'Avengers: Endgame' (2019) Movie Review

With Avengers: Endgame, Marvel manages to both take their expansive, episodic superhero saga in a direction I did not see coming, but also plays it out in entirely predictable, familiar fashion. At three hours, this movie is a lot, and it falls into some of the typical MCU pitfalls, but overall, it’s a blast, serves as an end point but also a beginning, and will more than satisfy fans who have devoted ten plus years and 20 plus chapters to these tales. At this point, Marvel knows their fans and what they want, and there’s going to be plenty of tears and cheers in the audience.

'Thor: Ragnarok' Trailer: Chris Hemsworth Meets A Friend From Work

Marvel movies have a reputation for being overly same-y, and it’s a reputation well earned. Hell, just look back at their last movie, Doctor Strange, which, visual flourishes aside, is basically Iron Man with a dose of mysticism thrown in. We can get into exceptions (Guardians of the Galaxy) and what not, but that’s been done to death and I don’t really care. What I do care about, however, is this new Thor: Ragnarok trailer. Not only does it look like a different kind of artifact, it’s the most fun Marvel has had maybe ever.