The Avengers Who deserves the most credit for MCU: Phase One success?

Joss Whedon, his skill at writing and directing the large cast is no easy feat. He took the best from the previous movies, and added to it! I would have Kevin Fiege in second, since it was his grand idea at the beginning, and he stuck to it!

Robert Downy Jr is great, but let's not fool ourselves, it took the entire team to bring in the big bucks that it did.

 

Each Character's respective creator because without them this would not even exist Oh and of course Every single crew member involved

 

RDJ. He was the first character released in the MCU, he brought attention and energy to the role of Tony Stark, grabbed everyone by the face and made them excited about this series.

Followed by a tie between Joss Whedon and Kevin Feige.

 

Feige, mostly. Favreau, second.

It was Favs who took the bold step to cast RDJ as a superhero, and to take a new non-Burton/Nolanesque approach to the genre. More importantly, he's the one who came up with the idea of using SLJ in the Nick Fury cameo at the end of the movie, and urging Kevin Feige to actually develop a shared film universe.

But Feige has been the one who's responsible for the logistics of bringing all this together, and he's done an outstanding job, with an eye towards genuine respect for the source material and fandom.

 

Feige by FAR, yeah yeah I get that RDJ kicks ass as Tony Stark but he's just an actor he shouldn't be compared to the likes of Feige.

 

The only reason I put RDJ over Feige is because Feige simply had the idea and put the plan into motion.... RDJ did a LARGE portion of the leg work. Just my opinion.

 

I had no idea Favreau was the one who pushed Feige to develop a shared universe, I was under the impression that was Feige's goal from the start. Where'd you hear it was Favs who spear headed that?

 

EW. From back in '08:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20198027_3,00.html

 

Team effort.

RDJ for making us all laugh and for bringing in new fans.
Favreau for what has been mentioned above (convincing Feige to let it happen)
Feige for letting/making it all happen
Whedon for tying it all together and for what he will inevitably do with the franchise

 

What leg work? Acting in a movie and promoting it?

I'm sure studio executives have ALOT more effect on the actual films themselves than an actor.

 

RDJ and Favs kind of share that because of what they did. Took a character that was well known in a sense to most comic geeks, turned him into a merchandise blitz, and started off the whole shared universe.

 

They make decisions, but the actors put the butts in the seats.

 

WINNER!!! I agree 100% with this.

 

I would give it to Feige. RDJ made *Iron Man* a success, but it was really Feige's work that turned a successful Iron Man into a successful MCU.

 

Studio Execs hire the actors and make a host of other financial decisions, so without them there wouldn't be anything to watch.

Clearly, this isn't a hard concept to understand.

 

Ah, interesting. I did not know that, kudos for posting the article

 

RDJ
Characters
The director.

 

Comic Book Jesus

 

All a team effort, but I'd give Feige, RDJ, and Favs a boost for kickstarting the ambitious project in such an appealing and smart fashion, Feige for maintaining that integrity and continuity throughout, and Whedon for weaving the many threads together so expertly in its culmination.

 

What about Avi Arad.I know he gets a lot of hate but he was involved in Iron Man

 

I'd also say it's a team effort. Feige had the idea of the MCU and the courage to bring it to life, RDJ for his incredible performance as Tony Stark, Favreau for giving us a great first Iron Man movie as kickoff, Whedon for the highlight of all this.

And even all the other directors, writers and main actors for hitting the tone of the MCU and making successful movies about the other heroes.

 

I think Fiege, Favreau & Downey all share equal credit. If it wasn't for Iron Man being a surprise hit, none of this would have happened.

 

RDJ sure gets alot more credit than Evans or Chris H., but honestly I think we'd be at pretty much the same place if Cap or Thor were the first MCU film.

 

It's possible, but starting it off with Iron Man kind of made more sense with the whole arrogance Stark had and Fury's "you think you're the only one out there?" line. Stark is technically the most normal guy on the team.