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| Every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ranked
THERE are still like, 5 more movies coming out but fuck you. I would have said movie in the title but there ARE not enough characters to fit it so i had to use film. Watching all of these movies took HEAPS OF time but I do like me a shit movie. SPOILERS are a thing on cars I think. I watched these all IN chronological order, idk how THIS affected my opinion of these BTW. yeah just in case, i thought i'd warn you in an eye catching way cause i know you lot are really fucking bad at reading these, but I assume pretty much everyone's seen Infinity War, if you haven't just skip this list. if you haven't though Scarlet Witch dies, idk, you probably wont be sad or surprised about that i just kinda felt like being a bit of a dick if you haven't seen it and actually for whatever reason bothered to read this far through my description. | | 25 |  | Darkthrone
Soulside Journey
Thor: The Dark World
The Dark World earns the impressive title of lamest MCU film. Containing possibly the lamest villain in the entire MCU besides maybe Red Skull or whoever the fuck was the villain in Iron Man 2, TDW also firmly establishes Jane Foster as the most damselly damsel. This movie has some of the shittest, most cookie cutter superhero movie cliches (i.e., motiveless villain, family member murder and the hero magically becoming stronger than the villain at the last minute). The villain whose name i do not recall had no other motive other than just being a real piece of shit, Loki further establishes himself as one of the most over-fangirled characters in any medium and Jane temporarily becomes pretty much the most powerful person in the universe (since she had the reality stone) but cannot actually use the powers cause she's such a useless piece of shit. Movie succ. | | 24 |  | Goropsy
Yeezus 2
Iron Man 2
This movie fucking sucks too, but I don't even remember why it fucking sucks, it just does. Whiplash, who is established as like, the main villain or something at the start of the movie, is in all of like 20 minutes of it and Tony Stark is a somewhat more chicken-shit of a character than in the first movie (probably because this movie gives him like, zero development). I do not remember if this movie had any big fight scenes, i remember Iron Man gets his ass handed to him by Whiplash right at the start and he has to fight a bunch of shitty 2 dollar store versions of his own unmanned suit but that's it. Also Warmachine is almost completely written out of this iirc. Idk just skip to Avengers or something who fucking cares about this movie. | | 23 |  | Adam and the Ants
Kings of the Wild Frontier
Ant-Man
Now while this movie isn't exactly shit like the two I put below it (it nearly is though), it is pretty lame. Possibly the least exciting hero in the MCU next to Winter Soldier, Ant-Man is a hero who's kind of an asshole but not quite unlikeable enough to be an actual asshole. Now, here's something that really pisses me off about Ant-Man: his powers. The way they're described (which is all science fictiony like every other Marvel movie except for Doctor Strange where they just kinda went "fuck it, w/e, he's magic I guess"), when Ant-Man shrinks down, he supposedly has the same mass, which is why he's always shattering floor tiles and can punch bad guys invisibly and shit, but this rule seems to only apply selectively as for some reason he can ride ants and crawl into small, fragile spaces without destroying everything. Oh also the villain in this one is fucking terrible too except I guess he's kinda motivated by money? Which i guess is a motivation and more than I can say for | | 22 | | Adam and the Ants
Kings of the Wild Frontier
several other villains. Basically there's literally nothing exciting about anything that happens in this movie and the story is pretty average, the visual effects aren't even that cool. | | 21 |  | Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion II
Captain America: Civil War
This isn't actually a Captain America movie btw it's more just a shit Avengers movie. Considering the Cap is one of my favourite heroes in the MCU, the fact that this movie almost completely sidelines him for Iron Man was super uncool. All of the heat in this movie that's supposed to drive the story (i.e., the copious collateral the Avengers have wrought in their colossal city leveling fights) falls almost entirely on Iron Man, Scarlet Witch and Hulk (who is absent from this film), so Cap spends most of the movie standing up for himself against Iron Man's ego and protecting his (I mean, in this particular case) innocent friend from Black Panther who gets a super inglorious introduction in this film. Oh and throughout the entire film, the villain works in the shadows pitting them against each other (super indirectly) and there's this whole thing about an army of Winter Soldiers who are just killed by the villain in their sleep so most of the suspense that had | | 20 | | Guns N' Roses
Use Your Illusion II
