Visually great, but not an overly thrilling or exciting movie...

Rating: 6/10 (30 July 2019)

Well, I finally got around to watching "Avengers: Endgame", even though I already watched "Spider-Man: Far from Home", so I already knew some of the events that were to transpire in "Avengers: Endgame". And I am not really fond of the superhero genre, but I still watch the movies when given the chance, as they are usually visually fantastic and provide adequate entertainment. And of course with all the hype that "Avengers: Endgame" had gotten, of course I just had to sit down and watch it.
First of all, the movie was long. A little bit too long actually. I did feel that directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo were taking their sweet time getting to the core of the storyline, and just dancing around the bushes. In my opinion, the movie did suffer from this.
Visually, well let's just go with 'wow'. Yeah, the movie was phenomenally stunning to look at visually given the CGI and special effects. But of course, being a Marvel movie, then you'd have top of the line special effects. And it is the visuals that carry the superhero movies quite a long way down the road.
Story-wise, then I felt that the plot and storyline portrayed in "Avengers: Endgame" was a little bit too predictable and too generic. You already knew the movie's outcome when you sat down to watch it. Of course, Marvel weren't going to kill off a heap of their most beloved characters. No chance of that happening. So there weren't really much of any surprises along the way. And the time traveling aspect of the movie? Seriously? That was just downright idiotic.
What worked for the movie, aside from the great visuals, was the impressive ensemble of actors and actresses that made an appearance in bigger or smaller parts throughout the course of the movie. Thumbs up for that. However, I found some of the dialogue to be a bit too corny and felt that it was written for a young audience.
Was "Avengers: Endgame" a fulfilling closure to the Marvel storyline? Hardly so. The movie, while being entertaining enough, felt a bit shallow, with parts of the story quite poorly written. But if you, like me, come to the superhero movies mostly for the special effects, then "Avengers: Endgame" will definitely blow you away.
All in all, I am rating "Avengers: Endgame" a six out of ten stars.