Current Events > The MCU has now got to the point where I can't keep track of all the films

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I haven't seen or order to watch them.

1. Captain America: The First Avenger
2. Agent Carter (season 1)
3. Agent Carter (season 2)
4. Agent Carter (one-shot on Iron Man 3 DVD)
5. Iron Man
6. Iron Man 2
7. The Incredible Hulk
8. The Consultant (one-shot on the Thor DVD)
9. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (one-shot on the Captain America: The First Avenger DVD)
10. Thor
11. Avengers Assemble
12. Item 47 (one-shot on the Avengers Assemble DVD)
13. Iron Man 3
14. All Hail the King (one-shot on the Thor: The Dark World DVD)
15. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 1-7)
16. Thor: The Dark World
17. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 8-16)
18. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
19. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 17-22)
20. Guardians of the Galaxy
21. Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2
22. Daredevil (season 1)
23. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 1-10)
24. Jessica Jones (season 1)
25. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 11-19)
26.Avengers: Age of Ultron
27. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 20-22)
28. Daredevil (season 2, eps 1-4)
29. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 1-4)
30. Daredevil (season 2, eps 5-11)
31. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 5-8)
32. Daredevil (season 2, eps 12-13)
33. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 9-13)
34. Ant-Man
35. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 1-10)
36. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 11-19)
37. Iron Fist (season 1)
38.Captain America: Civil War
39.Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 20-22)
40. The Defenders (season 1)
41. The Punisher (season 1)
41. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 1-6)
42. Doctor Strange
43. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 7-8)
44. Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot (season 1, eps 1-6)
45. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 9-22)
46. Spider-Man: Homecoming
47. Thor: Ragnarok (concurrent with Spider-Man: Homecoming)
48. Inhumans (season 1)

I've seen the bold.
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The shows are irrelevant to the movies.

Just watch the movies and you'll be good.

It's only 17 films in 9 years. That's. It even that bad.

The TV shows don't tie into the movies.
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I still have to see Guardians 2, Spiderman, Thor Ragnarok.

Dont watch shield. Stopped watching Luke Cage, not watching Iron Fist, maybe The Defenders... Im on episode 8 of Punisher.
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Yeah cuz no one watches it like that unless theyre total nerd
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tbf you don't need to watch any of the shows. even less would be the little shorts they used to do

so you're missing GotG 2, Dr Strange, Spider-Man, and Thor 3
only Strange and Thor will matter for the next Avengers. if you're familiar with Spider-Man, you don't need to watch the new movie. GotG 2 just confirms who Star Lord's dad is which may play into Infinity War, other than that they won't matter
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Why are the shows broken up like that? It makes it seem like there are far more movies than there really are. Plus none of the shows tie into the MCU.
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You don't have to watch all of the movies but I'd recommend most of them. The only ones I thought were outright bad were Thor 1 and 2, and Iron Man 2 and 3, and maybe Age of Ultron.

The rest range from ok to really good.
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Aside from Agent Carter (please bring it back) I don't even bother with the cable TV stuff like S.H.I.E.L.D and Inhumans. The Runaways and Cloaks & Dagger look like they'll be a hard pass for me too.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

You don't have to watch all of the movies but I'd recommend most of them. The only ones I thought were outright bad were Thor 1 and 2, and Iron Man 2 and 3, and maybe Age of Ultron.

The rest range from ok to really good.

The Incredible Hulk, IM 2, Cap 1, Thor 2, AoU, and GotG 2 range from bad to mediocre.
The rest range from ok to good, with the first Iron Man and Winter Soldier being phenomenal.
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There's not a single bad MCU movie imo. There are some ones that are just ok.

NewerMernardi posted...

There's not a single bad MCU movie imo. There are some ones that are just ok.

If all you watch is blockbusters, sure.
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IMO most of the movies arent good. You can skip everything that isn't Cap 1 and 2 and Homecoming. The rest are average to trash.
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CableZL posted...

The TV shows don't tie into the movies.

But the movies kinda tie into the shows, if that makes sense.
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You've literally counted shorts and TV series as "films".

That is some good padding.
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NewerMernardi posted...

There's not a single bad MCU movie imo. There are some ones that are just ok.

Antman was pretty awful but it was just about carried by Paul Rudd. It felt like a bad overlong Paul Rudd comedy sketch.
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Hinakuluiau posted...

NewerMernardi posted...

There's not a single bad MCU movie imo. There are some ones that are just ok.

If all you watch is blockbusters, sure.

I watch more than blockbusters. Doesn't change my opinion.

Dampproof posted...

You've literally counted shorts and TV series as "films".

That is some good padding.

