movies of The Marvel Cinematic Universeand the Marvel movies that came before it, they provide great endings, leaving a huge impact on fans of comic book movies. For the most part, the endings of Marvel movies are best known for the MCU's post-credits scenes, which always promise something to tease the next movie to come. It's important to remember that the final beats of the film before this are usually surprising in their own right, which ensures that each Marvel movie ends on a high note.
The various films under the Marvel banner achieve this in several ways. Many times, the emotional punch is held until the final moments of a given film, ensuring that it leaves the audience emotionally affected. Sometimes, Marvel movies will just end with a cheesy one-liner that promises more to come in a truly spectacular way. While superhero movies can have great opening scenes, their final moments are often just as good, if not better.
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Shuri Meets Her Nephew
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The second one The Black Panther the film was faced with the impossible task of creating a sequel that could live up to the legacy of the late Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa while still honoring his passing. Surprisingly, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever managed to accomplish just that, taking the vengeful and heartbroken Wakandan royal family into war with a strange new nation amid T'Challa's off-screen death. The film can be quite emotional at times, especially the final moments when Shuri makes a shocking revelation.
Meeting Lupita Nyong'o's Nakia in Haiti after officially becoming the next Black Panther, Shuri meets her niece for the first time. Raised in secret by Nakia, the little boy T'Challa, who walks alongside Toussaint on the island nation, is the spitting image of his late father, causing a waterfall of grief to flow over Shuri. Although he can love and accept his brother's secret child as the next T'Challa, he is a well-thought-out planner.d footage of Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther fills his memory, making for a heartbreaking final scene.
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Quill Reunites With His Grandfather
Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Of all the movies in the MCU, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 it's one of the few that feels like a true ending. Few characters in the titanic franchise are given the grace to quit, but this is what many members of the star-traveling superhero team did after their final showdown with the High Evolutionary. As Drax decides to lean into fatherhood to raise the orphans in Knowhere and Mantis embarks on a journey of self-discovery with his new villainous friends, Star-Lord once again relinquishes leadership of the group to find a new place — Earth.
As The Dog Days Are Over by Florence & The Machine swells in the OST, Peter Quill decides to finally stop running, and reunite with his long-lost family from Earth. Surprisingly, his grandfather is still alive, and soon he sees the now grown-up Peter, resulting in a misty eyed encounter. One of the best endings for a character in the MCU, Star-Lord's final return to his roots on Earth is a powerful closing shot.
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Logan Learns What Death Feels Like
Logan
The culmination of Wolverine's long journey throughout the original Fox X-Men to continue, Logan was one of the most critically acclaimed superhero movies at the time of its release in 2017, thanks in large part to its emotional ending. The film focuses on Logan's encounters with two clones made from his own DNA — Laura, a mischievous child who behaves the way Logan behaved during his amnesia, and X-24, a remorseless assassin who kills Professor X. of the last of Logan sees the titular mutant save the former from the latter.
Injecting himself with a steroid that temporarily boosts his powers at the cost of consuming his long-term healing substance, which was already disappearing, Logan manages to kill his evil doppelgänger at the cost of his life. Impaled to the branch of a large tree, Logan can only say “So that's what it feels like” as he dies, with a crying Laura in his arms. This is actually paying off the prophecy set in it The Wolverine that Logan will die on his back, full of blood, and the heart is in his hands. Only the truth wasn't true, and Laura was his new emotional “heart”.
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Tony Stark Reveals Himself as Iron Man
The Man of Steel “The truth is…I'm a metal man“
The first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe couldn't have ended in a more fitting way, starting a reign of cinematic and pop culture dominance. After a frantic battle with Iron Monger, Tony Stark is hounded at a press conference, demanding to know Stark Industries' role in the massacre. After a moment of hesitation, Tony says “The truth is…I'm a metal man” before cutting hard to black, just as the media erupted with curiosity about Stark's words.
Not only is this a satisfying scene that stays true to Tony's character while spreading excitement for the upcoming MCU, but it also has a huge impact on the overall narrative of the franchise. As a result of these comments, the MCU largely eliminated the secret identity, cutting out some of the tired tropes that plague many superhero stories. This makes it hard to believe that the line was improved by Robert Downey Jr.constantly proving himself as Tony Stark for decades to come.
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Steve Rogers Realizes You Missed the Date
Captain America: The First Avenger
While The Man of Steel again The Avengers may receive a large portion of the credit for Phase One of the MCU's success, Captain America: The First Avenger he is the under-hero of this series. Telling about the origin of Captain America, the episode ends with Steve Rogers flying a bomber straight into the ice to save millions of people, freezing himself in the process but melting decades later. The final moments of the film show Steve waking up, to see that the world around him has changed.
