Best CBM Hero of 2016

[Quasimod0]

1. Evans
2. RDJ
3. Boseman
4. Cumberbatch
5. Holland

Also gotta say that Sebastian Stan really came into his own as winter Soldier this year as well.

 

[kedrell]

Given that this is movies only and the question was about which hero was best rather than which actor gave the best performance as a hero, I'm going to have to go with Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange. If it was best actor's performance then I'd have gone with RDJ.

 

[The Batman]

I'm surprised that Reynolds isnt getting more votes.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I'm surprised that Reynolds isnt getting more votes.

Tough competition this year.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Cap, right in front of Strange.

 

[The Batman]

Tough competition this year.

True. I'm surprised Evans has the most votes. He's my favorite MCU character, but he definitely wasn't the best hero this year, IMO.

 

[kedrell]

He had the best movie though and that can blur the lines.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

I cant choose between Cumberbatch, Holland and Boseman

 

[That9neGuy]

I voted Cap, but Strange was a close second.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

True. I'm surprised Evans has the most votes. He's my favorite MCU character, but he definitely wasn't the best hero this year, IMO.

Cap isn't super complicated, but he makes up for that with being genuine, steadfast, and kind. And Evans delievers those qualities beautifully. Cap is a bit of an immovable object, but I love what that does to other characters. He makes the likes of Tony and Nat far more interesting. Basically Cap is like Superman, and like Superman, what is most interesting is how others react to this larger then life hero.

Also, he has the single best moment in a superhero flick this year imo. The last shot of Civil War.

 

[Brother Jack]

Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther. Pure badassery, with a real human beneath it.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Cap isn't super complicated, but he makes up for that with being genuine, steadfast, and kind. And Evans delievers those qualities beautifully.

He's become much more complex over his last two solo films and AoU. While he's still has a strong moral fiber, we've seen him differentiate that from blind patriotism, even when his public image is at risk. That's a long way from being the Star Spangled Man.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

He's become much more complex over his last two solo films and AoU. While he's still has a strong moral fiber, we've seen him differentiate that from blind patriotism, even when his public image is at risk. That's a long way from being the Star Spangled Man.

In the films, he has never been blindly patriotic.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I'm surprised that Reynolds isnt getting more votes.

I'm not a fan of Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds played the Joe Kelly version to a tee, fans consider that to be the best Deadpool was, but I can't dig it as much as I initially did.

 

[Lantern Venom]

In the films, he has never been blindly patriotic.

And that's where his complexity in these films has come. His heroism was initially rooted in patriotism, but the modern world doesn't have the same dichotomy of good and evil that he knew in the 1940s. Sometimes his idealism puts him at odds with the military, US politicians, and the UN. That evolution has been more sophisticated than just being "steadfast and kind" as you suggested, and Evans has done an outstanding job of showing the inner war of the "man out of the time."

 

[DarthSkywalker]

And that's where his complexity in these films has come. His heroism was initially rooted in patriotism, but the modern world doesn't have the same dichotomy of good and evil that he knew in the 1940s. Sometimes his idealism puts him at odds with the military, US politicians, and the UN. That evolution has been more sophisticated than just being "steadfast and kind" as you suggested, and Evans has done an outstanding job of showing the inner war of the "man out of the time."

But that doesn't really make him complex. As I pointed out what I like about this Cap is how genuine and steadfast he is. That things change around him doesn't change him. It is why people gravitate to him, it is why he has the moral high ground and it is why he is "right". It is just like Superman. He does what he does because he was raised with a certain set of values that he holds dear.

That Cap has a moral compass he sticks to is not complex. That the change in time challenges him doesn't make him super complex. The question of whether he can be the same man he was before isn't really asked, because Cap is never not that man. Maybe it is because we find him in massive conflicts every time we see him, but that is how it is. I am not down playing Evans performance or the character. I love him and what he has been able to do with a role many would consider boring. But there really isn't an inner war with Cap, because push come to shove, he does what he believes is best, what he believes is right. The one with the inner war is Tony, who continually has to delude himself he is doing the right thing.

