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Post - Fantastic Four: First Steps - Rank The MCU Films

Counting down:

25) Iron Man 3
24) Thor: The Dark World
23) Thor: Ragnarok
22) Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 2
21) Guardians Of The Galaxy
20) Doctor Strange
19) Captain Marvel
18) Ant-Man & The Wasp
17) Spider-Man: Homecoming
16) Spider-Man: Far From Home
15) The Incredible Hulk
14) Iron Man 2
13) Thor
12) Black Widow
11) Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings
10) Captain America: The First Avenger
9) Avengers: Age Of Ultron
8) Ant-Man
7) Iron Man
6) Avengers: Endgame
5) Avengers: Infinity War
4) Captain America: Civil War
3) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2) The Avengers
1) Black Panther
 
I still prefer Avengers 1 to most mcu films.
Me too. My top 3 is almost always Winter Soldier, Civil War and Avengers with Infinity War close behind. My top 3 could change on any given day though
 
I don't think Avengers aged poorly at all, it's still a lovely highly entertaining movie that is still as good now as it was back then. But it's a good thing that it's not top two for me cause it's a sign MCU made a few movies that are better and/or are more entertaining as time went on.
 
The first Avengers is still great but it has fallen a few notches for me over the years only because of how much more epic Infinity War and Endgame were. It doesn't have as much Whedon stank all over it compared to Age of Ultron. I'd say the only thing that hasn't really aged well about it is the cinematography. The aspect ratio works well enough for the third act but not so much for the rest of the movie. I'll also say that for a nearly 10 year old movie, the CGI remains pretty consistent compared to some Phase 3 MCU films and even Shang-Chi.
 
While I liked Shang-Chi and Black Widow, neither one made it into my top 10.

1. Avengers: Infinity War A+
2. Avengers: Endgame A+
3. Avengers A
4. Captain America: Civil War A
5. Captain America: Winter Soldier A
6. Iron Man A-
7. Thor: Ragnarok A-
8. Spider-Man: Homecoming A-
9. Spider-Man: Far From Home A-
10 Black Panther A-
11. Captain America: The First Avenger B+
12. Avengers: Age of Ultron B+
13. Doctor Strange B+
14. Shang-Chi B+
15. Black Widow B
16. Thor B
17. Guardians of the Galaxy B
18. Ant-Man B
19. Ant-Man and the Wasp B-
20. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 B-
21. Iron Man 2 B-
22. Incredible Hulk B-
23. Iron Man 3 B-
24. Captain Marvel B-
25. Thor: Dark World C+
 
Grade A

1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. Captain America: The First Avenger
4. Black Panther
5. Spider-Man: Homecoming
6. The Avengers
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
10. Iron Man
11. Thor
12. Captain America: Civil War


Grade B

13. Black Widow
14. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
15. Thor: Ragnarok
16. Doctor Strange
17. Iron Man 2
18. Iron Man 3
19. Spider-Man: Far From Home
20. Ant-Man
21. The Incredible Hulk


Grade C

22. Ant-Man & The Wasp
23. Captain Marvel
24. Thor: The Dark World
25. Avengers: Age of Ultron


Grade F
 
Post Shang Chi -

1) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2) Avengers: Infinity War
3) Avengers: Endgame
4) The Avengers
5) Black Panther
6) Thor Ragnarok
7) Guardians Of The Galaxy
8) Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2
9) Captain America: Civil War
10) Captain America: The First Avenger
11) Iron Man
12) Thor
13) Doctor Strange
14) Shang Chi
15) Ant-Man
16) Black Widow
17) Spider-Man: Homecoming
18) Spider-Man: Far From Home
19) Ant-Man and The Wasp
20) Iron Man 2
21) Avengers: Age Of Ultron
22) Captain Marvel
23) Thor: The Dark World
24) The Incredible Hulk
25) Iron Man 3

Now I understand why D+ displayed Trevor's One Shot so prominently. Shang Chi also makes IM3 even a little worse for me. Trevor wasn't bad per se I just wish they would've addressed it at the dinner table like they did, then left it alone, and had a different compass. It also goes to show how they left a lot of the concepts from that film behind, like Extremis, and probably won't explore them again. It's making it so IM3 is almost wholly unnecessary to get through the IFW Saga of Films.

I am starting to also think that I need to change my ranking style to reflect the IFW/EG era vs the Post IFW/EG era because it seems like this movie is going to be the first chapter in a new book with new rules and expectations. The crossovers, callbacks, and ties also seem like they'll be more heavily utilized in different ways this time around as well. Also events shown in the IFW/EG saga which may not have been important to that story, may become more important in this new story in different ways.

Maybe if the next few movies prove to be chapters to the new book, with Black Widow as a prologue I will.
 
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While I enjoyed the hell out of Shang-Chi, I wouldn't put it in the top tier of my preferred MCU movies. I'd probably rank it somewhere from 12 to 15. To be fair, there's a lot of competition in that range for me and not a big difference between those movies so my ranking from 10-18 or so could change on a daily basis.
 
