Avengers: Endgame

The Good

While the action is original and fun, it’s the character moments that make Endgame so special. It may, in fact, be more funny than Infinity War. The film is three hours and I’ve read some of the suggested moments where one might take a bathroom break, but I would not take those to heart. In fact, one suggested moment where the Hulk has lunch might be one of the stand-outs, so don’t miss it. It’s a simple moment but it seems ripped right from the comics where a world with superheroes is just something that is normal.

There are so many great moments and everyone is bound to have favorites — Ant-man fanboying over Captain America, Banner/Hulk eating tacos, comments about Captain America’s a*s, Rockets interaction with, well, anyone. Frankly there are too many to list.

“Marvel has clearly saved the best for last…”

One thing that I found surprising was that Brie Larson as Captain Marvel does not ruin the movie. In fact, there is plenty of talk about how she has not yet earned her place as an Avenger, in some way echoing what many fans are also thinking. It seems the Russo Brothers found a way to place her in the film that makes sense and she is a part of the story in just about the right amount. I do wonder though, if Captain Marvel as a character is just so powerful, it makes her uninteresting. I know I’m going to sound like I’m contradicting myself somewhat, but that leads to a discussion of the bad.

The Bad

While Brie Larson as Captain Marvel does not ruin the film, she is something of a distraction. It’s hard to erase her now infamous and bigoted tirade against white male critics, for which she has never apologized or clarified. And in the recent press tour for Endgame, she comes off so poorly she may have earned the title as “America’s bitter ex-wife.”