Brilliantly, Steve realizes that he has miraculously woken up 70 years in the future, having survived the shock of seeing a modern city. When Nick Fury asks her how she's doing, she thinks about her long-lost love, Peggy Carter, who she promised to date. The sad realization is that Steve would never get the chance to be with the woman he loves a memorable, sweet ending to cap off Captain America's first MCU appearance.
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Thanos Wins
Avengers: Infinity War
In most movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the bad guys end up losing, either through their own incompetence, the actions of the main character, or a last-minute redemption arc. This was not the case Avengers: Infinity Warwhich ends with Thanos doing what he's been promising to do the whole movie — Snapping his fingers and randomly killing half of every living thing in the universe. Watching some of the most loved heroes turn into real dust in the air has left all the theaters speechless in time Avengers: Infinity WarThe premiere.
“This is not a place to die“
It's no surprise that this remains one of the greatest superhero movie endings of all time. From the whimperin of Spider-Mang”Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good“in the terrifying Black Panther “This is not a place to die“, the final moments of each dusty hero resonate with disturbing sadness. It's hard to believe that the MCU will ever reach the same level of this emotionally wrenching finale.
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Peter Parker Begins Again
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home may be best remembered for bringing Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire back to the big screen as Spider-Man for the first time in years, but the film also deserves credit for how cleverly it handled Spider-Man's return to the status quo. There is no denying that until Spider-Man: No Way HomeIn the end, Peter Parker's life deviated too far from the traditional Spider-Man hiding secret information, acting as a ward and follower of Tony Stark with all the services and support that entails. Fortunately, the film's ending has something to say about that.
As everyone in the various fields has forgotten him, Peter Parker is really back on the scene, he can't even find comfort in the company of his friends because his presence has been erased from their minds. Completely alone for the first time, Peter settles into an empty apartment, makes a homemade Spider-Man suit, and takes action, tragically opening a new chapter in his life. In the clever way he managed to emotionally wrap up Peter's high school story, Spider-Man: No Way HomeMarvel's sequel is among the greatest movies of all time.
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Captain America Makes Tony A Promise
Captain America: Civil War
In fact, Avengers: Infinity War it wasn't the first time the Avenger team had been defeated by a super villain. After Baron Zemo's plan to split the Avenger into a fight actually works Captain America: Civil WarCaptain America is on the run from the government, his friends are under arrest, and Tony Stark is helping James Rhodes recover from his injuries. Everything changes when Tony receives a letter from Steve explaining his actions. Although he shows no remorse, he leaves Tony with a way to contact him in the event of a true emergency — a flip phone.
By giving the film's climax plenty of breathing room, this ending leaves things on a strangely hopeful note, despite the Avengers' dire circumstances. It's also great character work to see the reactions of each member of the Squad to being trapped on the raft — Ant-Man plays dumb while sneakily looking for a way out, Falcon runs back and forth, and Hawkeye just chills out, doing his best. bad situation. This good ending is soon paid off, when Tony uses a flip phone to rally the band after Thanos arrives.
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Captain America Finally Gets A Life
Avengers: Endgame
While the end of the Avengers: Endgame saw the departure of two of the franchise's most important heroes, the way Captain America's fate was handled was the perfect conclusion to its long multi-film arc. Steve was always driven by the grief of losing his life with Peggy Carter, throwing himself into his superhero career instead, so bad that Tony even told him to get a life. After retrieving the Infinity Stones and Mjölnir, Steve finally decides to take this advice, returning to the past to be with Peggy forever.
The final scene of Steve dancing with Peggy, finally making good on his promise to go on a date, is one of the funniest moments in the entire MCU. The end of his arc is a perfect reflection of Tony — Although Tony eventually learned to care about something bigger than himself and sacrifice himself to protect it, Steve learned to be selfish and live a happy life. There's something delightful about a fun film full of aliens and heroines that ends with a young couple dancing in a suburban home in the 40s.
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Blade Continues His Work in Russia
Blade
While the emotional payoffs and final moments are heartbreaking, sometimes, knowing what's coming can be as powerful as the final scene of a superhero movie. No movie shows this better Bladeseeing Wesley Snipes' daywalker continue his bloody mission in Russia. As it seems that a vampire is about to descend on a young woman, Blade appears, standing eerily in the falling snow.
Hearing Wesley Snipes speak Russian is its own kind of joy, but the panache with which he closed the first Blade movie made hearing the situation even better. He takes off his sword and cuts, literally cutting to the end credits and driving techno beat. A few The MCU the endings can be compared to the hype generated by the ending of the original Bladeand it seems clear the struggling Blade reboot may not have the same sweet impact.