Avengers: Endgame

And so, everyone, we've finally arrived at the biggest blockbuster of this year and, from the movie itself, maybe even in a lifetime. This movie had been built up forever and was being marketed as the final movie for a lot of the characters in this universe and now it's finally here. I actually got to see this on Thursday, A.K.A opening day here and before some other places around the world. And so far, ever since it's real release on Friday, it's already gotten over 1 billion dollars. And there's a good reason for that. Because this movie was everything I could have ever asked and more. The amount of insanity that's in this movie and satisfaction is practically overwhelming. Everything anyone could ask to be in a movie like this, this movie delivers. Even things some people could only imagine and would never expect them to do. And, obviously, I'm gonna go no spoilers to start off, and then I'm going into all the spoilers, which is gonna be really long. But, before I get into my usual reviewing routine, I'm gonna give a quick rundown of the story. And, the only thing about the story I'm going to say is that Tony and Nebula are still in space with the Avengers on Earth trying to figure out what to do about Thanos after he wiped out half of all life in the universe, and that's as far as I'm gonna go. In terms of the story itself, I had a few theories about it, like everyone did. But at the same time, I tried to stay away from people's ideas for the film because I thought that it could ruin the experience a little bit. And, in terms of reviews, I only watched one person's non-spoiler review and then I went to see the film with a friend of mine. And I am so happy to say that Endgame is every I could ever want out of a movie with it closing so many storylines in a very satisfying way. Which is amazing considering the runtime. It's a 3 hour long movie and it makes sense considering everything that happens in it. Do I even need to talk about how amazing the performances are in this movie? You know everyone's gonna be perfect in this and they totally are. And it makes it all the more satisfactory given how this marks the end of a lot of these actor's contracts. And in terms of the movie itself, it has so many memorable scenes and so many scenes in it that made me and the whole theatre cheer. I've never been to a movie in a cinema before and everyone in it was cheering like crazy. I always wanted to be in a movie theatre and that to happen and that happened. In the theatre, me and everyone else in it were just cheering, laughing and crying throughout the whole time. Especially towards the end, which I'll get into in a second, but for the first two hours, it's more slow paced to start off with because the heroes are still grieving over what happened and they're just trying to figure out what to do. And we get so many reveals and interactions throughout that first hour too. There's even a few surprises early on in the movie. And you feel exactly what the characters are feeling and you feel you way the writers want you to feel. Just watching these characters alone is satisfying enough because they're all so likeable and fun and funny and interesting. But during the second part of the movie, it definetly feels like it's going faster in regards to the action and story because of what they do, which is something that I heard a lot of people think would happen and they did. I was really surprised by that and I was surprised that a lot of people were able to think about it. And in the second and third part of the movie, it totally gets very epic and satisfying, but also really, really crushing. There's a ton of moments like that spread out that made me have a huge smile on my face and the visual effects are just mind blowing. Just everything you see is exactly how these movies should be made. I could go on forever about that climax, but I'm gonna wait until the spoilers to do that. There's also a lot of really satisfying cameos in the movie too. Not just Stan Lee's final cameo, which was awesome, but just a whole bunch of things like that that are really And even some cameos that appear towards the end are really great to see and really amazing reveals. It's honestly really hard to talk a lot about this movie without spoilers because a lot happens and we barely saw anything in the trailers because they were really keeping a lot of this movie a secret. And that's really impressive when it comes to a series like this. The fact that these people have been working on this franchise for 11 years and they've managed to create something so unique and so special that's never been done before. And with everything that happens here, it's so fulfilling and so awe-inspiring, especially if you're a person who's been following this universe for a long time, or if you've been following it since the very beginning like me and so many other people. I know I might be sounding really vague about this review but it's really hard to talk about a lot of aspects without talking spoilers because just about every second in this movie is better off seeing and experiencing without anyone saying much about it. But as the climax is going and going, you get the feeling that this is totally a comic book movie. You obviously know that the whole time, but the end climax is proof of that to a really high extent. The first part of the movie sorta has the Avengers so grounded because they're still depressed and they feel human in that way and you feel exactly what they're feeling like I said a moment ago. And the climax is the dream of any comic book fan and a huge film fan. It's exactly what you look for in a movie like this and even things you wouldn't think you want or think they'd be able to do like said at the beginning. And there's tons of risks in the movie too with the characters, especially during the middle where there were risks taken that really made me feel destroyed inside. And a lot of that is due to the choices these heroes are forced to make. Again, obviously, I'm gonna wait 'til the spoilers to get more in depth about this but there's a lot of moments in this that really feel like that. But it's not just sad, there's a lot of fantastic jokes like all the other M.C.U movies and a lot of them nearly killed me with how funny they were. And really, like I've said a ton of times already here, I just feel it's hard to talk about this movie in particular because there's so many things that happen and they're so well done and so amazingly shown that I have to wait until the spoilers to do. Honestly, in terms of the one small problem I have, it's that the movie can feel a little too long. I obviously understand why it is, but I would say a few minutes could have been cut out, especially at the start. It's definetly slow, but I would say a few things are a bit too slow. So the pacing just isn't perfect. But, overall, Endgame is pretty much everything I could want out of a Marvel movie and just everything I could want out of a movie period. As a fan of this franchise and characters, I left this movie totally satisfied and I can't recommend this movie enough. And so everyone, that my review of Avengers: Endgame. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think. And now we're getting into the spoilers. Go see the movie if you haven't yet and then read the rest.
