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@UltimateKyuubiFox5 жыл бұрын
So this was kinda incredible. It really makes me appreciate the film more, because you’re right. All of their personal narratives are woven into, broken by, and reorganized throughout the story and the climax perfectly encapsulates their best selves. They win via a compromise of sorts. They can’t compromise in their mission, but in order to complete it they MUST compromise their old sense of self-sacrifice who they were, to become what they need to be. Tony sacrifices his ego to save the universe, Cap sacrifices his sense of duty to be with the love of his life, Thor sacrifices his power to become a better man, Natasha sacrifices her life to keep her family together, the Hulk sacrifices his anger to become a stable figure for his community, and Clint sacrifices his sense of guilt over the red in his ledger to be there for his family again like he convinced Natasha she could do all those years ago. That’s brilliant.
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Holy cow, I think you totally put it in a more clear than I did, so thanks!
@analytixna66105 жыл бұрын
My only disagreement is that Thor didn't sacrifice his power, he sacrificed his pride.
@levischorpioen5 жыл бұрын
@@analytixna6610 I think what was meant is that Thor loses his authoritative power as ruler of Asgard, which is indeed intrinsically linked and a very big part of his pride. So yeah, you're both pretty much saying the same thing.
@analytixna66105 жыл бұрын
@@levischorpioen ah, this is a fair point I just wanted to make sure we don't say Thor is lesser now than he was then.
@levischorpioen5 жыл бұрын
Verland Coker Yeah, I totally get that. The “Fat Thor” jokes that exist because people can’t understand sarcasm as a coping mechanism for depression piss me off too.
@timy91975 жыл бұрын
“Trauma destroys people’s relationship with time because the loss of continuity means the absolute inability to imagine a future anymore.” This quote is genius.
@dannybenhur61235 жыл бұрын
This guy is a philosopher...
@RocKoNoX5 жыл бұрын
Honestly, that quote is something special. (In a pretty dark way actually).
@iruns12465 жыл бұрын
How's that genius? 1st, there's such a thing as psychological resilience. Just because you've experienced something traumatic, doesn't mean you're broken to the point of being absolutely unable to image the future. 2nd, a trauma doesn't have to mean anything. It can be an aberration that in all likelihood you won't ever experience anymore. For example, being in a car crash, especially if you don't get long term physical injuries, doesn't have to change your life in any way shape or form. You can literally continue your life just as planned without any change.
@dawickedj5 жыл бұрын
@@iruns1246 I think when they speak about trauma they mean on a spectrum as in there are people with enough psychological resilience to handle extreme trauma but there are also people who do not have that same resilience so they are completely broken by the trauma or the breaking continuity. There are also people everywhere in between as in some people might be mildly affected by a trauma. My personal thought is wondering whether or not continuity is possible for some people as in a life that is constantly fraught with trauma. for example if you're born blind being blind is not as big of a problem but if you can remember seeing it's a huge trauma and then if you were to get used to being blind like safe for years and then suddenly get your eyesight back wouldn't that be a dramatic break in continuity or trauma itself?
@iruns12465 жыл бұрын
@@dawickedj I'm not saying that it's completely false, but it's definitely not even close to "genius". It fits only a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction of traumatic experiences. A description of a phenomenon that only fits a tiny fraction of its real world instances is just a poor description. Even in your example of getting blind, people don't suddenly lose their ability to imagine the future. It's just a different future.
@giratina008MagicRush5 жыл бұрын
In the 1st Avenger Tony said: *"Everything special about you came out of a bottle Rogers"* and Steve said *"You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play. To lie down and let the other guy walk over you"* . In Endgame, Steve wielded Mjölnir proving he is worthy of a God's weapon because of his soul. And Tony without hesitation sacrificed himself for the rest of the world. Poetic end to their arcs since Avengers (2012).
@michaelmorales16025 жыл бұрын
@surfitlive I see that gesture as more of a request for confirmation. Once Tony thought of how the Avengers could win, he looked to Strange to confirm that his plan was the one victory Strange had previously mentioned. He wanted to make sure that what he was about to do wasn't a mistake.
@likeadollseyesstatuereview38085 жыл бұрын
accept that (According to the directors he was worthy in AOU) and Tony already proved he was willing to lay down his life in the first Avengers film... Just saying.
@thesamuraispirit76865 жыл бұрын
I saw a meme of this just today actually. It just goes to show how amazing everyone involved in the creation of the MCU is. There will never be anything like it again in the history of cinema
@bobpolo29645 жыл бұрын
"He's a father with no family; he loses the story of his life."
@lunacouer5 жыл бұрын
This. I had been seeing it as a tragedy that Clint lost his entire family, but I didn't realize I was seeing it more in line with Thor's losses. I wasn't looking at how we tend to be culturally prepared for the loss of our parents, but how no parent ever stops being a parent. Being a parent *is* an identity. Probably because I'm not a parent, but this sentence really brought this home. Clint gets a lot of crap for his role in the movies, as he's not a superhero superhero, but I'm glad his humanity is such a big part of the Avengers story.
