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Let's stack the MCU movies up against each other

posted 6 years ago by PrimeMinisterX (8755)
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Do it however you want. You can feel free to rate-and-rank them or something else.

I have not seen Ant-Man 1 and 2, Age of Ultron or Captain Marvel, but of the rest here's how I feel about them:

NOT VERY GOOD, ONLY WATCH TO COMPLETE THE SERIES:

Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, The Avengers

PRETTY GOOD, BUT NOT EXCELLENT:

Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War, Guardians Vol 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War

EXCELLENT, MUST SEE:

Iron Man, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Endgame

[–] alienzen (1931) 6 years ago

Incredible Hulk is not really MCU at this point. Captain Marvel and Ant Man and the Wasp you can just skip to the end credits. All the other titles are essential viewing.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8755) 6 years ago

The Incredible Hulk is an MCU movie, even if no one pays attention to it. It is officially the second release in the MCU.

As for the films I haven't seen, I tried to watch both Ant-Man and Age of Ultron, but only got about halfway before tapping out. Just couldn't get into them. Obviously I haven't even attempted the Ant-Man sequel. Captain Marvel I was interested in but then Brie Larson went and pissed me off.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

in order of preference, & also grouped appropriately

top tier - all great as far as maintstream block-buster entertainment goes in my books.

endgame
iron man
civil war
ragnarok
infinity war
guardians 1
avengers

not quite so great, but still very, very good & completely entertaining:
spider-man
iron man 3
winter soldier
dr strange
captain america tfa

pretty good:

ant-man and the wasp
black panther
guardians 2
ant-man
thor

a bit below average:
age of ultron
captain marvel

pretty bad:
im 2
hulk
thor dw

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8755) 6 years ago

I think Winter Soldier definitely deserves to be in the top tier.

I will never understand why some people liked the first Avengers so much. I was bored by it and just didn't think it worked nearly as good as most of the solo films had. I don't feel like they actually figured out how to make a good Avengers film until Endgame.

[–] IlliniOSI (6) 6 years ago

--------------------------------Tier 1: I don't care who you are these are good movies
1. Captain America: Winter Soldier
2. Guardians Vol 1
3. Avengers: End Game
4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Avengers: Infinity War
6. Black Panther
7. Iron Man
---------------------------------Tier 2: If you like Comic Movies, These are Great, If they are on TV watch them again.
8. Capt America: Civil War
9. Avengers
10. Spiderman: Homecoming
11. Dr. Strange
12. Ant-Man
13. Iron Man 3
-----------------------------------Tier 3: See them once, Enjoy yourself try and forget them immediately after
14. Capt America: First Avenger
15. Guardians Vol 2
16. Capt Marvel
17. Ant-man and Wasp
18. Iron Man 2
19. The Incredible Hulk
--------------------------------- Tier 4: Lets try and pretend these don't exist
20. Avengers: Age of Ultron
21. Thor
22. Thor: Dark World

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8755) 6 years ago

I would be in perfect agreement with your Tier 1 if you hadn't thrown Infinity War in there. I get that the film was very significant to the story, but the movie itself almost put me to sleep.

I also think you're being too hard on Thor. It's a fun enough movie and should, at worst, be in Tier 3. I'd also bump Captain America up to Tier 2.

[–] billbrown7071 (3194) 6 years ago

1. The Avengers--10/10
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier--9.5/10
3. The Avengers Infinity War-9.4/10
4. Avengers Endgame-9.3/10
5. Captain America:Civil War-9/10
6. Guardians Of The Galaxy--9/10
7. Thor 3: Ragnarok-8.5/10
8. Thor--9/10
9. Doctor Strange--8.5/10
10. Spider-Man: Homecoming-7.5/10
11. Captain Marvel-8/10
12. Black Panther-8/10
13. Ant-Man--8/10
14. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2-8/10
15. The Avengers Age Of Ultron--7/10
16. Ant-Man And The Wasp-8.5/10
17. Captain America The First Avengers--8/10
18. Iron Man 2--7.5/10
19. Iron Man--9/10
20. Iron Man 3--6.5/10
21. Thor The Dark Word--7/10
22. The Incredible Hulk--7/10

Or If I had to rate them in Tiers-

Tier 1-IMO Excellent-Literally some of the Greatest CBMs ever-
The Avengers
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Avengers Infinity War
Avengers Endgame
Captain America:Civil War

Tier II-Great, I can watch over and over again, Not only good CBM's but good Movies-
Iron Man
Guardians of The Galaxy
Thor
Thor Ragnarok
Doctor Strange

Tier II-Above Average-really Enjoy-
Spider-Man Homecoming
Black Panther
Captain Marvel
Ant-Man
Captain America TFA

Tier 4-Average-
GOTG2
Ant-Man 2
IM2
Age Of Ultron
The Incredible Hulk

Tier 5-Below Average-
IM3
Thor 2

I think The MCUs top 5 are truly Special.

The Avengers is IMO the best CBM ever made.

The Winter Soldier IMO Is the Best Overall MCU film

Infinity War IMO successfully Bought and Told The story of The Great Villain and Threat ever put on screen

Endgame Has The Greatest Hour in CBM history and not since Return of The King as anyone Finished a Story,Franchise and Dozens of Characters ark with such mastery

Civil War IMO May have The Best Story and Writing In All The MCU films..The way they wrote This story and conflict between all of These characters(especially Stark and Cap) In which You completely understand BOTH Sides, and the way Neither Side Is Wrong and are Both completely justified in their Stance, was just MASTERFULLY done... .....

The Ending is just Another Level of Writing..You have Cap,Tony and Bucky, and Yet You completely understand and feel for all 3 characters, You completely understand why Tony is trying to KILL Bucky and is willing to go through Cap to get to him after learning Bucky Killed Him Parents....You completely understand why Cap is defending Bucky knowing he was brainwashed and Is his best friend, and somehow you complete Feel for Bucky even after watching him do something as Evil as KILL Tony's parents....Just Insane Writing, and for an example, This isnt exactly easy, Look no further than BvS to see just how WRONG writing a movie like this can go...