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Iron Man
13.92%
The Incredible Hulk
0
0%
Iron Man 2
0
0%
Thor
1.27%
Captain America: The First Avenger
2.53%
The Avengers
20.25%
Iron Man 3
1.27%
Thor: The Dark World
2.53%
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
26.58%
Guardians of the Galaxy
31.65%
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Old 08-06-14, 01:55 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie in Marvel's Cinematic Universe?

I seriously cannot choose one favorite. The best I can do is give a range from Most liked to Least liked.

Most liked:
Captain America Films (A hero series that I'm shocked to have enjoyed as much as I do)
The Avengers
Thor Films
Guardians of The Galaxy


Least Liked:
Iron Man Films (I actually hate IM films more as time goes on. To me IM now shines brightest in an Ensemble)
Hulk Films
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There's only one Hulk film in the MCU. Lee's doesn't count as canon.

I like Lee's fine but I do hate the dogs, the stupid military jerk guy, and the addition of Banner's father as the villain.

Saying that... It's actually a great character drama. I would have preferred it if it somehow ended when Hulk turns into Banner and is held by Betty. I honestly thought it ended there when I first saw it. Then the father vs son fight happens and while I don't like Banner's father in this... The end fight itself is very beautiful.

That one also had a nice textured Hulk too. It had some very good mass and movement on him.
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Mine? Hell if I know... I don't even remember setting it. I think its Katy Perry but not sure
Old 08-06-14, 02:56 PM
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Fox owns X-Men and Fantastic Four properties, with some interesting rights details for some characters in there.
Does Fox own the Silver Surfer as part of the Fantastic Four rights? Or could Marvel make a Surfer movie if they wanted?
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I think it is just Fox. Unlike the Maximoff twins... I think only Fox has Mr. Norrin Radd. Such a great character. I don't remember if the 90s cartoon was actually good but I enjoyed it a lot just cuz it was so different.
Old 08-06-14, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake
That one also had a nice textured Hulk too. It had some very good mass and movement on him.
Agreed. A lot of the sequences involving the compound-breakout and the desert fights still hold up well.
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake
There's only one Hulk film in the MCU. Lee's doesn't count as canon.

I like Lee's fine but I do hate the dogs, the stupid military jerk guy, and the addition of Banner's father as the villain.

Saying that... It's actually a great character drama. I would have preferred it if it somehow ended when Hulk turns into Banner and is held by Betty. I honestly thought it ended there when I first saw it. Then the father vs son fight happens and while I don't like Banner's father in this... The end fight itself is very beautiful.

That one also had a nice textured Hulk too. It had some very good mass and movement on him.
Which is kind of odd, since The Incredible Hulk was a sequel of sorts (I thought it was anyway, flashbacks were similar to past film). I preferred it to TIH, which was just too boring.
Old 08-06-14, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Brack
Which is kind of odd, since The Incredible Hulk was a sequel of sorts (I thought it was anyway, flashbacks were similar to past film). I preferred it to TIH, which was just too boring.
It picked up in South America, where Hulk left off, but the flashback bits told a different story than the Ang Lee film.
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Re: Favorite Movie in Marvel's Cinematic Universe?

Originally Posted by Solid Snake
There's only one Hulk film in the MCU. Lee's doesn't count as canon.

I like Lee's fine but I do hate the dogs, the stupid military jerk guy, and the addition of Banner's father as the villain.

Saying that... It's actually a great character drama. I would have preferred it if it somehow ended when Hulk turns into Banner and is held by Betty. I honestly thought it ended there when I first saw it. Then the father vs son fight happens and while I don't like Banner's father in this... The end fight itself is very beautiful.

That one also had a nice textured Hulk too. It had some very good mass and movement on him.
Fair enough. But it still ranks on the "Least Liked" for me. Don't hate 'em as much as I hate the IM films, I just don't like 'em as much as other Marvel Films.

But thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by Obi-Wan Jabroni
It picked up in South America, where Hulk left off, but the flashback bits told a different story than the Ang Lee film.
Ah, thanks for clarifying. I couldn't remember, they came fast and were sort of forgettable.
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I do believe I'm one of very few who loves Hulk in every incarnation, Hulk (yes, non-MCU I know), TIH and of course in The Avengers. TIH is high up on my MCU list. On this account, I am alone.
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Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

I promise I did a search for this and nothing came up. Maybe I was using the wrong search terms. Anyway, I thought this could be a useful catchall thread for the MCU. As each film comes out, we can update our rankings and see if our thoughts have changed on certain films, see if the metastory is affecting our rankings, etc. I assume this will also lead to some spirited debate about the quality of various films in the MCU. And since they're tied in, I'll also include the TV shows, both ABC and Netflix.

Currently the most recent Marvel release is Age of Ultron, so I will rank them this way (best to worst):

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Avengers
Iron Man 3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man
Daredevil (Netflix)
Thor
Agent Carter (ABC)
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2
Agents of SHIELD (ABC)
Old 05-04-15, 01:43 PM
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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

It's funny, I searched for old threads about this too last night. I think the last ones have been under the guise of your favorite MCU movie polls -

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...-universe.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...rvels-mcu.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...-universe.html

My rankings have shifted a bit since some of these, but I think I would go -

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Avengers
Iron Man
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 3

If we're throwing in TV series, I'd put Daredevil after Ultron, and Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter after Thor 2.
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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Avengers
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 3
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk
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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Avengers
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thor: The Dark World
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 3
Thor
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2

The only one I really don't like is Iron Man 2. The rest are all very worthwhile, obviously some more than others.

Agents of SHIELD really doesn't enter into a discussion of the films. Neither does Daredevil. Two entirely different beasts. But if I had to weave them in as a measure of overall quality, Daredevil would probably be somewhere in between the first Iron Man and CA: TFA, whereas Agents of SHIELD would be well at the bottom. I gave up on Agent Carter pretty quickly. Ecch.

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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
3. The Avengers
4. Iron Man
5. Thor
6. Captain America
7. The Incredible Hulk
8. Iron Man 2
9. Thor: The Dark World
10. Iron Man 3
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No love for these?:



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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

Avengers
Captain America The First Avenger
Captain America The Winter Soldier
Iron Man 2
Iron Man
Incredible Hulk
Avengers Age of Ultron
Thor
Iron Man 3
Thor TDW
Guardians of the Galaxy
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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

What about Howard the Duck?
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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

I'd probably go with:

Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Thor
The Avengers
Iron Man
The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 2
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 3

Thor and Captain America:TFA have a special spot for me, because those were my two favorite Marvel characters as a kid, and those two films pretty much captured exactly what I liked about those comics all those years ago.
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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

Captain America The Winter Soldier
Avengers
Iron Man
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers Age of Ultron
Captain America First Avenger
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 3
Thor
Iron Man 2
Thor The Dark World


The Thor movies for me have been a chore to sit through.
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Re: Favorite movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Amended from my first post.


1. Cap Winter Soldier
2. Guardians of Galaxy
3/4. Avengers/Avengers 2 [tie]
5. Iron Man Three
6. Captain America
7. Iron Man 1
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8. Thor 2
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9. Iron Man 2
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10. Thor
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Old 05-04-15, 06:25 PM
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No love for these?:


That Captain Marvel is a DC Character.
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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

It's been a while since I've watched them all but I think I'd place them in roughly the following order.

Iron Man
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Avengers
Iron Man 3
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk
Thor: The Dark World
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Re: Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

No rankings but groupings:

Great/loved every minute and have watched more than once:
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers

Above average:
Captain America: First Avenger
Daredevil (through ep.7, still has room to move up or down)

mediocre and completely forgettable:
Iron Man

horrible drivel:
Incredible Hulk
Hulk
Shield

...zzzzzzz....
Thor
Thor 2

haven't seen:
Iron Man 2
Iron Man 3
Captain America: Winter Soldier
Avengers 2

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