Board 8 > What's the most forgettable Marvel movie?

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Not necessarily the worst, just the most 'who cares.' I'm thinking it's probably Ant-Man or Ant-Man 2.
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I always thought Iron Man 3, despite cleaning the fuck up in the box office, was kinda forgettable. At least in the sense that it doesnt push much of the MCU narrative forward.

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Incredible Hulk pretty easily
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Incredible Hulk takes the cake easily.
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captain marvel maybe
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scanning over the list again

I don't remember anything about thor 2 beyond like heavy winds around buildings and kat dennings

and of course as mentioned yeah hulk

.... but honestly the other one I have hazy memories around is avengers 2
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Incredible Hulk, since nobody from that movie ever shows up again, not even Edward Norton's Banner.

Thor 1, Thor 2, and Dr. Strange

but I guess Hulk wins because I forgot it existed
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StealThisSheen posted...

Incredible Hulk pretty easily

Mr Crispy posted...

Incredible Hulk takes the cake easily.

Followed by Thor 2.
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Mythiot posted...

Incredible Hulk, since nobody from that movie ever shows up again, not even Edward Norton's Banner.

Ross shows up again, but he still doesnt reference a single event from Incredible Hulk.

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Thor 2
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Thor 2. Hulk at least has Edward Norton and being the only passable Hulk movie to make it not forgettable. I cant remember Thor 2 at all and even after looking up the villain again I remembered nothing about him.

I mean a major part of Endgame takes place during Thor 2. That's why it's less forgettable than Incredible Hulk.
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Thor 2 also is the choice for the worst MCU film, so people remember it...

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swordz9 posted...

Thor 2. Hulk at least has Edward Norton and being the only passable Hulk movie to make it not forgettable. I cant remember Thor 2 at all and even after looking up the villain again I remembered nothing about him.

Thor 2 introduces the reality stone, kills off Thors mom, kills off Loki which sets up Odins death in Thor 3, and is returned to in Endgame. It is objectively more important than Incredible Hulk.

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Im not saying Thor 2 is less important. Im saying for all it did the movie was so forgettable I draw a blank trying to recall it so to me personally its the most forgettable of the lot. Imo Thor doesnt even exist until Ragnarok where they finally made a watchable Thor movie.

Probably Hulk even though I thought it was pretty good. Thor 2 sucked but it was one of the "Infinity Stone movies" so that alone makes it kind of important.

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Hulk also had the Leader tease that went nowhere, so nuts to that.
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redrocket posted...

Thor 2 introduces the reality stone, kills off Thors mom, kills off Loki which sets up Odins death in Thor 3, and is returned to in Endgame. It is objectively more important than Incredible Hulk.

Doesn't mean it's leas forgettable

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Thor 2 has Erik Selvig running around naked. That alone is more memorable than anything from Incredible Hulk.

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TheRock1525 posted...

StealThisSheen posted...

Incredible Hulk pretty easily

Mr Crispy posted...

Incredible Hulk takes the cake easily.

Followed by Thor 2.

Also, neither Ant-Man movie deserves to be in this conversation, imo. Both are seriously underrated, and some of the best MCU movies in terms of pure fun.
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Black Panther
You can't remember a movie you fall asleep watching it

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Mythiot posted...

Incredible Hulk, since nobody from that movie ever shows up again, not even Edward Norton's Banner.

William Hurt as Thunderbolt Ross does.
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Hulk
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Thor 2 because I friggin fell asleep in the theater watching it.

I would probably say Elektra (2005), I didn't even know that existed until I looked it up

my runner up would be Punisher: War Zone, a movie I've never heard of that I can't believe came out after Iron Man

Elektra is very memorable because its the worst Marvel movie ever made except maybe X3

I also dont remember Punisher: Warzone exists so that seems like a good choice

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i haven't seen all of them yet but captain marvel for me. incredible hulk made way more of an impression on me.
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also, i assume this is about the MCU and not marvel in general, right? otherwise it's tougher. the original hulk, punisher (the first thomas jane one) and amazing spider-man 2 would be up there too.
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Blade: Trinity
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I immediately thought of Thor 2 when I read this.

