Without spoiling too much, Avengers: Endgame is potent in its finality.
At the beginning of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 22nd film, Avengers: Endgame, Steve Rogers or Captain America (Chris Evans) tells Natasha Romanoff or Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) that there’s an upside to the universe having half of its population wiped out when the intergalactic despot, Thanos (Josh Brolin), snaps his infinity stones-powered fingers.
“Fewer ships, cleaner water,” he says.
Thanos, in the previous movie, Avengers: Infinity War, declared his intent behind the purge. He wanted the other surviving half to thrive. Overpopulation was key to eventual destruction.
So, Endgame finds some of the survivors wallowing in sorrow and helplessness — sometimes hope flickers, but it dims often enough.
This makes for an intriguing drama, though by the look of it, it doesn’t seem to be the stuff of an ending.
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