Avengers - Endgame

I finally managed to see this film today.  Avenger - Endgame is, I think, the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series.  That's quite an achievement.

I don't think the film would make sense if you hadn't seen most of the preceding series.  It's entertaining enough for comic book fans.  It's stuffed full of in jokes and hidden references.  It's not a jumping on point by any means.  As a bare minimum you would need to have seen the last Avengers film to follow any of it.

There are lots of flashes and bangs and CGI battles.  It all gets a bit Lord of the Rings at some points but it is all tied together in the end.  I think this is now one of the most popular films ever (not adjusted for inflation).  It's a bit of a mess but as a sequence of films this has been done well.

There are plot holes and many good characters get limited screen time.  I do want to see what happens next.  I am a long term marvel junkie.

Apparently Howard the Duck is in the big fight scene.  Look for him.

weird scenes

sometimes I get a bus to work really early, leaving the house before 7am.  I like the bus at that time as it's quiet and where I get on I get a decent seat.  I usually read my Kindle but sometimes I see odd stuff.

At one stop there is often a young man who gets on, whatever the weather, wearing a t-shirt and no jacket.  I've seen him in the snow and the rain and he never wears a jacket.  At some times I see him get on the subway too.  He looks like a young Steve Albini.  I don't understand what is going on but in Glasgow, when it's cold, dark and snowing, it probably makes sense to wear a jacket.

people are strange.