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[peternorth]

This is good

although GoTG2 and AoU are the wrong way around i feel

 

[Gralin]

This is good

although GoTG2 and AoU are the wrong way around i feel

yeah I'm doing a timeline watch of the movies, its why I started with Cap and not Iron man, ignoring all the TV shows though

 

[The Filth Wizard]

This is good

although GoTG2 and AoU are the wrong way around i feel

Nah, Guardians 2 is set almost directly after the first movie, definitely precedes AOU in the timeline.

 

[peternorth]

Nah, Guardians 2 is set almost directly after the first movie, definitely precedes AOU in the timeline.

oh i c

 

[peternorth]

Watched a bit of Winter Soldier this morning. Man, what a movie! Something about it.....when Bucky and mates battled Cap, BW and Falc it was tense. Really tense. It took me back to when i first saw it, the revelation to Cap that WS is Bucky. Even though I/we know/knew it was him, the feelings were portrayed by Evans perfectly upon realisation.

I noted at the time that Buckys mates are idiots. When Cap had his shield up they kept firing AT the shield. Not sure if discussed before but perhaps the design of the shield encourages enemies to shoot at it, like a target.

 

[Gralin]

Watched a bit of Winter Soldier this morning. Man, what a movie! Something about it.....when Bucky and mates battled Cap, BW and Falc it was tense. Really tense. It took me back to when i first saw it, the revelation to Cap that WS is Bucky. Even though I/we know/knew it was him, the feelings were portrayed by Evans perfectly upon realisation.

I noted at the time that Buckys mates are idiots. When Cap had his shield up they kept firing AT the shield. Not sure if discussed before but perhaps the design of the shield encourages enemies to shoot at it, like a target.

maybe its one of the many many properties of vibranium, attracts bullets

 

[peternorth]

Watching Ant-Man now.

During the break out he and his ant Antony land on a newspaper, where a headline says
"who's to blame for sokovia"

 

[peternorth]

Now viewing Age of Ultron.

The first dream sequence courtesy of wandas trickery on Stark is interesting in hindsight. Everyone is dead, and Cap says you couldve done more or something like that.

With what we've seen in I.W, it was a nice easter egg/clue to I.W and Thanos?

 

[Dancing Potato]

My attempt to both rank and group them.

Excellent Tier
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Thor: Ragnarok
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. Iron Man
6. The Avengers

Good Tier
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
9. Doctor Strange
10. Ant Man

OK Tier
11. Thor
12. Iron Man 2

Poor Tier
13. Iron Man 3
14. Avengers: Age of Ultron
15. Thor: The Dark World

The 'I haven't seen it' Tier
Black Panther
Spiderman: Homecoming
The Incredible Hulk

Revised rankings after a complete viewing from the beginning:

Excellent Tier
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Avengers: Infinity War*
3. Thor: Ragnarok
4. Spiderman: Homecoming
5. Iron Man
6. Doctor Strange
7. Captain America: Civil War

Good Tier
8. Captain America: The First Avenger
9. Guardians of the Galaxy
10. Ant Man
11. Black Panther
12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
13. The Avengers

OK Tier
14. Thor
15. Iron Man 2
16. Iron Man 3

Poor Tier
17. Thor: The Dark World
18. Avengers: Age of Ultron
19. The Incredible Hulk

*I have still only scene Infinity War once so will need to view it again to confirm this ranking.

Notable changes:

- The Avengers slides down a bit as it felt quite dated this time around. The banter is still top notch, everything else was a bit eh.
- Homecoming straight into the excellent tier, was a fantastic movie.
- Found Black Panther overrated but still good.
- My appreciation for Doctor Strange and Ant Man has increased.

 

[peternorth]

I'll go one better, which of the super heroes can be classified as Excellent, Good, OK and Poor?

 

[atlas1]

Revised rankings after a complete viewing from the beginning:

Excellent Tier
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Avengers: Infinity War*
3. Thor: Ragnarok
4. Spiderman: Homecoming
5. Iron Man
6. Doctor Strange
7. Captain America: Civil War

Good Tier
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9. Ant Man
10. Black Panther
11. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
12. The Avengers

OK Tier
13. Thor
14. Iron Man 2
15. Iron Man 3

Poor Tier
17. Thor: The Dark World
17. Avengers: Age of Ultron
18. The Incredible Hulk

*I have still only scene Infinity War once so will need to view it again to confirm this ranking.

Notable changes:

- The Avengers slides down a bit as it felt quite dated this time around. The banter is still top notch, everything else was a bit eh.
- Homecoming straight into the excellent tier, was a fantastic movie.
- Found Black Panther overrated but still good.
- My appreciation for Doctor Strange and Ant Man has increased.

Where's the first Captain America?

 

[Dancing Potato]

Where's the first Captain America?

MIA apparently!

I've edited it in. Definitely belongs in the good tier for me, found it really enjoyable. All the Captain America movies are quality actually.