@marvingonzalez85865 жыл бұрын
@@lunacouer i don't care what anyone says but i love Clint well more specifically Comic Clint but MCU Clint is decent too he's the everyman of the group and has something worth fighting for
@michaelmorales16025 жыл бұрын
@@lunacouer Personally I believe Clint is the most important Avenger. No other MCU Superhero has a 100% winrate throughout 4+ movies. - In Avengers, when he's on Loki's side, Loki is winning. Once he's no longer brainwashed he helps the Avengers defeat Loki and the Chitauri army. - In Age of Ultron, the Avengers end up winning again. - In Civil War, Clint helps Steve and Bucky get away from the airport battle and reach their true objective. I'd consider this a win for Team Cap because the airport fight wasn't important to them. - Clint is completely absent in Infinity War because of the events of Civil War, so he was unable to help the Avengers against Thanos. The Avengers lose for the first time. - In Endgame, Clint returns to the team and they end up winning the rematch against Thanos. Hawkeye was present at every victory and absent at every loss the Avengers faced.
@arturocastroverde33494 жыл бұрын
Clint was the best character in Age Of Ultron and One of the best in Endgame
@thantacore67795 жыл бұрын
When you realize Captain America already lost everyone before when he woke up 70 years later.
@Gemnist985 жыл бұрын
@Greg Elchert I've seen it, you can probably find it floating around. Afterward, he has lunch at a restaurant where the waitress flirts with him by mentioned Iron Man (she later is seen being rescued by him during the Battle of New York in the final cut), but it ends awkwardly and with Stan Lee telling him to "Ask for her number, you moron!". He then walks down a bridge to the gym where we first see him in the final cut.
@handsomesquidward51605 жыл бұрын
@Greg Elchert But isn't there the scene in Age of Ultron party where there are supposedly WW2 veterans sat down, who are they?
@recursivecoin3595 жыл бұрын
As a therapist who specializes in trauma treatment I can say... You brilliantly conceptualize recovery in the context of this film.
@Radien3 жыл бұрын
I'm not a therapist, but I've found that Endgame felt eerily prescient with its understanding of collective trauma right before the pandemic caused us all to live through a variation of it. Spider-man: Far From Home continued that, by showing a displaced generation of kids who will feel as though a chunk of their lives was just skipped (though “the snap” involved some people returning without aging as time marched on, whereas in our reality it's the other way around). Endgame may have inadvertently helped some people to deal with the collective trauma they were about to face in 2020. At the same time, I feel like it will be difficult to go back and watch it again, because it will hit so damn close to home.
@recursivecoin3593 жыл бұрын
@@Radien salient point
@micanikko3 жыл бұрын
@@Radien Thats a really interesting take
@brooksy3853 жыл бұрын
Hi, can we talk? Cuz I went through the same sort of traumatic thing. I understood most of what he says in the video, but I need help
@arthand76725 жыл бұрын
What I love about this movie is that it feels like it was crafted with love. So many blockbusters from the past ten years just seem like noise so the trend of marvel movies to actually make you care about the characters and their emotional journeys and not just rely on the spectacle is truly special and something very few studios are doing anymore. And it makes it all the more sweeter when you can have a greater audience reaction for a WWII soldier picking up a magic hammer than any CGI slugfest in the latest transformers or fast and the furious movie.
@wilsoncpuGmail5 жыл бұрын
I love this comment 3000!
@arthand76725 жыл бұрын
@@wilsoncpuGmail and I love you 3000, random KZfaq commentor!
@thesamuraispirit76865 жыл бұрын
Thats what I appreciated about Endgame. Generally, Im not a fan of slower paced movies. And some people didnt like Endgame for that. For the nostalgia and slow pace. But really I loved that this time Endgame wasnt like most Marvel films or blockbusters. It put the characters over the spectacle. Yes, the movie was slower paced but I was so invested in the film because I had been there since 2008 when I was around the age of 10. I saw the film in theaters too. So ive been very invested in these characters. Ultimately, back then I couldnt really answer the question of which movie I thought was the best of all time for me. Now I can. Its Avengers Endgame.
