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Makes me hope we get to play as Miles in Spider-Man 2 as Spider-Man not just sneaking

There were a few things I called: Cap getting to go back and live a life, Thor carrying on into future films, the way there wasn't really a post-credits scene. There were things I wasn't necessarily expecting: how big of a role nebula had, Tony's death (I wasn't expecting this going into the film, but it was pretty obvious once he was the only one with something to lose).

Captain Marvel's role was about what I expected. My only complaint was something which annoyed me in Infinity War as well: the big "look at all the female Avengers working together" moment which was far less empowering than just treating them the same as all the male heroes, which the films otherwise do a good job of.

The spectacle by the end was tremendous, there were laughs to be had, and I teared up a little when I finally heard Cap say "Avengers Assemble!" Its been a hell of a ten years, but I'm satisfied with that conclusion and I'll be happy with some nice little one-off films from Marvel for a while.

However, plotwise didn't they possibly make things worse? Take the guy at the listening group he went on a date right, now let's say he's continued that relationship on. Now his partner from 5 years ago turns up with their last memory being the dusting, like what happens and same with loads of other things.

Then Thanos idea was to cut the populations because we were/are reckoning the world, which we find out from Cap, whales are now in the harbour and flourishing because of fewer humans, now due to the snap we've added in the original whale population back.

Surely the world is now more overpopulated. Yet it looks Spider-Man Far From Hom will just gloss over all this and everyone will just go back to school.

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Wouldn't Cap going back and living a life change history? Also what about Peggy's Great Niece or we forget about her.

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Going forward I reckon we will get:
Spider-Man Far From Home
Cap Marvel 2
Dr Strange 2
Guardians Vol 3/Thor 4
Black Panther 2
Black Widow Prequal
Antman and the Wasp 3

To name a few and maybe Fantastic Four as the new film series which could make Dr Doom the big bad for the MCU, ohh and the Eternals.

It's a bloody good effort. There is something crazy like 64 lead actors in that movie, so to tell a good story, maintain a consistent and fitting tempo, while managing so many characters, is a truly impressive and unprecedented feat. This is the most ambitious attempt at cinematic storytelling since the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and it feels awesome to be able to see it. All I can think about is Marvel after having watched the film and I feel like running a marathon.

That being said, I think the movie was far from perfect.

The end fight is a complete mess. - This sort of doesn't matter, because the intensity of those feel-good vibes was incredible when the Avengers assemble. - But that's a feeling that's going to diminish on every watch. After which, we are left with a bit of a mess (albeit an enjoyable one).

We essentially witness one super hero saving another at the last moment ad nauseum, without any sense of spatial geography. Compare this to any of the major Game of Thrones set pieces on the Wall. Whereas Thrones shows you scale, breathtaking cinematography in it's incredible bird's-eye shots, End Game shows us some big things (like the space ships or Ant-Man), but no inter-connectivity beyond the - get to the van - bits. Now, the get to the van relay was really cool, but I would have liked to have seen a better sense of scale.

Instead, we have contrived chaos as a result of the constant Super hero X is in trouble, Super Hero Y makes the save. Take Star Lord fighting some nobodies in a random building God knows where, to be saved by Gamorra, as a prime example. It's not connected to anything else in the fight, except being set within the overall battle, and the fact that Star Lord, alongside everyone else, is bailed out minimises the sense of danger posed by Thanos' goons.

Which is my real problem with the sequence. Thanos, or the other bads, don't kill anyone except redshirt Asgardians and Wakandans. Couldn't we have had Drax, for example, offed? His entire arc is about stopping Thanos, and he's just been a joke character from Vol. 2 onwards. Having him meaningfully sacrifice himself would have been a thematic end for his arc that served as a reminder that this is the End Game. I'm sure there are other character's whose journey could have ended fittingly in the battle, but this all leads me onto the biggest problem with the film:

It should've either been 2 films (One released in "fall" one in spring), or it should've had a film set in the post-snap world starring Black Widow/Hawkeye in order to give those characters some much needed depth for the Soul Stone scene.

The post-snap world is interesting, and definitely worth a film in and of itself. As Mas suggests, there's some moral questions raised by the post-snap earth environment- although the morality in End Game is basically: Thanos had a point, global warming is terrible, with a waft that the prosperity of nature and humanity being diametrically opposed. It's that waft in tandem with the power vacuum left by the sudden wake of people disintegrating. An extra film dedicated to that could have been wonderful, and helped us empathise with Hawkeye beyond the stale - my family is gone - paradigm. I think it would have been great to have the two most human (in terms of abilities) Avengers, grapple with an alien earth.

Unfortunately, I think this probably wouldn't have been logistically possible, given Cap and Stark's importance to End Game, and the fact that both of those actors are done with their characters. But still, what a send off.

So instead we have one of the leanest films you'll ever see. Even at 3 hours plus, there's no fat on this movie. And while it's flawed, it's still a heck of a journey.

It's a testament to what the guys and gals at Marvel Studios have accomplished that a three hour movie felt like half its runtime. As a conclusion to the first three phases of the MCU, it hit pretty much most of the beats that I wanted and more. I don't think I've felt such a rush of hype and happiness at Cap busting out the assemble line along with the best moment of the MCU to date in which Cap wields Mjolnir. UK cinema goers are usually reserved, but that one drew a big reaction at my screening including a guy behind me losing his mind and yelling "what the fuuuck OH SHIIIIIIIIT" which was amusing.

I think everybody called Cap and Tony bowing out in some shape or form and I'd even went as far as to predict the reverse of the Tony/Spidey moment in Infinity War. I'mhappy Cap got his happy ending though - that old soldier deserves it through and through. Thor was easily the highlight in my book - I've never related more to a superhero in my life. The Lebowski line drew a big laugh from me. I'm glad that Thor is sticking around and I can't wait to see Guardians Vol. 3.

As a whole, I do think I preferred Infinity War - it was a tighter and more cohesive film as a whole and I think Muss has hit the nail on the head in pointing out that the battle scene in Endgame was a bit of a mess. It doesn't match up to the scrap on Titan in IW. Still, bloody great film and an easy recommendation for anybody with even a passing interest in Marvel.

Yeah, I agree with your complaint there - it felt a bit heavy handed. Seeing the women of Marvel kick all sorts of ass, like Scarlet Witch basically soloing Thanos and Danvers nuking the shit out of the ship was awesome though. I'm a bit concerned that they've written themselves into a corner with Captain Marvel though - she's broken on a power scale unlike anything the MCU's seen yet. I'm not really going to buy her being in any sort of peril.

I don't think Captain Marvel is too far removed from Thor at his most powerful. The trick will be to give her interesting stakes to fight for, rather than putting the character in danger. I'm sure she'll fight cool, cosmic villains.