Good, but not good enough!

Rating: 6/10 (21 October 2019)

I trully an not exactly sure how i feel about this movie. After the huge surprise that was Infinity War, i genuinely didn't know if they could do something to top that movie. And... they didn't. Don't get me wrong Avengers: Endgame is a very fun movie that tries to be more serious than regular Marvel movies and just like Infinity War tries to balance a lot of different characters. The ending is a great tribute to RDJs iconic Iron Man role and it does feel like the massive conclusion of a cinematic universe that has been building up to this movie for more than 10 years. However it is flawed in many apsects. First and foremost, the movie has too many plotholes and honestly the whole time travel thing makes no sense if you think about it for more than a minute (granted that always happens with time travel but still) (also Tony Stark straight up invents time travel in an evening). Thor became a proper joke in this movie, which is a shame considering he peaked in Infinity War. Yes, it made sense for the narrative but they absolutely ridiculed him. Also i expected a bit more than fat jokes. Speaking of jokes the humour is good in this movie, but a lot of jokes just don't land... at all. As far as other characters are concerned, Black Widow is in the movie just to die and Captain America going in the past to live a normal life was a horrendous choice, and something extremely uncharacteristic of him. The rest of the characters were dealt with preety well, i especially liked what they did with Hulk, since having him be just a smashing machine again would be boring. My biggest complain though is surprisingly the action, which i found supbar ! Especially the final fight was just a massive chi slugfest, which makes sense considering there where so many characters on screen. Also the cgi is surprisingly weak on some points! I personally would have preferred if instead of another huge fight with a billion different characters and useless armies we got a showdown between the original 6 Avengers and Thanos and The Black Order, while the rest were fighting off the generic army. Thanos also felt a bit less threatening than before and also a bit more stupid and a lot more reckless. And the Black Order was barely even used, for some reason. Furthermore, a lot of moments clearly happened just for the sake a fan service, which i didn't like at all. Finally, though i enjoyed the direction of the film, i found the score and cinematography to be good but extremely basic. All in all, Avengers: Endgame serves as a nice conclusion to a massive chapter of a franchise, which however features a plethora of flaws amd ultimately doesn't bring anything new to the table. I'll give this movie a 6.5/10