This is probably great for big fans of the series but it's just okay for others. The good news: a wonderful Stan Lee cameo, some jokes, some special effects. The bad: too many characters, not enough jokes, and a crazy ending meant to bring us back for #20 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
We have Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr., last blogged for Spider-Man: Homecoming), Thor (Chris Hemsworth, last in Ghostbusters), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo, last in Now You See Me 2), Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans, last in Gifted), Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson, last in Isle of Dogs), James Rhodes/War Machine (Don Cheadle, last in Miles Ahead), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch, last in Doctor Strange), Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland, last in Spider-Man: Homecoming), T'Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman, last in Black Panther), Gamora (Zoe Saldana, last in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), Nebula (Karen Gillan, also in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, though I didn't say so), Loki (Tom Hiddleston, last in I Saw the Light), Vision (Paul Bettany, last in Avengers: Age of Ultron), Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen, last in Ingrid Goes West), Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie, last in Detroit), Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan, last in I, Tonya), Heimdall (Idris Elba, last in Molly's Game), Okoye (Danai Gurira, last in Black Panther), Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt, last in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), and, way down in the credits, the terrifying villain Thanos (Josh Brolin, last in Hail, Caesar!) in complex makeup and CGI. Whew! That's not even all of them. Too many, right?
Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo direct, and Christopher Markus and Stephen McFreely wrote the screenplay, as all four did for Captain America: Winter Soldier, though eleven other writers are credited for creating characters that first appeared in other stories and/or media.
Alan Silvestri (last scored Allied) provides a suitable soundtrack that you can stream from this playlist.
We saw it three and a half weeks ago and I've been avoiding writing about it because it's sort of a cultural phenomenon that left me cold (Jack liked it a little better, but not much).
We're not in line with Rotten Tomatoes' critics, averaging 83%, nor its audiences at 91. If you're a fan, you've already seen it anyway.
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