CaptainWagner
I'm A Worrier, It's What I Do (he/him)
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TDW is the worst, but AOU was the most disappointing for me, personally.
The bad MCU movies (IMO) in descending order.
-Captain America: The First Avenger (6/10)
-Avengers: Age of Ultron (5/10)
-The Incredible Hulk (5/10)
-Thor: The Dark World (5/10)
-Iron Man 2 (4/10)
I imagine I am harsher than most around here. But still I rank all of those above the truly worst movies at every studio (X-Men: TLS, XOW, Elektra, and all of the Fantastic Four movies at Fox; The Amazing Spider-Man 1&2 and the Ghost Rider movies at Sony; and a list that is too long to name at WB but suffice it to say that Batman v Superman is on there).
Also that is 5/13. So they do have a remarkable consistency even for one who I imagine some here would roll their eyes about.
I kind of understand your point--although for me it is not quite perfect since IM2 shows Tony is not a team player who distrusts the government while he is the complete opposite in CW--but I think you are mostly proving to me why CW is again so good. It took what came before and made it more special.
But that does not help or excuse Iron Man 2. A movie should be able to stand on its own and shouldn't have to rely on a sequel--much less what is kind of the fourth sequel a whopping 6 years later--to justify its existence or storytelling prowess. Iron Man 2 is just a mess, almost as much as Spider-Man 3 is for me, because it was too busy setting up Avengers to bother telling its own story.
With that said, Downey and Paltrow are great in it.
The bad MCU movies (IMO) in descending order.
-Captain America: The First Avenger (6/10)
-Avengers: Age of Ultron (5/10)
-The Incredible Hulk (5/10)
-Thor: The Dark World (5/10)
-Iron Man 2 (4/10)
I imagine I am harsher than most around here. But still I rank all of those above the truly worst movies at every studio (X-Men: TLS, XOW, Elektra, and all of the Fantastic Four movies at Fox; The Amazing Spider-Man 1&2 and the Ghost Rider movies at Sony; and a list that is too long to name at WB but suffice it to say that Batman v Superman is on there).
Also that is 5/13. So they do have a remarkable consistency even for one who I imagine some here would roll their eyes about.
It comes out to a 60, so that is pretty iffy if you're on that scale. I don't get the dislike for TIH, though. Its pretty straightforward in what it is, and Blonsky was a great villain there.
That's what Shane Black wanted to do but got the ol' shake of the head from the studio fat cats.Heck if they needed to do a twist, then making Maya Hansen the main baddie would have been far more interesting/unexpected I think.
6/10 is score for bad movie?
IMO Marvel hasn't made a bad film yet. But personally I would say my least favorite are the Iron Man films with Iron Man 3 being the so called "worst". But I still think Marvel's "worst" film is a good movie.
It kind of saddens me to see so much hate for TDW and AOU. And yet both of these films are rated higher than most other studios' efforts in the genre. I happen to enjoy those films immensely. I recognize the flaws but don't lose sleep over them. To me the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I also enjoy the humor in the MCU but I guess that makes me an outlier.
Unfortunately, Blonsky often gets overlooked. His characterization was even more impressive in light of Abraham Erskine asserting that the SSS amplified the test subject's essence. Blonsky was definitely creepy and monstrous before he turned into the Abomination, so that transition worked out well in continuity.
I do as well, and it does seem we are outliers. People seem to want their comedy from comedies, and these movies need to stay away from it. But even the Marvel movies before the MCU had a decent balance that most MCU films strike as well.
If you open any Marvel comic you will find humor, action, drama. The humor isn't just in Spider-Man each month. But still people seem to think it doesn't belong in Marvel's films.