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I too saw Endgame
The only thing I knew going in was that there was no post-credits scene, which is accurate.
Overall, "messy but emotionally satisfying" is my verdict. I enjoyed it quite a lot as a movie--I also enjoyed Infinity War--and there are a few sequences that are brilliant, and many parts that are very good.
Quick hits:
- I was prepared for Steve to die, and then he…didn't? And got a (very straight) happy ending? And he wielded Mjolnir? And it was awesome? That was an unexpected bonus! Also when he called Peter "Queens!" I died, it was amazing, I love Steve forever, the end.
- Everything with Thor was deeply unfortunate, starting with the fact that the Russo Brothers apparently were incapable of doing rewrites in light of Ragnarok and ending with the whole…fat joke…thing. I was honestly expecting Frida to give Thor a glow-up that got rid of it, which would have been well past the point I was already sick of it, and then it kept…going… Even seeing Thor in a Norwegian sweater (and Valkyrie in a fishing sweater, omg) was not enough to make up for that.
- The thing with Natasha was BULLSHIT. And every scene with Hawkeye was TERRIBLE, as was his hair and his tattoo and his EVERYTHING.
- Not enough Carol and her alpha lesbian haircut!!!
- The New York sequence was AMAZING, especially the part in the elevator, I laughed out loud and the audience applauded, it was GREAT.
- The queer "representation" was beyond insulting, go fuck yourself Kevin Feige.
Finally, I think they have managed to sufficiently muddy the waters on how time travel + quantum realm + Infinity Stones works that basically anything that hasn't been said onscreen explicitly by the end is fixable. So I fully expect Loki to waltz out of a fissure in reality in Thor 4, and not a moment too soon.
I'm still bitter about Natasha though.
Overall, "messy but emotionally satisfying" is my verdict. I enjoyed it quite a lot as a movie--I also enjoyed Infinity War--and there are a few sequences that are brilliant, and many parts that are very good.
Quick hits:
- I was prepared for Steve to die, and then he…didn't? And got a (very straight) happy ending? And he wielded Mjolnir? And it was awesome? That was an unexpected bonus! Also when he called Peter "Queens!" I died, it was amazing, I love Steve forever, the end.
- Everything with Thor was deeply unfortunate, starting with the fact that the Russo Brothers apparently were incapable of doing rewrites in light of Ragnarok and ending with the whole…fat joke…thing. I was honestly expecting Frida to give Thor a glow-up that got rid of it, which would have been well past the point I was already sick of it, and then it kept…going… Even seeing Thor in a Norwegian sweater (and Valkyrie in a fishing sweater, omg) was not enough to make up for that.
- The thing with Natasha was BULLSHIT. And every scene with Hawkeye was TERRIBLE, as was his hair and his tattoo and his EVERYTHING.
- Not enough Carol and her alpha lesbian haircut!!!
- The New York sequence was AMAZING, especially the part in the elevator, I laughed out loud and the audience applauded, it was GREAT.
- The queer "representation" was beyond insulting, go fuck yourself Kevin Feige.
Finally, I think they have managed to sufficiently muddy the waters on how time travel + quantum realm + Infinity Stones works that basically anything that hasn't been said onscreen explicitly by the end is fixable. So I fully expect Loki to waltz out of a fissure in reality in Thor 4, and not a moment too soon.
I'm still bitter about Natasha though.
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I wish I did, too, but I just don't think it's going to happen. :(((
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WHAT.
Uncalled for.
(Not reading the rest of your post until my siblings who know my tastes tell me whether or not I want to watch it.)
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I think my Asgardian Issues start earlier.
I in the seat could roll with Grief!Clint but with my Thinking Brain engaged I'm questioning Directorial Choices. Namely, a man with building skills would be plied with so much hot dish and kept busy Doing Important Things Natasha would have to stage an intervention.
I fear that we got as much Carol as we could given Filming Out of Order and Tight Security on Actors Knowing Context.
Americas Asses was Spot On.
More Representative Representation was somewhere Off Screen and that's a directorial choice they should consider at length in a corner. Maybe Joey met someone nice during the five years.
Loki waltzing out of fissures could become a fan fiction staple. Hell, he could take salsa lessons in one of the boroughs.
I've sadly read enough comics to that Endgame isn't the home of my Natasha bitters. But, she's done some good time travel storylines, so accept this Natasha! ala CA:TWS using random men as rappelling anchor points.