A terrific conclusion.

Rating: 9/10 (6 May 2019)

Let's be clear on one thing: While Marvel is almost always entertaining and fun, it's generally not "good filmmaking." Good filmmaking is having good cinematography, acting, a complex plot that's more than just "good guy fights bad guy", or "guy and girl fall in love", and emotional depth, among other things. Marvel is fun, but its movies generally don't have all-if any-of these things. Now, they finally have done it.
Avengers: Endgame is a terrific conclusion to an incredible cinematic achievement-building up 21 films all to this point is really amazing-and it features brilliant emotional depth, some great performances, and an excellent script and plot. The work of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on this film is excellent-the screenplay is exciting, witty, and even emotional. The performances of Robert Downey Jr. and Jeremy Renner are absolutely astounding-brilliant acting by both, and there are great supporting performances by Josh Brolin, Paul Rudd, Scarlett Johnansson, Chris Hemsworth, and Bradley Cooper. On the downside, the performances of Evans, Larson, Cheadle, and Ruffalo are, as they normally all are, not good-Evans in particular is especially bad and always has been, and the ending scene is botched, as it contradicts the rules that the movie set for itself. However, the movie as a whole is very good-not perfect, but very good-and marks an epic conclusion to a great story.