Endgame: A stunning conclusion to the MCU.

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2019)

The final showdown begins in Marvels biggest blockbuster ever! Avengers: Endgame! With a gigantic cast and the Russo's working hard out behind the scenes, can all their vision and determination meet expectations? And also reader beware, you're in for plenty of spoiler scares. If you've not seen the movie yet, don't read this.
Plot

Five years after Infinity War, The entire universe lies in turmoil after the events of The Decimation caused by Thanos the Mad Titan. Moving on from their grief, the surviving Avengers led by Captain America and Black Widow assemble for a final time in one last ditch effort to undo the damage left by Thanos.
Likes

Avengers: Endgame is a darker, action fuelled, emotional story of a world now devoid of any hope. The Avengers themselves are no better as they are also broken to the core and struggling very hard to move on from their grief. Literally, it is a heartfelt theme that even has us audiences downhearted also with these losses of life.
The plot itself is vastly well-written that you can feel a strong connection to it and all of the characters involved. The time travel plot is a nice new direction for the story to go into as well. And not too familiar or clichéd to other movie plots that use the theme.
The stakes are much higher than they were before and the risks are more daring. And every scene and dialogue is just astonishingly well written in. There are plenty of new awesome character interactions just like last time but ultimately better than ever. For example Tony and Nebula bonding together while trying to survive in outer space, Rocket teasing Captain Marvel for her new Hairdo, Hulk negotiating with The Ancient One and Tony getting to talk with his father for one last time. All while packing in plenty of outrageous moments of humour and levity to keep the pace. My favourite funny moments were mainly with Ant-Man doing stuff like attempting time travel and when a spaceship kept killing his burritos!
The action and visuals are incredibly filmed and offer a ton of thrills and awe to the mix. Every scene is like a comic book panel coming alive before your very eyes and the action flows clearly leaving an exciting impact on the viewer.
Since there's so many characters that appear in this movie, I'm only going to narrow it to the main cast members.
Chris Evans gives us ultimately the best performance with Captain America yet. And continues to show no fault in developing his character. I also loved how he got to pick up Thors hammer in the end and face-off against Thanos with it. Oh and that final Scene where he goes back in time to have that dance with Peggy unlike before in The First Avenger.
Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man continues to be the Playboy genius we know and love. And now an aspiring Daddy too. I felt touched at how he got to meet his father one last time and just give him one last hug. Even if his dad never got to know it was him. But still, very touching.
Hulk played by Mark Raffalo brings about new and funny Hulk humour and even managed to cure the Hulk within him too. Now he basically is Doctor Hulk! His new persona does remind me a lot of Beast from the X-Men as well.
Well.... Chris Hemsworth's new Thor look did stagger me very much. Where five years later he became a fat and lazy bum who watches his best mates Korg and Meek playing videogames for the rest of his days. But I did find this amusing because you'd expect that Thor is this all-mighty deity with no faults and regrets of his own. And seeing Hemsworth and the directors push Thor to this edge is a great way to see how he is able to overcome these new obstacles. But, for God's sake Thor, please loose that belly in Guardians 3!
Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow was also a fantastic final performance for the young actress. I was probably more heartbroken for her most when she died in the movie. Though yes, Black Widow is supposed to be a hardened killer, but deep down she was the full heart and soul of the Avengers and seeing her sacrifice herself instead of Hawkeye does get quite depressing because she was a very likable character to me. And also seeing Black Widow not having a family but the Avengers was what makes it worse because she'll never get to have that chance again. It's just so sad...
(Sniff) anyway getting off the crocodile tears. And finally the villain himself. Thanos. Josh Brolin continues to bring out a menacing villain who won't rest until balance in the Universe is truly achieved. And actually now that I think about it all, he is much more dangerous than last time and even came close to winning again a second time! Another spoiler sorry! Though I will miss John Brolins portrayal of the character after this, but who knows what the future MCU instalments will bring.
Honestly, all of the cast is good, from Ant-Man, to Captain Marvel, To Rocket, To War Machine, To Nebula, the supporting and minor cast members. Even the ones that returned from the dead in the final battle are all so good.
Nearly everything in Avengers Endgame is just so fantastic you could just almost call this one completely flawless for a superhero movie. But oh no, we're forgetting one thing though. The flaws themselves... Read on...
Dislikes

So the dislikes are nearly the same as Infinity War, its predecessor. So let's just go to my biggest offenders.
The running time is still a problem for me like most of the other MCU movies. At a whopping 185 minutes this is enough to rival the run time of Return of the King. And it can get tiring most times when a few scenes drag on for a long time with too much exposition being its main cause. But, what the hell should've I expected, this is the Avengers finale. Of course it needs to be long! Still with the amount of likes above, the time does seem to fly by quite quickly for the most part. But I'm saying, 3 hours is pushing it for me.
Unlike infinity War the character perspectives are far more improved but still this film continues to be TOO crowded. Especially in the final act. SPOILER WARNING when many of the characters are resurrected and gather to the Avengers Facility to battle Thanos, it became SUPER crowded all of a sudden. Though like I said it did handle how it executed the use of them in the final battle. Working together in groups and all like a footfall pitch. But still, it feels a bit jarring trying to keep a direct focus on where the true perspective lies.
And also, Korg plays Fortnite in this movie. By 2023 (As the rest of the film is set 5 years later) I already imagine the game would be extremely outdated by then and many people may have already moved onto other Battle Royal games or other trends. So, yep, very pointless product placement.
Verdict?

Not since Peter Jacksons The Lord of the Rings has a film series left such a large impact on the world. With a record-breaking gross of over a billion in its first opening weekend, The Russo brothers deliver you the spectacular finale to this Avenging Saga that we all wished for! With plenty of Story, action, suspense and emotion to sink your teeth into, Avengers Endgame is by far the best finale to a Superhero film series ever! But will the MCU be able to achieve so much more after? We have yet to be sure. But whether it be the New Avengers, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, The Guardians of the Galaxy or X-Force that steps up to fill in their shoes against the next big bad, you can be sure that none of them will ever have a finale as epic as this one!
Avengers Endgame receives 9½/10!