Downey says Doomsday found a way to live up to Infinity War and Endgame
Robert Downey Jr. has said Avengers: Doomsday has figured out how to make a Marvel film that will not be a letdown after Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, according to Variety.
The comparison sets a deliberately high standard. Infinity War and Endgame closed out a long-running phase of Marvel's storytelling and are treated by many viewers as the benchmark against which later Avengers films are judged, so any follow-up faces the problem of meeting expectations built by those two releases.
Downey's point, as reported, is that Doomsday has found an answer to that problem rather than simply trying to repeat what came before. The remarks are about the challenge of following those earlier films and the confidence that the new one can stand alongside them, not about the story the film will tell, and no plot material is involved in the comments.
That framing will shape how the film is received as its release approaches. Marvel is presenting Doomsday in the shadow of its biggest Avengers successes, and the people associated with it are now arguing publicly that it has a credible way to live up to them.