IMDb plot summary: After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe.
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, and Chris Hemsworth.
(Some spoilers ahead.)
It feels almost unfair to review this movie. It was so clearly not made for me. Basically, if you're already on board with the entire MCU, I bet you'll like this. If you're not, it offers nothing on its own. I found it an unsatisfying "ending" to the story -- it is wildly overstuffed with characters but don't really bother to do anything in terms of character growth with any of them but Tony and Thor. Everyone else has their character growth happen either offscreen (Nebula and Bruce) or in a single line (Black Widow, Captain America I think?) or have none at all (Ant-Man, Captain Marvel, Rocket). The female characters have distressingly little to do -- the two who do the most get sacrificed and victimized. (After all that outcry about Danai Gurira not being on the poster, turns out there's a reason -- she has like ONE line in the film.)
It's just too giant and overwhelming a film to give any kind of satisfying character conclusion for more than one character. I guess the fight scenes are fun. Time travel is fun but didn't get played with too much. I found it an exhausting finale to an exhausting series. But if you haven't found the series exhausting, you probably will get more out of this.
*shrug*
How it entered my Flickchart:
Avengers: Endgame < Ballet Shoes
Avengers: Endgame > Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush
Avengers: Endgame > Where the Red Fern Grows
Avengers: Endgame < Captain Marvel
Avengers: Endgame < Dark City
Avengers: Endgame < The Verdict
Avengers: Endgame > The Crazies
Avengers: Endgame > Cropsey
Avengers: Endgame < The Fortune Cookie
Avengers: Endgame > Goldfinger
Avengers: Endgame > High Society
Final spot: #1811 out of 2962.
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