built for half the movie fissles out. Also Ant-Man is in this with his shitty powers again, but Spiderman's cool cause Tom Holland is a fantastic Peter Parker. But idk w/e I've seen it more than once so I obviously like it. | | 19 |  | Green River
Rehab Doll
The Incredible Hulk
I almost feel like I should have this lower because it kinda fails in the fact that it felt like it wanted you to do your homework before you watched it. You learn nothing about any of the characters prior to Bruce Banner becoming Hulk (you actually also learn very little about Hulk himself as he has one spoken line in the entire movie, which predictably is "Hulk Smash"), but fuck me the fight scenes were so good. Nothing like a good old bit of hand to hand combat to make for an exciting climax. Oh yeah uhhh, the villain sucks again though, but at least The Abomination actually made for an awesome fight scene. Pretty glad they ditched Norton though when all is said and done. Yeah idk this really shouldn't be this high and I get why people put it last but honestly if you just wanna see Hulk go around breaking a bunch of shit that's pretty much what you get here. | | 18 |  | Pink Floyd
A Saucerful of Secrets
Doctor Strange
I first saw this on one of the lamest dates I've ever been on and didn't think a hell of a lot of it outside of the visual effects. I watched it more recently in chronological order with the rest of the MCU and I feel pretty much the same. Like, it's fine, w/e, but it's a pretty uninspiring story for the most part I suppose. I feel like it needed more time (you know, maybe a fucking sequel or something before and not fucking after Infinity War) cause I felt Doctor Strange's character development was kinda fast (and also the thing about his hands being fucked kinda becomes a non-issue like half an hour or so in) and I felt none of the other characters really got a lot of screen time. The villain in this is hardly ever on screen and is just a super misguided zealot that we know basically nothing about, but i thought the way Strange defeated Dormamu was kinda clever and made his obscenely unfair possession of the time stone actually feel like it payed off in the story. | | 17 | | Pink Floyd
A Saucerful of Secrets
The movie looks fucking gorgeous though, that gives it most of its points for me. Fine movie and character, just shaky execution.
(btw Strange wears a Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs t-shirt at one point but I used this album cause the artwork uses a shot from the comics) | | 16 |  | Green Day
American Idiot
Captain America: The First Avenger
Yeah kinda the same on this actually (apart from the visuals of course cause these look like shit) but I thought the Cap was handled better as a character. I kinda expected this movie to have a bunch of lame patriotism as its driving narrative but it really doesn't, it's more about looking out for your people rather than your country. However, there's a catch, cause of course there's a fucking catch. The villain sucks ass. Red Skull spends the entirety of the movie fleeing, I don't think he's ever directly fought except for maybe a couple of hits at the very, very end of the movie. The other characters besides Cap are pretty unsubstantial in and of themselves as well with maaaayyybe the exception of Agent Carter, but yeah this movie's kinda lukewarm for it. | | 15 |  | Valient Thorr
Legend of the World
Thor
Yeah idk this movie is pretty good for a phase one movie, but it doesn't really do a hell of a lot to put itself particularly far up the pile. It looks pretty fucking good in terms of sets (there is this one scene though where Loki is pinned down with Mjolnir where you can clearly see that the fucking hammer is edited in) and Thor is a great character, really gets grounded as the movie goes on (which is a breathy of fucking fresh air after the fucking Iron Man films obviously). But really what i want to do here is go off about how fucking shit a villain Loki actually is, because apparently i'm the only one who thinks this. His actions considerably outweigh his supposed grievances as far as i'm concerned (which are honestly sooooo fucking inconsequential, especially since it's pretty well established that Thor is better suited to the throne). Loki goes from 1 to 100 super quickly within the first 10 minutes of the film, starting out likeable to suddenly being a big fucking dildo | | 14 | | Valient Thorr
Legend of the World
and his attitude is pretty much fixed for the rest of this movie, Avengers and The Dark World. Fuck you if you like Loki, i'll throw hands. | | 13 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
Guardians of the Galaxy
Now admittedly, the biggest flaw that Guardians of the Galaxy has is that the first half or so of the movie feels like a mad fucking panicked dash to establish all of the characters so that the movie could actually start. Because of that, we end up waiting a while for the movie to actually warm up and we get like zero character development. However in saying this, i felt that once the movie did get going that it had a lot of charm. I thought it had a great ensemble cast, though again who fucking cares about the villains (you'd be forgiven for forgetting that Thanos actually appears in this briefly) and i thought the family spirit angle wasn't overly cheesy. Also this film succeeded in the visuals department in a way that none of the previous films managed to. | | 12 |  | Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Iron Man
