Not overstated hat tip salutations

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2019)

I'll try to avoid many in the way of spoilers here. The movie stands well enough on its own two feet. It is a long movie, but about half of it tells its own story in and of itself, picking up where Avengers Infinity War (2018) cliff hanger left off, the other half saluting the franchise in a hat tip that I think is about as fitting a farewell as any you will find in cinema these days. Social engineering agendas aside, I will credit the makers this much: classy!
If you have not followed the franchise for any length of time, never mind from the opening Incredible Hulk and Iron Man installments, there are a plethora of hat tips, teasers you might say, to whet your appetite. Even the most recent addition to the MCU, Captain Marvel, had its share of hat tip teasers, including its post-credits scene. Those moments will probably mean more to you, however, if you have followed the franchise.
There are a handful of story arcs they could probably develop more, Spider-Man, for instance, perhaps even Capt. Mar-vel. But as franchises go, this was a strong ending to a fairly well stitched together set of interwoven story lines. You will not find any post-credits scenes here. I find it a little bittersweet, but like I said, those hat tips, in-credits acknowledgements, are the post-credits scenes, I think. More salutations for the folks who helped make it such a great franchise.
Now if only much of the work generated by the franchise went to U.S. citizenry, but we will not go there for purposes of this review.