After 10 years and 20 movies, it comes down to this, an epic movie to bring it all together. So much so that it almost feels like a conclusion, though, we know so many more movies are planned to come out in the near future.
Here you can see my kids and me going to the "midnight" open viewing of this show...
We had a very participatory crowd, cheering and sniffing and saying, "I knew it!" when their favorite fan theories came true. It was all a testament to the fact that the movie delivered. Very few were disappointed.
After Thanos' big win, the Avengers decide to come together and save the day. The plan: grab Thanos' gauntlet and use it to reverse the damage, but wouldn't you know it? Things do not go as smoothly as they had hoped.
It ends up being three hours of build to an epic conclusion.
Sure, there were slow parts, and as usual there are a lot of plot holes. There was only one 30-second gosh-awful-did-they-really-go-there-and-it-doesn't-even-fit-the-story scene they could have easily left out -- by far the most eye-rolling scene ever placed into a Marvel movie. But other than that, the movie was so enjoyable and the payout was so great that all of these weaknesses pale in comparison.
As you may have guessed, the Avengers revert to time travel. And why not? Time travel was used in Doctor Strange, and even a little in Infinity Wars, so why not in this last movie? Some complain that the time travel mechanics don't make sense. But after my work friend and I talked it out over a few days, we were able to put together a consistent map that explains it all. I'll detail this in not one, but two blog entries later this week. It still leaves some glaring plot holes, but so it goes.
I recommend catching this in the theater, if perchance you haven't seen it yet already. If you missed IMAX because of it being sold out, check out your local theater and see if they've extended showings another week, like mine has. There still appear to be several good seats left.
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