Very good, but also very expected

Rating: 8/10 (20 March 2019)

It's increasingly difficult to review MCU films independently of one another; past films inform our expectations, and future films fuel our speculation, to a degree that a capstone movie like this one is so fraught w/ concerns for how it fits the larger story that its individual worth is almost impossible to assess. That said, it did an excellent job of making the ending we should all have been expecting still hit hard emotionally. Also worthwhile were some welcome new players, and the entire NiÃ°avellir subplot (complete w/ Beta Ray Bill Easter egg).