Epic conclusion to 10 years of world building

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2019)

If you're a super fan and of a certain age where you maybe read comics as a child this is pretty much a faultless movie. The payoff is huge particularly if you're invested in the whole saga.
Having become attached to all these characters you do care what happens to them.
Especially Ironman, Cap and Thor for me.
I've always had a slight problem with Black Widow and Hawkeye and that includes other underwritten heroes. Impossible to flesh them all out. Take Captain Marvel a movie I really liked but it didn't add anything to how she was used in this movie.
When you have a cast this huge it's hard to do service to everyone. I think everyone had a moment across infinity war and endgame just.
I'm not sure how this will hold up to repeat viewings as there are some marvel movies that I watch again and again and some that are kind of meh.
I think this one is upper tier though. So many great moments. I love all the humour in these movies RDJ and Hemsworth and Rudd are so at ease with light comedy. The action is sparing but that only makes it more special when you get a big action set piece and this delivers in spades.
Also I wasn't expecting to find one of these films emotional but it does pack a real wallop I heard sobbing in our showing. The sacrifice of Ironman is a standout Captain America deciding to stay with Peggy in the past was just a beautiful way to end his journey and his scene with Falcon is so poignant and restrained and full of dignity.
I'm interested to see where Marvel go next I think this is the zenith of Feige and co creatively. It's been like a great TV series which always reach a peak and then the writing becomes suspect.
Plus the culling of the original heroes could go one way or another. I would love to see those who were no more than minor players become main cast now.