**YES, THERE ARE SPOILERS. AND SINCE THIS BLOG IS GOING TO BE MADE UP OF THEM, I’M NOT SPOILER TAGGING**

(I only approved this myself just in case any blogmin hadn’t seen the movie yet. Please don’t eat me.)

You’ve been warned and if you read any further, it’s not my fault if it gets spoiled for you.

I’ve seen Endgame twice now in the past 24 hours. Since I’ve got three hours to kill until our next showtime, I’ve decided to make a comprehensive list of all of the most impressive and fun parts of Endgame and some things that disappointed me, personally. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. The first act was kinda meh, the time travel multiuniverse shit was kinda confusing, but the rest of the movie was an excellent cap (no pun intended) on the Infinity Saga.

Impressive Things
1.) Thor and his beer belly were very interestingly done. I know for a fact that Chris Hemsworth did not gain that weight for this movie so I’m very curious as to whether or not it was CGI or actual prosthetic fat suit. Either way, a different side to Thor that we haven’t seen.

2.) The throwbacks to The Avengers (2012) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). These were perfectly executed segments that take us back to a time where we barely knew what the hell infinity stones were. Personally, hearing “Come and Get Your Love” and seeing Chris Pratt being a complete goofball again was way better than seeing the Avengers squad, but hearing Ant-Man talk about how Captain America’s ass is the ass of America was truly special.

3.) The relationship between Gamora and (our) Nebula really feels like it’s come full circle, and they’ve only known their versions of each other for maybe a day or so. Nebula becomes a much more rounded character in this than in the other movies she’s in, aside from Infinity War where we start to see the change. It’s wholesome.

4.) They explained time-travel pretty well. That’s all that needs to be said for that.

5.) I’m such a huge lesbian for Captain Marvel’s haircut. Also every woman that was in that final battle scene where they took Infinity Gauntlet #2 across the battlefield. That scene made me tear up. Okay, there were a lot of scenes that made me tear up. Let’s not kid ourselves.

6.) Speaking of that final battle, holy shit, it was breathtaking. After Hulk snaps his fingers to bring back everyone who was turned to dust, Time Travel Thanos pays a visit and there’s a fight between him and the Avengers that are there (Captain America wields Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir, yes Mjölnir is back). Then Thanos calls down his battalion and shit looks fucked. At that moment, we see the warpy-doo things that Doctor Strange uses start to appear, and all of our old friends that were turned to dust come in legions. I also cried at this scene. It was beautiful.

7.) I feel like it was a perfect end to Captain America and Iron Man’s story. Also, for people wondering who the hell the random kid was at Tony Stark’s funeral, it was the kid from Iron Man 3 (2013). You know, the random one who helped save his life. We don’t know exactly why he’s there but he is. You’re welcome.

Disappointments

1.) We didn’t see a whole lot of Captain Marvel or any of the Wakanda crew that wasn’t turned to dust. I really was hoping to see a bit more of a collaborative effort than just Rocket, Nebula, Bruce, Tony, Steve, Scott, Thor, Rhody, Natasha, and Clint. I know they were the brain power but it just would’ve been cooler to have seen a bigger gang but I understand it would’ve been a LOT of people. They gave very good reasons in-movie as to why the whole lot wasn’t there.

2.) Dabbing. Fortnite. Selfies. That’s all.

3.) (Our) Thanos’ death at the beginning of the movie was super lackluster. It angers me he had such a meaningless death when he caused the death of so many people. Yes, I wanted him to suffer. Thanks Thor, you went for the head.

4.) Natasha died and Clint didn’t. I didn’t personally care who died at Volmir but I would’ve rather seen Hawkeye go down. As soon as it’s revealed that they’re the pair going to Volmir, you know that one of them dying is an inevitability. There was no surprise. I can’t even really pinpoint why I’d have rather it been Clint, because I think ScarJo’s acting is about as good as a sack of potatoes.

5.) I know this was also an impressive thing, because honestly I was impressed with how they did it, but Thor being in his fat suit got really old really quick. In my mind, I thought they were going to do the thing that they did with Scott when he changed ages and he would just keep the body, but they didn’t end up doing that.

6.) Iron Man kills Thanos (like for real, for real) and ends the battle by snapping his fingers in Infinity Gauntlet #2. I wanted to see (our) Gamora get revenge against her father. I know she didn’t come back, I’m sure she’ll come back in GotG3 but I just wanted that to be the end of Thanos. Just Gamora and Nebula murdering the tar out of him. I would’ve enjoyed it. That’s just me being picky though. I really don’t mind the Iron Man ending, especially his one liner.

It was actually kind of hard thinking back on what I thought was disappointing because, really, I don’t think there was a better way to end this era. None of my qualms about it would ever work out as well as what the Russo Brothers pulled together.

Last thing - there is no end credit scene, but there is the sound of a hammer hitting metal. Supposedly, this is a throwback to Iron Man (200 when he was making his first suit. It’s literally just a sound bite. No end credit scene, no mid-credit scene (although the actors credits are pretty dope), just Marvel Studios’ logo.

Anyway what were y’all’s thoughts on Endgame? How do you feel about it? What are you excited for next?