Endgame Rant part 1: CAP and TONY

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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.

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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

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