10 Most Emotional Avengers: Endgame Moments

6. Hawkeye's Family Disappearing

Black Widow
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Seeing Hawkeye for the first time since his absence from Infinity War was a bittersweet moment. We all knew he'd been out cultivating a family life and having his dreams of quiet, wholesome love realised with his wife and three children, but we also were all too aware that Thanos's snap was felt by everyone in the universe. Hawkeye needed a reason to come back to join the Avengers and fix the mess left behind in the mad titan's wake - so it was always going to be his family that were used as the bargaining chip to get him there.

This scene wasn't a surprise, but that took nothing away from the deft way it played out, with Clint teaching his daughter how to shoot whilst having a barbecue on a picturesque campground. Turning away for just a moment, all of his loved ones turn to dust without him being aware of it, seeing only particles in the wind as he runs and shouts for them, and the devastation of the snap is remembered in its full force.

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