A satisfying conclusion to the MCU.

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2019)

On it's own, Endgame is a great film. The story has many unexpected twists such as the death of Thanos and the entirety of the time heist sequence. The film, while great, still has it's issues. Thor and Hulk's character arcs from the previous movies have been thrown away in this. While I can see what the writers were going for with Thor, the same cannot be said for Hulk. Hulk's character arc was literally finished off screen, making his arc feel incomplete. The stakes also felt quite low. There isn't an immediate threat at the start, but then the movie decides to make up it's own threat at the middle of the movie, which felt kinda awkward. There was also lots of potential with showing the world after the decimation, but there's very little of that in the movie. We kept being told that people are miserable but we never see it, it's like nothing ever happened. But that's it in terms of issues, the rest of the film is still great. Every actor delivers a compelling performance, which is great considering that this movie's much more character driven rather than plot driven like Infinity War. Each act of this film felt like a different film. The first act felt like a drama about the aftermath of a universal scale event, the second act felt like a 'best of' compilation of the MCU, and the third act felt like the payoff of 11 years and 22 movies. Many moments felt extremely emotional such as Natasha's sacrifice and Tony's death. My favorite scene in the film by far is the scene where Steve finally gets his dance with Peggy. This film is a great conclusion to the MCU and that's all I have to say.