Got into a heated argument over the movie with some friend. It got mostly heated because I saw the movie again today with this friend, and the friend decided to speak very loudly as the credits were rolling and I was getting annoyed with him just wanting for him to shut up until we got out of the theater. I had a feeling he was annoying the people sitting around us before the post credits (and I don't blame people if they were annoyed). :|
My friend is ticked because the ending to this movie was "too good to undo" and that "if you choose to kill a character, they should stay dead. No exceptions." He then triple-downed by saying that all of the original Avengers left should die in the next movie.
So, basically, my friend wants no heroes left, I guess.
I think he's just being an edgy contrarian just for the sake of it, because being a cynical killjoy is the new and hip thing to be these days ...
I think the final scene of the movie was done extremely well because the Russos know that most of the audience can already figure out that these deaths will be undone in the next film. So for me personally, the brilliance of the end to this movie won't be weakened. It's still a very creepy and heartbreaking scene because it leaves the living heroes (the few that are left) very confused, distraught, and traumatized. For me, it will be rewarding to not only see the deceased characters/snap victims come back, but to also see the original heroes earn their ultimate victory before the torch is passed down to the new generation of Marvel movies. And it's not like we won't see any death in the next movie ... Because we totally will.
We're supposed to be CELEBRATING 10 years of Marvel movies, after all. Looks like some people want to mourn the 10 years instead. How fun! Haha.