Avengers: Endgame Movie Review

Major spoilers are included in this movie review. Please read with caution.

I cried about fifteen times. Maybe more. The first five times happened roughly 15 minutes into the film. This is the movie that deserves to win the best award. I cannot believe what a game-changing conclusion this beautiful movie delivered—the greatest love letter to us Marvel fans. The “Infinity” Saga is officially over, and our heroes are forever changed.

If you hadn’t seen this movie, you have been warned. Spoilers are below:

Avengers: Endgame is not the perfect film, but it’s so damn close I wish it was. All the references and nods to the past 21 movies, including last year’s Infinity War, were scattered effortlessly throughout the movie, and the distinct character stories involving the first MCU Avengers (Stevie Rogers, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, and Thor) were incredibly thought-out as they all had a beginning, middle, and end.

All their stories came full-circle especially for Tony Stark and Steve Rogers as Endgame is their last movie playing Iron Man and Captain America, respectively. I won’t state how the movie chose to conclude their storylines, but in my personal / professional opinion, they were done correctly. I am incredibly heartbroken that Chris Evans retired the character, but it was time to move on.

The beginning picked-up right where we left off except we see the aftermath through Clint Barton’s eyes, and later Scott Lang’s. This is a great creative decision because they were both unaware / excluded from the Infinity War movie. But, reliving Thanos and his “Snap” was a good way to reestablish the decimation terrorizing the universe. Then, the plot twists involving “Five Years Later” and the “Time Heist” worked to confuse the viewers, augmenting the hopelessness these characters are facing.

Overall, it was a beautiful movie that handled Time Travel really well, but it also inevitably brought up a load of questions. The film explained how time travel worked like three times, but none of them made much sense, which is how time travel is normally treated anyway. I can’t wait to revisit this movie… I’m watching Infinity War on Netflix, and I already miss Steve Rogers / Captain America. You truly do have… America’s ass.