Whoah!
Without
spoilers, there isn’t much else I can say.
Star Trek IV still holds the record for the greatest audience uniting opening night movie cheer I've ever been part of, but this film came dangerously close to taking the title for multiple scenes, and definitely surpassed it in length and number of cheers. Anabelle and I were hoarse and emotionally drained for over a day after it ended.
Star Trek IV still holds the record for the greatest audience uniting opening night movie cheer I've ever been part of, but this film came dangerously close to taking the title for multiple scenes, and definitely surpassed it in length and number of cheers. Anabelle and I were hoarse and emotionally drained for over a day after it ended.
It
truly lived up to its title, ending the current arc of the Marvel films started
back in 2008’s Iron Man.
Its
amazing how much they kept out of the advertising, at least until the, “Woo! We broke every financial opening
record in history,” victory lap trailer.
Considering the sheer number of surprises and twists, that was an impressive feat on its own.
Considering the sheer number of surprises and twists, that was an impressive feat on its own.
This
is the twenty second film they’ve linked up, similar to the comic book
source material, and they’ve brought all the threads together for this one.
Infinity War was a huge crossover
film, focusing on an enormous number of characters. Endgame,
while still heavily populated, had the focus on the original six Avengers,
specifically the “Big Three” of that team RDJ and the Two Chris's. (Which sounds llike a rap group.) They had multiple outings in their own
films, and drove the franchise, making the focus as it should be. Theirs were the
strongest threads connecting to the past, and theirs was the supporting casts
that had the greatest presence.
Although
due to the way these movies were constructed and interconnected, most of the
hero and villain population could fall under “supporting cast” for one of those
characters.
Do
I have complaints? Of course, I’m a comic
book fan. That’s what we do.
But
overall, it was a highly satisfying group of endings both to this overall section of the myth and the individual multiple
arc resolutions passed by along the way.
The
three hours flew by in three distinct, but in no way padded feeling, acts.
Stan Lee’s final cameo was perfectly timeless.
The
amount of little hints and references dropped around should fuel the myths for
years…
Meaning
there are still plenty of possibilities for the future with the new characters
and the new starting point.
And
because - comic books- there are still possibilities for the future of the old
characters too, should a day unlike (almost) any other arise, when Earth's Mightiest
Heroes must re-unite against a common threat!
Maybe
with new actors, and maybe with surprise returns, but as for endings being
completely final, more important than the never ending serialized fiction
nature of comic books, a much wiser man
than I has said:
“Don’t
be square, mon cher! Movies is magic!”
There
will unquestionably be a spoiler filled post (or two), once I repair my mental damage
from the overuse of emotions after watching this thing and get my thoughts
straight. (click here for it eventually)
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