I Loathe You 3000

Rating: 6/10 (30 April 2020)

I personally believe 2019's "Avengers: Endgame" is unduly revered. The movie is definitely a grandiose phenomenon and a monumental crossover of comics superheroes unlike ever precedented in live-action. But that doesn't mean that it's story structure is weaved strong, because it certainly is broken and a muddled mess in areas; I'll mention some aspects soon. And surely box office success does not denote that a movie is thus a product of quality, so using that as an argument is ridiculous. Consider the financial profit of fast-food chains. People are sometimes easy; flash the lights on a hawker, crowds will be enticed into the carnival tent. Or Moths to a flame, if you prefer that analogy instead.
The climactic final act of "Avengers: Endgame" is unequaled by any movie in the superhero genre. When the resurrected heroes burst forth from a sky spattered array of magic portals to confront an epic battle, it was an exhilarating and gratifying culmination of over ten years of build. It was overflowing with tension and audience eagerness. That is undeniable. Unfortunately, the movie's runtime is a purposelessly long, frustratingly boring, and uneventful slog to get there. So much time wasted. And there were so many plot elements that were stupidly faulty. To save length, I will list some glaring ones:

Hawkeye brought a baseball mitt back through the time portal, so that obviously means the Avengers could have brought back through several vials of Pym particles to not have a finite supply for time travel.
Killing Thanos near the opening of the movie, also dissolved the characterization of Thanos for the climactic third act. There was no emotional satisfaction of Thanos defeated. The Thanos of the past has no relationship to the Avengers or recollection of what he did to them or who they are, so the confrontation and retribution to the antagonist is emotionally hollowed.
Black Widow and Hawkeye brawling in contest to obtain the soul stone was incredibly senseless. Sacrificing something you love was established as the stipulation to obtain the stone, so brawling to kill theirselves would not earn the stone for the other; suicide is self-inflicted! Hawkeye only earned the stone because he released Black Widow's arm to fall to her death, so the whole contest was pointless. The emotional tension attempted to be present in the scene is a joke.
Past Nebula during a scene robotically connects and manipulates the time portal machine to conjure past Thanos through the portal. What!? Then the Avengers allied Nebula could've bypassed the need for Pym particles and the whole plot dilemma and procurement of Pym particles was a colossal waste of time! Why have it in the plot then?

Those are the most glaring that come to my mind, but there's plenty more. "Avengers: Endgame" is a mess. And the convoluted concept of narrative timelines muddle any possibility of the movie making sense. This movie is not deserving of the reverence it's received; this stuff is obvious and indisputable. Aside from the culminating epic third act ensemble battle of characters, there's no merit to this movie. Please read the multi-issue comic book series this movie was derived from; it is far superior in storytelling, has better content this movie cut, and has a broader cast of Marvel characters.