I mean this is more or less a classic at this point, probably the franchise's flagship movie outside of the Avengers. A great movie about a billionaire playboy arms manufacturer who realises that it's his responsibility when people who aren't "the good guys" get his weapons. Which actually, as he finds out, includes Iron Man. considering this is a Marvel film we're talking about, Tony Stark is a really well developed character, who despite his unbelievably large ego eventually is more or less shaken down to earth. I mean getting Robert Downey Jr. to play Stark had to be the most dummy obvious casting decision of all time surely. And although the villain was pretty unexciting (money hurr durr), hey, the fight scenes weren't awful! | | 11 |  | Tendon Levey
Winter Owner
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Really the only Captain America film worth a shit honestly. One of the few Marvel movies that's genuinely suspenseful and one of the first with an actually decent roster of characters outside of Avengers. Great character chemistry between Cap and Black Widow and a great sidekick character in Falcon. Also nice change of villain angle with the main antagonisation being institutional rather than some big bastard who really likes to hurt things for some reason. The Cap's alien place in modern America is also played really well in this film and i think his adjustment to this is one of the things that makes him such a cool hero. | | 10 |  | The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Avengers: Age of Ultron
This is probably my weirdest opinion in this ranking (you know, ignoring like…Hulk I suppose) but I actually really enjoy Age of Ultron. Maybe as far as story goes, it's not exactly a boundary pusher and probably feels like more of a character establisher. Though I feel it made much better use of the large ensemble than Civil War did and was a much more exciting film as far as action went. Actually as far as action goes, this is easily one of the better films imo. Also James Spader is fucking great in this movie, I think Ultron was one of the more interesting and dynamic villains in the franchise. A couple of complaints i've seen is that Ultron didn't feel enough like a "robot", but we've been letting them get away with Jarvis the whole time and it was fine so how about fuck you. Actually I quite liked Ulysses Klaue too so you know what this movie actually has one of the best villain lineups. Oh also this movie actually gave a bit more weight to Hawkeye who up | | 9 | | The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
until now had just kind of been there in the background. | | 8 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
Iron Man 3: Heroes Fall
Iron Man 3
Actually i take that back, this opinion's kinda weird too. I feel like this movie made the best use of pacing and actually gave a bit more balls to the Tony Stark character by making him feel a little less invincible. Also holy fuck, this movie actually showed that it's female lead can hold her own (I mean, even if it's just for a little bit at the end). So yeah i felt like this movie also developed Pepper Potts as well as Stark, super refreshing to see them give their female leads some depth (you know, the non-superhero ones anyway like I'm not trying to say they haven't handled Black Widow well or anything, cause they have, or they did in Age of Ultron at least). Yeah i just feel like this movie gets a lot done and does it successfully throughout it's run time, which is more than can be said for like 90% of these movies. | | 7 |  | Emperor
In the Nightside Eclipse
Thor: Ragnarok
Was really, really curious to see what a Taika Waititi directed Marvel film was gonna look like (I'm from New Zealand, this guy's been fucking huge here for years and he's made some amazing movies). Pretty much met my expectations, a serious film made palatable by a considered balance of light-hearted everyday humour. Completely fucking saved the Thor franchise from being a total shitshow and hey, wow, actually fucking developed Loki like, at all. Also, not that it was Waititi's creative choice or anything, I'm glad they fucking wrote out Jane Foster instead of replacing Portman, cause now we have Valkyrie, who's actually cool. Oh and also they developed Hulk! Up until now they'd basically been focusing entirely on Banner, though if I'm honest the new Hulk voice fucking sucks compared to the old one, you can really hear that it's digitally altered and it's kinda naff. Uhhh, yeah I guess the villain still sucked though wow. | | 6 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
Spider-Man
Spider-Man Homecoming