 

[Lantern Venom]

But that doesn't really make him complex. As I pointed out what I like about this Cap is how genuine and steadfast he is. That things change around him doesn't change him. It is why people gravitate to him, it is why he has the moral high ground and it is why he is "right". It is just like Superman. He does what he does because he was raised with a certain set of values that he holds dear.

That Cap has a moral compass he sticks to is not complex. That the change in time challenges him doesn't make him super complex.

I guess we view that completely different because I've always felt that Marvel Studios has portrayed him as evolving more than any of the other Avengers. In TFA and Avengers, he was guy swinging at the biggest bully in the yard. That's admirable, but not overly complex. In TWS, AoU, and CW, he was much more willing to blur the lines of good guys vs. bad guys, even if that meant adopting outlaw behaviors at times.

In TFA, he spoke like a kid desperate to belong. He ended Civil War as a man who was comfortable with the fact that he never really fit anywhere, even in the army position that he once coveted. That's quite an emotional journey.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I guess we view that completely different because I've always felt that Marvel Studios has portrayed him as evolving more than any of the other Avengers. In TFA and Avengers, he was guy swinging at the biggest bully in the yard. That's admirable, but not overly complex. In TWS, AoU, and CW, he was much more willing to blur the lines of good guys vs. bad guys, even if that meant adopting outlaw behaviors at times.

In TFA, he spoke like a kid desperate to belong. He ended Civil War as a man who was comfortable with the fact that he never really fit anywhere, even in the army position that he once coveted. That's quite an emotional journey.

When does he blur the lines of good guys vs. bad guys? He is the one who doesn't do it. Look at his conversation with Peggy in TWS. That is a huge part of TWS and Civil War. It is why he calls Fury out on the new program. It is why he is able to defeat Hydra and keep Tony from making the biggest mistake of his life. It is why he saves Bucky even as everyone tells him not to. He doesn't blur the lines, everyone else does. Cap doesn't go on the run because he did something wrong, but because people are blinded by their own agendas and evil intent.

Cap doesn't wavier. It is why Nat switches sides. She knows he won't stop. Why? Because he is who he is. It is also why Peggy fell in love with him. The shrimp she met never changed. He was still that same good person, who stuck to his morals even as he became the world's first superhero. It is why Howard tortures himself for not being able to save him.

You are right Steve doesn't fit in, but that is because he doesn't change. He is unmovable. That doesn't mean it doesn't cause him pain, of course it does. But he endures.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I went with Deadpool. In terms of both performance and characterization, I'd probably rank the top five as:

1. Deadpool
2. Dr. Strange
3. Black Panther
4. Captain America
5. Iron Man

 

[Wildcard]

Definitely gotta go with Chadwick on this one. Was so refreshing to see Black Panther brought to life exactly the way he should be. Badass.

 

[The Batman]

Cap isn't super complicated, but he makes up for that with being genuine, steadfast, and kind. And Evans delievers those qualities beautifully. Cap is a bit of an immovable object, but I love what that does to other characters. He makes the likes of Tony and Nat far more interesting. Basically Cap is like Superman, and like Superman, what is most interesting is how others react to this larger then life hero.

Also, he has the single best moment in a superhero flick this year imo. The last shot of Civil War.

Why the last shot of CW?

I'm not a fan of Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds played the Joe Kelly version to a tee, fans consider that to be the best Deadpool was, but I can't dig it as much as I initially did.

How come?

I feel a similar way about Dean Cain as Superman: He does a near perfect job at representing a version of the character that I happen to dislike.

 

[Tony Stark]

Got to give it to Doctor Strange. Best Marvel origin story film since the first Iron Man.

 

[Wildcard]

Doctor Strange was definitely awesome, too. Perfect way of staying true to the character while bringing him to a more modern and bigger audience.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Why the last shot of CW?

The speech, Falcon's expression, the music, the meaning. Cap always comes back for hims comrades. Perfectly summed him up as a hero, and why he is beloved.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

Im going with the cloak of levitation because marvel made it too hard and I cant choose