Overrated, but still good

Rating: 7/10 (16 August 2019)

Endgame is, in my opinion, certainly overrated. That's not to say I didn't like it, it's just not nearly as good as many people make it out to be. My eleven year old son loved it, but I expected more. Maybe my expectations were too high, I'll admit that. After all, it's an action movie with little substance at its core. It's wrapped in all the bells and whistles and quite often delivers an adequately exciting ride, but unfortunately it's just a bit of a mess. The bits that are meant to be heartfelt fell flat for me, riddled with improbable scenarios. Not the type of scenarios that involve godlike aliens wielding ultra powerful rocks, those are to be expected in this type of movie. The scenarios I'm referencing as improbable are the poorly derived emotional moments that just seem to have no structure and lack consistency, detracting from the effectiveness of the characters. Overall Endgame is a worthwhile watch, but not a worthy final stanza. It fell short of being the finale it could have been due to a messy plot and melodramatic tendencies.