  1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  2. Avengers: Endgame
  3. Captain America: Civil War
  4. Avengers: Infinity War
  5. The Avengers
  6. Iron Man
  7. Guardians of the Galaxy
  8. Thor: Ragnarok
  9. Black Panther
  10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  11. Captain America: The First Avenger
  12. Ant-Man
  13. Shang Chi and the Ten Rings
  14. Avengers: Age of Ultron
  15. Spider-Man: Homecoming
  16. Spider-Man: Far From Home
  17. Thor
  18. Black Widow
  19. Doctor Strange
  20. Captain Marvel
  21. Iron Man 3
  22. The Incredible Hulk
  23. Ant-Man and the Wasp
  24. Thor: The Dark World
  25. Iron Man 2
 
1. Guardians 1
2. Winter Soldier
3. Civil War
4. First Avenger
5. Iron Man 1
6. Iron Man 3
7. Homecoming
8. Ragnarok
9. Endgame
10. Infinity War
11. Shang-Chi
12. Guardians 2
13. Black Widow
14. Doctor Strange
15. Ant-Man 1
16. Black Panther
17. Far From Home
18. Ant Man 2
19. Thor
20. Avengers 1
21. Captain Marvel
22. Iron Man 2
23. Dark World
24. Avengers 2
25. Hulk
 
Avengers Endgame
Thor
Iron Man
Captain America First Avenger
Shang Chi
Doctor Strange
Falcon and Winter Soldier
Iron Man 2
Captain America Winter Soldier
Iron Man 3
Thor Ragnarok
Captain America Civil War
Black Panther
Guardians
Guardians 2
Spider Man Homecoming
Spider Man Far From Home
Avengers Infinity War
Avengers Age of Ultron
Loki
Thor Dark World
Captain Marvel
Avengers
Ant Man
Ant Man and Wasp
WandaVision
Incredible Hulk
 
1. Avengers: Infinity War: 9/10
2. Guardians of the Galaxy: 8.8/10
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 8.8/10
4. Iron Man: 8.8/10
5. The Avengers: 8.5/10
6. Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings: 8.5/10
7. Captain America: Civil War: 8.5/10
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home: 8.4/10
9. Avengers: Endgame: 8.4/10
10. Doctor Strange: 8.3/10
11. Ant-Man: 8.3/10
12. Thor: Ragnarok: 8.2/10
13. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 8.2/10
14. Spider-Man: Homecoming: 8.1/10
15. Avengers: Age of Ultron: 7.6/10
16. Black Widow: 7.5/10
17. Thor: 7.3/10
18. Eternals: 7.3/10
19. Captain America: The First Avenger: 7.3/10
20. Ant-Man and the Wasp: 7.2/10
21. Thor: The Dark World: 7.2/10
22. Iron Man 3: 7.1/10
23. Black Panther: 7.1/10
24. The Incredible Hulk: 7/10
25. Iron Man 2: 6.7/10
26. Captain Marvel: 3.7/10
 
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First one in post-Eternals! That's definitely one that'll require another rewatch before I make a final decision about where it falls, but as of right now I'd say it's middle of the road-ish. Black Widow's also fallen a few pegs after some rewatches.

1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. The Avengers
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
6. Thor: Ragnarok
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. Iron Man
9. Black Panther
10. Spider-Man: Homecoming
11. Captain America: The First Avenger
12. Spider-Man: Far From Home
13. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
14. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
15. Doctor Strange
16. Avengers: Age of Ultron
17. Eternals
18. Captain Marvel
19. Ant-Man
20. Thor
21. Black Widow
22. Iron Man 3
23. Ant-Man and the Wasp
24. Iron Man 2
25. Thor: The Dark World
26. The Incredible Hulk
 
Grade A

1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. Captain America: The First Avenger
4. Black Panther
5. Spider-Man: Homecoming
6. The Avengers
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
10. Iron Man
11. Thor
12. Eternals
13. Captain America: Civil War
14. Black Widow

Grade B

15. Thor: Ragnarok
16. Doctor Strange
17. Spider-Man: Far From Home
18. Iron Man 2
19. Iron Man 3
20. Ant-Man
21. The Incredible Hulk


Grade C

22. Captain Marvel
23. Ant-Man & The Wasp
24. Thor: The Dark World
25. Avengers: Age of Ultron


Grade F
 
My MCU Faves:
1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. The Avengers
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
5. Avengers: Infinity War
6. Iron Man
7. Captain Marvel
8. Thor: Ragnarok
9. Iron Man 3

The Pretty Good:

10. Black Panther
11. Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings
12. Black Widow
13. Captain America: The First Avenger

Ok, I Guess:
14. Avengers: Age of Ultron
15. Spider-Man: Far From Home
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming
17. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
18. Guardians of the Galaxy
19. Ant-Man
20. Doctor Strange
21. Thor
22. Eternals

The Worst:

23. Iron Man 2
24. Ant Man & The Wasp
25. Thor: The Dark World
26. The Incredible Hulk
 
1. Spider-Man: Far From Home
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Thor: Ragnarok
4. Captain Marvel
5. Black Panther
6. Avengers: Endgame
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
9. Iron Man 3
10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
11. Black Widow
12. Thor
13. Iron Man
14. Captain America: The First Avenger
15. Avengers: Infinity War
16. Ant-Man
17. Iron Man 2
18. The Incredible Hulk
19. Thor: The Dark World
20. Eternals
21. Avengers: Age of Ultron
22. Doctor Strange
23. Ant-Man and the Wasp
24. The Avengers
25. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
26. Guardians of the Galaxy
 
