Did it live up to the hype?

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2019)

So yeah Endgame happened. Definitely an enjoyable movie with a lot of fan service, but did it live up to the hype? Did it finalize an era of epic proportions? Was it the best MCU movie of all time? In my opinion - no. Before digging into the negative, let's take a look at the positive. It was an enjoyable movie with great fan service and call backs. Cap whispering "Hail Hydra" in an ear while on an elevator with the same people from Cap 2. Cap wielding both Thor hammers and using them in conjunction with his shield. Let's not forget at the end getting to see old man Rogers. Endgame hits you in the emotions right at the beginning by killing off Clint's family, but then turns him into a badass ninja. That epic Easter egg of Harley at Stark's funeral. Hopefully now people will respect Iron Man 3 a little more (still the best of the Iron Man series). For the most part any comic fan knows going into this movie that everything will end with everything back to normal and that is somewhat the case. Now I'm going to dip into some negative. A rat pretty much saved everyone. If not for that rat Scott would still be in the quantum realm. Yeah you could say Tony was working on time travel already too, but was he really? Time travel is a double edge sword. On 1 hand it's cool and can open doors for all kinds of cool things to happen, but at the same time it's a cop out. Now any time something bad happens and creators paint themselves into a corner they can just go back in time. Not only is it an easy way out, but it creates a lot of questions and plot holes (Where is Vision?!?!?!). What really doesn't help is when creators try to go and explain it after to fans and contradict themselves in the process - just don't explain it. Also now Hulk has permanent damage? Hello he heals and what hurts him makes him stronger. I also didn't like pausing the movie and forcing that feminism moment in the middle of a fight. It was forced and really on the nose. Once again the MCU has killed off a good villain and a major character. Don't worry I know as a comic reader nobody stays dead (plus we never saw Stark's body go in the ground). I get these actors want to move on to other things, but don't kill them off. I mean why couldn't you just let Tony have a win. He was finally happen. Let the character take a break and if RDJ doesn't want to come back later, recast the character. Think of it as an artist change on a comic book. Of course the idea of Harley taking the Iron Man mantle does have me intrigued. Dipping back into some positive. I loved how the Hulk was done in this and want more smart hulk. Fat Thor was hilarious and well done. It was nice to see Thor get his hammer back too and him getting to talk to his mom again. The scenes with Tony and his dad were great. Steve getting to go back and get his dance with Peggy. The Avengers 1 scenes and now Loki is alive? With the conclusion of this movie we have 5 dead characters - Thanos, Vision, Black Widow, Gamora (not same Gamora is back), and Iron Man (I love you 3000). This movie seems to have raised more questions bs solved/answered them, but maybe that was the plan as we move into phase 4.