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I'd say Avengers: Endgame lived up to the decade of hype, which is no small feat. LotR sequels probably had a lot of hype prior to release. The latest God of

I'd say Avengers: Endgame lived up to the decade of hype, which is no small feat. LotR sequels probably had a lot of hype prior to release. The latest God of War had a great release afaik. To be honest, it's hard to remember which things were really hyped up before release and met expectations. I keep thinking of stuff I heard was good after it was release, and things which were hyped and failed, or havr not yet fully delivered on the hype. I can't think of any tech which fits the bill. Maybe raytracing? Most tech tends to be overhyped.

dmitriid 6y ago
> I'd say Avengers: Endgame It really didn't. "Let's take a compelling villain and a nice-ish philosophical dilemma, create a world that's reeling in the aftermath of said villain's actions... and just quantum time travel kill the villain with no effort and literally exactly zero consequences for anyone involved." Oh. Right. Boohoo exactly one single character died with exactly zero consequences for anyone because his contract with the studio ran out.
- Tarsul 6y ago
  well, if you've followed mainstream (read: predictable) cinema for the last few years, that's exactly what was to be expected, wasn't it? Especially since it was foreshadowed in the first movie that some kind of time travel vehicle could be used in the second movie...
- gilbetron 6y ago
  Vision, Black Widow, and Iron Man. That's a pretty major trio of deaths. Plus half the population still has the trauma of five years post-snap, and the other half finds themselves suddenly in a different world.
  - dmitriid 6y ago
    Vision and Black Widow are entirely inconsequential. None of the perceived trauma exists, except in the minds of avid fans.
remote_phone 6y ago
Endgame stuck the landing, which was extremely hard to do, but wasn’t the best movie of the bunch. That goes to Infinity War which was near perfect.
- laserbeam 6y ago
  My point was not that it was a good movie, but it matched the expected hype. Even though it delivered more fan service than a great story/villain. I count that as a win in terms of "did it live up to the hype" department. It's fine if it wasn't perfect :). Many (not all) marvel movies lived up to the hype, but I think the challenge was hardest for endgame.

dmitriid 6y ago

> I'd say Avengers: Endgame It really didn't. "Let's take a compelling villain and a nice-ish philosophical dilemma, create a world that's reeling in the aftermath of said villain's actions... and just quantum time travel kill the villain with no effort and literally exactly zero consequences for anyone involved." Oh. Right. Boohoo exactly one single character died with exactly zero consequences for anyone because his contract with the studio ran out.

Tarsul 6y ago
well, if you've followed mainstream (read: predictable) cinema for the last few years, that's exactly what was to be expected, wasn't it? Especially since it was foreshadowed in the first movie that some kind of time travel vehicle could be used in the second movie...
gilbetron 6y ago
Vision, Black Widow, and Iron Man. That's a pretty major trio of deaths. Plus half the population still has the trauma of five years post-snap, and the other half finds themselves suddenly in a different world.
- dmitriid 6y ago
  Vision and Black Widow are entirely inconsequential. None of the perceived trauma exists, except in the minds of avid fans.

remote_phone 6y ago

Endgame stuck the landing, which was extremely hard to do, but wasn’t the best movie of the bunch. That goes to Infinity War which was near perfect.

laserbeam 6y ago
My point was not that it was a good movie, but it matched the expected hype. Even though it delivered more fan service than a great story/villain. I count that as a win in terms of "did it live up to the hype" department. It's fine if it wasn't perfect :). Many (not all) marvel movies lived up to the hype, but I think the challenge was hardest for endgame.