{"id":1017,"date":"2020-07-04T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T04:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/TheStrip\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2020-06-16T11:59:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T15:59:24","slug":"property-review-avengers-endgame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/TheStrip\/2020\/07\/04\/property-review-avengers-endgame\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Review: Avengers Endgame"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of IMDB.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Assembled greatness completed<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Avengers: Endgame<\/strong>
\nMarvel Studios, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We\u2019re in the endgame now.\u201d Dr. Strange was and always has been prescient about the situation at hand. Whether it\u2019s his own battles with the likes of Dormammu or Shuma Gorath or facing off against Thanos, the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth is always planning and stark about the reality of whatever happens to be going on. In this instance, in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, Strange was the most grounded and gave the most sobering assessment of all: The Avengers were going to lose before they won.<\/p>\n

Based on Strange\u2019s assessment in Infinity War, you\u2019d think Endgame would be some bleak tale of revenge and that\u2019s it. Technically, Endgame does begin as that, but it morphs into something more. It\u2019s a tale of loss, hard choices, joy and survival. And, yes, revenge. It\u2019s a do-over on some levels also. See, here, the Avengers who survived \u201cthe snappening\u201d in Infinity War have to go on. They\u2019re living day to day without their comrades, friends, loved ones and mentors\/mentees. Life is bleak, with monuments to those lost when Thanos took out half of the universe\u2019s population with a flick of his wrist and a twitch in his gauntlet. Time has, at once, stood still and moved on for those still around. They\u2019re finding ways to cope and that\u2019s the meat of the first third. It\u2019s a brilliantly deconstructed look at the world in which the Avengers did not win. The visceral raw emotion of Avengers coping, and the world at large is beautiful and simultaneously heartbreaking. Of all the Avengers, Thor and Hawkeye are depicted as having the most pain with Black Widow a close second. It\u2019s the train wreck that you can\u2019t look away from and feel in your soul.<\/p>\n

From that wreck, however, in the second act rises the phoenix of the Avengers and their allies. The most genius among them \u2014 Scott Lang, Hulk and Tony Stark \u2014 figure out a way to effect time travel. They engineer a way to travel to different points on their established timeline to retrieve the Infinity stones and bring everyone back. This makes for great comedy and revisits of some of the cinematic universe\u2019s most memorable moments. Pop culture bits (such as America\u2019s Ass for Captain America\/America\u2019s sweetheart Chris Evans and \u201cHail Hydra,\u201d also for Cap) even make their way in, lightening the mood a bit. But alas, as you make one stride forward, there will always be another that takes you back. Hard choices must be made in order to see some gain, or so Marvel would have you believe. So, yes, you\u2019re going to say goodbye to some fan favorites and yes, this is signifying that their time with the franchise is coming to an end. However, it\u2019s handled well, and it invokes emotion so much so that young children will cry at the thought of losing their favorite superhero.<\/p>\n

And, for a minute, let the editor just step back and reminisce about the experience of seeing the current crop of Avengers gathered together for likely the last time. When there was a pivotal death, at the most pivotal moment \u2014 yes, THAT<\/em> death \u2014 there was not a dry eye in the house. A young child, no older than 6 probably, cried her eyes out. Adults around us, including the editor, sniffled and cried as though we had lost a beloved family member. THAT is how you do a proper sendoff to a beloved character and that is how you wrap up a story, one of redemption and selflessness for the character and the actor in real life.<\/p>\n

Every beat hit and every note cleanly marked is the hallmark of these Avengers movies and Endgame was no exception. Threads from the early days were neatly wrapped and character investment paid off for nearly everyone. It was enough that when the lights came back up, the movie received a standing ovation and nearly everyone waited for a mid-credits scene that would never come. THAT is how you wrap 11 years and 22 movies into a neat package and remind everyone that you\u2019re the master of the genre. That is how you thank your fans for taking the time to care and get to know your ensemble cast through individual movies and properties.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s Marvel, baby.<\/p>\n

Like the comics?: 6<\/strong>
\nCasting: 10<\/strong>
\nWriting: 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overall score: 26 out of 30 or 8.6<\/strong><\/p>\n

HOW WE GRADE<\/strong>
\nWe score the properties in three categories: Casting (or voice acting in cases of animated), plot and similarities to its source material. Each category receives points out of the maximum of 10 per category and 30 overall. The percentage is the final score.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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