Endgame did it better

Rating: 7/10 (10 January 2020)

So many things I liked about this movie. But just didn't work as a whole. The film plays out like cool episodes of a tv series strung together into a 2.5 hour compilation of fan service and cool looking set pieces. Yet somehow it just doesn't fit together into a satisfying cohesive ending. Lando was overplayed, he should have bowed out after his first scene and been left as a cool cameo. So much of the film was designed and written to give the finger to The Last Jedi that it distracts the audience.
The final battle, the one that finishes 40 years of story was beat for beat the end battle from Endgame. But where the portals sequence stirred so many emotions, the arrival of all the alliance ships felt hollow there was no "on your left" or "Avengers assemble" moment that struck the right satisfying chord.
It's not terrible, it's just not that great.