A movie-event for a generation

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2019)

Going into this movie, I knew that I was about to witness the ending to a storyline that we've been following since 2008, with the first Iron Man movie kicking off an unprecedented entry in cinematic history. It does not matter if you are a comic book fan or not, but these movies brought something entirely new to the audiences. This movie was the culmination of 11 years of storytelling where the superheroes appearing in the final battle are all fully fleshed characters with their own arcs and backstories. Being a movie fan in general, after all these years reading on trivia boards about the things that could have happened like Sam Raimi's 4th Spider-Man movie, or any other project where somebody dropped off and then it stuck in development hell, it becomes very impressive to think how much passionate work went into making those movies. And Disney sure helped a lot in this, but still even the House of Mouse had its own hardships over some projects.
As for the movie itself, it was a truly moving love letter to the fans, Marvel's history, the superheroes, everyone. I am so happy to have been in the first showing here in my country, where everyone in the roomwas fully invested with the vrowds cheering, crying and being so united into being fans and enjoying the movie. It felt like i was in a concert where everyone was having an amazing time.
Despite the criticism, I found all the characters arcs ending in a fitting way. Yes I am sad to see Iron Man go, but still there was no way of keeping him around in a recurring capacity. He was the one that started the story and finished it by getting the ultimate form of power in his world and saving the universe. He died a hero saying by his iconic phrase (I am Iron Man) reminding us how far he came as a character. Cap was the "man out of time". He was not being selfish for going back rather than returning to where he always longed to be. It was a big part of his arc all these years to have the desire to go back, but as it was not possible he stayed to fight as a fully realised hero. I could go on to discuss all th character arcs but superfans already know all the stories to understand that the movie was a perfect ending for everyone. Of course business comes into play and many possible spinoffs could be setup from this ending. But still, there were no visible teases, no lingering questions about this universe and the main storyline and no-post credits scene, something that while I was waiting for it, it felt right that there was nothing included. Finally, I would like to mention how much I enjoyed the fanservice like every single MCU character appearing in the final battle and Cap lifting the Mjolnir, which were both images seen in the comics but no superhero movie had ever such a vast universe that things like this would be possible.
If you have not seen the movie, or even the whole series, I suggest that you do. I dare to say that it was the Star Wars of our generation. I am very happy to have experienced this saga.