User blog:Lover of the Muse/thoughts on Endgame

I saw Avengers: Endgame with my girlfriend recently and wanted to share my thoughts on it. I apologize if my thoughts are jumbled.

The Thor Problem
I've noticed an annoying pattern with the Thor and Avenger movies.

For instance at the end of the first movie the Bifrost is destroyed, and Thor is trapped on Asgard but Forest is working in a SHIELD lab trying to create an artificial wormhole to reunite with Thor on Asgard. This moment was never paid off, instead in the Avengers, Thor is sent to Earth by Odin's magic.

In the second movie they tried to setup a love triable between Thor, Jane, and Sif but that was never paid off either; instead the thrid movie seems to toss the Warriors Three aside to focus on new characters.

The third movie ended with Thor as the king of the Asgardians and even with him missing an eye to reflect Odin; but then in Infinity War he gets a replacement eye and in Endgame he quits to let Valkyrie rule New Asgard.

Captain America's successor
After the movie I took my girlfriend to a resturant where we argued about Cap's decision to hand his SHIELD to Sam Wilson  (I keep wanting to call him Sam Harris for some reason). My girlfriend said "We need a black captian America" and I said "fuck affirmative action, Bucky's got seniority he's been Cap's sidekick since the 40's".

I don't remember the entire argument but we went into the qualifications of the two chacters.

That Epic Final Battle
When this movie started I remember thinking "yeah this is kind of slow and doesn't have a lot of action" but by the end I felt so sorry for ever underestimating this film. This movie builds to one hell of a climax, a climax to over a decade worth of films.

I loved the moment when all the Masters of the Mystic Arts, Wakandans, Asgardians, Ravagers, Gaurdians of the Galaxy, and Spiderman all show up and the entrance of Captain Marvel.

Tony Stark you big Damm Hero
The Marvel Cinematic Universe began with Iron Man. In this movie his character's journey came to satisfying conclusion. I was so worried that at the last minute they were going to resurrect Iron Man but they didn't. Now Robert Downey Jr is free.

Tony Stark has gone from a war profiteer and immature playboy to a father and the hero who sacrifices his life to save the entire universe. In the first Avengers movie, Cap said "you're not the one to make the sacrifice play". Obviously that's foreshadowing for Tony going into the Wormhole at the end of that film but it also doubles as foreshadowing of Tony's ultimate fate.

Tony Stark saying "I am Iron Man" and snapping his fingers to destroy Thanos and his entire army is the kind of awesome that just isn't possible without years of buildup.

Captain America's hapilly ever after
At the end of this film Steve Rogers goes back in time to be with Peggy Carter. I wasn't expecting that but it was a satisfying conclusion for this character.

Five Year Timeskip
The Five year timeskip creates new mysteries that can be explored in future movies. It's said that during this time the governments of the world were greatly weakened and new criminal groups emerged to take advantage of the chaos.

Dawn of a New Age
The first era of the MCU has finished, now a new story begins.