Worst MCU movie?

[ripse]

Thor TDW

 

[psylockolussus]

Thor: The Dark World easily!

 

[All-Father]

TDW, by far! The only MCU movie I could watch only once.

 

[Dopinder]

Thor 2 by a landslide. I thought it was okay when I first saw it, but it get's worse and worse each time I see it.

It's gotten to the point that when I marathon the MCU I actually skip most of the movie.

 

[OopsWhat89]

Well, gotta go with Thor 2.

I think The Incredible Hulk is bland, but not outright bad. Iron Man 2 has some severe hiccups, but is not nearly as bad as it's rep. Iron Man 3 is one of the most underrated comic book films ever made.

Thor 2 on the other hand, is just so utterly forgettable at best, annoying at worst.

Thor feels like the least important character in his own film, the action is bland, the love story is totally obligatory useless, the visuals from the first film are muted and dreary, the villain is one of the weakest non-entities I've EVER seen in a film and overall I struggle to find anything enjoyable in it. Loki is about the one shining jewel in a crown of poo.

 

[Pecola1]

Surprised Thor 2 is so much less liked than IM 3. I personally didn't think Thor 2 was that bad, and don't see the big commotion about it. It wasn't great, but it's not like they completely ruined a whole story-line or completely destroyed a villain or made something happen that was supposed to be dramatic but then ended up being reversed a couple months later...

Worst thing I remember people saying about it when it came out was "If there was a threat that big, surely they would have called the Avengers." Which is honestly an argument that needs to either be ignored, dismissed, or explained by Marvel.

Though I do know a lot of people just can't cope with the possibility of an Iron Man film being bad...

 

[metaphysician]

We certainly can understand the idea of an Iron Man film being bad. After all, Iron Man 2 has some notable issues to it. I think its poor quality is exaggerated, but it certainly is a mess that could best be described as "one bad day in the life of Tony Stark".

The problem comes when you argue that Iron Man *3* is bad. By virtually every objective measure, its a better movie than Iron Man 2. It has a functional narrative, with twists and turns, symbolism, numerous good acting jobs, a bunch of action scenes that are different than any previously done in the franchise, plenty of humor, all revolving around a charismatic villain. The fact that said villain is not, in fact, Not!Osama does not render the movie crap be default.

 

[Hero_of_Time98]

All the MCU movies are at the very least good. Good being a B- at worst. The movies rank from B- to A+ and that's a good thing. They don't have any stinkers like Spider-Man 3 or X-Men: The Last Stand. I love all the MCU movies, even the weaker ones. You know why? Because they are all fun.

 

[Theweepeople]

All the MCU movies are at the very least good. Good being a B- at worst. The movies rank from B- to A+ and that's a good thing. They don't have any stinkers like Spider-Man 3 or X-Men: The Last Stand. I love all the MCU movies, even the weaker ones. You know why? Because they are all fun.

Good points. For me personally Iron Man 3 is by far the worse of the MCU. I gave it a 6.5 out of ten and despite it's numerous flaws I can still watch it again. Even that film had a fun factor that's absent in a lot of bad and mediocre comic book films. Overall, I think the main reason the MCU is killing it is because most of their movies have a good balance of drama, humor, and action. Combine that with good continuity and you have arguably the most prolific franchise in cinema history. No other CBM franchise has come close to achieving this.

 

[Erzengel]

I think the battle with the Iron Man suits is probably the best action scene in the whole trilogy.

 

[Broseph44]

Thor: The Dark World

 

[FACTSINAFLASH]

The Incredible Hulk worst for me.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I know I said Incredible Hulk, but given more time to reflect, I think I have to change it to Age of Ultron after more viewings. There are still parts of Age of Ultron I really like, but I find the movie just really drags. Civil War is actually longer, but that one just breezes by. With Age of Ultron, I always find myself looking at my watch by the time I get to the chase scene where they are trying to get Vision from Ultron and thinking 'man, they aren't even at Sokovia yet.'

I liked the beginning and the final act, but AoU is the only MCU film that I get bored watching during that saggy middle portion. So for that, I'll move it to the bottom.

 

[Doctor Octopus]

You think Age of Ultron worse than Thor dark world?

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

You think Age of Ultron worse than Thor dark world?

I actually like TDW better than the first Thor.

 

[The_Manhunter]

I actually like TDW better than the first Thor.

Same here. I get why some may not like it but I really really enjoy it.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I know I said Incredible Hulk, but given more time to reflect, I think I have to change it to Age of Ultron after more viewings. There are still parts of Age of Ultron I really like, but I find the movie just really drags. Civil War is actually longer, but that one just breezes by. With Age of Ultron, I always find myself looking at my watch by the time I get to the chase scene where they are trying to get Vision from Ultron and thinking 'man, they aren't even at Sokovia yet.'

I liked the beginning and the final act, but AoU is the only MCU film that I get bored watching during that saggy middle portion. So for that, I'll move it to the bottom.

AOU has also got worse for me on multiple viewings, never thought I would say that as a Joss fan. For me the finale drags as well as the moment you mentioned, CW blows it out of the water in pretty much every aspect.

 

[StormC]

TDW is the only film I've never watched more than once. I plan to rectify that at some point, but outside of Loki there isn't much to remember fondly about it. This also applies to TIH to a lesser extent, but TDW just seems ho-hum even compared to that.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I think I would like AoU a lot better if it was 20-30 minutes shorter.

 

[StormC]

I feel the opposite. That movie needed to be 3 hours to make sense of itself. All the future movie promo crap is too intricately tied into the plot to be able to cut anything (except the Widow/Hulk romance which you could cut with 0 consequence). It's a hot mess either way.

 

[Lantern Venom]

I had to choose Ant-Man, because really, there is nothing that happened in the movie that I remember, except for a number of things I didn't like. Now it wasn't a poorly paced movie, but it just seemed like movie-by-the-numbers, and was completely bland for me. The excitement I was supposed to feel at establishing future movies and characters was not there (oh. yay. the...Wasp?), and the story itself didn't make me invested in the characters. It was simply yet another "father reconnects with his estranged family and redeems himself by becoming a work automaton for them" Hollywood plot. Really insulting to men. It tried to have some kind of distinct identity beyond that at least, but the whole voice-over thing just felt gimmicky to me. Worst movie by being completely average and derivative, and not getting me interested in watching anything further within that character's universe. Which in the end isn't too bad for the MCU, if this kind of mediocrity is the worst they've done so far.

That's something that really bothers me about Lang's characterization. He was primarily a pawn in his own movie, and he was just as easily manipulated in Civil War. I was hoping to see the temperamental genius Ant-Man who was a founding member of the Avengers instead of a lapdog.

 

[Loki882]

Oh CW kind of undercuts his entire arc in his own movie, with a really shoddy justification for it imo.

 

[The_Manhunter]

That's something that really bothers me about Lang's characterization. He was primarily a pawn in his own movie, and he was just as easily manipulated in Civil War. I was hoping to see the temperamental genius Ant-Man who was a founding member of the Avengers instead of a lapdog.

Was Lang ever a genius though? Isn't that attributed to Pym?

 

[OcStat]

They're discussing similar things in the Civil War forum regarding Scott Lang, and no CW doesn't really under cut the conclusion of Ant-Man.

 

[Loki882]

Yes it does.