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Rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films

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Tier 1
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Avengers
Captain America: Civil War
Iron Man

Tier 2
Captain America: The First Avenger
Guardians of the Galaxy
Ant-Man

Tier 3
Thor
Iron Man 3

Tier 4
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk

Shit Tier
Thor: The Dark World
 
Can't rank them all because I haven't seen them all, but my favourites so far are Guardians of The Galaxy and Winter Soldier.

GoTG works so hard to generate so much goodwill that I can't knock it's flaws too much. It's all round great fun, and the original music they used in the soundtrack is just fantastic.

Winter Soldier is a really good action film. All the crazy fights and stuff feel realistic, somehow. I like that.

Couldn't stand what I saw of Iron Man 2, smug people constantly talking over the top of each other and shit. No thanks. Think that would be my least favourite.
 
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That sizable gap between RT and Metacritic for Marvel films kind of confirms something I've always thought. Most Marvel movies are safe and solid enough to get a passing grade from critics, but actually aren't that good. That's why I've never liked RT scores. They don't really tell you much.
 
Great
Guardians of the Galaxy
Iron Man 3
Ant-Man

Pretty Good
Iron Man
Captain America: Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
The Avengers

Whatever
The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor
Iron Man 2
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk

Something like that
 
Great:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Iron Man
Captain America: Civil War

Very good:
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers

Good:
Ant-Man
Iron Man 3

Okay:
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2

Forgettable:
The Incredible Hulk
Thor
Thor 2: The Dark World
 
Just dividing it into three categories in no particular order for each:

Enjoyed:
-Captain America Winter Soldier
-Guardians of the Galaxy
-Captain America Civil War
-Avengers
-Iron Man

Not bad:
-Captain America The First Avenger
-Avengers: Age of Ultron
-Thor (personally didn't mind the first one)
-Ant-Man
-Iron Man 3

Didn't enjoy:
-Iron Man 2
-Thor 2
-The Incredible Hulk
 
The Best:
Captain America: Winter Soldier

Nearly The Best:
Captain America: Civil War
Guardians of the Galaxy

Pretty Damn Good:
Iron Man 3
The Avengers
Iron Man

Decent:
Ant-Man
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
Age of Ultron

Eh:
Iron Man 2
Thor: Dark World

No Thanks:
The Incredible Hulk
 
The I can/[plan to] rewatch it anytime Tier:
Captain America 3
Ant-Man
Iron-Man 3
Guardians of the Galaxy

Great movies tier
Iron Man 1
Cap 2
Avengers 1

Not bad, I guess, but I would not want to rewatch it tier
Thor 1
Avengers 2
Iron Man 2

?? - aka the "I skipped them" tier
Cap 1
Thor 2
 
Oh hell yes they did. Were you not around for the decade the movies were coming out? Every little thing resulted in catastrophic bitching lol

Huh I don't remember any complaints. But I was but a wee lad back then so I probably didn't pay attention to it.
 
I think this sums it all up for me.



God Tier
Iron Man
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
Guardians of the Galaxy
Ant-Man

Great Tier
The Avengers
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor

Decent Tier
Avengers: Age of Ultron

Meh Tier
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk

Thor: The Dark World Tier
Thor: The Dark World
 
God Tier
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Iron Man

Great Tier
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Thor
Ant-Man

Decent Tier
Captain America: Civil War
Iron Man 2

Meh Tier
Iron Man 3

Thor: The Dark World Tier
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk
Avengers: Age of Ultron
 
Amazing:
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy

Great:
Ant-Man
The Avengers
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger

Good:
The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 3
The Incredible Hulk

Eh:
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 2

Thor:
Thor
 
Am I a crazy person for claiming Ant-Man as my favorite of the entire MCU thus far?

Such a fun, fun movie. Nothing dark and brooding, just fun comedic comic book action from start to finish.

I can only dream of how much more amazing it would have been if Edgar Wright had stuck around.
 
The I can/[plan to] rewatch it anytime Tier:
Captain America 3
Ant-Man
Iron-Man 3
Guardians of the Galaxy

Great movies tier
Iron Man 1
Cap 2
Avengers 1

Not bad, I guess, but I would not want to rewatch it tier
Thor 1
Avengers 2
Iron Man 2

?? - aka the "I skipped them" tier
Cap 1
Thor 2

What? Dude, you gotta watch Cap 1.
 
Captain America: Civil War
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers
Iron Man 3
Iron Man
Ant-Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor
Iron Man 2
Thor: The Dark World


I'm admittedly a little iffy on the stuff around the middle. I think they're pretty interchangeable. The bolded stuff is locked.
 
