SYNOPSIS: 

After the events of Endgame or what the school kids have been referring to as 'The Blip', Peter Parker (Tom Holland) carried on being Spider-Man. However, he has been pressured by many to step up and be the leader of the Avengers, replacing Tony Stark which is quite hard for him since all he wanted was to have a normal teenage life (or at least a proper normal holiday in Europe). 

I can assure you that the most exciting thing for me about this movie is Jake Gyllenhaal. I simply adore him as a person and worship him for his acting. He rarely disappoints. In this movie, I love him more than Tom Holland. Sure, Tom is great like always but Jake is so terrifyingly charming. I mean, one moment he can be this caring bro like Captain America and the next thing you know, he turns out to be this emotionless psychopath. 

I mean, as a comic book reader, I've known from the start that Mysterio is a baddie but the way Jake Gyllenhaal portrayed the character made me hopeful that maybe the MCU Mysterio is not evil and the perfect mentor for Spider-Man. Yeah, for a second there, I was very hopeful. That's why when the evil plan was revealed, I was a bit crushed and yet in awed of how the story went. 

The look of Mysterio is also mindblowingly awesome. The fish bowl head works and the overalls are phenomenal. His "super powers" are well thought of. The integration of illusion techniques and technology makes him believable. His threat is also no joke. You can see how formidable he is with that horde of killer drones and hyper illusions. The character can stand tall as one of my favorite MCU villains. 

The second best thing about this movie is the puppy love between Peter Parker and MJ (Zendaya). I have to say that this version of MJ is the one that my younger self would have a crush on because I was pretty into weird, quirky girls when I was in high school and college. The interaction between the two characters is awkward and sweet which is how a puppy love should be. These two did bring a smile to my face. 

The awkwardness is not just in the relationship of Peter and MJ. In fact, most of the characters are cringey and awkward like the class teacher and Ned and his new girlfriend, Betty. Happy and Aunt May!!!! The characters are awkwardly hilarious and it makes this movie much more enjoyable.

I love the story so much because it makes sense and well thought of. I mean, seriously, you can see many events are related to each other. First of all, if you watch the second end credit scene, it does make sense why Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), the most paranoid and smartest person in the MCU would make a mistake of believing in Mysterio. Welp, it's because he's not Nick Fury. He's Talos, the shape shifting alien. Then I love that this movie is related to some of the previous MCU movies. Like, how Mysterio has the motivation to hate Tony Stark. Heck, I never thought that small scene of Tony showcasing BARF from Civil War would be used as a huge component in this movie. Big kudos to the writers.

Did I mention second end credit? Yes I did. There are two end credits and while the second one is intriguing as I mentioned earlier, the first end credit is hilariously amusing. The return of J.K Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson blew everyone's mind!! I love where this movie is going. I shows how the creators care what the audience truly wants in terms of casting. I can't help but feel sorry for Peter Parker though. All he wanted was just to be small time superhero - the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man but after this reveal, I can imagine how chaotic his life would be. Many villains would surely go after his family and loved ones. I just can't wait to see what the next movie would be like. I'm predicting multiple villains at the same time - THE SINISTER SIX! 

The second end credit also opens new doors to the MCU. If I look at the comic books, I would say that this is a preparation for the Secret Wars Arc. 

The action scenes are plenty and at a larger scale than the first movie. As I mentioned, Mysterio is a formidable opponent and Spider-Man has to go through a lot to beat him. My favorite scene is when Spidey took the bridge sign and held it like a shield and his other hand was holding something that seem like a hammer. For me, he looked like Captain America during his solo fight with Thanos in Endgame. Got me excited for a bit. Seriously, it made me think that Spider-Man is a combination of Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. Smart, humble and never give up.

Furthermore, the visual effects of this movie is astounding. My favorite? The part when Tony Stark came out of his grave. Holy Shit! Damn. I never expected Mysterio's illusions can be made to as awesome as that. 

All in all, I just want to say that this movie is probably the best Spider-Man movie ever because I love how formidable Mysterio is not just in terms of fire power but also intellect and cold heartedness. The movie is hilarious and the action and visual effects are awesome. 

5 out of 5 Stars.

THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS

SYNOPSIS: 

After the snap (refer to previous movie), what's left of the Avengers and Captain Marvel tracked down Thanos to bring everyone back. However, Thanos had destroyed the Infinity Stones, leaving each one of them feeling helpless and hopeless. That was until Ant-Man, who people thought had disappeared because of the snap, suddenly appearing at the Avengers Headquarters front gate. 

I didn't want to watch the trailers. I don't like watching trailers because most of them sort of give too many details which ruin surprises in movies. So, at first I didn't want to watch the Endgame trailers but everyone kept talking about it and it kept appearing on my Youtube home so I just WHAT THE HECK OKAY I WATCH IT NOW. 

I have to say that the trailer had done a good job in misleading me to believe that Endgame would be an all out war against Thanos from the start til the end. Especially the part where it shows everyone wearing the white space suit. I thought, YEAH LETS GO GET THAT SON OF A BITCH! 

