...At least for today since I feel like writing about this. ;-)
Those eerie beginning scenes where the world is still reeling in shock after Thanos' snap felt more familiar and relatable this time... The camera pans over empty ballparks and shut-down businesses and large-scale memorial walls for the people who were lost. The mood is heavy and depressing as everyone left behind is assessing the massive global damage, mourning personal losses, and feeling unsure about how to move forward. They've cut to five years in the future, and you see that nothing is normal, and everyone has reacted differently (rage, grief counseling, seeking meaning/purpose, leading others, seeking vengeance, and totally numbing out).
Enter the remaining Avengers, who reassemble the much smaller team and work together to travel back in time and collect the infinity stones so they can defeat Thanos. This plan requires the mind of a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist ;-), plus courage, grit, self-sacrifice, and serious teamwork... they succeed in collecting the stones, and they attempt to bring everyone back. Before they can tell what's happened, Thanos attacks, and their strongest male warriors (Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor) work together to battle him.
Thanos is strong, and in spite of their best collective effort, he is clearly getting the upper hand. They look worn down and defeated, then Captain America hears something behind him. It won't make sense for those who don't care about the Marvel world, but that slow-return-of-every-lost-hero scene before the last battle is EPIC. My favorite part of the movie. They are no longer outnumbered or alone or defeated, and they have renewed hope and strength seeing their old friends and allies returning. When Cap says, "Avengers, Assemble!" one last time, it's such a bring it on moment, and I love it!
Then the final battle begins, the culmination of 21 movies, a well done sequence where every main character gets a chance to shine in their unique strengths. So good. There's a girl-power moment that caused a lady in my theater to shout, "All riiiiight, ladies!!" and that memory always makes me laugh now! And in the end, Dr. Strange had promised there was only one way for them to defeat Thanos, and Tony slowly realizes that it's up to him, and he makes the often-foreshadowed sacrifice play that wins them the victory. And the enemy is wiped out and the world is on its way to peace once again. Huzzah!
T-Stark has some of my favorite lines in this one, as per usual! ❤
Motivating the remaining team: "It's not about how much we've lost - it's about how much we have left. We're the Avengers; we have to finish this!"
When Rocket talks to him: "Until this exact moment, I thought you were Build-A-Bear!"
Responding to Thanos' annoyance that people had failed to move forward and let go of the people he wiped out: "We're all kinds of stubborn."
In video for his wife and daughter: "I love you 3000!"
He's one of my favorites anyway, but I so want to hug Thor in this movie! The losses were more than he could cope with, and he is falling apart and numbing out and confused and hurting and gaining weight. The scene where he breaks down getting to talk to his Mom again so many years later is precious. "Yeah, I'm totally from the future!!" lol He laments about his failures, and she comforts him saying: "Everyone fails at who they're supposed to be. The measure of a person, of a hero, is how well they succeed at being who THEY ARE." I love that.
I also just love it when he gets the hammer and seems so surprised, saying, "I'm still worthy!" =) Yaaaas, always!! A short moment, but an important message: our worth does not change when we fail at a goal or lose people we love or get out of shape or go through a terrible season. Sometimes the blows are crushing and it takes longer to find our strength and resilience, but rest assured that it is buoyant and you will find the will to fight again!
"There will be no knifing one another" is another great quote from him. lol Already looking forward to Guardians 3. Mmkay, Thor soapbox over!
The quote that made me laugh hardest:
Gamora: "Him? Seriously!?"
Nebula: "Your choices were him... or a tree!" lolol
I found it somewhat amusing that with all the major battles and superhero stories and team reunions going on, they ended this final epic film by quietly completing a love story that always felt unfinished. It was a perfect choice. Grief over relationships that feel unfinished doesn't just go away, and our hearts need that kind of joy and restoration. (It's part of the promise of heaven and why it's clear that we're designed for the coming kingdom, but I'm getting off track.) When he references losing the love of his life at the beginning of the film, he says, "You gotta move on." And he says it with so much emotion that it's clear he's never stopped loving her. So I'm glad that door was opened and that he chose to pursue a better ending there! ❤
That's all I've got for today. Hope your week is off to a good start!
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