Such high praise isn’t unearned.
Indeed,Endgamewas such a perfect finale that everything that came afterward was always bound to fail.
How could that be, you ask?
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8It Proved the MCU Has No Real Stakes
Why care if nothing is permanent?
7Subsequent Movies Make It Seem Irrelevant
Six years later, it all seems so unimportant.
Avengers: Endgamewas meant to be a generation-defining cinematic event.
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Yet, all that achieves isdilute the impact of the MCU’s crowning achievement.
The harmAvengers: Endgameunwillingly inflicted on the MCU includes how dependent the franchise has become in fan service.
Unfortunately, they have become a double-edged sword.
Avengers: Endgamewas so larger-than-life thatit simply had to be seen to be believed.
How could you possibly follow that?
“and “what more can you give me?
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“The movies in the Infinity Sagaalready offered origin stories, team-ups, conflicts, and everything in between.
After all, ifEndgamedid it, why shouldn’t everything else?.
Thanos (Josh Brolin) was a universal threat, and what’s bigger than that?
Well, a multiversal threat, of course.
Yet, the main issue is that the franchise seems to havemisunderstood what makes the multiverse appealing.
Instead,the MCU kept offering more of the same, to its detriment.
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3It Shattered the Illusion of the MCU
Commercialism will always trump artistic merit.
For years, the MCU stood as an outlier in the superhero genre.
The film that directly followedEndgame,Spider-Man: Far From Home, did it, further reinforcing the belief.
Luckily, it succeeded beautifully, delivering all the thrills and cathartic goodbyes expected of it.
In fact, it might’ve been a bit too good at that.
Indeed,Endgamedoesn’t just feel likeanending;it feels liketheend.
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Six years later, those words ring truer than ever.
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