Yes, they did that. But in a different suit. They were wearing black. At that point, I was thinking, hey, this looks different from the trailers. Then they found Thanos and there was no fight. Literally no fight. 

Of course I felt a bit disappointed but as the movie went on, I sort of understand why they chose the plot. It was to provide more complexity to the story and also to inject it with a little bit of heart. 

Lets talk about the story. As I mentioned, I wanted it to be a full scale battle from the start til the end. But, having it just focused on battle would not make Endgame a good movie. It would just be a meaningless, simple movie that people won't critically discuss about. A mediocre action movie. 

So instead of having them fight from the start, the movie flows at a very nice pace and then BOOM!! CLIMAX. 

To those who supported Thanos' logic in Infinity War, I just want to say, YOU'RE WRONG. The galaxy didn't strive and prosper after the loss of half of the organism. Nope. The survivors just mope around and earth became post apocalyptic. The "5 years later" scenes are so necessary to show how wrong Thanos was and his way of thinking is immature and full of nonsense optimism. It makes sense because world leaders vanished in a just one moment so there was chaos everywhere. Lead scientists vanished, pilots vanished, teachers vanished, policemen vanished. Half of the population vanished in an instant and the people left behind had no plans for this scenario. Just imagine working in a large corporation and suddenly half of the staff went missing. The company would go down into the ground. 

The "5 years later" scenes are also vital to show some emotions and how human the superheros were and also to showcase how well the actors can act. I have to admit that I cried a bit watching this movie but I don't remember during which scene because there are so many touching scenes. Maybe it was during the Hawkeye and Black Widow debate of who should be the sacrifice. Damn that scene. I remember shouting inside my head NO CLINT! YOU DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE SCENE IN INFINITY WAR!! when he jumped. 

In addition, the "5 years later" scenes kinda serve as a flashback for Marvel Cinematic Universe fans because they got to go back to previous movies. I got chills when Captain America entered the elevator with Rumlow and the gang because the elevator scene in The Winter Soldier is my favorite scene ever. I got so hyped, I let out a weird squeal. 

The time travel part is rather complex. I am interested in the whole science thing but yeah, I have no idea what the concept is in this movie. They were very subtle in telling the audience that the time travel in Endgame is different than the ones in other time travel movies which is true. I thought when they alter the past, the present would be changed too. Like how Nebula killed her past self and yet still remained. I thought she would disintegrate into thin air. But nope, they've said it. The time travel concept is different. So ignore all of other time travel movie plots. I also thought that if they changed the past, Tony Stark's daughter would no longer exist. It was because I have watched About Time (2013) and yeah, it's different so don't think too much about it. 

In a way, the Infinity Stones are like Dragon Balls where when they're together, you can just wish anything to happen. But the catch is not all people can use it. Tony Stark used it and what did he get? End of contract. 

Damn there are so many subtle hints in the movie. The fact that the Infinity Stones were placed on a gauntlet made by Iron Man is such a foreshadowing. 

I have been wondering about whether the MCU would follow the comics on the change of characters. I mean, in the comics, Falcon became Caption America and Thor was female. Now that I have seen Endgame, I can confirm that they would proceed with it at least for a bit. Old Cap passing the shield to Sam confirms it. There are rumors on having a Falcon and Winter Soldier series which I am excited about. The way they bantered with each other during Civil War is so entertaining. I can also see Valkyrie becoming the female Thor since Natalie Portman seems reluctant in returning as Jane. Besides, Valkyrie as Thor makes more sense than Jane. 

Loki is possibly alive. He ran away using the Tesseract and who knows where (or when??) he jumped to. Time and space is a complex concept. Don't think too much about it bro. 

Pepper Potts as female Iron Man! Iron Woman? Iron Lady? Is this a thing that they would continue in the next phase? Either her or Moguna (Morgan) Stark would grow up and take daddy's role. They sort of hint it when they introduced her. She was wearing the mask. Maybe.

Oh I love how the females lined up during the last battle. FEMALE POWER WHOOP WHOOP

Okay, I have to say that Captain America weilding the hammer made me cum a bit. That was HYPE! I love that scene when he fought Thanos. Yeah thinking about the movie climax gives me chills man. I am literally having goosebumps as I am typing this because those epic fights are playing back in my mind. 

Captain Marvel where are you??? THEY NEED YOU! Boom and there she was with her big entrance. Damn, Captain Marvel sure is OP. OVERPOWERED!! 

And we finally got to see Spiderman's instant kill mode. Stab stab stab stabby mcstabface! 

Ah look at me. Instead of analyzing the movie, I have been hyping about it. I don't think this post qualifies as a review haha. It is cool because this movie is the HYPE of the century. Everything has been leading to this. 

All in all, I can say that I love this movie because of many things and this post doesn't cover all of it. Action, emotions, visuals, humor... IT HAS EVERYTHING. I think that the Russo brothers have been doing a good job and I hope that they continue their work in future Marvel movies. 

5 out of 5 Stars!