Top Ten
1. Infinity War
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3. Iron Man
4. Avengers
5. Shang-Chi
6. Thor
7. Thor Ragnarok
8. Black Panther
9. GOG
10. Dr. Strange

Bottom Dwellers (dumpster fires)
21. GOG 2
22. Ant Man and the Wasp
23. Iron Man 2
24. Iron Man 3
25. Thor the Dark World
26. Captain Marvel


I'm not sure where I'd put Eternals or Avengers Endgame yet, probably around the 15th and 16th best Marvel movies respectively.
 
1 - Avengers: Endgame
2 - The Avengers
3 - Captain America: Civil War
4 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
5 - Thor: Ragnarok
6 - Avengers: Infinity War
7 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
8 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
9 - Black Panther
10 - Captain America: The First Avenger
11 - Guardians of the Galaxy
12 - Eternals
13 - Black Widow
14 - Spider-Man: Far From Home
15 - Spider-Man: Homecoming
16 - Avengers: Age of Ultron
17 - Iron Man
18 - Thor
19 - Doctor Strange
20 - Ant-Man & The Wasp
21 - Ant-Man
22 - Captain Marvel
23 - The Incredible Hulk
24 - Iron Man 3
25 - Thor: The Dark World
26 - Iron Man 2

Eternala i really need to see again, so that could fluctuate quite a bit. But this is what my gut says right now. Really Black Widow, Shang-Chi, and Eternals I have only seen 1 time, so all 3 could eventually go up or down.
 
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Counting down:

26) Iron Man 3
25) Thor: The Dark World
24) Thor: Ragnarok
23) Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 2
22) Guardians Of The Galaxy
21) Doctor Strange
20) Captain Marvel
19) Ant-Man & The Wasp
18) Spider-Man: Homecoming
17) Spider-Man: Far From Home
16) The Incredible Hulk
15) Iron Man 2
14) Thor
13) Eternals
12) Black Widow
11) Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings
10) Captain America: The First Avenger
9) Avengers: Age Of Ultron
8) Ant-Man
7) Iron Man
6) Avengers: Endgame
5) Avengers: Infinity War
4) Captain America: Civil War
3) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2) The Avengers
1) Black Panther
 
01 Winter Soldier
02 Infinity War
03 Civil War
04 Endgame
Wandavision
05 Guardians of the Galaxy
06 Avengers
07 Eternals
08 Raganrok
09 The First Avenger
10 Age of Ultron
11 Homecoming
Falcon and the Winter Soldier
12 Iron Man
13 Black Widow
14 Guardians Vol. 2
15 Ant-Man
16 Black Panther
Loki
17 Thor
18 Shang Chi
19 Doctor Strange
20 Far From Home
21 Captain Marvel
22 Iron Man 3
23 Ant-Man and the Wasp
What If
24 Iron Man 2
25 Thor: Dark World
26 Incredible Hulk
 
1. Winter Soldier
2. Civil War
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Black Panther
5. Shang Chi
6. Avengers: Infinity War
7. Spider-Man Far From Home
8. Spider-Man Homecoming
9. Avengers
10. Iron Man
11. Guardians of the Galaxy
12. Captain America - First Avenger
13. Thor
14. Guardians Vol 2
15. Black Widow
16. Ant-Man
17. Captain Marvel
18. Iron Man 2
19. The Incredible Hulk
20. Eternals
21. Thor Ragnarok
22. Ant Man & The Wasp
23. Thor Dark World
24. Dr. Strange
25. Avengers Age of Ultron
26. Iron Man 3
 
Top Ten
1. Infinity War
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3. Iron Man
4. Avengers
5. Shang-Chi
6. Thor
7. Thor Ragnarok
8. Black Panther
9. GOG
10. Dr. Strange

Bottom Dwellers (dumpster fires)
21. GOG 2
22. Ant Man and the Wasp
23. Iron Man 2
24. Iron Man 3
25. Thor the Dark World
26. Captain Marvel


I'm not sure where I'd put Eternals or Avengers Endgame yet, probably around the 15th and 16th best Marvel movies respectively.
missing a few here bro
 
Have watched both Eternals and Shang Chi last week for the first time.

1. Thor: Ragnarok
2 Avengers Endgame
3. Captain America: Civil War
4. Iron Man
5. Doctor Strange
6 Avengers: Inifity War
7. The Avengers
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9 Eternals
10. Spiderman: Homecoming

11. Captain America: Winter Soldier
12. Black Panther
13 Spiderman: Far From Home
14 Shang Chi
15. Captain America
16. Ant Man & the Wasp
17. Iron Man 2
18. Avengers: Age of Ultron
19. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
20. Ant Man

21. Thor
22 Captain Marvel
23 Black Widdow
24. Thor: the dark World
25. The Incredible Hulk
26. Iron Man 3
 

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