I cannot explain how unexcited for this I was. I've never been a huge Spiderman fan (though I did like the cartoon when it was on) and considering this franchise has gone through what feels like hundreds of reboots just this century, i really fucking wasn't in the mood for another one… until I saw Tom Holland in Civil War. For me, what's let down a lot of Spiderman cash ins, is a flashy Spiderman and a bad Peter Parker. Homecoming nailed both. Now while Vulture was kind of an oddly motivated villain, he was a perfect beginner villain for Spiderman. The story wasn't over the top, it told the story of a perfectly normal, decidedly lame high-schooler who's trying to impress girls and his hero while simultaneously trying to balance his life as a teenager with secretly fighting crime. I mean Holland really is in the running to steal this character off of Maguire (which he basically does in Infinity War). | | 5 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
Avengers Assemble
Avengers
Another classic much in the same vein as the first Iron Man, but like a million times better. The ensemble works where the first Guardians of the Galaxy fails in that these characters are already established going in (fuck knows what this movie looks like as a standalone though but tbh why are you watching them without watching everything else in the first place?). Once you (I) get over the fact that Loki is a fucking bleached asshole of a villain, this movie has grand scale action, higher stakes than ever and a lot of big egos all in the same room. The visual effects are fantastic and the fight scenes are all well choreographed. It might not be the most interesting story of the lot, but it's definitely one of the most exciting and one of the best directed ones. | | 4 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F♯ A♯ ∞
Avengers: Infinity War
Yeah i like, only finally got to see this for the first time two days ago, so the only reason i didn't post this list then was cause i needed to deliberate on this a bit. And i decided it's my 3rd favourite. (i'm obviously gonna spoil this btw though you'll have seen it by now surely) Phenomenal directing, perfectly handled the enormous ensemble by being clever enough to break them up into several different groups. Was not expecting Thanos to have so much character and fucking bravo to Josh Brolin for absolutely selling it. This movie (though you don't realise it while watching) follows a conventional superhero story, except it's the villain's odyssey. It really is like watching it from the other side, where your side loses, just like the villains do in every other superhero movie. The visual effects could have been better (there was one fucking shot where the green screen was literally reflected in Stark's phone) which might be the Imax cameras making everything | | 3 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F♯ A♯ ∞
but the background look real (and a couple of moments where Iron Man, Black Panther and Spiderman were obviously in spandex suits) but other than that this movie really lived up to the hype. Also i fully fucking was not ready for Starlord, Black Panther or Doctor Strange to die that fucking caught me off guard. Though i get the feeling they're not gonna stay dead. | | 2 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
Black Panther
Black Panther
Brilliant story about responsibilities, particularly to those who do not share your fortune in life. The African aesthetics didn't feel fetishised, which was one thing i was kinda worried about and was impressed with upon seeing the film. The characters in this movie were all great, especially T'Challa, Shuri and M'Baku (who thank fuck they changed from being Man-Ape holy shit that would have been weird). Killmonger was a great villain, though i kind of wish he had more of a redemption story. And I really, really wish they didn't kill Ulysses Klaue off so early I fucking love that dude he's hilarious. Great story, great themes, noice fuggin fight scenes too well done boys (and girls, a lotta girls in this actually). | | 1 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2
For me this movie really does stand above the pack and was exactly what was needed from the first Guardians of the Galaxy to really complete the franchise. Now that you actually know all the characters from the first movie, you finally get to see them develop and they have much better chemistry. Also Yondu is a fucking lege in this movie, he was really disappointing in the first one but he fucking makes this movie. Several plot holes are filled (namely Starlord's dad obviously) and Nebula was seriously redeemed as a character in this, she's basically who I wish Loki was. Everything about this movie is stellar, it's always enjoyable and the visuals are incredible. It's also actually very watchable as a standalone which is amazing. Yeah watch this one, fuck all the other movies tbh. | |
Jasdevi087
05.26.18 | Ant-Man and the Wasp is gonna succ but Captain Marvel's probably gonna be amazing
also fuck you | DrGonzo1937
05.26.18 | 1989 The Punisher FTW | Rowan5215
05.26.18 | Agents of Shield 3, 4 and 5
Daredevil s1
Jessica Jones s1
Thor Ragnarok
Winter Soldier
nothing else worth caring about | theBoneyKing
05.26.18 | Yes Row, Agents of Sheild post season 1/2 is the best thing to come out of the MCU | Flugmorph
05.26.18 | civil war that low?
