Marvel Movies ranked: Pre End Game

With the highly anticipated being released worldwide tonight, I have decided to put a list together ranking the MCU movies from worst to best.

21. The Incredible Hulk: The forgotten of the movie of the MCU and for good reason. Hulk is played by Edward Norton rather than Mark Ruffalo, and lacks an interesting story or good action scenes. Just a forgettable movie.

20. Thor: The Dark World: I honestly forget what the plot of this movie is. Besides fun banter between Thor and Loki, nothing else is memorable.

19. Iron Man 2: Introduces Black Widow, but just has way too much going on. We have the son of a guy who was enemies with Tony’s father trying to kill him, we have a rival of Tony trying to copy his tech, we have pepper taking over the company, we have the stuff between Tony and his father, AND tony is dying from the thing that is keeping him alive and has to create an element to save his life. Feels like the plot of three movies mushed into one and it throws off the pacing.

18. Captain Marvel: Meh. When I saw this, I was not expecting much and it met my expectations. Couple jokes here and there, Nick Fury was cool, the story was fine. Captain Marvel wasn’t very likable and the villain was forgettable.

17. Thor: I actually like the first Thor. The fish out of water stuff is funny and Loki shines as the audience feels bad for him. The romance between Thor and Natalie Portman’s character did NOT work at all.

16. Avengers: Age of Ultron: Such a disappointment. Cool concept, but so confusing, and everything that made the first Avengers cool was lost in this one. Objectively not horrible, just this low due to expectation.

15. Ant Man and the Wasp: This movie was very funny, and Paul Rudd is always awesome, but the plot was kind of stupid, there were so many villains and none of them were effective, and they dumbed down Scott Lang (ant man) to make the Wasp look smarter. The Quantum stuff and the explanation for it was incredibly dumb as well.

14. Ant Man: Love it for what it is. Smaller scale movie, more of a heist film, about a former criminal trying to win the trust of his daughter. Very funny, knows what it is, and Paul Rudd shines. The Thomas the Tank Engine scene was both cool and clever.

13: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: The humor doesn’t hit as often as the first, but the character development of all the Guardians members is what makes this movie so good. Ego was a very interesting villain as well.

12. Doctor Strange: Better in Infinity War than his own film, however his movie is very good. The effects are both trippy and cool, and the character is funny. The villain is forgettable, but the action and origin story make it a fun film to watch.

11. Iron Man 3: The most hated on MCU film for some reason. Yes, die hard comic book fans hate the Manderin twist. But guess what? I don’t read the comics so I don’t care. I thought it was clever.  I love how this was a Tony Stark movie rather than an Iron Man movie.

10. Captain America: The First Avenger: Such a hidden gem in the MCU. We learn the morals of a young Steve Rogers and learn to love him as a character. His relationship with Peggy Carter is adorable as well.

9. Black Panther: Overrated, but still a very good movie. Cool setting, great story, and an interesting take on the current world. Kilmonger steals the show.

8. The Avengers: Changed the way super hero movies are made. More impressed with the accomplishment rather than the actual movie.

7. Spiderman: Homecoming: Tom Holland kills it as spiderman and Iron Man serves as a good role mode; (I know, weird). Funny and does a great job of setting up Spiderman for future movies.

6. Thor: Ragnarok: Completely changed Thor as a character and I love it. Very funny, colorful, and the Hulk was awesome.

5. Guardians of the Galaxy: I always tear up at the end with the scene between Starlord and his mom. A funny and heartfelt movie that explores the idea of sharing pain to become closer.

4. Iron Man: No movie has ever casted better then Iron Man. RDJ was born to play this role.

3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: A spy thriller in the MCU? Yes please. Shows how truly bad-ass Cap really is. Has an interesting take on the idea of government control and corruption. Nick Fury and Black Widow thrive, along with Bucky as the Winter Soldier. The “Im with you till the end of the line” scene always kills me.

2. Captain America: Civil War: Team Cap

1.  Avengers: Infinity War: At the end of the day, this is Thanos story. The Russo Brothers did such a great job at blending all these characters to make a cohesive, funny story with a shocking, iconic ending. I’ve seen it 20 times and I am still on the edge of my seat at the end.

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