As All Good Things Should Be | AVENGERS END GAME Review

Talented. Brilliant. Incredible. Amazing. Show stopping. Spectacular. Never the same. Totally unique.

Y’all know the inspirational Lady Gaga meme yeah? She was talking about Ryan Murphy basically. But it’s also become well…a meme that describes something that matches all of those attributes (either truthfully or sarcastically).

I couldn’t help but have it come to mind immediately when thinking of Avengers: End Game.

I can even support this by saying I’ve been lucky enough to see it twice already. So I really FELT those things about the film. While its hype will be because it’s following the events of Infinity War, it’s going to become something so much more. Because when Marvel President Kevin Feige declared this as the end of the Infinity Saga, it is the end.

But it’s also about the beginning.

Imagine not really knowing where the story of Iron Man was going to head. And it ends up as this 21 film storyline concluding with Avengers: End Game. They’ve had their flaky moments, but the MCU has entrenched itself within the social lexicon for its hard work to create this…cinematic universe. And as the first saga ends, we’ll see these 22 films concluded in a way that I don’t think has any sort of parallel.

Picking up from the Decimation at the end of Infinity War, we see events unfold across 3 hours of film.

Yes, they weren’t lying when they said they needed 3 hours to finish the story.

What’s incredible about this is the fantastic pacing which makes this experience pass exceptionally fast. The Russo Brothers really have shot to the forefront of the giant ensemble flick, and this is reflected in the way they not only maximised their usage of time (it wasn’t 3 hours just because it could be) but also with how well they tell everyone’s story. Everyone gets their hero moment and resolutions, all the while running alongside the overall storyline.

This may also be thanks to screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who have done an incredible job of weaving together everything that has come before it. They manage to pick up subtle points across the Marvel Cinematic Universe and answer them in ways that surprised and exceeded my expectations.

Not only that, but kudos to the whole production team who managed to create a film that not only rewards those who have invested their time into this universe, but allows those who haven’t to enjoy it just the same. Cramming humour, loss, grief, redemption, avenging and so much more into one film is no easy feat, but End Game absolutely nails it in a freaky way like “HOW…“.

And the action…oh the action. Just think about a lot of different set-pieces you’ve wanted to see throughout the MCU so far, and whether or not those would come to light. Well they do. Remember how I said the story exceeded my expectations? The action is very much the same.

Ultimately, End Game is about payoff. It’s about a lot of time and a lot of work leading to…an inevitable, per-say.

Part of the journey is the end.

This is an end. But it’s going to lead to new beginnings. New changes. While I think the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home won’t jump from the mark too much, from there on out we’re going to see a shift.

And after this…after this MASSIVE story that took place over a decade across 22 films, well I am very, VERY excited to see what happens next.