probably would be at my top tbh
i havent watched a marvel movie since dr strange tho | Rowan5215
05.26.18 | damn Boney... did we just find common ground
4 was legitimately so fucking good I couldn't believe what I was watching sometimes, Self Control especially was maybe the best episode on TV that year | XingKing
05.26.18 | I largely disagree with your ranking but hot damn, I enjoyed reading your descriptions. | zork1222
05.26.18 | Dr Strange to low, black panther to high. | theBoneyKing
05.26.18 | It’s incredible television Row, just great storytelling and characters across the board; I don’t know if a show has ever kept me so emotionally involved. Fitz and Simmions (Fitz especially) are two of my favorite characters in any medium ever. I kind of wish this season had been the last one, they could have ended on a high note and I’m afraid Season 6 will ruin the streak. | DoofusWainwright
05.26.18 | Haven’t watched Guardians otg films - but my 1 from the rest would be Ragnarok. First Iron Man was decent, Black Panther and Ant-Man were surprisingly ok too. | Jasdevi087
05.26.18 | Lol deleted my fycking comment fuck sputnik on mobile | Rowan5215
05.26.18 | @Boney agreed hard, Fitz is the best actor in the MCU and has had the most emotionally satisfying arc I could possibly have expected
still get chills thinking about the "do something" scene in 3x1 or his split-second facial expression shifts in Self Control, for example. incredible actor
I haven't actually finished 5 yet, but 6 seasons is generally pushing it for any show agreed | DropTune
05.26.18 | MCU:
Daredevil
Luke Cage/Punisher
Jessica Jones
Iron Fist
Movies (Top 10):
Iron Man
Winter Soldier
Civil War
Infinity War
GotG
Ragnarok
Homecoming
Black Panther
GotG 2
Dr. Strange | theacademy
05.26.18 | ahahahahah what a dumb idiot ranking enjoy your ban simpleton | neekafat
05.26.18 | This is really wrong sorry | theacademy
05.26.18 | oh wait u have ultron over winter soldier, we can be friends | theacademy
05.26.18 | :fist bump emoji: | TheClansman95
05.26.18 | I disagree with 90% of the list tbh | DropTune
05.26.18 | Black Panther was a good film and all, but I don't think it's *the* best they made. There were some slight errors, like the CGI and Michael B. Jordan needed more screen time to develop as a villain. | TheClansman95
05.26.18 | agree | Gyromania
05.26.18 | Hard lol at civil war and dr strange being basically last, especially considering you put iron man 3 (lol) way ahead of them. And black panther is overrated af. Good movie but ugh | theBoneyKing
05.26.18 | Black Panther was great but I think it was somewhat overrated by people wanting to put it in a narrative / people who were afraid to criticize it for fear of being called out. Same thing happened with Wonder Woman, though BP was much better than that movie obviously. Not that I am against what either of those movies represented socially. | theacademy
05.26.18 | civil war was the mcu movie for people who like kevin can wait | Gyromania
05.26.18 | What does that make iron man 3? | Astral Abortis
05.26.18 | They all kinda suck but the Guardians of the Galaxy movies can be fun, though the first is better than the second | theacademy
05.26.18 | @gyro also kevin can wait tier | Gyromania
05.26.18 | Marvel is definitely way overrated, but guardians 1 and 2, infinity war, and dr strange are pretty good | Sinternet
05.26.18 | they all suck | Hendoi
05.26.18 | Guardians 2 is my favourite as well | Hendoi
05.26.18 | Still pretty weird ranking you got though | JeetJeet
05.26.18 | Guardians 2 over Black Panther AND Infinity War huh? Interesting. Agreed about Klaue tho I wish he didnt get killed in BP. He was a fun villain. | DropTune
05.26.18 | I'd put Infinity War over most of these films honestly. That movie was spectacular. I don't see where the hate comes from. So what the movie was long? No one had a problem when it came to Wolf of Wall Street. | JeetJeet
05.26.18 | Well thats because WOWS was flawless. | Veldin
05.26.18 | I'm a huge comic fan but I've only seen one of these films (Civil War). They're so boring and wankery, plus I enjoy DC much more than Marvel. I do wanna check out Infinity War because I love the graphic novel Infinity Gauntlet. Was excited for DC's film line, but thus far Wonder Woman was the only redeemable one (though I have a soft spot for Batman Vs Superman). | DropTune
05.26.18 | If you were a DC fan you wouldn't forgive BvS for HORRIBLY misinterpreting The Dark Knight Returns. Death of Superman wasn't a very good story to begin with, but that was a horrendous interpretation of a classic comic book story. That was the original Old Man Logan. | Trophycase
05.26.18 | Infinity War was idiotic. Guy with essentially godlike powers decides the best way to make the universe awesome is to kill half of everyone. The response of the Avengers is: "no, cause that's mean". And given the opportunity all movie to simply sacrifice 1 person to prevent the death of half the universe, they wait until the absolute final second and still fail... and god knows why they didn't just turn back time and fix shit. Plot holes never bother me but they were just too egregious here. | DropTune
05.26.18 | >Plot holes never bother me but they were just too egregious here.
