Avengers Endgame - How To Waste A Climax

The final battle of Avengers Endgame was a tragic waste of potential, in this video essay, I ask why.

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[kosco]

The idea of Hulk going into a rage over Natashas supposed death within the battle wouldve been amazing

[homoerectus]

Marvel wasted an opportunity to show Peter Quill finally back on earth after avoiding it for all this time, but he says nothing.

[jaidendavis]

The children of thanos are the most down played characters i have ever seen

[anveshatripathi]

Watching this made me realise that the Infinity War battle at wakanda, and even the one at Titan, really checked all the boxes you mentioned. There was a tangible goal- protect vision till the mind stone is taken out. To do that, they needed to defend the lab. there were moments of despair- people breaking into shuri's lab, Thanos managing to get the time stone, thanos's army overpowering our heroes. But there were also moments of hope- wanda joining the fight, thor's epic entrance. overall, just a much better show than Endgame's shoddy and fan-servicey battle

[benl.]

It's why Infinity War's final battle felt even more tense, because everyone was serious as hell. Endgame's final battle, although awesomely epic, was pure fanservice and had no stakes at all.

[flyingbooger]

You know what I actually feel like Hawkeye had more screen time than professor hulk in the final battle.

[KundelX]

One of the most significant things wasted was Drax and his backstory

[bernardliquete]

I felt like they haven't wrote much about Doctor Strange in the final fight since he was stuck on a single task: preventing the water from getting to our heroes (essentially submerging the battlefield). But with Strange's ability and intellectual prowess, even after being dusted for 5 years, I think that would not stop him from coming up with a solution to the problem without having to stay on it and possibly missing out on the fight.

[silentflamemc]

Doesn't relate to the video at all, but what I find funny is that the infinity stones affect the UNIVERSE

I mean imagine being an alien chilling in Andromeda and then your whole family dies because some big grape dude in the Milky Way had some magic rocks.

[Veckoza]

No one even mentions that War Machine was given a new badass suit of armor for the final fight, but you never even see him one time during the battle.

[DavidMartinez-celp]

I actually forgot Hulk was in the final battle

[hihunter]

I didn't really like Nebula at first, but the more I understand her story and trauma. I feel really bad for her and appreciate how complex and in depth she is. For mostly being a supporting character she's really been given a good amount of development and I've come to really appreciate her

[Athrun]

My problem is that Thanos simply a raid boss in this movie.

I much prefer the mastermind Thanos

[thebatman.]

Man, I literally got chills when you described Professor Hulk reverting to the old Hulk but even angrier

[HighlandHellboy]

The part I find interesting here and it actually explains why I much prefer the fight in Infinity War compared to Endgame is that sense of progression. In Infinity War you see the set-up of the Wakandan army and Thanos’s army landing, you see the forcefield set-up, you then see Thanos’s army claw their way through the forcefield, yada-yada the point is you can see that narrative progression, you see the tide of war turning and shifting all the way to the very end, whereas that’s just missing in Endgame. Even each of the Black Order have moments that can be tracked in Infinity War during the final fight, whereas in Endgame they’re faceless goons.

[LiltryLive]

That alternative version of the fight is genuinely such a good idea that I felt all the emotions just by listening to it. It’s such a powerful idea that sent shivers down my spine that I would rather see than the actual climax of Endgame. And it’s sad that it’ll never be on screen 😭

[johannvantassel]

its also good to mention the Helm's Deep battle very successfully showed winning/losing sides spatially. You could immediately determine the orcs were winning because of the amount of layers of the fortress they advanced in. They pushed Rohan into the king's hall, which being the last safe room, was the most tense moment of the battle. in endgame, you can't see progression because there are no spatial landmarks to show armies advancing

[jamesgatz]

You'll get a better climax when you FIX THIS DAMN DOOR

[powerofanime]

I was truly saddened that Tony didn't mention that Pepper was finally wearing something he'd gotten her.