An exquisite, poetic love letter to 11 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: 9/10 (26 April 2019)

Flawless. This movie is a love...no... An exquisite, poetic love letter to 11 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If Iron Man started this journey, Endgame bookended it flawlessly.
While many are going to say there is too much fan service in it. The referencing in the movie doesn't feel overdone when we are talking 11 years of backstory to reference. Unlike say The Force Awakens where you get borderline jarring references to the prior 3 movies.
Some may also say the first act of the movie is slow and boring, maybe even a slow burn. I call it kindling to kick off the fire that is the 2nd half of the movie. That first act sets up the results of Infinity War. It had to be done as it showed what happened to not only our heroes but the world. Its sets the stakes and prepares us for a heck of a ride in the last 2 hours of the movie.
The ending of the movie. GAH. I can't say anything without giving something away. But it completed this saga in a perfect character arc.
You look at the surface of this movie all you will see is a summer blockbuster action movie like everything else. You think about it in how it integrates with the other....what? 21 other movies? And you will see this movie completes a saga unlike any other movie that has come before.
No movie has ever completed a 21 movie / 11 year story. This is the first, and this will be the gold standard going forward. People will be analyzing what Disney and Marvel have done between 2008 - 2019 for decades to come in classes. Both from a business sense and an artistic sense.
I'll be blunt. I've NEVER blathered on about a film before like this. I'm not a Marvel fanboi. I like the movies. They are all good. Some better than others. Some are meh. Some elevate themselves above the rest. But Endgame? The Russo brothers have a fan for life in me. I will see any movie they put out going forward.