Harry Situation Reviews: Avengers: Endgame
“Because if we can’t save the Earth, then you can damn well sure we’ll avenge it!”
-Tony Stark, The Avengers (2012)
Avengers: Endgame is the long awaited and highly anticipated chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Everyone (well, half of them) from the previous Marvel installments return: Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Scarlett Johansen as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as War Machine, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, and Josh Brolin as Thanos. And it is written and directed by the Russo Brothers, who directed two amazing Captain America movies and Infinity War.
The story is simple. At the end of Infinity War, Thanos won. Half of all life was wiped out. And the remaining Avengers set out with one objective in mind: avenge the fallen... no matter what it takes.
Hype can sometimes ruin a movie, at least for me. That's why I dedicated myself to avoiding all theories and all reviews for this movie. You probably haven't seen me being active here lately, I've been avoiding all internet for the past week or so. Hell, I don't even know what its score on Rotten Tomatoes is right now. Not looking at that shit at any point.
And this is also a very hard film to talk about because I really don't want to give any spoilers or too many hints of what goes on. This is definitely one of those films that you have to experience for yourself and judge on your own terms.
Which is why I will give you the biggest spoiler in this review. Ready?
Final Grade: A+
Yeah, what did you expect out of me?
Everybody did an amazing job in their roles. From Evans to Johannsen and from Renner to Ruffalo, there were no small parts in this movie. But I will say that the one person that delivered a true standout performance was Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. From what I heard, this is his last role as the genius, billionaire, playboy and he delivers a helluva performance. Mostly because this man feels that he personally failed to save the universe and you can see the weight of that kind of guilt throughout his performance.
And Thanos continues to be Marvel's best villain with Josh Brolin still proving that he was perfect for the role.
What I loved most about this movie is that I had no idea what to expect during the whole run. So many amazing action sequences, a ton of laugh out loud humor, a boatload of emotional character moments, and many unexpected twists and turns that it left me feeling a mixture of shock, surprise, and satisfaction. I dare not spoil anything what goes on. Other than this movie had the best third act I'd ever seen in a movie lately, including my favorite Captain America moment in the MCU.
I understand that this review feels vague but I'm afraid that I'll have to keep that way. I cannot talk about anything else about this movie that could potentially lead to a spoiler, and I dare not spoil anything about this movie. All you need to know is that I absolutely loved this movie. To me, this felt like the Return of the King of Marvel movies. This felt like the concluding chapter to a saga, especially since it seemed to wrap up so many different stories for so many characters, and if this does mark the end of MCU movies for a while (at least until after Spider-Man: Far From Home is released) I will say that I don't mind at all. From what I heard it might be a while before they start making any more Marvel movies, and I'm good with that too. That just gets me excited for their next project, whatever it may be.
If you're a casual moviegoer that's not all that big into superhero movies or have only seen a few MCU movies and you check out this movie, I guarantee you'll walk out thinking that was a fun time. But if you're a huge fan of Marvel, like me, and you've been there since the release of Iron Man over a decade ago and seen every Marvel movie since, you will definitely love this movie. This movie was made for us. It's a love letter to the fans and to Marvel. And this review is my love letter to Marvel and the cast and crew who made this impossible dream come true.
Thank you everyone who worked on this film, and thank you Marvel for bringing fan dreams to the big screen.
Positives:
-All cast and performances
-Thanos
-Unexpected twists and turns
-Outstanding direction and writing
-Amazing action
-Laugh out loud funny moments
-Every emotional moments
-Wraps up all stories
-The final act
-Perfect conclusion
Negatives:
-None
Final Grade: A+
This review is dedicated to the late Stan Lee, the legendary creator of many of our favorite Marvel characters such as the X-Men, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man. Thank you for all the memorable characters and stories and cameos you've given us, and thank you for being a hero for so many (myself included). I hope you and Joan are at peace together. You will be missed but you will never be forgotten. Excelsior!
So those are my thoughts on Avengers: Endgame. Have you seen it? If you have, remember, no spoiling it for those who haven't yet. If you wanna talk spoilers, message me sometime, and I'd be more than happy to talk about the movie and what I loved.
In the meantime, please be kind, leave a like and comment, and check out more reviews here on Prose!
Best Quote:
Steve Rodgers/Captain America: “Avengers... assemble!”
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These Walls
Let me in, you scream. Banging on the walls that I took so long to build. I want to know what's going on, you plead. My hand hovers over the lock to let you in. Answer me, you say on the voice message that I've listened to six times because I long for your voice.
I want to, I cry but you can't hear me over the sad songs I play to mute my sobs. I don't know why I'm like this, I try to explain but you still can't hear me. No sound escapes these walls.
