So true, Tom!

WHEW - finally saw Endgame! Now to scroll back and reread all the whitefont.

I apologize if some of my things have already been said, but I only felt like going back about fifty posts.

Pepper Potts: I liked her in Iron Man the first, don't really like her anymore. Would watching the other two Iron Mans help, or is it just what I know about Paltrow that's corrupted my enjoyment of her character?

The Girl Power moment left me cold, but I recognize that's just my beagles.

I realized Tony had to die about ten minutes before he did and was just kind of waiting, because, and I'm sorry, I don't really care about Tony anymore. I know, there's an arc, I should, but... I don't.

And I swear I actually do like hero movies and I know this is just part and parcel of that genre, but the whole thing where one character is stronger than another purely because the plot says they should be in that one fight is really wearing on me. Just like sometimes the scene requires Captain Marvel to be the strongest person in the universe, or sometimes Thor, or whatever. It's not that I want a written ranking or whatever, but I'd like a little bit of explanation as to why one punch results in a head shake and another is a fight-ending Blow Of Power. Not to mention who gets to survive explosions.

Oh, that's a lot of complaining. I did squeal when I saw Okoye on the Holographic Planet-watching Council and when the Wakandans showed up. And I did tear up a bit at the everybody coming back bit. That was... lovely.

I was very very sad at the beginning, and at the therapy session, and when Wanda did her thing (which is also when I figured out why Vision wasn't back, because I'd forgotten and I really like Paul Bettany so I was looking).

Oh and also! I loved America's Ass and really most of Captain America's moments. And Ant-Man's total Cap fanboyishness. Also Loki looking confused and then gleeful when the Tesseract basically falls into his lap.

And, as though just to reinforce this feeling from Infinity War, the Soul Stone logic makes no sense because no one sacrificed anyone! I guess you could make the argument that Natasha loved herself? But the guy says "sacrifice something you love" and Clint absolutely did NOT sacrifice her. Rather the opposite. I'm starting to think we shouldn't trust the floating red guy. Maybe the trick is just that somebody has to die and this is his way of keeping visitors from saying, well then why not you? He's probably the first one to keep this job for more than one visit.

I loved the moment when I realized that the movie was three hours long so we were actually going to see all the missions.

Geometrical complaint: How the fuck do you invert a mobius strip? HOW?

And I really liked Black Widow's hair. That's absolutely not a spoiler, I just liked it both ways.

Speaking of hair: Brie Larson totally rocked the current comic hairstyle.

Emily, I disagree with Clint absolutely did NOT sacrifice her.

Because he consciously decided to let go of her hand. It may be worth asking if it would have worked if either of them had unilaterally jumped and died without the involvement of the other, but they gave him that beat, which, I think, counts.

Deb, it looked to me like she pushed off the cliff and yanked hr arm out of his grip.

Huh. I'll have to keep an eye out when I re-watch because that is not what I came away with.

Side-note: "Debet", please. Deb is someone else.

Emily, I had the same geometrical complaint.