@sonlen7965 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite little but deep moments to me is when Steve, Tony, and Thor see Thanos sitting in the courtyard, and the discussion they have about that. Thor's the guy in his own movie that started off invading Jotunheim and got in a big fight purely because someone pissed him off. In that movie, he initially thought purely about his own motivations and doing shit by himself, confident in his own ability to take on any challenge. In the Avengers, he talks about Tony and Steve as being beneath him, how "tiny" they are, so even though he's humbled he still sees himself as the strongest and the guy who can do things by himself. In Endgame, he affirms the value he now sees in Tony and Steve by wanting them all to be in agreement on distracting Thanos to allow the others to recover. Tony Stark is the planner, the guy who wants to know exactly what he's getting in to. If Thor purely trusted in his strength, Tony purely trusted in his brain. He believed himself to be the smartest person in the room, and the most capable of solving a problem by himself because of it. He regarded Thor as 'distant' because Thor was not just an alien, he was an overbearing brute of a man. He regarded Steve as 'distant' because he was a soldier (which Tony made a point of saying he's not in the first Avengers) with an antiquated notion of conducting oneself (Not to forget that 'everything good about you came out of a bottle). Tony has my favorite line in that Endgame scene because in response to Steve mentioning that it's probably a trap, Tony says "I know, but I don't care". He's choosing instead to trust the 'drape-wearer' and the 'bottle-born soldier', because they've proven themselves to him. Steve is the guy who values simple honor and virtue above all else. He's "just a kid from Brooklyn", and he's a simple man who has faith of some description and a belief in the ordinary people. He's openly skeptical of the man of legend (Thor) and the man of science (Tony). Both have always been extraordinary and neither have learned the hard realities of life to the extent he has. In Endgame, he's come to see Tony as a devoted friend who will risk his own life against a far superior opponent and he sees how Thor has been broken down by failure. I believe Endgame is where Steve comes to more fundamentally trust in both Thor and Tony, two people whose talents he might still not fully understand, because he understands them on a personal level. I also think this is part of why he could call Mjolnir, because he understands that although it's a magic space hammer, the values involved of honor and sacrifice are still fundamentally human and the values he's lived his life by.
@randomness52815 жыл бұрын
This comment is oscar worthy so is rdj
@3Rayfire3 жыл бұрын
You know, I don't think the Steve-Thor relationship works like that. Steve and Thor always had a pretty decent rapport. They're both more or less soldiers and get each other on that level, "Are you alright?" "What are you getting tired?" Steve only talks smack to three people in all of these movies, Bucky, Thor, and Sam. There's a closeness there. His issue with Tony was that Tony is a selfish prick. Tony resents Steve because his father seemed to love the memory of Steve more than he loved Tony, and to make it worse after meeting him, Tony understands why ("A living legend, who kind of lives up to the legend."). Thor on the other hand had enough trust and faith in Steve that he brought Mjolnir back specifically so Steve could use it, just in case.
@ms_shortcake5182 жыл бұрын
On the subject of TS, it's important to note that moment ("I know and I don't care.") is a very emotional sentence. Tony, like everyone else is incredibly livid at Thanos for killing half the universe so it's understandable why a line like this is here. *but that's not the point here.* it was TONY STARK that said it. Someone who from the beginning of the MCU had to learn compassion or prove he has a heart. That's why his grave is that trinket?? Pepper made for him in IM 1, because by the end of Endgame, he proved her right. And Steve does factor into this because of his "tough calls" line in Avengers 1. Steve isn't talking about Tony's intelligence here: he's saying that STARK can't make the tough calls because he didn't have the company to what it means to sacrifice, unlike Steve who is post-First Avenger here
@javonjonez39295 жыл бұрын
Endgame makes me love the original avengers so much more. The arcs that these characters have gone through throughout nearly a decade makes me appreciate living in this generation.
@zuhayrroha43925 жыл бұрын
Captain America- Why do people go to war?so that at the end of the day they can have peace. Steve fought the WW2 and lost the a woman he loved for first time. He then fought the new york battle,sokovia,Shield betrayed him,Avengers betrayed him. And lastly he lost to Thanos. Ultron told Steve "God's righteous man.Pretending you could live without war" Tony told him to get a life. And then when Steve saw Peggy he saw the peace he always fought for and at the end of the day when he won the war he returned to Peggy.
@Rupadarshi-Ray5 жыл бұрын
😣
@wiseausrs5 жыл бұрын
I legit cried like a baby when he showed up for that last dance. What a fucking legend.
@naveensankarr93035 жыл бұрын
Avengers didn't betray cap
@yuh67475 жыл бұрын
i don’t remember the Avengers betraying Cap. It was more like they took their sides and disagreed
@zuhayrroha43925 жыл бұрын
@@yuh6747 i guess it is a stretch But he was the leader of avengers and people members didn't listen to him which lead to a fight,they were supposed to a team and the team didn't stay together and so the team kidda betrayed him.
@AkinduDasanayake5 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy Endgame is out on digital now so we can see footage with all of the video essays.
@cutekittens65 жыл бұрын
CAN YOU HEAR ME CRYING ABOUT STEVES ANALYSIS? BECAUSE FINALLY HERE IS AN ANALYSIS THAT DOESN'T BASH STEVES CHOICE TO STAY WITH PEGGY
@barbedwire99755 жыл бұрын
I think another great thing about endgame is that it mirrors infinity war. Thanos won by not giving in and collecting the stones no matter the cost. The Avengers won by collecting the stones no matter the cost. Thanos actually, taught the avengers something.
