guess i'll move this here:
i liked endgame overall, but there's 2 things i really don't like. spoilers below for any who haven't seen it yet.
when cap picked up the hammer, that was amazing... but why could he suddenly control lightning? mjolnir isn't what give thor his powers to control lightning and thunder. that was established in ragnorok. so why does cap suddenly get these powers? wielding the hammer was awesome, but he shouldn't have been given demigod powers.
starks death after having a child... i didn't like it. i don't mind stark sacrificing himself for everyone, that would make a great ending to his arc. especially going back to avengers 1 when cap said he won't make the sacrifice for everyone. but he always had resentment for missing out on his childhood with his dad being so involved in his work. maybe i'm remembering incorrectly, but i thought he felt early on that his childhood was mostly wasted without his dad. then he found that video of his dad saying tony was his best creation and wants him to continue his work. seemed tony's dad loved him and tony finally saw it, but leading up to that and even after it wasn't really the way he wanted to be loved. he certainly didn't want his most memorable act of affection from his dad to be some video. and tony's actions with his own child in endgame strongly hinted at that, imo. tony wanted to be active in the childs life, even at the cost of not getting back the dusted people. at least that's what he said. just didn't like that build up. again, i got no issue with stark sacrificing himself for all, but why bring the aforementioned dynamic into it? also, why is potts the one to say to him it's ok to go? she should be freaking out for him to get better. like shes done in every other movie before they were really connected, and now they're married and have a child and shes fine with it?
wish they'd have let someone else sacrifice themselves so tony can have his happy family ending.
also wish the real hulk would have made an appearance as well. though i loved the professor hulk too.
thor's arc was amazing and hilarious.
the gratuitous all female attack was cool and campy at the same time.
wish strange and cap marvel had larger roles.
after infinity war, thanos seemed too strong without the stones, but i don't have a huge problem with that. the avengers have struggled to defeat much weaker villains (loki/ultron) with much smaller armies, so it's not much of a stretch for them to struggle vs him even without the stones.
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Gotta say I agree with rolltidefan's take on Endgame almost word-for-word.
I, too, was REALLY saddened by the thought that Tony was now leaving his child, after his was the ONLY life that turned out better after the snap. I'm sure it hits me harder than it would if I didn't have young children of my own. But that's precisely WHY it had to be Tony to do it. Nobody else would have been as gut-wrenching, nobody else would have the same impact. Iron Man had the most solo movies, plus the most appearances in other movies (I'm assuming). We knew Tony the best of all of the characters. I certainly felt the closest to him. And Pepper had already said it, that they needed to attempt it and make whatever sacrifices necessary, to help the rest of the world improve its lot. She was willing, and ultimately Tony-- the ultimate self-serving narcissist-- was willing as well. It was tough to watch, for sure.
i get that. i also agree tony was the one that needed to make the sacrifice. i just wish they'd have not included the child dynamic.
there was a decent parallel in endgame going back to the first avengers movie. in the first avengers movie, cap goes off on tony about not making the play for the good of all and in the end of that movie he does, though he survives the ensuring sacrifice. and that's why tony made a good choice to make the final endgame sacrifice (because he's redeeming himself/proving cap wrong).
in endgame, tony went apeshit on cap about not being there when he needed to be (can't remember exactly what was said, but basically that). while the parallel fits tony pretty good, it fits cap even better. cap is now redeeming himself for being selfish in his desires and not being there for the team/good of all when needed most.
having cap sacrifice himself does a lot of other good thing too, imo.
- it still gives huge weight to the act, and one that will be felt hard by the fans as he's a foundational character.
- it wraps up cap's story great while also preventing him from going back in time and potentially messing up the timeline (living his life in the past).
- someone else, like strange, could take the stones back, which would have given strange a chance to meet back up with the ancient one in a future movie.
- could still give tony his send off by letting him retire with his family and give his kid the father he always wanted his to be. let potts or war machine take over that role of suited up smart ass.
i get why they chose him, and i don't really think it was wrong, just could have been better, imo.