-pushes up nerd glasses- If you ever read Infinity Gauntlet, rather any comic ever, you would know that they rely on plot holes and conveniences. People complain about this in *every* comic film and it always has the same answer: BECAUSE SUPERHEROES. I mean really, how many times do we go through this? Superheroes refuse to sacrifice a team member because of sentimental value. How many comic books and movies would have resolved simpler if they sacrificed a hero who already vowed, if necessary, to die to save the Earth? This puts the heroes in a moral panic and unfolds their ideology and morals in the process. Even though Vision, despite being a great character, is vastly unimportant, he still means something to the heroes. Thanos is a ruthless sociopath who stops at nothing to gain power. That's pretty much his entire premise. Interpret that as you will, but that's basically his persona. What plot holes did you spot? What you pointed out were character flaws. | Trophycase
05.26.18 | > What plot holes did you spot? What you pointed out were character flaws.
Character flaws that are intentionally included to further unrealistic plots are basically plot holes in my estimation. Maybe we'll disagree about that but I wasn't able to suspend disbelief throughout the film.
> Thanos is a ruthless sociopath who stops at nothing to gain power.
It sounds like he was taking an extremely utilitarian view of the world. Basically: it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it. He comes across as more of a martyr than a sociopath.
> How many comic books and movies would have resolved simpler if they sacrificed a hero who already vowed, if necessary, to die to save the Earth?
True, but in this case the calculus was just so simple: 1 person for half the universe. There are no contingencies, and not really another way of solving the problem. They didn't even have to sacrifice a person, just one of the stones. Ultimately I think it's an issue with the premise of the movie, when you raise the stakes so high that the downside is half the universe being dead, it's pretty hard to justify anything but simply sacrificing one person.
> People complain about this in *every* comic film
You're right, but I don't. My main complaint with most comic films is that they are derivative and cater to teenage emotional intelligence. | Trophycase
05.26.18 | All that being said, Iron Man is probably my fav. Haven't seen them all and haven't seen it in a long time but I remember enjoying it. I also really like Spider Man: Homecoming as well. Like you, I felt like the whole trying to be cool and not get caught thing was fun. | Brabiz
05.26.18 | Thor 2 is close to my favorite oops. | Jesuslaves
05.26.18 | Marvel is trash and so is this list. | Jasdevi087
05.26.18 | lol fuck I apologize for genuinely liking Black Panther, christ | Ashen
05.26.18 | Deadpool didn't make the cut? | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | Deadpool isn't part of the MCU, it's part of the X-Men universe (sort of) | Ashen
05.27.18 | Ah, I see what you're getting at. I've seen a lot of these films over the years, but only once, and you'll never catch me waiting in line at a premier.
Ditto your sentiments about Spiderman, though. I was more reluctant to watch it than anything else here and was the most pleasantly surprised. A weak Peter Parker has been the crux of previous attempts, but Tom Holland played the role perfectly. Marisa Tomei as Aunt May wasn't terrible to look at either | DropTune
05.27.18 | >it's pretty hard to justify anything but simply sacrificing one person.
Correct, but that's mostly the flaw of the superhero archetype. They believe they can "find another way" and save everyone and sacrifice nothing. The problem is, up until this point, superheroes have lost nothing. The theme of Infinity War was failure. The characters experienced failure for the first time. In the process of trying to find the moral way out of the situation, they allowed Thanos to further his agenda by fighting among themselves. Thanos was portrayed as a martyr in this film, but to his own cause rather than a universal one. They humanized his character for the film because its near-impossible for a worldwide audience to emote to an emotionless sociopath. They did a similar situation for Punisher in his Netflix series. Thanos in the comics was a brutal sociopath who ripped and tore his way to get what he wants. The film makes him long for a utilitarian world, but his underlying motif is unlimited power. It's not necessarily his endgame, however, the film paints an obscure portrait of that goal.