@c4nito1595 жыл бұрын
¨whatever it takes¨
@jamesparson5 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thanos sacrificed Gamora, but the Avengers, in the end sacrificed even more.
@barbedwire99755 жыл бұрын
James Mohler pretty much. Also black widows death exactly mirrors gamoras. Same music, same fall, and I’m pretty sure the same dying pose as well
@korndud5 жыл бұрын
this isn't true in the slightest. thanos tortured, killed and committed genocide for the stones.
@lareda_5 жыл бұрын
@@korndud To do anything it takes to get the stones no matter who or what gets hurt. That's the point " Whatever it takes"
@onyxhammond60944 жыл бұрын
i called the suicide hotline tonight and the guy who picked up listened to me talk about my trauma and after i calmed down we discussed the avengers and other stuff i was interested in. he recommended this video. thank you, eric (i believe that was your name, i could have misheard). you saved my life. you’re dope as hell too.
@qcrew29385 жыл бұрын
After watching the film for a second time I still can't believe how emotionally impactful they managed to make it....
@harlinaindra66795 жыл бұрын
Still feel that way after seeing it for the 4th time
@rigzmoviediaries6545 жыл бұрын
The VHS kinda Lo-Fi aesthetic of your videos is addictive to watch
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow thanks! I'm glad I stuck with the style then!
@TechnologicallyTechnical5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, we don't get enough 80's pandering these days
@rigzmoviediaries6545 жыл бұрын
Implicitly Pretentious yeah! It’s awesome!
@LordVader10945 жыл бұрын
That's basically most video essays though.
@yaeven49435 жыл бұрын
Implicitly Pretentious didn’t just die. He was MURDERED.
@wibbyson5 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I thought about the film! I was too emotional during the first time I was watching this. I get it why people laugh at chubby Thor, but those scenes was never funny for me. I feel what he was feeling. It was brutal. This video deserve so much more exposure! You always make such great contents with amazing writing and splendid editing. I am a fan!
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow thank you so much! And yeah brutal is the perfect description to what Thor goes through on a dramatic level!
@wibbyson5 жыл бұрын
@@ImplicitlyPretentious as you said in the video, Thor lost his father, mother, brother, kingdom, people, mjolnir, failed to stopped Thanos, and more. He is a strong man indeed for only losing his self respect. If I were him, I could be so much worse.
@harlinaindra66795 жыл бұрын
Chubby Thor was my fav storyline because it was so realistic... that convo with his mum... so good and well acted... and I loved it that he was still chubby in the final battle.
@randomness52815 жыл бұрын
Finally
@arobarbie5 жыл бұрын
i love when you talk about trauma because you’re so eloquent and your ideas are so… warm.
@arobarbie5 жыл бұрын
none of this made sense but like i just love your videos man they make me happy
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! And don't worry, it made perfect sense to me :)
@farhanshameel78105 жыл бұрын
Honestly you deserve wayyy more subscribers, this editing quality and video making is top notch. Loving it.
@radicalpasta70405 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow thank you, I'm still learning the ropes with the editing process so that's really kind of you!
@mvciprod.2865 жыл бұрын
And monetization. This is a lot of work and tought.
@colleenross8752 Жыл бұрын
@@ImplicitlyPretentious you should make a video about Wenwu
@catsmeowgames23935 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I walked away from the movie with this message completely clear. It meant everything to me that Thor had suffered so much but was still worthy to wield Mjolnir- but all people could think about was his weight. Thank you for being intuitive and seeing the beauty in this movie. It was a great video to watch. Keep doing what you're doing. :)
@harlinaindra66795 жыл бұрын
"I am still worthy"... one of my fav moment in the movie... such important words ...
@ExpulsoPlayz5 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. I still cannot get over how great the scene with Tony and Howard is. It's absolutely smothered in dramatic irony and it is amazing. After the movie I spent an hour reading through the Stark legacy on the wiki lmao
@strider117aldo95 жыл бұрын
IRON-y xd
@NiightDJ5 жыл бұрын
Matthew Delly The GOAT you need to look up the definition of irony
@ExpulsoPlayz5 жыл бұрын
@@NiightDJ no I dont. You need to look up the definition of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when audiences know things that characters do not. Both Tony and the audience know about his relationship with his father Howard, but Howard doesnt, so it creates an amazing source of tension and drama between them.
@charliemorris39842 жыл бұрын
This video made me tear up just thinking about how incredibly made this film was and how each individual character's arcs were woven together so beautifully
@worthy78345 жыл бұрын
Finally, the most thorough and greatest breakdown of one of the greatest endings to a series of movies. Thank you . This is the best movie review I've heard for this movie. Respect Due.
