{"id":1512,"date":"2019-06-11T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2019-05-16T19:23:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T01:23:28","slug":"movie-avengers-endgame-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/11\/movie-avengers-endgame-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Avengers – Endgame (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Avengers:Avengers: Endgame
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2019
\nRating: PG-13
\nLength: 181 minutes \/ 3.02 hours<\/p>\n

With last year\u2019s semi-cliffhanger,\u00a0Avengers: Infinity War<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2018),\u00a0Avengers: Endgame<\/em>\u00a0(2019) had a lot of ground to cover to reach a satisfying conclusion of over ten years of filmmaking. It\u2019s no wonder that it\u2019s just a smidge over three hours since there\u2019s a lot of ground to cover here. I\u2019ll admit that the only instantiations of these superheroes that I\u2019m familiar with is via the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Still, it was probably better to go into the finale this way, having no preconceived notions of how the characters should act or the lore they\u2019re connected to in the comic books.<\/p>\n

For a three-hour movie,\u00a0Endgame<\/em>\u00a0moves at a steady pace that accelerates toward the inevitable conclusion. Following a standard three-act structure,\u00a0Endgame<\/em>\u00a0benefited from bringing all the heroes together in\u00a0Infinity War<\/em>\u00a0and establishing a baseline to work from and a goal to work toward. It was nice to see how each of these characters handled such a dramatic universal event. This is even to the point where some of the character transformations were quite hilarious (Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner\/Hulk is still a gem of the series). With the stakes already established, the collection of heroes felt like they were actually fighting for something instead of just reacting to actions thrust upon them.<\/p>\n

While this film lived up to my expectations, a few scenes were far from perfect. In particular, a scene or two felt like it was pandering to the audience and saying, \u201cLook how progressive we are!\u201d Sure, it was a neat bit and combined somewhat well with all the other amazing bits around it, but I almost had to groan at how forced it seemed. At the very least,\u00a0Endgame <\/em>wrapped up a ton of loose ends that have spanned a multitude of movies and left a definitive conclusion to the most ambitious filmmaking event of a generation.<\/p>\n

A fitting and almost perfect end to an epic saga, I give\u00a0Avengers: Endgame<\/em> 4.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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