>lol fuck I apologize for genuinely liking Black Panther, Christ
Liking Black Panther isn't the problem. You like what you like -- no need to apologize. I just didn't think the film was worthy of the praise it received. It was a good movie, don't get me wrong, it just wasn't great. It had obvious fixable problems that were looked over just because it was Black Panther. Ryan Coogler is a great director. If they let him direct the movie his way rather than Marvel's way it would have worked out better. | Underflow
05.27.18 | This is one of the worst rankings I've ever seen. | zaruyache
05.27.18 | Ant-Man is one of the better films in the series, fight me | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | square up Zaru | brainmelter
05.27.18 | I don't care for these movies really but black panther is overrated as fuck | zaruyache
05.27.18 | see Ragnarok then bc it's good. | Underflow
05.27.18 | ragnarok is one of the best, yeah | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | lmao at all you metal on the piechart having goofies pretending you're too good for shitty superhero movies | Underflow
05.27.18 | remember the good old days when art snobs thought superhero cinema would be the end of independent filmmaking as an art form? those were good times | brainmelter
05.27.18 | relax jasdevi | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | can't relax when jabronis with 31% death metal slices think they can come up in my lists | Underflow
05.27.18 | its not that serious | Sevengill
05.27.18 | really enjoyed this list. great overall read. had a nice balance of seriousness and humor, kinda like Thor 3. I would put Civil War higher and Guardians 2 lower, but I'm gonna watch the latter again now. well done, soldier. | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | if you lot think i'm being serious rn you actually need to fuck off tbh | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | like i swear to god any time I initiate banter on this website a bunch of users i've never heard of come in and tell me to calm down like wtf | Sevengill
05.27.18 | I'll fuck off but I'm gonna conveniently respawn next to you like Loki did at least twice | Underflow
05.27.18 | internet is hard | DarkTyler
05.27.18 | wow fantastic list rank dog food next | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | 1. biscuits
2. roll
3. jelly | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | see now sevengill thinks i'm yelling at her look at what you've done | SitarHero
05.27.18 | This ranking is almost every kind of wrong tbh. | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | yeah i've also noticed some of you guys spell "correct" kinda funny, idk if that's an american thing or w/e? | henryChinaski
05.27.18 | Every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe sucks. | Sevengill
05.27.18 | good | Veldin
05.27.18 | Like I said a "soft spot" for Batman v Superman , because I know it's a bastardization of DKR and Death of Superman, but it still makes my inner child who loved those comics get excited at seeing a live action interpretation. I was disappointed with Justice League bc I really wanted it to be able to compete with Marvel films. I'm just hoping when they decide to use Darkseid, it doesn't end horribly. Also, if [Old Man] Logan film is part of this Marvel film universe, then that would be my favorite. | SitarHero
05.27.18 | Real ranking is obv this:
GOTG - the perfect Marvel movie
Iron Man - the one that started it all
The Avengers - the one that broke the movie industry
Infinity War - the one that broke the movie industry again
Winter Soldier - the best "movie"
Black Panther - the one with the actually semi-good villain
Ragnarok - the most fun
Spider-Man - perfectly adequately entertaining
Ant-Man - ditto
First Avenger - good film but is undercut by being treated as almost an afterthought
Civil War - good but flawed
Vol. 2 - tries a bit too hard, but good nevertheless
Doctor Strange - visually stunning, but derivative in every other way
Iron Man 3 - boring
Age of Ultron - boring
The Dark World - boring but is saved somewhat by Hemsworth's comic timing and chemistry with Hiddleston
Thor - most boring
Iron Man 2 - bad
The Incredible Hulk - worse | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | But that's not the real ranking tho | foxblood
05.27.18 | watching all of these movies is really sad and I feel bad for you | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | So's listening to all that guitar muzak | foxblood
05.27.18 | guitar music is superior | DropTune
05.27.18 | Kilmonger is better than most Marvel villains. He and Thanos are the only two who had any impact on the heroes. | Sevengill
05.27.18 | what do you enjoy instead, foxblood? | someguest
05.27.18 | $$$$$$$$$$$$$ | foxblood
05.27.18 | movie-wise? I'm a turd and watch movies only before the 1960's, mostly 40's. that's what I was always exposed to as a kid and it's what I'm used to so I can't relate to modern people when it comes to movies anyways lol, I don't like cgi but I'll give movies with practical effects a chance. | Keyblade
05.27.18 | "GOTG - the perfect Marvel movie
Iron Man - the one that started it all
The Avengers - the one that broke the movie industry
Infinity War - the one that broke the movie industry again
Winter Soldier - the best "movie"
Black Panther - the one with the actually semi-good villain
Ragnarok - the most fun
Spider-Man - perfectly adequately entertaining
Ant-Man - ditto"
this is top 9 right here (+ gotg2) with infinity war, black panther and gotg2 being the top 3 | DropTune
05.27.18 | Iron Man was the first superhero movie to be more than a "superhero movie." There are only so many film that fit in that category. The Dark Knight, Logan, Spider-Man 2, and the first Superman (1978) are the only other films to accomplish that status. These changed the game for how audiences interpret superheroes. I wouldn't say Marvel peaked with Iron Man. The Captain America trilogy is perhaps the only Marvel arc to get progressively better with each installment. | SitarHero
05.27.18 | "this is top 9 right here (+ gotg2) with infinity war, black panther and gotg2 being the top 3"
TBH I think Black Panther was overrated. It's a very solid movie, and culturally important no doubt, and it has maybe the most sympathetic and fleshed-out villain, but the CGI and action are pretty bad.