@officert51475 жыл бұрын
"We become the monuments to our own memories and that process is intimately painful, because that continuity that you hold yourself to has to change directions. It is a fundamental aspect of being human that you have to give in to the serendipitous nature of life--even if it means recovering from pain or helping others to. And that search for meaning is always there." Damn. ✊🔥💚
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks, I think there's a few grammar mistakes in there, but I'm glad you liked it :)
@officert51475 жыл бұрын
@@ImplicitlyPretentious grammar is very small in the face of such wisdom my dude 😎
@dannybenhur61235 жыл бұрын
This video not only shows the beauty of Endgame but also teaches with how to deal with trauma..by rather filling it with imagination but by building a new continuity.. This is actually a treatment for MaladaptiveDayDreamimg patients...where it is a brain mechanism of dealing trauma with imagination which is a temporary fix but not a solution to trauma..the real solution to this condition is to build a new continuity to life.. Your Video is so amazing..that I can't describe it in words..and the gentle music you used in background..is the icing on cake.. Your channel will definitely be in the top league of KZfaq..And you deserve it because of the quality of the video..
@abhijithis94245 жыл бұрын
Yup Tony at that moment was a God. But that is what you strive towards. To be the best he can be.
@accountmm74435 жыл бұрын
@Greg Elchert man your comment made me so emotional.
@randomness52815 жыл бұрын
It was the end of the path he started himself on
@vucub_caquix3 жыл бұрын
@@randomness5281 oh man.... ;_;
@bryantlamar87175 жыл бұрын
Man, you are so eloquent. It is so refreshing to hear well thought out and well-phrased content. Nowadays, KZfaq is riddled with shallow content , and you sir are a beacon of hope. Continue the good work. I'm subscribed, and ready to see some more of what you got. Bravo!
@AqibA.C.5 жыл бұрын
This video is just ridiculously well made. From the old VHS style intro, that recaps and goes over some of the key moments in the film, that I honestly can't get enough of, to the grand idea that to overcome trauma you must reinvent yourself completely in a sense, it's just... Wow man, thank you for this, I really felt this. Thank you for highlighting all those aspects in a way that I truly don't think anyone else could on this site. I just love how large and wonderful all the themes you brought up in this video feel, while still remaining and feeling completely human. It's beautiful, it's such a large sense of building your identity. "Humbled enough to love himself." and "Responding to Trauma isn't about restoring the self to the way it was before. Healing demands a complete sense of reinvention." It's all just really great.
@AstraIVagabond5 жыл бұрын
... Wow. This may be the video that made me officially, narratively and thematically, like Avengers: Endgame. Either way, it's an excellent one. One of my favourites of yours so far! You deserve _many_ more subscribers than you currently have, by the way - it's a count that your videos' quality, compared to the higher (sub count) strata, is highly in excess of and I can only hope that difference is compensated in the (relative) near future!!
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow thank you so much! That's incredibly nice of you and yeah, I guess I'm kind of new when it comes to regularly making superhero video essays, so I've not developed the same sort of dependable personality following or something
@kirk0015 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video essay. I've watched Endgame 9 times already and it hits me just as hard each time. I couldn't put into words what resonated with me about the movie so much until you I saw your title that it's about dealing with trauma. I lost my father in November 2016. Time helps, but I've never really been the same. Any time I see a character suffer some sort of loss or trauma, I feel it viscerally. With Endgame, the trauma and grief end with redemption, growth, and healing. It's like healing vicariously.
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, thank you so much sharing that, I'm really touched by your story and I hope the last couple of years has helped :)
@ryanjin26235 жыл бұрын
Your take on Endgame is absolutely beautiful and I love it. Keep up the good work :)
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@spider-manunknown91934 жыл бұрын
I agree such a masterpiece
@nexus56485 жыл бұрын
My brain cannot handle this level of...speaking. I can’t. This is some high level shit.
@accountmm74435 жыл бұрын
this is so beautiful. You made me love this movie even more and made me cry. Keep up the good work
@synteis5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely adored both this one and the Iron Man one and your take on Captain America's arc was also pretty cool. Love the deep analysis you put in to this and the way you tie in theory. Looking at it all through the lens of trauma is so so interesting to me. Thanks for sharing!
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! And I'll be remaking my Captain america video soon, so hopefully it'll be much better in comparison to the new stuff!
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! And I'll be remaking my Captain america video soon, so hopefully it'll be much better in comparison to the new stuff!
@adamscalese85475 жыл бұрын
These video essays have helped me understand why I am obsessed with these movies and what kind of lessons we actually can learn from them other than “wow Cap got the Hammer.”
@highspeedtarantado5 жыл бұрын
I have no words to say how wonderfully you made this video essay to endgame it's A TOTAL LIFE CHANGER or with no exaggeration you gave me a much lighter and beautiful side of it, subbed to you!!
@jacobpresson20955 жыл бұрын
This is an exceptional work that you should be incredibly proud of. I especially appreciated how you folded in seamless the perspectives of the source material while maintaining your own perspective. It's the perfect vignette to show the shallow people who claim that super hero movies lack depth.
