come to think of it, you're right....they really could've picked up the tesseract along with the aether since it was already back on asgard during TDW. Maybe they thought it's easier to take it from their old selves rather than having to go through the vault security haha..
That's what I thought too but maybe his armor helped dampened the effects? That moment Stark stole the gems from Thanos was awesome in so many ways - mainly 'cause it's the opposite of what happened in the final fight of Batman Begins (HISHE made a good point - considering the device was Waynetech, how did Bruce or Lucius not know to turn off the machine?)and by that point I really thought they'll be losing again. Stark was so quick in taking the gems -even Thanos didn't realize they were gone - that I thought the only way he could've done that was if he built some kind of a overriding mechanism into the nanotech gauntlet itself.
Loved the film but personally preferred IW more because that was non-stop action from the get-go. My few gripes on Endgame though :
1. For some reason, I hated captain marvel in this movie. I liked her in her solo film but for some reason, this version of her just feels like a total arrogant snob - opposite to what she was in her solo film. Her character felt disconnected from the other Avengers and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't satisfied to see Thanos knock her out with a power stone-induced punch at the end.
2. Liked Thor, but shame about the design in his final movie and his greatly reduced power levels at the end. As a collector, I'm not sure I'd want a beer belly Thor in my collection
3. I thought that Stark was shortchanged with his funeral processions. I mean c'mon, this dude not only saved America or the Earth, but he saved the entire UNIVERSE ! He was the reason they even had a fighting chance to begin with, and he was the ultimate reason why they were saved. Even if beings around the cosmos couldn't give Stark their gratitude, at the very least, I thought they should have turned his funeral procession into a real ceremony watched by the world over (much like when Superman died in the Doomsday story), complete with a few words of appreciation from the remaining Avengers and some world leaders.
4. Why wasn't Widow given a send-off like Stark? Her sacrifice was a key part of their victory too.
That was unexpected.
It's a lot to take in and you definitely need multiple viewings of this film. I'll be going to see it again. I thoroughly enjoyed it, although in different ways when comparing to Infinity War which means it was a success in my opinion. I would still give the slight edge to IW, but I suppose that really isn't fair considering how many times I've seen it.
Yeah, I cried. Looking back the first Iron Man film literally changed my life for the better, as I'm sure it did for so many. It opened up my eyes to an entirely new universe. Hard to see him go.
