Avengers: Endgame

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!  After more than ten years, the Marvel Universe has come to a satisfying, poignant, heartrending and surprisingly hopeful ending.  In the previous movie, Thanos used the Infinity Stones and an iconic finger snap to destroy 1/2 of the universe, including many of the Marvel characters we have met and grown fond of over the years, including Iron Man, the first hero featured in this series.  The remaining Avengers are living a hopeless and bleak future.  They are still mourning their lost colleagues and can not seem to get out of their sense of failure, and break the ennui that has settled like a fog over the Earth.  Iron Man is on the verge of dying in space, looking broken and emaciated.  A bright, bright light shines in on him… What is it?  I’m not going to say to give away too much – I am no spoiler, but it’s not hard to figure something’s gotta change.  Let’s just say that Ant Man returns and has a plan.  The action moves to the remaining Avengers with a new sense of purpose and on a mission to go back in time and recover the Infinity Stones, and perhaps, use them to bring back their fallen comrades.  We all know it can’t be that simple.  Through it all, we get to see all of our favorite heroes, some more than others, but at one time or another, they are all here!  My favorite character has got to be Thor, his role in the story is hilarious to say the least.  It is hard to say much more.  First of all, there’s just too much going on!  And second, as I said, I’m not going to spoil this one! Not everyone is going to be happy with the movie.  After all, it has been hyped for the last ten years.  As to the end credits- there is no reason to stay to the end as there is no new movie to promote.  Or is there?  There is no scene at the end but if you stay, you will hear a sound.  Is the sound (no spoilers, sorry) a homage to the beginning of the Avengers or a harbinger of what is to come?  Anyway, ignore the giant plot holes, perhaps bring a kleenex or two, and enjoy the three hour ride.