@TonyQuinn5 жыл бұрын
Man you outdo yourself every time! Beautiful analysis. I didn’t think about some of these things until now, and they make me appreciate the movie even more. I also learned a few life lessons which rarely happens from something like KZfaq haha.
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow thank you! I'm just glad you found it remotely entertaining, so that's incredibly flattering!
@ajb6955 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the deeper contextualization of a film I already loved for a number of reasons. The weight and glory of seeing it all through the lens of trauma, memory and imagination, personal reinvention, and recovery is simply beautiful. Thanks for calling out this theme so brilliantly---for the added layers of significance and meaning.
@ej22085 жыл бұрын
it’s 4 in the morning, i was about to sleep but i can’t do that now.
@maxscene75 жыл бұрын
People always did say Steve was selfish for abandoning Bucky who he had sacrificed everything for the past few movies. But is that the message you want to convey? To keep sacrificing, to keep giving everything to someone else and just ignore yourself? Peggy wasn't just a fling or an old flame, for Steve, Peggy was a promise. Peggy was hope. Peggy was his endgame. And maybe, after all the wars that Steve had fought and lived, maybe he deserved his own rest too. (Even though, I dont really think Steve would REST in that sense, since he'd probably help solve that timeline's problems, etc.)
@arturocastroverde33494 жыл бұрын
Avengers Endgame haters: It's just fanservice Implicity Pretentious: Hold my video
@geoffws65 жыл бұрын
I feel like this should be included in the official DVD extras for Endgame. Great work. I enjoyed this.
@MisterPrince015 жыл бұрын
Endgame is beautiful, as are your videos. There's something very satisfying and peaceful about watching them, they're not full of hate and ranting like many others. I also love the VHS aestethic and the big text on screen. Keep it up man 👍🏼
@rnnmuterle79585 жыл бұрын
Hate fled hollywood, the nursing home for sentimentalists, a long time ago...
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That's so unbelievably kind of you! And yeah I try to have fun making these rather than get angry or something, because I think the craft of learning and writing something new is way more of an enjoyable hobby :)
@MisterPrince015 жыл бұрын
@@ImplicitlyPretentious that's great! I can tell you put a lot of thought into your vids.
@marie79995 жыл бұрын
This was beautiful. I cried all over again.
@ADifferentVibe3 жыл бұрын
1:15 You said Iron Man and Cap both had trilogies where they developed high level of resilience towards traumatic experiences. I completely agree, but what makes Thor's trilogy so different that he couldn't handle what happened after the snap? He lost his parents and home during his three movies so he did experience trauma. The only reason I can think of differently is the events of Thor 3 were just before Infinity War so he didn't have time to reinvent or persevere, like both Iron Man and Cap did.
@DarthAndrea28145 жыл бұрын
So I've watched both your videos on trauma. I suffered a massive trauma when I was a child that broke me both mentally and physically. It took me years to reach a form of normality. And Both of these videos left me weeping, mostly because in many ways it sounded like you were talking about me. I want you to know that you did a very good job explaining the depths the writers, actors and film makers went to show these traumas even if the audiences didn't register that they were there. And know you touched someone intending to or not. Good job. !^_^!
@GTXDash5 жыл бұрын
6:56 That guinea pig gave me a good chuckle X)
@TapTapClick5 жыл бұрын
I'm not crying you're crying. I just have some rain on my face.
@fall_tm5 жыл бұрын
This analysis really encapsulates the complex finale of 10 year long character arcs and it's beautiful. I wonder if you'll do a video on Peter's trauma after FFH, because for me that movie was another traumatic continuity for the survivors of endgame ;(
@adriancabonce27195 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful written essays are often underrated
@richin21235 жыл бұрын
3:08 Oh my God...this is exactly what happened to me when my mom died recently, and I still have no focus on my future. You mention "re-invention" later in the essay. That may have to be my path forward. Now you've made a film I already love more integral to my life. (Side note: I watched my mom die of pancreatic cancer in 2013, and the next summer had to relive it in "Guardians of the Galaxy". To this day, I don't watch that opening scene on my Blu-ray. I just chapter stop my way past it.)
@christianleeperrr76415 жыл бұрын
“The greater good has rarely outweighed my own self interests.” Wonder if he was talking about tony
@BiffTheBanana5 жыл бұрын
That KZfaq algorithm has its moments
@natmaccaxoxo5 жыл бұрын
I loved endgame as soon as I saw it but this. THIS. Just adds a whole new level to the film. Amazing video. Amazing analysis. Video essays like this are the reason I am so passionate about films!!
