May 7th in Chicago.
At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos had snapped his fingers and half of the universe ceases to exist.
But if there's one thing the comic world has taught me it's that death is never certain. If there's one thing the MCU has taught me is that you never kill off franchises that you can still drain a dollar from.
Tony Stark and Nebula are adrift in space. Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Rocket and War Machine are left back on Earth after the Battle of Wakanda wondering, "what the hell just happened?" Enter Scott Lang who made it back from the quantum universe and has gone cross country to the Avengers HQ. Enter Captain Marvel who saves Stark and Nebula and brings them to Earth. From there the plan becomes to use the quantum realm to, you guessed it, time travel. By using time travel they can obtain the stones before Thanos combines them. It's decided that they need Hawkeye and Black Widow brings him back to reunite that original Avengers line-up. Oh by the way, Banner has managed to turn himself back to the Hulk but keep Banner's intelligence. Once Banner and Stark build the time machine, the plan is set in motion.
They break into teams and go off to the first Avengers film, the 1970s, Asgard and some Avengers: Infinity War locations. Each venue carries different levels of success. Stark then creates a new gauntlet but Thanos gets wind of the plan and sets his own plan in motion. With a new gauntlet our heroes bring everyone back (SURPRISE!) for a big final battle with Thanos and his goons.
Now the film ends with a few deaths that I do not want to spoil. Stark and Rogers get to get some level of satisfaction from the time travel: Tony gets to speak to his dad when in the 70s and Rogers get to hang out with Peggy Carter. That was nice to see. I feel that despite having a very convoluted plot, the film ended about as well as it could end. There are some lighthearted moments to keep things from being too dark and not all the heroes get a happy ending. The picture received a 94% RottenTomatoes rating which seems a bit high but I can live with it. The film had a budget of $356 million dollars and has gross nearly $2.8 billion worldwide.
Sold acting from the huge ensemble cast. The special effects were really good and there's a lot of action. Lots of action. Despite a 3 hour runtime, the film moves along very well. It never gets too slow and the action doesn't go on too long for it to get boring. As I have committed over 10 years to the MCU I was very pleased with the way they tied everything together. I am also mildly interested in MCU moving forward (Black Panther: Yes. Spider-Man: Not that much. Doctor Strange, Thor and Guardians of the Galaxy: Maybe). This was a fun film that brings Phase Three a nice conclusion.
But if there's one thing the comic world has taught me it's that death is never certain. If there's one thing the MCU has taught me is that you never kill off franchises that you can still drain a dollar from.
Tony Stark and Nebula are adrift in space. Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Rocket and War Machine are left back on Earth after the Battle of Wakanda wondering, "what the hell just happened?" Enter Scott Lang who made it back from the quantum universe and has gone cross country to the Avengers HQ. Enter Captain Marvel who saves Stark and Nebula and brings them to Earth. From there the plan becomes to use the quantum realm to, you guessed it, time travel. By using time travel they can obtain the stones before Thanos combines them. It's decided that they need Hawkeye and Black Widow brings him back to reunite that original Avengers line-up. Oh by the way, Banner has managed to turn himself back to the Hulk but keep Banner's intelligence. Once Banner and Stark build the time machine, the plan is set in motion.
They break into teams and go off to the first Avengers film, the 1970s, Asgard and some Avengers: Infinity War locations. Each venue carries different levels of success. Stark then creates a new gauntlet but Thanos gets wind of the plan and sets his own plan in motion. With a new gauntlet our heroes bring everyone back (SURPRISE!) for a big final battle with Thanos and his goons.
Now the film ends with a few deaths that I do not want to spoil. Stark and Rogers get to get some level of satisfaction from the time travel: Tony gets to speak to his dad when in the 70s and Rogers get to hang out with Peggy Carter. That was nice to see. I feel that despite having a very convoluted plot, the film ended about as well as it could end. There are some lighthearted moments to keep things from being too dark and not all the heroes get a happy ending. The picture received a 94% RottenTomatoes rating which seems a bit high but I can live with it. The film had a budget of $356 million dollars and has gross nearly $2.8 billion worldwide.
Sold acting from the huge ensemble cast. The special effects were really good and there's a lot of action. Lots of action. Despite a 3 hour runtime, the film moves along very well. It never gets too slow and the action doesn't go on too long for it to get boring. As I have committed over 10 years to the MCU I was very pleased with the way they tied everything together. I am also mildly interested in MCU moving forward (Black Panther: Yes. Spider-Man: Not that much. Doctor Strange, Thor and Guardians of the Galaxy: Maybe). This was a fun film that brings Phase Three a nice conclusion.
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