I think Iron Man is decent but Avengers is great. I don't think it's close between 1 and 2 or 2 and whatever 3 is. The poll bears it out.

Pretty Short and Simple. Favorite Marvel Movie that exists in the MCU:

Iron Man - May 2, 2008
The Incredible Hulk - June 13, 2008
Iron Man 2 - May 7, 2010
Thor - May 11, 2011
Captain America: The First Avenger - July 22, 2011
The Avengers - May 4, 2012
Iron Man 3 - May 3, 2013
Thor: The Dark World - November 8, 2013
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - April 4, 2014

My Choice? The Winter Soldier.

It's too soon for me to vote The Winter Soldier, so I am leaning towards The Avengers.

I haven't seen Winter Soldier yet, but Avengers is my favorite.

The First Avenger

I love the deleted scene where Loki has his vertebrae pushed back in after the Hulk throws him around like a doll.

No option for The Amazing Spider-Man??

Serious question?

Spider-Man belongs to Sony and X-Men and Fantastic Four belong to Fox, so they aren't part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Hulk (2003) could count for this poll, since The Incredible Hulk refers to events from that movie.

Vaguely, but it also shows a different origin. It wasn't made by Marvel Studios and isn't officially part of the MCU canon.

At this point:

CA: Winter Soldier

Frankly, Both CA and both Thor films have been the most enjoyable to me personally.

Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but what was so different from the origin story? I personally liked Hulk better than The Incredible Hulk, as the movie required too much on the previous movie existing for it to work.

Same here.

"Hulk" sticks closer to the classic "accident" origin with him being accidentally irradiated, and also added a sub-plot about him already being mutated from his father's experiments, which helped him survive and was a new creation for this film.

"Incredible Hulk" is closer to the "Ultimate" origin, and has him intentionally injecting himself with a serum intended to re-create Captain America's Super Soldier serum.

Really the only similarities between the films is that TIH picks up with Bruce in South America, which is where Hulk left off. The film was actually originally written as a sequel, before it went through many re-writes and became a reboot. Not really sure why that soft connection to Hulk was left in.

Avengers for me, with Iron Man and Winter Soldier right behind it.

Favorite? Ehhhhhhhhhhhh. I have to say The Avengers. It's not the best one but goddamnit, man. It's a nerd fest for a Marvel fan. Also... A fucking team dynamic. Hulk being awesome. Cap and IM arguing. A Hulk vs. Thor fight. Hulk trying to pick up Mjolnir. As a fan it was overload of awesome.

The best one is Cap 2. Cuz holy fuck was that running on all cylinders in a way none of them have. Pacing was solid too.

The Avengers followed by Iron Man.

Same. With Thor 2 right behind them. Haven't seen Winter Soldier yet.

Avengers. Haven't seen Winter Soldier or Thor 2 yet.

Iron Man all the way.

Avengers since it was so much fun (and pretty novel for a superhero film), though Winter Soldier is the smartest film of the bunch.

I agree.

The Avengers had so much joy and fun, that it made me giddy.

It reminded me of the joy that Superman: the Movie had, which Man of Steel sorely lacked.

Since it's so fresh in mind, Cap 2 is the winner. But I still dearly love The Avengers.

Don't mean to derail the thread but, when/if I get the time, I've been thinking of putting together a Phase 1 "Complete chronological Cut". Obviously, it would take upon hours & hours to watch, but I know it would be a joy to see the re-telling of the MCU in a new way. Here's how the timeline would look:

So yeah, I'll see if I can rip all this into 1 file

Hulk takes place at the same time as Iron Man 2 & Thor....for the most part. The Consultant's after.

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploa...s-timeline.jpg

I get the appeal but wouldn't it not work as a narrative?

Also you'd need the prologue to Thor 2. Cuz if you're putting Agent Carter and a bit of IM3 in there. Thor 2's bit precedes it all.