MCU - general discussion thread

[rp2000]

I thought I would create this thread. I know each movie or TV show gets it's own one, but this is more a general one. Might help to keep the movie specific ones cleaner, might not!

Anyway, for starters, for people who have watched all, or most of the movies, I created my own ranking. Might create a 2nd post to include the Disney+ TV shows that begin in Phase 4. I tried to make it so it's easy to copy/reply and just change your ratings. YMMV.

Phase 1
8.5 Iron Man
7.5 The Incredible Hulk
7.0 Iron Man 2
7.5 Thor
7.5 Captain America: The First Avenger
8.5 The Avengers

Phase 2
7.5 Iron Man 3
6.0 Thor: The Dark World
8.5 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
8.0 Guardians of the Galaxy
8.5 Avengers: Age of Ultron
8.0 Ant-Man

Phase 3
9.0 Captain America: Civil War
8.0 Doctor Strange
7.0 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
8.0 Spider-Man: Homecoming
8.5 Thor: Ragnorak
8.0 Black Panther
9.0 Avengers: Infinity War
8.0 Ant-Man and the Wasp
8.5 Captain Marvel
9.0 Avengers: Endgame
8.5 Spider-Man: Far From Home

Phase 4
7.0 Black Widow
8.5 Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
6.0 Eternals
9.0 Spider-Man: No Way Home
7.5 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
6.5 Thor: Love and Thunder
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever


edit: I tried messing around with tables and other stuff, but failed. If anyone can make this into a tidy table with fixed widths or something that would be great.


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Phase 4 TV Shows

7.0 Wandavision
8.0 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
8.5 Loki
9.0 What If...?
8.5 Hawkeye
7.5 Moon Knight
8.0 Ms. Marvel
7.5 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

 

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A few to explain, I think I generally like Dark World more than most people do, I don't think it's the worst MCU film and actually think it's probably level with the first Thor. Both Incredible Hulk and Black Widow I loved the first half of the film but the second half drops the score dramatically. I also kind of liked Eternals, I think most of the criticism was harsh. I do think it would have worked better as a tv show and the Deviants plot kind of fizzled out but I thought the cast was great and it's a beautiful film.

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Added Phase 4 TV shows now (copied your layout so thanks!).

I would give Dark World even less, if it wasn't for the London setting, which I'm a sucker for as a Londoner! Eternals, I can never see myself rewatching a 3rd time, I was generous in watching it twice hoping my opinion would improve, and it didn't, and the London scenes couldn't save it All big actors and very little substance or real links to the rest of the MCU. Cast salary was probably humongous!

My TV shows may change ratings. They are so new I have only watched them once apart from What If.... which i've watched twice already, Whereas every single film from Phase 2-4 I have watched at least 3 times if they are rated higher than 7.5.


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[rp2000]

Non Agents of SHIELD TV show? I loved that!

Hmmm... I must admit I have left out Agents of Shield, all 6 of Netflix shows, Inhumans. Runaways and anything else that wasn't on D+ originally! I believe all of these are no longer part of MCU anyway, unless i'm mistaken!


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[rp2000]

You pretty much nailed the scores on the movies, we must have very similar taste, except for Black Panther which is a 6.5 for me, and Captain Marvel which is a 5 (SLJ saved it from being a 3 to be frank)

Thanks!

Those 2 were always gonna be the most polarising ones, even by looking at other people's scores. A 5.0 for me would be a don't watch again, which so far hasn't happened for any MCU movie.

With every new movie coming to D+ 2-3 months after release it's guaranteed I'll watch them a second time after having seen them 1st in the Cinema. Eternals is the only one I regretted the second watch. I might even drop it to a 5.5

I might even re-asses my scores for the TV shows, as they really don't have replay value compared to the movies and requires a longer time investment to rewatch.


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Dude, don't even

And i knew at the time while watching the movie!

I watched it, It's only 3m19s long, posted a summary image for those who don't have time to watch.

1) Some bits are true and funny, but I didn't think of at the time
2) Some bits are just silly
3) Would probably go better in the Wakanda Forever thread
4) Checked the channel and realised all the videos are 24 reasons why film x is like film y
5) Googled "Lion King Black Panther" and there does seem to be a lot of articles


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Eternals 2 teaser out, with Chloe Zhao directing again, first one was awful and I'm pretty sure this one will be too, CBA to add the trailer.

Don't see it on the Marvel YouTube channel. Seems strange they would give a teaser to this film, that no one wants, considering it's probably phase 6 or 7 and phase 5 hasn't begun yet!


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