God Tier
Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Avengers


Good Tier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Ant-Man
Iron Man


Average Tier

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man 3
Thor: The Dark World
Thor
The Incredible Hulk


Shit Tier
Iron Man 2
 
Oscar worthy tier:

Winter Soldier
Civil War

Great tier:

Guardians of the Galaxy
The Avengers
Cap 1: First Avenger

Good tier:

Thor
Thor 2: The Dark World
Age of Ultron

Average tier:

Iron Man 1

Absolute trash tier:

Iron Man 2
Iron Man 3
Incredible Hulk
Ant-Man

If Marvel gets the consistent quality under control and keeps putting out more genre defining cinematic masterpieces like Captain America: Civil War they'll have an Academy Award nomination under their belts soon. Best film of 2016.

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Tier 1:
Captain America: WS, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America:TFA Iron Man,

Tier 2:
Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man, Avengers: AOU

Tier 3:
The Avengers, Thor, Iron Man 3

Tier 4:
Thor 2: The Dark World, Iron Man 2

Tier 5:
The Incredible Hulk

I could use a rewatch of Civil War to be sure but I think this is how it shakes out for me.
 
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God tier

Guardians of the Galaxy

High tier

Iron Man

Mid tier

Ant-Man
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 2

Low tier

Thor
The Avengers
The Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Incredible Hulk
Thor: The Dark World

Bottom tier

Haven't seen the Captain America films yet
 
1. Cap fights an actual war (with comic book embellishments, of course)
2. Cap fights his best friend and a corrupt shadow government and has a date
3. Thank God for War Machine so Spidey can swing without skyscrapers. Also, Cap fights FOR his best friend.
4. A kidnapping victim, Not She-Hulk, a talking raccoon, a talking tree, a talking Batista
5. Tony Stark has a heart
6. Vision's birthday
7. -1000 points for killing Coulson and unleashing Agents of SHIELD onto this world
8. That shrinking gun is a pretty fucked up weapon.
9. Tony is his dad's greatest invention
10. Thor vs. the Destroyer armor, a little harmless fun
11. I can't choose between Ed Norton and Ruffalo. I think Norton could carry a few solo movies, whilst Ruffalo seems to be more of a team player. Also Abomination was a really weird side effect of the Super Soldier formula. Does that mean Cap will turn into an abomination if he's exposed to gamma rays? A couple Hulk movies would be cool, it'd be a shame to stop using the The Lonely Man theme. Also, they never told us what happened to that doctor guy. Does he become The Leader, or did his brain turn into a massive tumor and kill him? I think if Norton was still the Hulk, he'd have an actual part in Civil War. He'd have turned everyone against Ross in like 5 seconds.
12. Unabomber the Billionaire and His Suits of Inconsequence vs. The Bad Guys of Inconsequence while suffering the Loss of Inconsequence
13. Why didn't the aliens use singularity grenades in Avengers 1?
 
Awesome
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: Civil War
Ant-Man

Good
The Avengers
Iron Man 3
Iron Man

OK
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thor: The Dark World
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor

Poor
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk
 
Ridiculous.

It is isn't it? There's a phase 2 set going around for $150.
1. Cap fights an actual war (with comic book embellishments, of course)
2. Cap fights his best friend and a corrupt shadow government and has a date
3. Thank God for War Machine so Spidey can swing without skyscrapers. Also, Cap fights FOR his best friend.
4. A kidnapping victim, Not She-Hulk, a talking raccoon, a talking tree, a talking Batista
5. Tony Stark has a heart
6. Vision's birthday
7. -1000 points for killing Coulson and unleashing Agents of SHIELD onto this world
8. That shrinking gun is a pretty fucked up weapon.
9. Tony is his dad's greatest invention
10. Thor vs. the Destroyer armor, a little harmless fun
11. I can't choose between Ed Norton and Ruffalo. I think Norton could carry a few solo movies, whilst Ruffalo seems to be more of a team player. Also Abomination was a really weird side effect of the Super Soldier formula. Does that mean Cap will turn into an abomination if he's exposed to gamma rays? A couple Hulk movies would be cool, it'd be a shame to stop using the The Lonely Man theme. Also, they never told us what happened to that doctor guy. Does he become The Leader, or did his brain turn into a massive tumor and kill him? I think if Norton was still the Hulk, he'd have an actual part in Civil War. He'd have turned everyone against Ross in like 5 seconds.
12. Unabomber the Billionaire and His Suits of Inconsequence vs. The Bad Guys of Inconsequence while suffering the Loss of Inconsequence
13. Why didn't the aliens use singularity grenades in Avengers 1?

You win the "best post in the thread" award.
 