Spoilers:
So for the spoilers, I'm gonna tell all the spoilers in chronological order as I'm telling the story as well. So first off, I liked how the first thing we see was Hawkeye and we finally see what makes him become Ronin, because his family is killed in the snap, which is something me a lot of other people thought would happen. And after that, seeing Tony and Nebula working together on the ship was a nice way to have them interact and I thought it was funny the way they were playing a game. I thought that was doing a good job of making Nebula more likeable. Ever since the second Guardians movie, I've really liked her and this solidified that even more. And then Carol shows up and saves them by bringing them back to Earth and I liked seeing Tony reuniting with the others. And then, immediately afterwards, we see the Avengers gearing up to fight Thanos... and then they kill him right there. Thor uses Stormbreaker to "go for the head", which what he even says as soon as he does that, which was really funny. I didn't expect Thanos to be dead within the first 15 minutes. And then they do a time skip of 5 years and that's one of the things people expected to happen. And we see how Scott gets out of the Quantum Realm, because a rat is walking on the control panel inside the van and that's what frees him. And then he just in shock to find out what's happened and he even sees Cassie again now all grown up. That was sweet and really sad since he knows what's happened. Ans when I was talking about cameos early on, I was really surprised to see Joe Russo make a cameo in that group talk that Steve was doing. That was nice to see. And then when Scott arrives at Avengers HQ, he talks about time travel and the possibility of using it to get the Infinity Stone from different time periods. That's the biggest thing I heard people talk about. The fact that they were gonna use the Quantum Realm to go back in time to other movies to get the stones, which is amazing. I loved that idea. But then some of the other characters have to brought in too like Tony, who has a daughter, which is really touching and funny in one particular scene, but it was really nice for his character. But then, I liked seeing the other characters too and seeing what they've done. Bruce has the Hulk's body now but it's still him. He's found a way to make him Hulk permanently, but it's still him in control, which I didn't expect at all and that was awesome. But the funniest by far was Thor. My god, what they do with Thor here made me laugh so hard. He's gained weight and is just kinda lazy in this small village with the other Asgardians. Not just them but Korg and Miek are there too, which is something I didn't expect and I loved it. I loved Korg in Thor: Ragnarok and I thought he died when Thanos attacked, but he didn't and I so glad he didn't because he's still hilarious. And Chris Hemsworth is hilarious in this too with the attitude they gave him. But then the other Avengers arrive along with Nebula and Rocket and then they use the Quantum Realm to go back to some of the previous movies to get the stones and so many amazing moments happen like Cap fighting himself, Tony and Scott trying to get the Tesseract, but Loki escapes, which must mean he might still be alive now after Thanos killed him, but then that's followed with Bruce getting the Time Stone from the Ancient One, and there's other things too like Thor and Rocket getting the Aether and then Thor getting Mjolnir back and I loved how they made fun of the often hated Secret Empire story by Steve saying "Hail Hydra" to fool those Hydra agents. I laughed so hard when that happened. But then, for the Soul Stone, but Hawkeye and Black Widow try to sacrifice themselves for the other to get it, but then Natasha is the one who inevitably dies, which was really heart breaking. That was one of the first things in the movie that made me cry. The fact that now she's dead. But then it's made all the more harder when past Thanos decides has past Nebula go back with them and bring him there. And then we see Bruce using a new Infinity Gauntlet to bring back everyone who died in the snap. But before we see that, Thanos arrives and so begins the climatic battle and we get some amazing moments from early on in the fight like Iron Man, Cap and Thor beginning to fight Thanos, Hawkeye trying to get the Gauntlet out with Thanos's ravenous space dogs trying to catch him, but, by far the best moment from early is Cap finally wielding Mjolnir. I totally saw that coming because I know that happened in the comics and it was even foreshadowed in Age Of Ultron which Steve was able to make Mjolnir budge a little bit. But then, when it comes to Thanos in this this movie, I sorta feel like he's not exactly