What a shame...

Rating: 1/10 (25 April 2019)

Far too many issues with this film, I'm not sure where to begin...
A halfwit could have predicted the plot, to me it seemed lazy. I was really hoping for better fluidity between emotional/dialogue scenes and action packed moments. The pacing was entirely wrong, with the first 2/3 of the movie dedicated to mourning, confusion and Tony Stark's miraculous time travel discovery (which took him about two minutes to figure out). Now, I understand they needed to set some things up for later, but when you're making a three hour film and only allocate about 45 minutes to pure action in one block, it can get stale very quickly.
Why give less substantial characters like Hawkeye an absurd amount of screen time? and expect us to 'feel' something when they lose their family to the snap.
Couldn't help but feel bad for Thor throughout the film, they truly butchered his character, especially after such a success with Ragnarok. Storm breaker was essentially useless, and apparently had zero power the second time round (even though Thanos lacked the gauntlet). Oh, Captain America can use Thor's hammer......let's just imagine that's a thing. Inconsistencies like this make it truly difficult to appreciate this film. It seems as though they have twisted the plot in many cases for convenience.
Thanos wasn't Thanos. Knowing that he hasn't lived through the snap and the journey that he went through in the first film, it's hard to see him as the menace that was established in Infinity war. His character development in infinity war is what made him such a captivating villain, we sort of forget this in Endgame.
The final fight was Wakanda 2.0, not much changed here. Again, this felt lazy (and convenient)
Don't get me started on that female empowerment scene (you know the one I'm talking about), it's just cringe. Nobody has an issue with the concept, but the delivery was poor and forced.
I can only imagine how hard of a task the Russo brothers had with this film, but after all the hype and anticipation, it did not deliver.
I'm also quite baffled by the amount of 10/10 reviews i'm seeing, hence why i've decided to give this a rating of 1, to help balance it out (as all things should be)