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This movie is already making a ton of money and likely will break all the records. It's the end of a long build-up and the second half of a movie that ended on a cliffhanger of sorts. Although we "know" what's going to happen because of leaks and future movie plans and such there's a value in seeing how it's pulled off.
It's also the final performance of some actors who have become identified with the roles over the past decade+. Lots of people - most of a generation - have grown up with Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, and Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Not only are these actors now the iconic faces of those characters, the real-life decisions by each of them to end their roles within the MCU drives a lot of interest in seeing how they end things. It's been obvious for a while now that the Russos have had character arcs in mind for all of the major players and though different writers have penned the screenplays it's all fit within a particular vision. Seeing the denoument of that vision is compelling.
Or, should have been. Mostly I left the theater feeling a little sad and a lot empty and confused. Despite the movie's vaunted three-hour length there's both too much and not enough here. Trying to fit everything in leads to a scattered and jumpy narrative with a deeply confused third act that requires you basically ignore almost everything that has been set up beforehand. Obviously, talking about this is going to require major spoilers, so herewith a cut tag...
( Things that are right; things that are wrong )
Bottom line: as an emotional experience, this movie has several things to recommend it. As a movie you want to be the peak of the longest arc in American movie history it falls massively short.
It's also the final performance of some actors who have become identified with the roles over the past decade+. Lots of people - most of a generation - have grown up with Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, and Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Not only are these actors now the iconic faces of those characters, the real-life decisions by each of them to end their roles within the MCU drives a lot of interest in seeing how they end things. It's been obvious for a while now that the Russos have had character arcs in mind for all of the major players and though different writers have penned the screenplays it's all fit within a particular vision. Seeing the denoument of that vision is compelling.
Or, should have been. Mostly I left the theater feeling a little sad and a lot empty and confused. Despite the movie's vaunted three-hour length there's both too much and not enough here. Trying to fit everything in leads to a scattered and jumpy narrative with a deeply confused third act that requires you basically ignore almost everything that has been set up beforehand. Obviously, talking about this is going to require major spoilers, so herewith a cut tag...
( Things that are right; things that are wrong )
Bottom line: as an emotional experience, this movie has several things to recommend it. As a movie you want to be the peak of the longest arc in American movie history it falls massively short.