the same in this movie as he was in the last because he feels the need to kill everyone because, from what I saw, it felt like it was doing it because maybe he thought what he had planned originally wasn't really gonna work out so he decides to kill everyone and start over, which I do understand given his character and I was shaking when he was in the action. He was becoming really terrifying and the stakes were really high and it felt like anyone could die at any second. And Cap using Mjolnir was one of the moments that made me and the whole theatre cheer. As soon as Steve caught the hammer, we lost our minds. But by far the biggest was when everyone comes back. All the dusted heroes come back and it's this humongous epic fight with all of them against Thanos and his army. I went absolutely crazy when this happened. Not just the dusted heroes, but Pepper arrives and finally becomes Rescue, so many sorcerers appear, all of Wakanda and Carol appears and it's a gigantic showdown with them fighting the army while also trying the get the Gauntlet as far away from Thanos as possible and even trying to get the back in the time machine. And it felt all the more sweet and epic when Cap finally said "Avengers... Assemble." And the stakes get even higher when Thanos gets the Gauntlet and everyone's trying to get it off him. But then Tony gets the Stones, he says "I am Iron Man" like he did at the end of the first Iron Man movie and snaps his fingers and kills Thanos and his army but all the power kills him. And that caused me and so many people to start balling our eyes out. And seeing his last few seconds with Rhodey, then Peter and then Pepper, yeah, it just made it all the more powerful. And especially his final words in the Iron Man helmet he recorded for his family and it was especially touching when he said "I love you 3000." And then we see everyone there as they set adrift some flowers with his original arc reactor that says "Proof That Tony Stark Has A Heart." And then we see all the people he's known throughout the years. We even see Harley again. Ya know, that kid from Iron Man 3. As soon as we see him, I immediately thought that it must be him and I was right. W even see Fury there again. But during the speech Tony is giving on the hologram, we see everyone returning to their normal lives and that was both really heart-warming and heart crushing because of what we were seeing and hearing. But then towards the end, Steve has to return the Infinity Stones to the times they came from, but then he doesn't return. We then see him in the present as an old man who's lived an entire life with Peggy Carter and he gives the shield to Sam, which I expected to happen. I didn't know who would get the shield though, I just knew it was gonna be either Sam or Bucky, but it makes sense and I know what happens there because I know that happens in the comics. And then the last shot is watching Steve and Peggy have their dance that they were talking about in the first Captain America movie, and that was the perfect way to finish Steve's arc. Both Tony and Steve get perfect send offs and both of them made me really sad and it traumatised me and my sister. This along with Kingdom Hearts 3 have been the two pieces of entertainment this year that have given me this feeling. And I feel this movie really ended so much with the characters and it really impacted me. There's just so much in this that I'd never imagine they'd do or could do, but they do and it made the experience all the more enjoyable and epic. Just about everything was perfect in this. Okay the pacing wasn't perfect like I said, but, besides that, this movie is pretty much everything you'd want out of a movie that's bringing together so many amazing and incredible characters from different movies and bringing them all together and it definetly feels like a real finale and I felt it. I really felt it as a long time fan. And then during the credits when we see the cast's names appear, I just applauded that whole time. I didn't stop. I was clapping so hard, especially when the original Avenger's names were coming up and it was the actors' signatures. I especially applauded when Robert Downey Jr.'s name came up. And it surprised me that there was no end credit scene. Not a mid credit scene or an after credit scene. There's nothing. The movie just ends before the credits and that's it. I honestly can't commend the people at Marvel enough for how well they did an amazing job with, not only this movie, but this universe as a whole like I said in the non-spoiler part. It's really incredible what they did here and I couldn't be any more satisfied. And so everyone, that's my spoiler review of Avengers: Endgame. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.