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Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 24, 2019 11:32:40 GMT
Avengers: Endgame (2019, Russo Brothers)
So the culmination of eleven years worth of set up in this Marvel Cinematic Universe that feels like an episodic tv series is about to have its finale and its a big one... over three hours. This film is sure to satisfy those who have been impressed with the last couple of phases of Marvel films, I personally gravitate towards the Phase One films. This direct sequel to last years Infinity War starts off quite slow for the first hour or so and I think this will be the main complaint by most people but I did not mind the low key hangs with these surviving characters. The film does pick up though and has a few laughs along the way, some above average action, fun hijinx but the whole time I am thinking this story is wasted on these terrible visual directors. Marvel films are all pretty bland but the Russos make spectacle so damn ugly. That said most of the conclusions are satisfying from a story point of view bar some small missteps here and there.
6/10
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Post by sdm3 on Apr 24, 2019 12:04:41 GMT
“The worst film of all time. 1/10” - DC Fan
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Post by politicidal on Apr 24, 2019 13:48:05 GMT
“The worst film of all time. 1/10” - DC Fan worst behind Black Panther and Captain Marvel.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 25, 2019 0:25:32 GMT
“The worst film of all time. 1/10” - DC Fan worst behind Black Panther and Captain Marvel. I have it 15th out of the 22 |
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Post by jamesbamesy on Apr 25, 2019 0:27:01 GMT
3rd worst behind Black Panther and Captain Marvel. I have it 15th out of the 22 At least you’re not an anti-MCU troll like DC-Fan is, who gives about 90% of them a 1. |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 25, 2019 0:32:12 GMT
I have it 15th out of the 22 At least you’re not an anti-MCU troll like DC-Fan is, who gives about 90% of them a 1. My scores for the films range from 4/10 to 8/10 So this sits right in the middle  |
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Post by Vits on May 1, 2019 17:21:38 GMT
AVENGERS PART 4: ENDGAME delivers on the epic spectacle and never feels long, although some lines (both dramatic and comedic) are predictable. I don't think anyone who saw AVENGERS PART 3: INFINITY WAR thought that the cliffhanger wouldn't somehow be solved. Still, when the solution was achieved during the climax of this movie, my heart started racing. I just wished there had been more moments of "Character A sees that Character B is back and they greet each other with relief" (it's not like they had to last more than a few seconds). There are enough callbacks and cameos to create a "final episode of a TV series" feeling, but I left the theatre with some questions: 1) Why wasn't the "AGENT PHIL COULSON is actually alive" loose end tied up? Why is it a loose end at all? His fake death helped motivate the heroes in a fight many years ago. Big deal. The show AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. gave some reasons for him not to reveal it, but it sounded like B.S., and it was only done in season 1. 2) After a few minutes into the movie, there's a 5-year time jump. We see AGENT CLINT BARTON/HAWKEYE fighting with a Yakuza in Japan. All of the sudden, AGENT NATASHA ROMANOFF/BLACK WIDOW is behind him. How long was she standing there? Why didn't she help him? Why does HAWKEYE take off his mask in the middle of the street right next to the dead body? Remember: Only half of the population is gone, so he's still exposing himself in front of pedestrians and CCTV! 3) Some of the heroes broke the law in previous installments, so they were persecuted and/or placed into house arrest. Why are they free now? Don't get me wrong; I'm on their side. It's just that, logically, a global catastrophe wouldn't erase their crimes. Especially for HAWKEYE, who's now doing worse things. 4) STEVE ROGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA is able to lift THOR's hammer, meaning that he became worthy. That's kind of insulting. He wasn't worthy in every other movie, despite always being heroic? This hammer seems to be like Excalibur in the stone. It's not that the chosen one is strong enough to take it; it's that the weapon's magic allows the chosen one to take it. Therefore, I don't see how one can move it a little bit, as CAP did in AVENGERS PART 2: AGE OF ULTRON. Either you can move it or you can't.
5) TONY STARK/IRON-MAN gets a funeral, but BLACK WIDOW doesn't? And he's mourned partly by people who barely knew him or didn't know him at all? Also, it can already be heavy for people to see a recording made by the deceased, but does it have to be played in the funeral? In front of his 5-year-old daughter, who's now experiencing the concept of death for the 1st time and probably doesn't fully understand it and seeing him just confuses her more?
6) I was able to suspend my disbelief in regards to the time travel rules explained by BRUCE BANNER/THE HULK ("If you go back in time and change things, you won't re-write the present, because it'll always be a different timeline/reality"). However, these rules are broken when CAP travels to the past, stays there and re-appears as an old man in the present. How is he in this same timeline/reality? His presence in the past didn't affect any future events? Wouldn't the other characters have different memories and knowledge of CAP existing in the past? Unless... Did he stay hidden for decades and on a specific date he went to the place where his younger self was sent back? And he sat there expecting his friends to see him? What if they hadn't? What if they had, but before sending the young one back? Wouldn't that create a paradox? Actually, as it happens with a lot of stories, introducing the time travel element can gives a writer an excuse to undo every negative event, even if that ruins the dramatic impact. You know, like 2014 GAMORA staying in the present, replacing the dead GAMORA. Isn't there a single character who thinks "This means I can bring back here any dead person I loved"? Especially in regards to a character who died in this movie (the memories would still be fresh)? Or like CAP not being able to see PEGGY CARTER (the woman he loved) anymore since he was frozen for 70 years. Now he's reunited with her and they live a long happy life together. That's not exactly good storytelling. And what happened with the romance he and SHARON CARTER/AGENT 13 were starting? 8/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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