@ryanconner75675 жыл бұрын
I had to pause the video and breathe for a second when Steve said “you’re not the guy to make the sacrifice play” because I started tearing up. the MCU is so beautiful and it’s character development is so profound and unlike any other story in history
@somethingdiffrant4 жыл бұрын
When you pulled out Cap's "let the other guy walk over you" line I felt silent tears fall down my face. The growth of Tony and Steve is hard to keep in mind because the movies have been happening for so long...but you put it all together so well. That line gets me every time. It shows how they overcame themselves by learning from one another. Subscribed.
@NVolpa5 жыл бұрын
no one: Implicitly Pretentious: "As I quote from The Mnemonic Imagination..." Great video btw
@getschwifty55375 жыл бұрын
Very good video. It helped me better contextualize Tony and Steve's endings. I still don't really know how I feel about Natasha's conclusion though and I do wish Bruce and Hulk had a better defined trauma throughout the MCU to better contextualize the meaning of his role in End Game. Such as the source of the anger that made him monstrous before his personality merge, which in the comics is clearly stemming from the abuse he suffered from his father which is a trauma the MCU never explores.
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! And yeah I think I might make an essay all about Black Widow's journey, because the ending worked pretty well with me, but yeah I agree, I wish more was done with Hulk :)
@RibbittIII5 жыл бұрын
In the first minute I knew you absolutely nailed this
@canvas11xD5 жыл бұрын
I wonder how the movie would have started. If Joss didn’t fight to keep the farm scene.
@harlinaindra66795 жыл бұрын
Haha true
@lsporter885 жыл бұрын
It took superior insight and intelligence to analyze the characters and their story arcs the way you did. The visuals were well chosen (and the edits superb). The timing and delivery of your self deprecating humor had much flavor as well...... Cool azz presentation.😎👍🏾
@pushkardivakar5912 Жыл бұрын
I have never saw such an amazing video essay on the best Avengers film
@yoonakim7995 жыл бұрын
I Love you 3000 i didnt know i needed this until now thank you so much for making this video
@MisterKS76435 жыл бұрын
Another thing I want to mention about Endgame is how it favors emotion over spectacle. When I think back about it, most of the runtime doesn't have as much action as say, Infinity War (which is still one of my favorite MCU movies). This movie is willing to give the characters room to breathe and tell a story without bombarding us with special effects. The last hour earned its' action while paying tribute to the characters we've grown to love over the course of 21 movies.
@siddsen955 жыл бұрын
This video deserves to be shown in psychology classes. Each line is a gemstone when it comes to grasping the ugliness of trauma and the hope ultimately needed for the overcoming of it.
@truebadur1713 жыл бұрын
I re-watched the MCU to remind myself some important plots before i'll watch all the disney+ series, and maybe to kinda appreciate these films more. And your essays are totally helping with that, i love your work, man! Actually when i was about to watch Endgame i was more excited for the fact that later i'll binge all your MCU essays than for the series i wanted to watch 😅
@bellabozied73035 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!! The part where you talk about how Tony goes through who he tells ‘iron man’ too is my favorite and a great thing I love to see connected (:
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, thank you so much! I'm glad I kept that in now, because I was close to cutting it out of fear that it was too similar to my iron man trilogy video! :)
@joeydeaconblues5 жыл бұрын
This is easily your best video yet (and one of the best on KZfaq) Far more than film analysis it has the potential to anchor somebody when they're lost in grief (sadly an expert subject both professionally and personally) I'm so pleased to witness your evolution from analysis of art, to analysis that is art itsellf. To analysis of art that may be more meaningful as art than the original art elevating both.
@sarahmacdonald9555 жыл бұрын
I'm going to go back in time to stop myself from commenting on how much this movie, and this video made me cry. OH MY GOOOOOOD!!!!
@johnathonhaney82915 жыл бұрын
Every time I see certain clips of this, I just BAWL. I can't help it...that's how much it moved me. Thank you, Leo, explaining why. And use as many goddamn dramatic pauses as you like...you make 'em work!
@jackscrivens95205 жыл бұрын
6:58 fluffy guinea pig
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, good eye! I didn't think anyone would catch it!
@danielalarconmar5 жыл бұрын
That clip of Maya Hawke
@josephivenegas5 жыл бұрын
That clip of his guinea pig at 6:58
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks guys, I think I've got to make these easter eggs way more discrete now lol
@kieransenra59965 жыл бұрын
Glad I am not the only one who noticed that.
@walidmawass70575 жыл бұрын
Your essay is so very beautifully conceptual, in a very human way!
@Miepasie5 жыл бұрын
I like the fact that while the battles with thanos in infinity war were really bright with interesting color pallets. Kinda to simulate hope, the avengers never faced a foe that has beaten them before. But the end fight against Thanos in end game is super dark, gloomy and grey. This isn't playful fun times anymore with ''magic with a kick'' etc. This is now about the life of the universe itself and all its inhabitants against an entire army led by a warmonger that has beaten them all single handedly before.