Gotta be Hulk and Thor 2 but Captain Marvel is right up there
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Wait if we're counting stuff that's not MCU then change my vote to Blade Trinity. Easily the worst and weakest of the trilogy. Even with HHH lolz.

Thor 2 has Thor riding the subway, right?

I'll take that over anything from Hulk.
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Captain Marvel probably.

The other ones in the conversation were early enough to still be notable as a novelty of growing pains for the MCU. Thor 2 less, but yeah, it ended up being important.

Captain Marvel had no real excuse for being the aimless nothing it is.
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Ive gotta go with Ant-Man and the Wasp. It features one of the less-important Avengers, and was released between Infinity War and Endgame, rendering it a forgotten movie before it even came out.
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I don't think it can be Thor 2 just for the fact that Thor 2 is pretty much everybody's go to for worst movie, so it's not forgettable, even if for the wrong reasons

I'd also argue Captain Marvel is probably the more forgettable of the two "in between" movies just by the virtue of it's not important to Endgame other than the character existing, and it's not like anybody knows the character at that point in Endgame, anyway, so nothing is really missed. Ant-man and the Wasp actually has a really big plot point tied up into Endgame.
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Yeah anyone not saying the Incredible Hulk is just wrong lol

I mean it's the least successful movie box office wise so we literally forgot to see it!
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Punisher: War Zone had that one amazing scene where an Assassin's Creed guy goes after Frank so he shoots him with a missile. I remember nothing of the movie otherwise
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HashtagSEP posted...

I'd also argue Captain Marvel is probably the more forgettable of the two "in between" movies just by the virtue of it's not important to Endgame other than the character existing, and it's not like anybody knows the character at that point in Endgame, anyway, so nothing is really missed. Ant-man and the Wasp actually has a really big plot point tied up into Endgame.

I don't really disagree but it feels weird as labeling Ant-Man and the Wasp more important as a movie when the entire relevance is contained to the post-credits scene. And even then, they explain it again and why it matters IN Endgame so it's ultimately pointless.

Captain Marvel felt like it expanded the MCU in a more worthwhile way than Ant-Man 2, even though the latter was more immediately relevant. In the long run, I think Captain Marvel is going to come out ahead as more important.
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Well, I specifically mean more important to Endgame, since the argument was that it's forgettable because it's sandwiched between Infinity War and Endgame. The Quantum Realm as a whole became very important to Endgame, not just the post-credits scene.
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The Quantum Realm was shown in Ant-Man 1, and I didnt really get much out of its appearance in 2 as it related specifically to Endgame. You learn Hank Pym was messing with it, but that was already known and is a backstory element they could have explained with a couple lines...which they did.
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I personally feel like Captain Marvel's connections to the overall MCU make it LESS important due to how they end up bringing it all down as a whole. A lot of those "answers" and shoehorned in references are both awful and contradictory.

Let's not forget that they continuously namedrop SHIELD in Captain Marvel as an acronym even though calling is shield was literally done for the first time in universe in Avengers 1. That's a running joke in that movie building up to calling it SHIELD at the end.
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Hulk. Not the MCU one. The one before that. Bet you forgot that existed.
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I was referring more to the space stuff and Monica Rambeau, the earth backstory stuff I also thought was pretty lazy fan service even if Samuel L Jackson is great.

Really if I have a firm stance it's that Marvel tricked everyone into thinking these two movies would be highly relevant to Endgame and they're both kind of nothing.
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I thought the acronym for shield first appeared in Iron Man 1.
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TheRock1525 posted...

I thought the acronym for shield first appeared in Iron Man 1.

Yeah I got that mixed up.

But either way.

Wellllllllll after Captain Marvel.
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LapisLazuli posted...

I personally feel like Captain Marvel's connections to the overall MCU make it LESS important due to how they end up bringing it all down as a whole. A lot of those "answers" and shoehorned in references are both awful and contradictory.

Let's not forget that they continuously namedrop SHIELD in Captain Marvel as an acronym even though calling is shield was literally done for the first time in universe in Avengers 1. That's a running joke in that movie building up to calling it SHIELD at the end.

That had already been retconned by Agent Carter, and is pretty easily explained away as Coulson just fucking around. Unless you really want to nitpick it but you do you!

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