GCS

I had no issue with the Capt Marvel stuff. I do feel her battle with Thanos could have been better/longer but I would have liked to have seen more final battle stuff anyway.

Is it me but did Thanos w/o the stones seem more powerful in this than in IW? I mean he was definitely more the warrior in this than the I'll just use a stone special to mess you up guy.

LOVED ALL of the throwbacks to the other movies. Out side of Cap getting the hammer that may truly be my favorite parts of the movie.

Also agree that it was great seeing all the other characters back for this as well. Don't care if Natalie was old footage or not but still good to see the character nodded to here. Thor was hilarious but he should have had a moment where he flipped back to THOR and not Thorbowski. It got a little old by the end.

Gamora was handled fine, how the hell else are they going to do it. Besides this will allow for more weird interactions/get to know you stuff in further GOTG movies. It 100% reminds of Farscape and the two Crichtons stuff after one died.

100% fine with how Tony went out and I knew exactly what was going to happen when Dr Strange held up the 1 finger

Things I didn't like/have issue with:

Timeline continuity issues - this is ALWAYS a problem in EVERY time travel movie. Just accept it and move on is all you can do so I have.

Stones - WTF how is that our regular people/heroes are handling the stones directly? I mean the whole point of the GOTG was that regular people can't touch the stones yet not only did Hulk just have one in his hand but so did Hawkeye (yes I know Hulk is Hulk but Hawkeye come on man).

Hawkeye - he is a bow and arrow guy - not enough bow and arrow stuff for me. I did like his dark turn and of course that clearly set everyone up for it to be him at Vormir so pretty interesting they flipped it and went BW. I don't get anyone saying BW's death wasn't given time/context. I mean what about the entire set of scenes after they come back. What about the part at the end when Hawkeye talks about her knowing they succeeded. Here is the thing BW's death did not have the same meaning as IM's death plain and simple. Theater was upset/shock with BW dying but damn if pretty much everyone wasn't balling when IM died. I also think they handled his death very well and I agree the parts with him and his dad were great.

Falcon - new Cap ok I get it but not 100% sold yet but then again Cap is Chris Evans/Steve Rogers and that's the only way I see it.

There may be some other minor quibbles but truth be told I am not sure they could have done any better with the film therefore I would say I can't really complain about it. Will I see it as much as the other films or as much as IW ... nope. This one is an emotional roller coaster and just outright fun like the rest. My favorite MCU film will still be the first Avengers followed extremely closely by IM1/Winter Soldier/Civil War. End Game may be the best of the bunch for what it does but that doesn't mean that its one I feel like watching every time its on the TV (unlike the other 4 movies I just mentioned).

I do like someone's reference to Return of the King. ROK had so much to finish up and complete and it did very well however its not a movie I really feel like rewatching much vs FOTR or even TTT. I think End Game is very much the ROTK of the MCU. It had a lot of stories and details to wrap up and they did a great job of doing it.

Well done Marvel, you had me at I'm Iron Man.

GCS

I'm going to go with that those deaths (BW & Gamora) weren't killed by the stones/snap thus they cannot be reversed. If all deaths could be reversed that would mean that even those species that Thanos slaughtered before going on the stone quest would be brought back as well. So for me only stone (i.e. ash) deaths could be reversed.

Double_Oh_7

A stand in just sits there while the production sets up the shots, lights, etc. so the talent doesn't have to sit there for hours. There are also credited stand-ins for Chris Evans, Scar Jo, etc. Does that mean they didn't film their parts either?

Double_Oh_7

It took place in the 70s, they obviously de-aged him like everyone else.

asianxcore

If I'm not mistaken his character in Endgame is a direct nod to him as the character of Ronin in the Comics, down to the Costume/Color Scheme & Weapon Choice.

The story behind Hawkeye being Ronin is different in the Comics but I'm sure the Writers found it easy/convenient to plop it into this film as Hawkeye's reaction to grief.

rocket1312

Yes I agree that's what happened in the movie. It just doesn't make any sense to me and I was wondering if there was an explanation I missed.

Obi-Wanma

So Guardians 3, The Search for Gamora?

Obi-Wanma

Stan was on set and filmed the cameo, but they obviously de-aged him. There were several articles written about it. He actually filmed this cameo before the one in Captain Marvel.

candyrocket786

I personally hated the fact that Sam is chosen over Bucky to carry the shield, considering we've been teased throughout this film series that Bucky could potentially take up the mantle.

No funeral for at Nat? Seriously?

