End to awesome era with some Pandering to the audience.

Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2019)

The thing that the writers and editors did so well in Infinity War was splicing all the mini subplots together. It was written and directed so well that it didn't feel disjointed or clunky. Endgame tried to do the same and failed. There were some plot holes and clucky awkward scenes with strange pacing. There were too many pop-culture references which is lazy writing and the jokes came off half-assed.
The plot itself wasn't about beating Thanos and restoring peace, it was more concerned with tieing up all the little plot ends for each character. Which became tiresome by the 3rd act. When the war broke in the 3rd act it felt like it had already been done in Infinity War. Apart from the restored characters (which was nice) it felt like they were showing that scene for the sake of it. Oh here's another battle, let's go kick some ass! rolls eyes... The message was clear; war, bad... We're all stronger together, if we put aside our differences and stand together we're better than the sum of our parts. Which is why it was confusing at the height of the battle the men and women were shown succeeding separately instead of teams working together. Which is quite relevant in today's political climate.
The ending was nice even if it was an easy way to finish it. What's better than a hero? A dead hero... As cynical as that may sound, the ending with Tony Starck narrating through the ending was a nice touch to the end of an epic era.
Now I'll have to rewatch them all from the first one, where it all began, inside of a cave...