God Tier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
Iron Man


Great Tier

The Avengers
Iron Man 3
Avengers: Age of Ultron


Decent Tier

Guardians of Galaxy
Ant-Man
The Incredible Hulk
Captain America: The First Avenger


Meh Tier

Iron Man 2
Thor


Thor Dark World Tier

Thor: Dark World
 
Amazing tier

Captain America civil war
Captain America winter solider
iron man 3


Great tier
Antman
Iron man 1
Captain America the first avenger


Decent to good tier
Guardian of the galaxy
Avengers
Avenger age ofultron
Iron man 2

Meh
Thor 2
Thor 1

I don't remember tier
The Incredible Hulk
 
Am I a crazy person for claiming Ant-Man as my favorite of the entire MCU thus far?

Such a fun, fun movie. Nothing dark and brooding, just fun comedic comic book action from start to finish.

I can only dream of how much more amazing it would have been if Edgar Wright had stuck around.

If you're crazy then so am I.

I know a lot of people point to Guardians as being the "fun" MCU movie but I personally enjoyed Ant-Man a lot more in that regard.

Though I totally wouldn't mind a Paul Rudd vs Chris Pratt dance-off in Infinity War hahaha.
 
That sizable gap between RT and Metacritic for Marvel films kind of confirms something I've always thought. Most Marvel movies are safe and solid enough to get a passing grade from critics, but actually aren't that good. That's why I've never liked RT scores. They don't really tell you much.
I'd assume that most action blockbuster movies would have similar results. The popular popcorn flicks are always going to be liked but not always considered critically acclaimed. It's not just a Marvel thing.
 
Can't believe how literally everyone is hating on Thor 2 so much. I thought it was better than Iron Man 2 but I guess I need to watch it again sometime. Natalie Portman!
 
Great
Guardians of the Galaxy
CA: Civil War
Iron Man


Good
The Avengers
Antman
Captain America
Captain America: The Winter Solider

OK

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 3
Thor 1

Forgettable, but not bad:
Iron Man 2
Thor 2
Avengers 2
The Incredible Hulk
 
Great:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Iron Man
Captain America: Civil War

Very good:
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers

Good:
Ant-Man
Iron Man 3

Okay:
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2

Forgettable:
The Incredible Hulk
Thor
Thor 2: The Dark World
.

Iron Man is top tier, and not just because it was the first one. Great movie, good acting and chemistry, great action, and a good plot. Only weakness was the Iron Monger suit, but otherwise Stane and Jeff Bridges was very good. The golden egg scene was fantastic.

Best OST, too.
 
Current ranking:

1) Civil War
2) The Winter Soldier
3) The Avengers
4) Guardians of the Galaxy
5) The First Avenger
6) Iron Man 1
7) Ant-Man
8) Age of Ultron
9) Iron Man 3
10) Thor
11) Iron Man 2
12) Thor 2: The Dark World
13) The Incredible Hulk

The last 3 are by no means bad in my book but they just aren't in the same tier as the rest. And if you asked me to rank the MCU a few months ago, TFA would have placed much lower. Having gone back to watch it recently, I appreciated way more after learning more about Cap over the years. I think my problem the first time around was that I really just didn't care about this star spangled dressed superhero. Now he's my favorite.
 
On a 5 point scale (Great, Good, OK, Bad, Terrible) and descending order:

Great:
Captain America: Winter Solider
Iron Man

Good:
Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: Civil War

OK:
Ant-Man
Iron Man 3
Avengers: Age of Ultron

Bad:
Iron Man 2
Captain America
Incredible Hulk
Thor: The Dark World
Thor
 
1. Iron Man 3 (3.5/5)
2. Captain America: The First Avenger (3.5/5)
3. Guardians of the Galaxy (3.5/5)
4. The Avengers (3.5/5)
5. Captain America: Civil War (3/5)
6. Iron Man (3/5)
7. Thor (3/5)
8. Ant-Man (3/5)
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2.5/5)
10. Thor: The Dark World (2/5)
11. Iron Man 2 (2/5)
12. The Incredible Hulk (2/5)
13. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2/5)
 
Good Tier -

Winter Soldier
Civil War

Average Tier -

Everything not in the Good/Bad Tier

Bad Tier -

Thor 2
Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2
 
Out of the ones I've seen:

1. Captain America: Civil War (10/10)
2. Ant-Man (9/10)
3. The Avengers (8/10)
4. Guardians of the Galaxy (8/10)
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron (7/10)
6. Iron Man 3 (7/10)
7. Captain America: The First Avenger (7/10)
8. Iron Man (6/10)


I vastly prefer the ensembles over the lone superhero ones.
 
S Tier
-Capitain America: Civil War
-Capitain America: Winter Soldier
-Guardians of the Galaxy

A Tier
-Iron Man
-Ant-Man
-The Avengers

B Tier
-Iron Man 3
-Capitain America: The First Avenger
-Hulk
-Avengers: Age of Ultron

C Tier
-Iron Man 2
-Thor
-Thor 2
 
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