@funnyfergi83193 жыл бұрын
This video deserves millions of views.. bravo comrade... bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@SquareOFortune3 жыл бұрын
Well hot damn, if that’s not the most beautiful vid I’ve seen in ages. Glad I finally discovered your channel after all these years. Your writing is a cut above 99.9% of this platform, and I hope you continue to find an audience that appreciates the depth, nuance, care, and Oxford commas woven throughout your work. New favorite channel. ❤️
@jenilein1135 жыл бұрын
Just watched your Iron man video and now immediately got this recommended. You're doing a really good job with this one as well :)
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm shocked that KZfaq would recommend any of my videos
@cliveroberts87603 жыл бұрын
We are dealing with a collective trauma right now
@worldofjoseup5 жыл бұрын
I don't know how you don't have 10 million subscribers. You are such a great KZfaq that really helps people get a better understanding of whatever your video essay is on. Also you don't have sponsors, so there are some bonus points. Hope you reach 10 million subscribers, which is why, after watching this video, the first video on this channel, I am subscribing to you on all 3 of my accounts.
@JavierCazarez5 жыл бұрын
Amazing work! 🙌🏻🙏🏻 cheers from México! 🇲🇽
@GOMIN20005 жыл бұрын
Everything about this is so beautiful
@nathanielhernandez88435 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you keep up on your comments, but I want to thank you personally for this. I've been on a life journey of sorts since last year, and the Avengers series has been weirdly analogous to things that have happened in my life. I have recently struggled with facing traumas, recent diagnoses of PTSD and anxiety, etc., and I just want to say that your video is a revelation. I wish everybody could see this, not just KZfaq, but I hope this video explodes. It deserves to, you deserve it. Thank you, I will be watching the rest of your content, you've gained a believer
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
I try to keep up with comments but I dont get notified about everything, but I'm really touched by you sharing your story, so thank you so much!
@KyleHerbert135 жыл бұрын
best new channel I've found in months. Keep up the good work!
@ImplicitlyPretentious5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@TheCMnews5 жыл бұрын
Congrats on getting your PhD in Avengers. This was beautiful.
@nutsywaterbelly31153 жыл бұрын
Why you got me crying to endgame AGAIN... not even watching it.... damn. So satisfying. Great job.
@ross44525 жыл бұрын
gotta love the art of storytelling. the actors and folks at Marvel studios certainly handled these stories and characters with deep care and thought. beautifully done analysis sir.
@batman-sr2px4 жыл бұрын
They didn't
@cloudsanddoubt5 жыл бұрын
So many of the lines you said in this speak to me and my own sense of self. Thank you for this clip.
@jasonweiss27815 жыл бұрын
You made me appreciate this film way more
@mystic.dreams5 жыл бұрын
"Mommy told me to come and save you." Oh my god, what Morgan said made my heart melt. Anyways, I love your video essay about this film, to be honest, how you did this makes me and other people understand and appreciate the film even more.
@activemotionpictures5 жыл бұрын
Best video essay I´ve seen on the entire sea of reviews. Great work.
@SuperMouthyDave5 жыл бұрын
this is crazy profound because I was literally trying to write about trauma and nostalgia and building new self while, as you said, becoming monuments to our own memories. I love this take and I can't wait to watch again with this in mind.
@tobluetoblack5 жыл бұрын
Just when i thought I couldn't love Endgame any more than I did, you somehow made that all the more possible
@katemaloney42964 жыл бұрын
Just for giggles, I took a "Which Avenger Are You?" survey, and the result was Hawkeye. I figure it was the loner part or that I liked the character. But I have watched all of your videos, and I realized the parallels between Hawkeye and myself are deeper than I realized. Damn you for making my subconscious want to do some soul searching.
@miker64525 жыл бұрын
Wonderful commentary, perfectly said. I was into Marvel Comics as a child 40 years ago and it's been very gratifying to see these characters make it to the big screen for the last decade, and to see the effect they've had on millions of people all over the world. Clearly these films have have great meaning to many, for creators like you to put in the time and careful work to make such compelling fanvids about them. Very insightful, well done.
@joesubel5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. I love how more and more people are starting to appreciate how Marvel can incorporate great writing and character depth into flashy mainstream action blockbusters that brings two seperate types of movie fans into one collective fandom.
@ak_hoops5 жыл бұрын
You made this movie so much better! WOW. thank you
@tajcee5 жыл бұрын
You’ve earned a subscriber. This was one of the best in-depth and personable analyses of a film I’ve seen on KZfaq in a long time.
@peterlewerin42134 жыл бұрын
Wonderful take on this, I agree fully. Also: a spoken essay without pauses leaves no room for the words to sink in.
@RyoHazuki2245 жыл бұрын
I can tell you think about themes in film probably way more than most people do, and even perhaps more than the film's actual writers did. A lot of people go to movies and just see the surface level shiny-ness and glitz, and don't internally explore themes and narratives and they don't see the characters as living beings. This was a beautiful video. Thank you for this.