Eleven long years.
Fans
of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or just straight up moviegoers have
followed this story-line up until now. Marvel's Avengers have fought foe
after foe to reach their ultimate villain in Thanos. Thanos was
victorious in his life-long plan of finding all six infinity stones and
eliminating 50% of the universe's population. Time after time during
Infinity War it felt like earth's mightiest heroes were going to stop
Thanos from following through with his proclamation but in the end
Thanos was inevitable.
“Avengers:
Endgame” started with a boom as Thor went for the head and put Thanos
to rest but as the Avengers found out the stones were destroyed already
thus making the action pointless. We get our first time skip of the MCU.
In what was the last showing of the original avengers, each gave a
masterful performance in terms of showing their abilities. Tony Stark
gave us something else—Robert Downey Jr. deserves an award for putting
on master-class acting as each scene carried more weight knowing this
could be his last movie, and Mr. Stark did not fail us one bit.
Marvel
has long tip-toed between too much fan service and just sticking to the
script but “Endgame” was the perfect balance of both. Professor Hulk
was finally given to us die-hard fans who have been waiting for the
moment: we get a talking Hulk on the big screen and the CGI was elite.
The aftermath of “The Avengers” was shown for the first time and lead to
what could be Marvel's most on-wax moment of Cap telling Shield members
(who are actually Hydra) “HAIL HYDRA!” Not only did that blend in the
comic book story line of Cap switching side to be on Hydra, it also shows
how Cap learned from his mistakes and used his brain to help complete a
dire mission. Afterwards, we were given more fan service with Captain
America vs. Captain America. That fight scene was everything you could
ask for and more.
Though
as recent Marvel films have shown us that even those we care for perish
as Black Widow and Hawkeye were met with a decision for the soul stone.
A soul for a soul as Red Skull put it and I, along with many, thought
this was setting up for Hawkeye to redeem himself after watching and
hearing him massacre thousands since the Thanos snap. Instead, Black
Widow took the leap of faith and left Barton crying in Vormir's lake
while holding onto the Soul Stone, the same as Thanos during “Infinity
War”.
Marvel
couldn't just give us that as they finally confirmed Captain America
being able to lift Mjolnir and command lighting from the heavens. Lots
of people thought it was made up but evidence shows us the Cap has
lifted the hammer and used it on two occasions in canon comicbook
storylines dating back to 1988. Thor, Iron Man, and Cap looked to be
down and out before Cap unleashed Marvel vs. Capcom combos on Thanos. It
looked so smooth how Cap wielded the hammer and shield chaining
combinations like he has done this before. Thanos, however, still
remained a threat as he revealed his army of Chitauri along with the
Black Order just after opening a can of whoop ass on Cap.
Marvel
once again decided to let us know how much of a culmination this movie
was as Sam aka Falcon lets Cap know that he has some help on his left
triggering the iconic scene of Cap lapping Sam continuously in Winter
Soldier. Doctor Strange's 1 in 14 million chance of winning plan seemed
to be working as the masters of magic opened portals bringing the
Earth's mightiest heroes which kicked off the most badass fight scene of
ANY comic book film. Too much was shown as each character was given a
spotlight to show off their stuff. Even Pepper Potts was fitted into her
Iron-Woman suit and gave us the duo we've been waiting for since Pepper
was introduced, Tony and Pepper fighting side by side unleashing energy
blasts was satisfying to watch and that wasn't even the best part.
Scarlet Witch was finally given a platform to show her full power as she
was the only Avenger to push Thanos to risk killing everyone, including
his troops, to save him from being torn piece by piece. Wanda was on a
mission and almost stole the show.
And
though it was only right that in his last movie that Tony Stark was
going to the save the day, after fighting back against creating a time
machine and joining the Avengers once again, Tony delivered on multiple
occasions. First, solving the issue of time travel. Then, creating an
Infinity Gauntlet with nano technology to hold all six infinity stones.
Earlier in the battle, Tony asked The Sorcerer Supreme if this is the
timeline in which the Avengers won and Strange told Tony if I tell you
it won't happen. Each Avenger took turns trying to stop Thanos from
getting his hands on the gauntlet but to no avail, besides Captain
Marvel who once again was in a league of her own dominating her
one-on-one match up with Thanos. She even caused Thanos to take the
power stone and use it in his other hand to hit Captain Marvel to subdue
her from stopping him.
Thanos seemed to be getting what he wanted, once again unleashing another classic quote, “I….. am.. Inevitable:
*snaps fingers*
Except
nothing happened and as soon as he realized Iron Man had taken all six
stones, it was too late as Mr Stark capped off an elite performance with
the words that started this whole saga: “I… am… Iron Man”.
*snaps fingers*
Just
like that, Thanos and his minions were erased from existence but at
what cost as the power from all six stones was too much to handle in a
human body thus killing Iron Man. The funeral was heart wrenching
knowing that not only did we lose Mr. Stark, that Cap was also gone in
his own way of retirement.
The
future now leads many to believe this will be the start of the new
Avengers. What I take from this movie is the culmination of eleven long
years of world building and finally reaching the balance of fan service
and sticking to the script. For years fans have screamed for Cap to say
“AVENGERS… ASSEMBLE”, and not only did we receive that but he also
called Mjolnir to him as well, which lead to a clip that will be played over and over and over again...
Thank you Russo's for incredible journey. We have officially reached the Endgame and what a way to sign off.
As always leave a comment below if you want to debate or you can reach me at @TheFlysh
As always leave a comment below if you want to debate or you can reach me at @TheFlysh
