Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20170411234907/@comment-29908830-20170926042707

I think we all at least say that all of the MCU movies are, at the very least, good - unlike certain other shared universes (P.S. All of them).

I have high hopes for Ragnarok, especially since Taika probably wants sweet revenge for putting him in a movie I don't want to say by name... About the "It's too much like Guardians" complaint, I don't see how that's an issue. A lot of Thor comics take place in otherworldly settings, and a lot also have sci-fi elements, so it should be nothing new. Also, about it being funny despite taking place in Ragnarok, given that Waititi (who usually does comedy) is director, I'm thinking that the movie might parody the MCU's knack of having big, explosive battles.

The first Thor is decent, it has too much comedy and too little action but it makes up for it in character; it's my #11 MCU film. I'm more iffy on The Dark World, which I found kind of cumbersome, though it's at least #15 about Incredible Hulk.

The first Avengers is my favorite movie of all time (not the best, my favorite), so of course it's #1. Age of Ultron, though, is my #13. Like my #14, Iron Man 2, it just tries too hard to cram in multiple stories and set-ups. It's not Prometheus and BvS levels of advertisement, but it's still pervasive.

On the note of Iron Man, the first one is just a great movie period, easily my #2. I do agree that Whiplash is a better villain than people make him out to be, but in Iron Man 3's case, just no. As some YouTubers have mentioned, the fact that it's very much a Shane Black movie really helps it out. But Aldrich Killian, even without the plot twist, is just the worst MCU villain imaginable, and I couldn't really buy Tony's whole PTSD arc (unless Age of Ultron onward he's a Skrull - I predict it, he's a Skrull and Cap will die).

As for Civil War, I've seen in three times and it's my #6. Zemo's plan having cracks is my biggest problem with the movie. He's a good villain, but there are a lot of coincidences with his manipulation. I also agree that the Accords ultimately were a backdrop, hence why I choose to believe Zemo created the Accords while disguised as Joe Russo; to be fair though, making it entirely about the Accords would be kind of redundant. I don't agree with characters acting out of line, though. Clint and Scott obviously helped because, heck, no one wants to see a country get toppled by a psychopath, and that's what they think Zemo is trying to do. Wanda also had the grudge of being locked in her room. And Clint never made fun of Rhodey; out of the three, only Sam knew what happened to him. They only gave Tony flak because he wouldn't listen to Cap's reasoning (don't take my word for it either; Spidey even mentions the Miranda rights), which as shown later his team thought was a cover story.