Month: May 2019

The surviving Superheroes go after Thanos.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME

Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

Hopefully, everyone who is going to see “Avengers: Endgame,” has seen it by now. Doesn’t look like it is going to overtake “Avatar”.

So now, we can actually talk about it, without anyone having to plug their ears.

The question I had at the end of the film was: “What happened to the gems?”

The gems represent money and Thanos (Josh Brolin) is power. This is all about the era of might and money make right.

But, things happen, it really wasn’t clear to me, that Captain America (Chris Evans) actually put the gems back where they belong.

All I know is that he showed up as an old man holding his shield. Do you believe his story about the girl?

If it is true, he is the only one in the entire story, who actually gets to live an ideal life.

Just like Thanos does not get to decide who lives and who dies, neither does Captain America.

The new era should be about people stepping out of their egos. They start to care about others, about everyone.

This is a new world with no secrets, but it appears Captain America has some huge secrets to explain. What did he do with the gems?

Who doesn’t have an ego in this film? Every single superhero, is a great big wad of ego issues.

No one is capable or worthy of controlling the power of the gems.

As I was walking out of the theater with some other movie goers, we concluded that everything could be fixed with just one more time travel trip.

But, who should make the trip?

I would send the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton). She was the only one, who was able to give up the gem in her possession.

She has enough discipline and wisdom to actually not be tempted to misuse the gems. She may even think the problem through, before snapping her fingers.

Another point about this film that disturbed me was the bullying issue.

Everyone gangs up on Thanos. He is just one person. How many people does it take?

And, even Thanos cannot control the gems. His intentions may have been good, but no one is better off, not even him.

Why does Thanos feel that he had to eliminate half of humanity? Could it be an over population issue? Could it be that humanity is destroying its own environment?

Why not create a dimension of unlimited resources, instead of deleting half of the human resources?

On the positive side, I have never had three hours wiz by so fast. There was no room for boredom or sleepiness at all.

Pay attention, there just may be another follow-up on this action packed thriller.

What happened to the gems?