@MalseMarcel - Yeah, That was the connection I made and the true end to the Hulk’s story arc... he made peace with himself and then found his purpose. He didn’t exist just to destroy, he saved half of the universe.

@Kyos - Yup, that's the one I'm talking about. Fits great indeed

@LordCipher -
To be fair, via the movie, the stones are not in the Quantum Realm they are destroyed - which the Ancient One states would end the universe.

The Russo' are just trying to retcon plotholes and have stated the stones were shrunk by Thanos instead, which goes against Thanos' desire to prevent them from being used and does not justify his massive injuries.

The story skipped over the character development to introduce characters that were different from what the 21 films established - it also failed to introduce characters that the audience might not be familiar with.

Captain Marvel just shows up without really acknowledging her and then acts as a deus ex machina during the final fight. Even the post credit scene of her movie is not in the final cut of Endgame making the entire subplot of the pager utterly pointless in her movie and in Infinity War.

Captain America realised in AoU he could never go back to how things were because he was a different person from when he went into the ice. Civil War continued this via showing his connections with people in the present, he effectively split the Avengers in half because half the team was trusting and supportive of him. Endgame ignores all that development and his realisation he would not fit in the world he left behind and just trashes that.

Thor just abandons his people's needs to play games and get drunk and later abandons his title to just mess around universe, resetting his character to prior to the events of the first Thor movie.

@Scarilian - just rewatched the scene between Bruce and The Ancient One. She never says anything about destroyed stones ending the universe.

@Scarilian - I disagree, aggressively with everything you say about Endgame.

“The Russo' are just trying to retcon plotholes and have stated the stones were shrunk by Thanos instead, which goes against Thanos' desire to prevent them from being used and does not justify his massive injuries.”

While I don’t know why they went this direction instead of having Thanos simply destroy the stones, Thanos DOES STATE in the movie that they reduced down to their last atom. It’s not a plothole if it’s stated in the movie. That’s the opposite of a plothole

“The story skipped over the character development to introduce characters that were different from what the 21 films established - it also failed to introduce characters that the audience might not be familiar with.”

They’re different because it’s 5 years later. People change on a daily basis. Imagine what would happen in 5 years after half your family and friends disappeared

“Captain Marvel just shows up without really acknowledging her and then acts as a deus ex machina during the final fight. Even the post credit scene of her movie is not in the final cut of Endgame making the entire subplot of the pager utterly pointless in her movie and in Infinity War.”

There have been 22 Marvel movies. Each one of them connects to the next. You KNOW this. The pager isn’t irrelevant. It explains how Capt Marvel got the message and how she came to Earth, which was then shown during Cpt Marvel’s end credits. Why waste time showing it again when we can be efficient with our time and show what happens next? (Cap/Widow/Rocket tell Carol about Iron Man and the Benatar being missing so ask her to track it down by the Benatar’s gps coordinates or whatever)

“Captain America realised in AoU he could never go back to how things were because he was a different person from when he went into the ice. Civil War continued this via showing his connections with people in the present, he effectively split the Avengers in half because half the team was trusting and supportive of him. Endgame ignores all that development and his realisation he would not fit in the world he left behind and just trashes that.”

Unless you want to torture the character of Steve Rogers by keeping him a soldier the rest of his life, then him wanting to live out a life with the only woman he ever loved is the most fitting. He could never go back to his former life before, because his former life was 60 years ago and he had no way to get there. The allure of being able to live a divergent timeline is too strong for even the most noblest of men. “The fight” was done. Thanos was defeated. Let the man retire

“Thor just abandons his people's needs to play games and get drunk and later abandons his title to just mess around universe, resetting his character to prior to the events of the first Thor movie”

While I enjoyed Thor, I can see and understand how others did not. So I respect your opinion here. It reminds me of Star Wars and how the conflict of (republic vs Empire) is basically reset all over again after The Last Jedi. Something I find maddening

@MasterMix - I know right on opening it was screaming and sobbing. But to be honest there was more crowd reaction on opening night for Infinity War( When Thanos stabbed Tony and when everyone got dusted) It least that was my experience.

@LordCipher - I would say maybe his inability to lead to him being able to with Thor. Hela reached a power so great that even he could not remove it. But he could banish her.

The hammer for her never seemed to be a thunder thing. Odin later changed it for Thor.

@ElvenKingSlayer - hopefully we see him in the flesh soon