The girl power scene took me completely out of the battle. It was done so much better in Infinity War (The "She's not alone" scene and Wanda holding her own against Thanos).

The paradoxes piss me off and they went out of their way to establish their "own rules" .

No rematch between Thanos and Hulk.

I guess Vision is dead-dead... at least until the Wanda and Vision Show on Disney+

Trevor

Good superhero fare, but sorta cloying and predictable imho. The first half seemed a bit slow, and the time travel story/explanations were a bit silly. I love all the MCU, and this is solidly in the middle of the pack for me. Some of the best humor in the series so far, and the most tears.

devilshalo

I take it to mean that since Shuri went out with the snap before finishing the cloned soul stone, she can now go back and restore it thereby bringing Vision back.

5 years later and Ned is still in high school?

I didn't need to see the final scene with Steve and Peggy. It was already implied when he saw her at the base while he and Tony stealing the Tessaract and the Pym juice. I would rather have it open that there could be Agent Carter/Cap adventures to be filmed.

Wanda and Carol can both go toe to toe against Thanos, but Thor, Cap and IM have to team up?

Obi-Wanma

I assumed that he was snapped too.

candyrocket786

Sounds like his entire circle of friends were snapped. I guess whatever works for the story.

That seems to be how things are done in the MCU.

dsa_shea

How did Tony get to do a selective snap? I thought the movie was great but also a bit off in certain parts. It did feel like watching 3 one hour movies put together.

candyrocket786

I think the snap works along the same lines as a Wish from a genie's bottle. It wasn't really explained, but that what I sort of understood when Tony told Banner to undo the Thanos snap, but not the last 5 years.

Wolf359

It's whatever is in the mind of the wearer when they make the snap. Thanos says his next snap would kill everything so it can be whatever.

Draven

Carol is already the strongest of all of them and Wanda's magic was the only thing that could destroy an Infinity Stone. So yeah, that checks out.

candyrocket786

...and Thor can be OP or not depending on the writers. Look at end of Ragnarock versus the beginning of IW.

Nesbit

Ned got left behind ... A LOT. Let's try not to be dicks about it k?

JeremyM

Cap went toe-to-toe with him for a while, though he eventually was beat down. Thor had some moments one-on-one as well.

dex14

On your left.

Inhumans99

dex14

I was more surprised she showed up to the premiere, TBH.

boredsilly

Seeing it the second time I realize I totally missed Bucky saying "I'll miss you" or something, so it is pretty clear that Bucky knows what Cap is planning to do and that they had their fuller conversation off screen. That just flew over my head the first time, and while it still feels a little odd for them not to have a bigger moment, they certainly do have a moment so I have to walk back my nit-pick.

Yeah, there is give and take there, as I wouldn't have wanted her to take more time away from the OG Avengers, but I did long for a bit more. Like the next 10 minutes after the post-credits scene from Ms Marvel is what I wanted....which would grind this movie to a halt, so what do I know? I just don't see how they will work Carol in as the new leader who is around with her being so ludicrously powerful. She really does have that cosmic scale of power, so it will be interesting to see how they juggle having her around (if they do). They already have some heavy hitters in Scarlett Witch and Thor, but Marvel blows them out of the water.


Second viewing really shows that Savage/Incredible Hulk is totally under-served here. He doesn't really get buckwild in this movie at all, which sucks for me as I love how they have Hulk do that (Hulk in NY from Avengers 1 is my shit!). But Smart Hulk was a good time. I do feel like we missed that moment of Hulk not being scared anymore, because even though I'm calling this Smart Hulk, it really does feel like Bruce driving around in Hulk's body, with the Hulk not really having any say in the matter. It doesn't feel like a cohabitation at all, or like from Ragnorok with Hulk being in control when in Hulk-mode.




See, I won't say they won't ever reach this level of greatness again, because they might. Or someone else may. But to me this is like how Star Wars, all these years later is still Star Wars. Or to use another comicbook movie example, we are seeing shit on screen now that people in the 70s couldn't fathom, yet Superman is still Superman and was the first movie that made a few generations of kids believe a man could fly. And the first Avengers was the first movie that brought all these bespoke characters together to form something greater. So to me Endgame is like that, but in some ways moreso. Maybe this movie gets outdone in some way down the line, but no movie will ever be able to say they did this thing first other than Endgame.

nickdawgy

Pretty much same as my theater. Except Stan Lee also got cheers, as well as the Hail Hydra scene, Doctor Strange appearing, and Pepper showing up in a suit. Someone in my theater also yelled “Wakanda forever” when BP showed up.