Endgame Rant part 1: CAP and TONY
So, endgame happened and it has been long
enough to throw spoilers at the internet without being yelled at… I hope… SO
SPOILER ALERT, this entry is going to talk in depth about 2 characters I really
have wanted to ever since I saw the movie a third time.
There is A LOT to analyze to this movie after
investing over a decade into it. I usually write half a page of guide notes for
my podcasts about movie reviews; however, for this one I have 5 pages of notes.
I have been planning on how to split it up because as the web has been flooded
with reviews, videos, articles, speculations, etc. So what do I have to add to
this? Answer is simple: two words, Separate Breakdowns. I have taken my time to
come up with distinct characters, points of view, and perspectives on this
movie that truly is going to be remembered as a movie that marked a generation
or two.
I have been saying for quite a while that Civil
War has my favorite character moments of the entire marvel universe
(pre-Endgame). And after watching Endgame 3 times at the cinema I have had
enough time to think about why Endgame was THIS important to me over my
girlfriend who has seen most of the MCU movies and really liked the movie as
well. This is one of them: The Cap – Ironman jing jang relationship of human depiction.
Sounds fancy? It is not.
I was “team Ironman” after watching civil war,
I saw the validity in cap’s side, and yet still stood with tony after that
movie and its repercussions on the superhero dynamic. Cap is an emotional being
with strong rationale, while Ironman is a rational being with strong empathy
and emotional intelligence. The reason for their crash and why I side with Tony,
is a topic for a different day; today we talk about how I love how this dynamic
was utilized in Endgame to close up their story and pave way for new:
Steve Rogers and Tony Stark became Captain
America and Ironman as a result of war, one as a weapon himself, the other as
the greatest weapons creator of his time. One so selfless that he cared only
about helping others and in turn forgot about himself: losing his best friend
and the love of his life made him unstable every time anyone mentioned Bucky or
Peggy. The other so selfish that he thought he knew best on his own and by acting
in that way made huge mistakes that affected innocent people. “Everyone creates
the thing they fear. Men of peace create engines of war, Avengers create
invaders” Tony created Ultron and built his parental relationship with Peter
Parker that would both hurt him A LOT.
Here’s the pay off and the reason why these 2
signified an emotional gut punch during and after Endgame. Tony found the love
of his life and moved to the family life, without knowing it did the thing that
broke his father’s selfishness: “this kid isn’t born yet and there is Nothing I
wouldn’t do for him”. Howard Stark helped Tony much after his death: the
reactor, the new element, the importance of family. His smartest decision was
helping and guiding Spiderman, not becoming Ironman; his greatest creation is
his daughter, not his suits.
Cap always lived with regret, helped everyone,
kept a positive attitude and made people see the good in life. He helped people
back up, saved people out of scary places, and made great friends along the
way. But he forgot about one person: himself. When he decides to go back and be
with the love of his life, I believe he talked his decision with his best
friend (Bucky) before going and returning the stones, that is why Sam is who
has to talk to him when his old-self comes back. All the goodbyes where done,
his friendship was built, lost and recovered the way it did, but him? Who cared
about him, for him, with him? … Peggy’s grandniece? NO. It was time to be
selfish and he did, he deserved it. That dance was all we had to see.
Civil War, Infinity War and Endgame have great
plot THROUGH their characters, not just with characters in them and the more
involved you are with those characters, the better the movie plays with you.
How? Years and years of movies, build up, crises, failures, successes, etc.
Oh and this is just the beginning. Next up on
podcast and blog entries:
Mjolnir and being worthy, best character moments, female marvel cinematic
universe, why did we wait so long to hear “Avengers Assemble” and more….
Coming soon
