Well, #1 is already one of the most mediocre, overhyped of all the Marvel movies to me. I didnĀ“t even finish it. Iron Man 3 on #3, easily the worst of the three.
I also much preferred Ang LeeĀ“s Hulk to the ones that came after it, but I seem to be alone with that opinion.
WeĀ“ll have to agree to disagree on this one.
This isnāt even remotely close to how I would rank them, but I also largely hate superhero movies (TV shows are even worse), so I donāt think my opinion really matters.
The only reason I even know Chris Evans by name (as opposed to āthat one guy who plays Captain Americaā) is because of Snowpiercer.
I look forward to carefully crafted diatribes about how can be wrong with oneās opinion!
Personally, I rank Thor much higher - itās the only one that truly understands the absurdity of its own premise and manages to contain it properly; itās really interesting to me that The Green Lantern movie - which I also like a lot more than pretty much everyone else in the world - which came out at pretty much the same time, also attempted the āOTT alternate universe vs contained base-under-siegeā story, albeit nothing like as well as Thor.
And I also think that Avengers Assemble (as I will insist on calling it, since here in the UK The Avengers has a rather different franchise attached to it) is somewhat overrated. Whilst Whedonās dialogue is great, and most of his character arcs work, the film is unable to decide if itās actually meant to be an action movie or not. Someone noted that itās one of the few blockbuster superhero movies that can be watched on a tiny screen (eg on a plane or a phone) without feeling as though you are missing anything much.
But in general, ranking things like this is obviously a foolās errand. Which is why I guess some of us like doing it so muchā¦
When I hear his name mentioned it always takes me a few seconds to realise theyāre not talking about the British Chris Evans
Wait, that ISNāT the guy who plays Captain America?!?
I really enjoyed āThorā, but then I probably cut it a lot of slack because of its director. I just love the idea of a bunch of producers saying, āThis Thor guy, he talks like one of them Bill Shakespeare charactersā¦ Kenneth Branaghās done some Shakespeare movies that turned a profitā¦ GET ME BRANAGH!ā
Thanks for the heads-up about some of the one-shots I missed, āTo the Internet!ā
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Someone noted that itās one of the few blockbuster superhero movies that can be watched on a tiny screen (eg on a plane or a phone) without feeling as though you are missing anything much
[/quote]Says everything you need to know about the film: an uncinematic, workmanlike springboard for Whedonās Sorkinesque dialogue, and nothing more.
Yeah, itās almost unwatchable on a bigger HDTV. It looks like they used video game CG from 5 years prior to render the space worm thingy. So distractingly bad that I have no idea what the worm thingy was called.
I wish it were 
Iāve never been a Captain America fan and that might just make the experience of sitting through a Captain America film bearable for me 
Why has Ken Branagh turned into a jobbing director?
Surely he could be doing something more interesting? (lIke live-action Cinderella, FFS)
I almost expect to see him turn up directing a Bond film soon.
As far as the films go, Iām still waiting for a Warren Ellis-penned Nextwave movie. Actually, no. No, Iām not. For some reason Iāve watched all these films (mostly from the library), and I am bored to death of them. I liked Avengers and IM 1, that was about it. GotG had a good soundtrack.
Iāve not seen Winter Soldier yet, so I canāt comment there, but my favorites out of this list were Iron Man 1 and 3 (2 was just downright horrible), Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America and Avengers.
That One Shot with Ben Kingsley was great, never even knew those existed, so that alone made my day!
I think your spell check has defeated you. Last I checked they didnāt cast a personified version of now Microsoft communication technology as a part of the MCU.
Agents of Hate cracked me up. I was interested in the upcoming Antman movie when the rumours made it sound like āIrredeemable Antmanā.
As for Kenneth Branaghās Ian Flemmingās Doctor Nay, āForsooth, my name is Bonde, Jaccimo Bondeā¦ Give me a butt of malmsey, shaken not stirredā¦ā
If you grew up in the 70ās having watched the goofy Spider-man tv show and the two Captain America made for TV movies and Ferignoās Hulk and Linda Carterās Wonder Woman these movies, with all their flaws, are quite the treat. The shared universe is pretty brilliant and I think is being executed impressively for the most part. Since Superman I itās been an up and down ride with these decades of super-hero movies and itās nice to see them coming together in the right ways. I gave up superhero comics back in the late 80ās so these movies are my comic books now.
Itās interesting that half of my friends thought that Guardians of the Galaxy was tons of fun and hilarious, while the other half thought it was disgusting and complained about its total lack of humor.
I also noticed that half of my friends hated it because Star-Lord was a womanizer, and they hated having a douche as the āmain characterā. The other half loved the movie because they saw Rocket Raccoon as the main character.
You beat me to it.
Youāre right about CA:TWS being the best and Avengers being #2, and wrong about just about everything else. IM3 being the best of those three, and GotG below it? Ugh.
I canāt say Iāve heard of any of these one-shots. Are any of them readily available on Youtube, or is it necessary to go digging for them?
I really didnāt care for Thor at all; it felt like no one really knew how to build a plot around the character. Then he goes and beats up a big metal guy. Yawn.
Ang Leeās Hulk actually tried to do something different, which is probably why we have no chance of seeing anything remotely like it ever again. Oh well.
