Review of Avengers: Endgame

We are up to number... 15?? 20?? Whatever... in Disney's desperate attempts to wring every last cent out of what at the time was a clever new take on super hero movies with Iron Man. So I shouldn't be surprised that the writers and editors are phoning it in by now but it really shows. I would suggest the writers get a copy of any of the top 100 books on screenwriting... any one at all... and read the very first lesson of any of those books, you know, the one where they say "show don't tell". I guarantee that we didn't need 80% of the movie to be exposition from the characters, especially in a superhero movie. I am sure the CGI team, you know, the people who take up most of the credits, could have fired up the Unreal Engine and pumped out a few more video game cut scenes to fill us in. But I shouldn't blame this all on the writers, the editors pretty much looked at all of the footage, every last scrap of boring exposition and said "whatever, just chuck it all in". My girlfriend actually skipped a minute of dialogue at one point and it made no difference at all. I would complain about the obvious cringe, especially during that lame scene at the end but so many of Marvel (property of the Mouse) fans probably see that cringe as a positive aspect. Whatever, it's hard to find a movie with less cringe nowadays, so it's to be expected. There were a couple of great laugh out loud jokes and fat Thor was great, not to mention the Thor/Starlord dialogue. But I can't recommend sitting through 2.5 hours of exposition and awkward CGI for the few brilliant moments. I guess you could look at it as a learning experience, Avengers showed us how a huge ensemble superhero movie could be done right and Avengers Endgame showed us how to do it poorly.