‘Avengers: Endgame’ – That Last Captain America Scene

(This publish incorporates some massive spoilers for “Avengers: Endgame”)

Coming into “Avengers: Endgame,” followers had one massive query on their minds — apart, in fact, from simply how the plot would shake out after the snap in “Infinity War.” Since we’ve identified for a very long time that “Endgame” could be the final journey within the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Chris Evans, we have been desirous to learn the way they have been gonna ship Captain America off into the sundown.

So few folks would have been shocked “Endgame” gave Cap his sendoff, however clearly realizing {that a} character shall be written out of a collection just isn’t the identical as realizing how they’re being written off. We simply knew that it will be the final journey for Steve Rogers/Captain America, however not if it meant he would die or retire or ascend to a brand new plain of existence. It seems they went an early retirement, and the way in which they go about it doesn’t make narrative or thematic sense.

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So what they ended up going with for Steve’s exit really mirrors just about precisely a fan principle that’s been circulating for some time: that Steve would journey again to 1945 and reside out his life in peace with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) earlier than exhibiting up once more within the current as an previous man. That is, seemingly, precisely what he did. But this isn’t a satisfying ending for Cap — it’s simply bizarre and completely out of character. And it doesn’t work with the time journey guidelines set by the film. Let’s break it down.

Let’s begin with crucial situation: It’s fairly out of character for Captain America to simply bail on his job, and it’s particularly out of character for him to bail on his job like this. Going to the previous to retire with Peggy would imply that he has to sit down by whereas all types of unhealthy issues occur that he is aware of will occur. He will get a entrance row seat to Hydra taking on SHIELD and fomenting all types of evil. He lives the great life whereas Bucky (Sebastian Stan) is getting used and abused because the Winter Soldier for 70 years.

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With nice energy comes nice accountability, and Cap selected to spend the overwhelming majority of his life merely not taking accountability? Also, do not forget that complete “I’m with you to the end of the line” factor between him and Bucky? Guess that wasn’t actual. Cap, at about 39 years previous in the event you subtract his time within the ice, simply gave up and chilled out till he was too previous to assist out anymore. This is simply not one thing that the Steve Rogers that we’ve gotten to know over the previous eight years would do. And it’s insulting to the character not simply to place him out to pasture like this, however to have it’s his alternative.

And on high of all that, this scene doesn’t make sense due to the way in which he confirmed up once more on the finish. According to the principles of time journey arrange by “Avengers: Endgame” itself, Cap going again to the previous and getting with Peggy would create a divergent timeline and he would not be part of the universe of the flicks. Which would imply that with the intention to return to the current day timeline of “Endgame” he must use his time journey machine.

If Cap confirmed up on the time journey platform as an previous man, this scene could possibly be taking part in by the film’s personal guidelines. But since he was simply hanging out on a bench after they seen him, it appears to be implying that he merely lived out his life and confirmed up on the proper second. He’s definitely not carrying the time journey machine in that scene.

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And since Cap might be too old style to…