The First Attack
Iris
I had weapons and armory to horses in the stable. I watched the men and women in the town of Shelldera, from my home. One fine sunny day, I watched my parents leave our home in a horse- drawn carriage to go on some kind of work-related business that they had to attend to, as I waved them good-bye. I won’t know for sure until they get back. I was at home by myself for a few hours when IT appeared near my home and disappeared a few seconds later. My life was ruined by IT when it decided to appear on the day my parents left. Nobody knew why a random white wolf with flame markings appeared. I knew that he wasn’t just a normal wolf of any kind, he was known as the Flame Wolf. It had one purpose, and that purpose was to find the assigned target and take it to the Devil. I knew who the next target was since I kept up with the disappearances of certain families and friends. I made myself the next target on accident. I didn’t mean to. I became the next target because I kept up with certain pieces of evidence that shouldn’t have made sense at all. The only good thing was that I knew there was one way to get out of being the target. I had to defeat him fair and square during battle. I wrote a note for my parents to find, if I didn’t make it out alive, so I hid it under my bed, only letting a corner of the paper show. I turned myself into my Black Draginucous form, turned and looked at my bedroom for one last time. I flew to the park and looked for the Flame Wolf. I found him and landed a few yards away from him. I noticed he was pacing back and forth.
He growled and spoke in Galician with a big grin when he saw me, “Obxecto adquirido. Listo para levar. Imos, débil Daru Daru!! Target Acquired. Ready to take. Let’s go, weakling Daru Daru!”
“Non!! Non vou!! No!! I will not go!!” I spoke back in Galician as I turned into my Elf form with my Dragon Blood Armor on.
I grabbed my Finger claws, put them on and grabbed my spear. I took my stance and waved for the Flame Wolf to make the first move. The Flame Wolf howled, and multiple skeletons popped out of the ground and surrounded me. I started fighting the skeletons of past wolves, elves and Draginucous. I slashed and swung as bones flew every which way you could imagine. I kept fighting the skeletons until there were no more. I faced the Flame Wolf and he growled at me. He lunged at me and I dodged his attack. He spun around and lunged at me again, mouth wide open. I blocked his bite attack with my spear as he latched onto the spear. He started to gnaw on it when I slammed him onto the ground. He yelped, let go of the spear and stood up as I backed away a little bit. I spun around to walk away from him when he knelt down. I didn’t notice that The Flame Wolf was sneaking up on me until the last second. Before I could hit him back, he bit my lower left arm. I screamed and fell to my knees as I held my lower arm.
“Ti ... enganaches. You... you cheated.” I said as my vision started to fade to black and my eyes turned to a dull and lifeless color.
The Flame Wolf walked up to me and said, “Nunca son xusto. A miña picadura é peor que a miña casca. I am never fair. My bite is worse than my bark.”
He howled but, I grabbed the Flame Wolf by the neck and said, “Meus ... os meus pais non ... non estarán contentos con isto. My... my parents will not… not be happy about this.”
I dropped to the ground completely, my hand let go of his neck. I knew my helmet fell off and I watched it roll toward a tree. The Flame Wolf shook and howled again. Hands made of flesh came up, grabbed my body, and took it to the Under World. The Flame Wolf disappeared because his work was complete.
The Next Day (Narrator)
It was a beautiful, sunny day as a young man named Sylvyr Petsandoral, was walking in the park and walked near one of the trees to cool down. He suddenly, stumbled over something and looked down to see a helmet made of Dragon Blood. He immediately knew who it belonged to, Iris Freedom. Sylvyr picked it up and held onto it for her parents. When her parents got back about a week later, Sylvyr walked over to her parent’s home and knocked on the door. Her father answered the door and looked at Sylvyr a little confused. Her father was puzzled on why Sylvyr was there.
“Tara Diera. I found something that belongs to your daughter.” Sylvyr said as he grabbed something from the bag he was carrying.
Sylvyr showed him the helmet he had found. Iris’s father took the helmet from the young man. He thanked Sylvyr and closed the door. He took it inside for her mother to see. When she saw Iris’s helmet, she ran upstairs to Iris’s bedroom to see if their little girl was there. She was wrong and she laid across Iris’s bed, crying her eyes out. Meanwhile downstairs, he set the helmet onto the kitchen counter and threw his dagger at a wall, angrily. He paced the floor, downstairs plotting his revenge against whoever took his sweet and innocent daughter. He knew that whoever took her, would pay for that was a grave mistake they made.
‘Who would do such a thing to my daughter? Who could have taken her? Why would they take her? Who in their right mind would take her? Lolo’s missing and now Iris is gone. Whoever did this is going to pay for this grave mistake, whoever made it.’ Tara thought to himself as he paced in the kitchen.