 

[Mayestro]

Obviously all opinions are subjective, but I can’t see how Age of Ultron was poor. For mine it’s at very least a ok, if not good. It’s certainly better than Thor: Dark World and The Incredible Hulk. I feel it’s become fashionable to diss on it.

 

[HirdyLannister]

Obviously all opinions are subjective, but I can’t see how Age of Ultron was poor. For mine it’s at very least a ok, if not good. It’s certainly better than Thor: Dark World and The Incredible Hulk. I feel it’s become fashionable to diss on it.

Agree, my guess people dislike it because it's only a filler film. I loved the part where they all were trying to lift Thor's hammer, hilarious.

 

[Dancing Potato]

Obviously all opinions are subjective, but I can’t see how Age of Ultron was poor. For mine it’s at very least a ok, if not good. It’s certainly better than Thor: Dark World and The Incredible Hulk. I feel it’s become fashionable to diss on it.

The banter was spot on but I really just couldn't get into. The action scenes were just noise for me, particularly that whole final battle, and the villain was utterly boring (or perhaps just woefully underutilised?). None of the characters had arcs that I cared for either. Especially Thor's bizarre little side story that they shoehorned in.

I legitimately found it to be a mess of a movie at the time and then found it was only worse on repeat viewings.

Better than Hulk? Yes. Better than Dark World? Eh, it's about neck and neck for me. Dark World's visual design probably nudges it ahead but they're both meh level movies.

 

[JackOutback]

I don't even remember how it ended. That says a fair bit. Mostly enjoyed it at the time but nothing memorable about it.

 

[Jatz]

I'm going through the Marvel films for the first time. I'm using a list that I found online that I think makes decent sense.

So far, I've ranked them in the following order:

The Avengers
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk
Thor

Some general musings:

• The Avengers was fantastic. Set up well with the standalone movies, it just came together well.
• Iron Man the best stand alone flick. Probably the best origin movie I've seen. RDJ is perfect for the role.
• Captain America was pleasantly surprising. Was expecting to find him the boring hero of the lot but really enjoyed that.
• The Incredible Hulk wasn't as bad as I'd heard. While not the best, I actually found it entertaining for the most part.
• Thor was easily the one I liked the least. Which is a shame - I think it's cast well but just found that whole movie a mess.

Iron Man 3 up next. Have heard some average things about that one. I am trying to go into all these movies with an open mind though.

 

[peternorth]

I am watching ultron now.

I liked the opening scene and the final battle where the robots are trying to get to the machine thing that the good guys are protecting.

I found ultron infuriating, and the shape of his head just weird.

Thors vision of the future is telling now.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

I found some leaked footage of the sequel to infinity wars

Looks really good.

 

[Seeds]

Obviously all opinions are subjective, but I can’t see how Age of Ultron was poor. For mine it’s at very least a ok, if not good. It’s certainly better than Thor: Dark World and The Incredible Hulk. I feel it’s become fashionable to diss on it.

thor dark world should be in the top 5. Approaching most underrated super hero movie of all time.

 

[Seeds]

Revised rankings after a complete viewing from the beginning:

Excellent Tier
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Avengers: Infinity War*
3. Thor: Ragnarok
4. Spiderman: Homecoming
5. Iron Man
6. Doctor Strange
7. Captain America: Civil War

Good Tier
8. Captain America: The First Avenger
9. Guardians of the Galaxy
10. Ant Man
11. Black Panther
12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
13. The Avengers

OK Tier
14. Thor
15. Iron Man 2
16. Iron Man 3

Poor Tier
17. Thor: The Dark World
18. Avengers: Age of Ultron
19. The Incredible Hulk

*I have still only scene Infinity War once so will need to view it again to confirm this ranking.

Notable changes:

- The Avengers slides down a bit as it felt quite dated this time around. The banter is still top notch, everything else was a bit eh.
- Homecoming straight into the excellent tier, was a fantastic movie.
- Found Black Panther overrated but still good.
- My appreciation for Doctor Strange and Ant Man has increased.

this is a pretty good list. only changes i would make is have infinity war first, civil war second, move thor dark world to fifth (shift all below down one), swap the first captain america with the avengers 1 and move guardians of the galaxy 2 above ant man. I agree black panther is horribly overrated. I really struggled to finish it i was so bored. iron man 2 and 3 also quite average.

 

[HirdyLannister]

I've enjoyed them all bar hulk, first avenger and Iron Man 2 and 3.
I can't split the rest all in the top tier for me.

 

[peternorth]

Watching The Losers. It features
- Gamora
- Captain Steve Rogers America
- Heimdall

 

[peternorth]

Interesting

karl urban aka skurge
zoe salanda aka gamora
both starred in Star Trek

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

Infinity wars is probably the most realistic of all superheroes movies.

Theres a writer in there that is very very aware and emphatic. Probably seen as batshit crazy by others.