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Christmas at Hembry Castle (Hembry Castle Chronicles)

Meredith Allard

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You are cordially invited to Christmas at Hembry Castle. An unlikely earl struggles with his new...

Historical Romance Victorian

Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2021)

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Forced to travel with her boyfriend, Laine, she begins to experience premonitions associated with...

Peter Pan and wendy (2023)

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Wendy darling a young girl looking to avoid boarding school meets Peter pan a boy who refuses to...

Ross (3284 KP) rated Avengers: Endgame (2019) in Movies

May 1, 2019

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

2019 | Sci-Fi, Thriller

8.9

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Fantastic

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What a fantastic film!
I have waited a few days before reviewing this film, and honestly think it would have been 10/10 if I had reviewed it straightaway.
This is so very nearly the perfect superhero film. There is a massive cast of characters, there is humour, there are niche geek references, there are shocks and twists, there are highs, there are lows and there are tears.
But also (and here comes why 1 mark was lost) ... there is time travel. I have an uncomfortable relationship with time travel. I know you always have to give a bit of artistic license with time travel and not get too hung up on the nitty gritty. But here the plot revolves around the characters changing nothing in the past as it would change the future/make it not happen. And yet they go ahead and do it anyway! We have to go back and put the infinity stones back the instant after they were taken. But they didn't have to with Thor's hammer? And why did they have to do that at all because past-Thanos died which means the Infinity War never happened.
I have never been truly happy with time travel in film, with the notable exception of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure which somehow nails it. For me, Endgame failed in this regard purely by setting itself rules it then broke and didn't explore the consequences.
But still, an outstanding film and if I can get myself happy with a crude, straight-talking, machine gun-toting space-raccoon and a teenage living tree then I think I can overlook some timey-wimey things.