Thread by @fgcnp

1. #Spoilersahead: As much as I love the potential for #minorityandfemalerepresentation in future #MarvelCinematicUniverse films, I still think the way that #Falcon (@AnthonyMackie) got the #CaptainAmericashield is a #copout by @Marvel /@MarvelStudios, since its previous

2. representations of him (including #EndGame) have been less than ideal (a secondary character who got knocked out of fights all the time, paving the way for the observation / reservation that this #passingofthetorch was not earned). And the fact that #SteveRogers (@ChrisEvans)

3. only gave up his shield for his love (#PeggyCarter / #HayleyAtwell), though a nice sentiment in itself, leaves room for his return in the future. Thus, giving @Marvel / @MarvelStudios the option to #swaywiththepoliticalwinds. While #TonyStarks (@RobertDowneyJr) sacrifice was a

4. nice touch, are @Marvel and @MarvelStudios seriously telling us that @captainmarvel (@brielarson) couldn’t have survived putting on the glove?!!! (#Energyabsorption is one of her #superpowers, #FFS!!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Dan…
As with the other power #handmedowns, which were

5. either of the #overmydeadbody or #Ihavebetterthingstodo variety, this #plottwist is ultimately #disingenuous and #condescendingashell! So, #AvengersEndGameWasMoreLipServicethanaGenuineStriveforEquality.
I absolutely #HATEDthewomensgroupphotoop during the final

6. #battlesequence! Sure, they"call" the women in when they were outnumbered (à la WWII), but most of them conveniently disappeared (like @captainmarvel from the beginning) after the fight was done.
And the sacrifice of #BlackWidow (#ScarlettJohansson), the only woman who can no

7. longer conceive (#stereotypereaffirming!), made me want to curse out the writers!!
#EndgameIsGrosslyOverrated: I can’t believe it got ratings so close to #BlackPanther!!! Of course, unlike #RyanCoogler and #JoeRobertCole, co-writers #ChristopherMarkus & #StephenMcFeely didn't

8. have to face the likelihood of never being funded for another #blockbuster if #Endgame flopped, so they could afford to #phoneitin. That’s right, I think they #phoneditin!
Just because I enjoyed seeing @chrishemsworth (#Thor) in a #fatsuit and the #microdeviations from the

9. standard #yawninducing #WeMustDestroyaMetropolistoProveWereSupers plot line doesn’t mean I’m willing to settle for #incrementalplotimprovements. So, @Marvel / @MarvelStudios: #Iwantarefund for #Endgame, and #FFS, hire some #minorityandfemalewriters for non-#minorityled /

10. #femaleled #MCUfilms!!
This has been an #overdue @Avengers #Endgame #moviereview, courtesy of #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodCurmudgeon
@threadreaderapp, please #unroll this thread.