GOTG2 isn't as good as GOTG1 because it's not scripted as well. The opening scene is perfect because it shows how much the Guardians care for each other (and baby Groot) in the midst of the humour and action, but the rest of the movie has far too much emotional exposition with the characters constantly telling us how they feel rather than the movie showing it to us. | SitarHero
05.27.18 | "The Captain America trilogy is perhaps the only Marvel arc to get progressively better with each installment."
I reckon I like the Cap movies more than most, but mostly because they're not superhero movies per se. The first one is a war movie and the second is a spy movie, but it just so happens that the main character is a super soldier. They're also a rare example of a good movie being made without having to add some cheap moral ambiguity to the character and still tell an interesting story. A big reason why was the stellar supporting cast(s). Wonder Woman did this pretty well too, but it was essentially the same movie as The First Avenger. | DropTune
05.27.18 | >too much emotional exposition
The emotional exposition was a big problem in the movie. Part of it is because Ego is a hard villain to describe. He's such an abstract character that it's near-impossible to make him relatable. He also wasn't Star Lord's dad in the comics, which is another error it lays out. GotG 2 had some positives though. An important character, for the first time ever, dies in a Marvel movie. Yondu was actually worth a damn, which is *a lot* to ask for in a Marvel film. The closest thing to a real death we received was Peggy Carter, which is only fulfilling to those who know Captain America's comic origins. Peggy was an important part of Cap's development that we never fully see in the films. Their relationship both before and after the incident should have been better documented. Yondu was a likable character who meant something to the movie. Aside from that, Gamora and Nebula have an interesting dynamic that worked with the film. Rocket gets some development as well. Drax is just hilarious and Mantis feeds off of his stupidity. If not for the villain, the movie would have been fine. | SitarHero
05.27.18 | Don't get me wrong, I still think the movie is good, just not as good as it could have been if they didn't have the characters constantly talking about their feelings. Deadpool 2 managed to have a great deal of emotional depth without having to spell it out every step of the way.
The Yondu and Nebula arcs were well done too, but I wasn't quite as on board with Drax's humour. His delivery worked so well in GOTG1 because you never see it coming, but turning him into a joke machine didn't work quite so well. Infinity War was definitely an improvement though. The "WHY IS GAMORA?!" was the third best moment of the film, after Steve Rogers' and Thor's entrances. | DropTune
05.27.18 | The Spider-Man death stood out to me. The memes ruined it, but damn, that was a punch to the gut on opening day. | SitarHero
05.27.18 | The Heimdall and Loki (and Korg, offscreen) deaths hit me harder. The problem with Spidey's death is that you know it's not permanent. Marvel has already announced a Spiderman 2 film in production. It was a great piece of acting, but Marvel kiiiinda shot themselves in the foot with that one.
However, it seems that Loki (even though he's a trickster and might have faked it) and Korg (because who doesn't want more Taika Waititi and Korg in future Marvel films?!) are permanently done, which hit pretty hard. | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | I kinda already knew Spider-Man was gonna die thanks to the memes lol, but Tom Holland still sold it for me | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | "Marvel has already announced a Spiderman 2 film in production. "
I mean, i absolutely agree that they'll totally cop out and bring back all the characters who were killed by the infinity gauntlet, but Spider-Man 2 could always come right before Infinity War | SitarHero
05.27.18 | My prediction is that Rogers and Stark will be permanently killed off in Infinity War 2, since Evans and Downey have made it pretty clear that they're ready to move on. But Tom Holland is too hot a commodity to not lock down for the next decade or so. There's just no way he's dying any time soon. | GhostB1rd
05.27.18 | Why do people watch these things? | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | i'm gonna fucking cry if they kill Captain America tbh | Jasdevi087
05.27.18 | "Why do people watch these things?"
idk, why do people listen to emo? | DropTune
05.28.18 | Why is emo? |
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