Avengers: Trainwreck (spoilers)

Rating: 1/10 (26 April 2019)

****SPOILER WARNINGS FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME****
Disney's apparent quest to make male characters less traditionally masculine and female characters more so, results in a convoluted tale whose biggest sacrifice is a coherent story.
Start with the disasters that are Thor and Hulk, the two characters above all known for their great strength. Both of them are castrated of their power in this film.
Thor's last two films have been a comedic spoof of his character. Late night television couldn't even spoof him anymore, for they have done it themselves. The god of thunder is now a useless, emotional wreck drunkard, not just for one gag, but for the entirety of the film. Hulk, made famous for his struggle with violence and bouts of destruction likewise is reduced to comedic fodder, including a joke about his inability to Hulk-out with rage anymore.
To a lesser degree Captain America is another emotional wreck and runs a counseling group. In it, we are sure to have Disney praise gay dating to check all the PC checkmarks. At the end, he passes his shield to Falcon and the five-pointed star is clearly inverted in the shot, which doesn't help Disney's reputation for adding devilish or cultish symbolism in films.
The main women in the story, with the exception of Nebula, are depthless, Mary Sues - the new business model of Disney and other uncreative Hollywoodians. Danvers, Natasha, the witch, Okoye, Gamora, Wasp, Valkyrie, all overflow with competence. There is little to say about them other than they are all clones of the same character, filled with all the strength and competence lost by Thor and Hulk.
The film drags on for seeming hours while we are shown what an apocalyptic wreck the world has been for five years since The Snap. Why is it apocalyptic? Who knows. There are still 3.5 billion people on earth. Has everyone just been in counseling while baseball stadiums collapse and are overrun with foliage?
The movie, devoid of originality in every scene, is filled with cliches about how "it's gotta work" and other painful dialogue. The climactic moment, where Stark *literally pickpockets* the stones from Thanos in about two seconds, is a cliche overdone ad nauseum. The protagonist scuffles with villain and is defeated in the fight-but surprise! The protagonist produces the thing he snuck from the villain. And the villain has his mouth hanging open. And so do the viewers who can't believe they paid to see *another* movie with that climax.
In short, Disney has about killed the Marvel franchise.