. to keep it up any longer.

Overall, fantastic end to a real journey. This had the scale and depth required to cap off a series like this in an emotionally satisfying way. If episode IX is half the movie this was, I'll be pretty pleased.

Sine poena nulla lex.

Such a great movie.

Rocket = "Build-A-Bear"

Sine poena nulla lex.

I wonder if Endgame was the ultimate plan when Iron Man premiered over a decade ago, and they were building toward this moment over 20 some odd films, or if this finale morphed into what it was over the last few films?

I really liked the play between Iron Man and Cpt America. They never really reconciled after Civil War. Iron Man made it known that he was right, CA was wrong if they had built the Avengers-centric security network, Thanos doesn't happen. CA seemed to accept that. (I'm not sure they're right, but I digress.)

Tony lived his entire life, even as Iron Man, always being at least partially self-centered and egotistical. That softened a little in the scene with his dad Howard. He finally grasped that it was about more than he; he realized his dad's shortcomings had become his own, but that his dad meant well, as did he. He grew up a lot in that scene.

The ultimate way for this to play out was when Dr. Strange gave Iron Man the single finger the only way to win was for Tony to finally deny self and sacrifice himself for everyone else. It was a 1 in 14 million shot that Tony would do it...but he did.

Simply fantastic. I had tears streaming.

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Feige has already said RiRi Williams will be Ironheart and get her own movie. She's the female version of Iron Man, and came about when Tony died a few years ago.

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ugh . missed that. very disappointing.

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Spider-Man far from home is the last MCU movie I'm planning on seeing in theaters.

It's been a great run but I'm done with this whole thing. Marvel's current lineup is trash.

Whether it's captain Marvel, kamala kahn, Mockingbird, or she-Thor, every time they have dialogue about feminism, it sounds like trigglypuff wrote it as fan fiction.







I say this as somebody who supports feminism pretty strongly before we got to the third wave.

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. They never really reconciled after Civil War. Iron Man made it known that he was right,

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he was.

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You will never convince me.

He was making a joke about having a heart attack, hence the arm being numb. This stuff aint that deep

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C@LAg said:

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AgfromHOU said:

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Feige has already said RiRi Williams will be Ironheart and get her own movie. She's the female version of Iron Man, and came about when Tony died a few years ago.

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ugh . missed that. very disappointing.

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Spider-Man far from home is the last MCU movie I'm planning on seeing in theaters.

It's been a great run but I'm done with this whole thing. Marvel's current lineup is trash.

Whether it's captain Marvel, kamala kahn, Mockingbird, or she-Thor, every time they have dialogue about feminism, it sounds like trigglypuff wrote it as fan fiction.

I say this as somebody who supports feminism pretty strongly before we got to the third wave.

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That's kind of where I am. Strong female characters are great. Stories about strong female characters are great. But when the focus of the story is about how strong and female a strong female character is (and did I mention female?), it kind of loses the thread of the superhero story.

Speaking to the She-Thor story specifically, the thing that bugged me about it was the fact that she became Thor. I'd be fine with her as the God of Thunder (or Goddess...I'm not picky there) after He-Thor was found unworthy, but Thor isn't a title. It's a dude's name. It's like firing Your VP of Marketing Bob Smith and replacing him with Jane Jones, then insisting on calling her Bob Smith.

No one noticed Hope saying "we're on it, CAP" and Lang giving her a nod.

She gave him **** in Ant man and the wasp for saying "cap" and "if only cap could see you now"