Avengers: Endgame

I know I literally just said Infinity War was the Gold Standard of comic book movies but the same can be said for Endgame. While Endgame isn’t on the same level as far as it’s storytelling it makes up for it in terms of pure spectacle and fan service. Every frame of this movie could have been ripped straight from the pages of a real life comic book which is what makes it the perfect CBM. Endgame is the perfect closing chapter to the Infinity Saga while still planting the seeds of the future. While Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man steals the show, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely made a fantastic decision between Infinity War and Endgame to focus on the core 6 heroes to give most of them a way to bow out gracefully from the franchise before the MCU is overtaken by the new young blood. Endgame may not be perfect from a filmmaking/plot perspective but as I have grown up with this franchise it was everything I wanted it to be and so much more. They say part of the journey is the end, and I can honestly say I cannot think of a ending that would have captured the essence of the franchise as Avengers: Endgame did for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well done Mr. Fiege, we love you 3000.