Finally saw End Game last night. They had every reason to fail in ending that run. How did they pull that off? We’ve seen so many trilogies fail to finish strong.
I’m optimistic for Phase 2, but it’s more than likely that we never see an event movie like this again, just like GoT might be the end of appointment television. Media consumption is changing, and it’s naive to think that we are still flocking to theaters like this a decade from now.
I liked the emotional bookend of Clint losing his family with Tony’s family losing him. Maybe I’m just more aware of it since my son is only 7 months old, but they really focused on dads a lot. Lang lost time with his family, Clint lost his family then got them back, and Tony’s family lost him. They really touched on all the feels of the dads in the audience which is surely a massive section of the MCU fan base.
Loved when the calvary arrived. That was pretty damn epic, and it seems pretty apparent that Sam leads the Avengers going forward.
When Cap wields the Hammer, I thought for a split second it was Loki, and I honestly think it would have been cooler if it was.
Overall, it wasn’t the best MCU film. It’s probably firmly in the Top 5, but it was an exceptional end of a long journey. Feige, Favreau, and RDJ deserve all the credit they get.