Avengers: Endgame | Film Review

Hey Guys x

I just got back from the cinema and am writing this pretty much straight away because I wanted to remember exactly how I was feeling right after seeing the film. I've been a huge fan of the MCU for years, and had so many hopes tied into this film. So in the simplest way, this film is a big deal.

After the events of 'Infinity War', when Thanos completed his mission of erasing half the world, the remaining Avengers are out of ideas, hopeless, and trying to move on with their lives. But when a small ray of hope makes itself known, the team puts everything on the line to bring back what Thanos took from them. And they'll do whatever it takes to make things right again.

Amazing isn't a strong enough word to describe this film. Incredible? Epic? Well, it's all of these things and more.

There's so much to say about it, particularly while carefully avoiding spoilers, as the film really is best when you know as little as possible about it. There are so many moments that only worked so well and gave me chills because I had no idea that they were happening. And by the end, it definitely doesn't feel like you've been watching for three hours!

The first thing I want to talk about is the story itself. 'Infinity War' was seen as a really ambitious crossover, and I was one of the people wondering how on Earth they were going to top that in Endgame. And they did it, they topped the epic-ness of the first by having an incredible story. There were so many facets, so many storylines, so many characters to juggle, and the writers, editors and directors did this so well that everything felt completely seamless, like these were characters that had always interacted, rather than a group of separate characters who were brought together over the last ten years.

And talking about the script and direction, it also has to be said how funny the film was. Before I saw it, a lot of the reviews said that it was funny, so I expected to have some laughs. I didn't expect it to be hilarious, I didn't expect it to not feel a bit forced, I didn't expect to laugh out loud in the cinema as many times as I did, and I didn't expect the humour to work so well. But the humour was amazing, hilarious, and didn't take anything away from the dramatic parts of the story. Some parts were so funny that I still think about them and laugh out loud, and I'm sure I'll be doing that for days on end.

But then there were the dramatic moments, of which there were plenty. Because this is a film where so much is at stake, there are moments when your heart is pounding in your chest, where you really don't know what will happen, when you don't know if the next scene will fill you with dread or euphoria. And yes, I cried during the film, for many reasons good and bad. Because, like everything else, the film does a perfect job of letting you feel things without telling you what to feel.

The first MCU film I ever saw was the first 'Avengers' film (Avengers Assemble), so in a way, I feel like I grew with the six main Avengers, and they have always been, and always will be, my first representation of what it means to be a superhero. The film is bittersweet in this sense. Without saying too much, while it's great to have new characters, it hurts that the further MCU films won't be just the six Avengers that we've come to know and love in the last 10 years.

And the ending, which is the last thing I'm going to talk about. The word 'satisfying' was thrown around a lot, and I think that's a perfect word to describe it. Whether you're happy with how it ended or not, it's clear that it ended in exactly the way it was supposed to.

Overall, I can't recommend this film, or this franchise, enough. It was exactly what I wanted out of this universe, and I don't think I would change a single thing about it. What a way to end a decade!

9/10

Lou