Let's talk about the plot holes and Endgame as a standalone movie

Rating: 5/10 (29 April 2019)

As a long waited end to a franchise, this movie is probably one of the best in the MCU: great conclusion to a great legacy, end of an era.
But as a stand alone movie, it falls short of expectations: plot is simply predictable, they turned Thor, a character that lost arguably the most in the last film, into a joke not exploring the idea of more complex character development, emotions are forced upon the audience based purely on nostalgia, Hawkeye is forced into the plot, making him as linear as possible (he killed hundreds of people and then returned to his normal life without any real problems). That would all make a 7/10 movie, visual effects felt off from time to time, most noticable on Hulk and Spiderman. Music is sometimes a bit cheesy, but all in all good. Then the plotholes kicked in: the time travel is one of the worst tome travels in modern movie history, resulting in a contradiction that negates the effectiveness of the end. Second plot hole is definitely Tony Stark being able to use all of the five gems not suffering any pain (Hulk had to concentrate and fight the pain for at least a minute, and he is the strongest Avenger, Tony being merely a human). A lot of things happened just for the plots sake, turning the second act into a sequence of extremely unbelievable moments. This is usually not a problem, since unbelievable things happen in real life, but it was a bit too much when they visited the past. They developed the time travel way too fast, they could have wasted at least two or three months on developing their plans, it happened way too fast.
To sum up, 8/10 movie as a part of the MCU, 5/10 movie as a standalone title. Inferior to Infinity War, and it feels a bit wierd that most of the people describe it as a masterpiece, not even thinking without being affected by their nostalgia.