Avengers Endgame Is The Best Comic Book Movie Ever

1. It's The Opposite Of Infinity War, And That's A Good Thing

Ultimately, however, there's another reason why Endgame stands out as the finest comic book movie, and it's all to do with the reaffirming energy it exudes in its concluding act.

Endgame had to be everything Infinity Wasn't. Not in the sense that it had to be less expansive or ambitious (the film doubles down in that respect), but more in the sense that it couldn't be as sombre. There had to be pathos, and the film possesses plenty of it, but it still had to remind everyone that comics are just as fantastical and enjoyable as they are occasionally devastating.

Emerging out of Endgame, the feeling wasn't so much a sense of exhaustion, as was the case with Infinity War, but rather renewal. Several heroes may have passed, but they did so on their own terms and in a way that managed to reiterate the unique brilliance of Marvel's Cinematic Universe. It manages to break everyone's hearts and piece them back together in one motion, reminding us all that, while heroes come and go, this isn't the end, but a new beginning instead.

In the end, watching the most recent Avengers film isn't all that dissimilar to diving headfirst into the umpteenth chapter of a years-long comic book run. It isn't perfect, and it might even be messy at times, but when it all comes together, nothing can ever come as close.