Yes, spoilers. And as I know people who still haven't seen it...just stop reading now if you haven't.
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Okay, if you're familiar with the original Infinity War storyline, then the Big Spoiler...isn't. In the original comics, Tony is killed when he uses the Infinity Gauntlet to reverse Thanos' actions. Being comics, he came back.
Being as Downey has said he wants to move on from Tony Stark, MCU Tony probably isn't coming back. There will undoubtedly be a new Iron Man. Or, more likely, more than one. There's an obvious set up for Morgan Stark - thanks to timeline shenanigans now of a close age with Cassie Lang (Stature in the comics) and Hawkeye's daughter (whom he already called Hawkeye) to be future Avengers, but the kids are all under 8.
Either Rhodey will take the mantle for a while or we're going to see the imminent introduction of Ironheart (Riri Williams) as Tony's replacement. The Far From Home trailer has Fury trying to get Peter to take the title, but obviously...well...he has his own.
I was dissatisfied with Cap's ending, but squee'd when he gave Falcon the shield (I've been worried we might end up with Bucky-Cap, which is far less interesting). Also near squee when he picked up Mjolnir. (Yes, Mjolnir is back, as is Cap's TWICE destroyed shield. Items have plot immortality).
Both upset and not about Black Widow.
Very upset that the original Gamora seems to be staying dead, retconing all of her character development. However, the end did kind of set up for Guardians III: The Search for Gamora (does this mean that if there's a fourth movie they have to travel into Earth's past?) so...who knows what Gunn has in mind there.
The best part of this movie, though, was the message it sent to younger viewers: Everyone can be an Avenger.
All you have to do is stand up for what's right and protect your community. The passing on of the shield from a white man to a black one strengthened that message.
"I don't want to live in a world without Captain America."
None of us have to. And that was the primary message of Endgame. That we don't need our heroes.
We can become them.
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