I just copy/pasted it from somewhere tbh
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it annoys me when they reference the movies in the shows through character or event descriptions(the "incident", green guy etc.) when you know that it's the most the shows will ever be connected to them, especially since some of them have definitely come to deserve standing next to their big-screen counterparts like daredevil.
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you put 41 twice
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FWIW Agents of SHIELD got really good towards the end of season 1 and onwards. A lot of people got turned off by the early episodes because there wasn't much of an overarching story, aside from "how is Coulson alive" and never gave it a second thought.
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There isn't a single episode on any show that matters to the MCU continuity. They just pick up the scraps leftover form the movies and do their own little thing. Just watching the movies is enough and even those are pretty self-contained for the most part.
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Ant Man is the single most forgettable marvel movie tbh
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_Near_ posted...

Ant Man is the single most forgettable marvel movie tbh

What about thor 2?
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_Near_ posted...

Ant Man is the single most forgettable marvel movie tbh

Nah, I think Thor 2 takes that title.
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CableZL posted...

_Near_ posted...

Ant Man is the single most forgettable marvel movie tbh

Nah, I think Thor 2 takes that title.

Definitely, only thing I can remember from that plot is there are dark elves
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I still remember Thor 2 because of how bad it is. Ant Man could've just never happened.
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pinky0926 posted...

Antman was pretty awful but it was just about carried by Paul Rudd. It felt like a bad overlong Paul Rudd comedy sketch.

That's the only reason why I didn't mention it. You can feel the void left by Edgar Wright leaving the project but Paul Rudd is such a delight to watch. It's why I don't think Iron Man 3 is a bad movie because it's carried by RDJs performance who actually got to do things instead of being a floating head on a blue screen.
Despite the fact that they're pretty average movies at best aside from their leads charisma.

NewerMernardi posted...

I watch more than blockbusters. Doesn't change my opinion.

The movies are serviceable, but they're nothing more than fast food of cinema. It's enjoyable but they don't do anything special with cinematography, generic plots with poor writing, music design with very little oomp, lazy acting (all the leads have been much better actors in other movies, ScarJo possibly giving the worst delivery of a line of the decade in Avengers), etc.
It's ok if you like them, just don't mistake enjoyablity with greatness.
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Get a load of this guy

Ant-Man gets a lot of hate. Sometimes I feel like the only person that really enjoyed it.
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Kitt posted...

Ant-Man gets a lot of hate. Sometimes I feel like the only person that really enjoyed it.

I fucking loved Ant-Man

NewerMernardi posted...

Kitt posted...

Ant-Man gets a lot of hate. Sometimes I feel like the only person that really enjoyed it.

I fucking loved Ant-Man

Like, I never would have thought I'd ever see an Ant-Man movie in theaters. And they got him right too. The way he utilized his abilities while fighting. Marvel have a knack for making even the silliest character look badass on the big screen.
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Ant Man was serviceable. Watched it once, no desire to watch again.

Same can be said of Iron Man 2, Thor 1 and 2, Dr Strange.

The ones I never get sick of watching are Winter Soldier, Civil War, Avengers, Guardians, Iron Man.
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NewerMernardi posted...

Get a load of this guy

He might be coming across a little pompous but he's completely right, I think. It's quite interesting if you break down any of the Marvel movies how generic they actually are in every way, to plot, to filming, to score, to acting. There are so many movies coming out at all the time that do wonderful things with every part of the filmmaking process, but Marvel movies do just enough to get the point across and yet they're the biggest movies around currently.

There's nothing wrong with them and we all like them, but by the same token nobody is ever going to think of Katy Perry as a revolutionary musical force or anything.
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I mean, if you don't think most marvel films are generic as fuck, then lol
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yeah, the marvel films are formulaic and hit all the comfort levels of our brains. I like them and watch them opening weekend, but they're not like the best films made or whatever that some people paint them as
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prince_leo posted...

yeah, the marvel films are formulaic and hit all the comfort levels of our brains. I like them and watch them opening weekend, but they're not like the best films made or whatever that some people paint them as

Comfortable is the word. You go into one knowing you don't need to pay that much attention and you're going to see a bunch of cool shit.

Let's be honest, the "best" films are hard work. I watched Her the other week, that recent Spike Jonze movie. It was actually exhausting, mentally and emotionally, and my brain didn't switch off for like 2 days afterwards, and I felt very sad and bittersweet at the end. Nobody wants to deal with that shit if they just need some entertainment for the weekend.
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pinky0926 posted...

Let's be honest, the "best" films are hard work. I watched Her the other week, that recent Spike Jonze movie. It was actually exhausting, mentally and emotionally, and my brain didn't switch off for like 2 days afterwards, and I felt very sad and bittersweet at the end. Nobody wants to deal with that shit if they just need some entertainment for the weekend.

I know what you mean. it was a good movie
similarly, In Bruges is my favorite movie but I haven't rewatched it in some time. meanwhile I can watch John Wick every year and be happy
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prince_leo posted...

In Bruges is my favorite movie but I haven't rewatched it in some time. meanwhile I can watch John Wick every year and be happy

Duude, have you watched Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri?

Made by the same director that did In Bruges and probably my favorite film of this year.
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In Bruges was very good
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_Near_ posted...

Duude, have you watched Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri?

holy shit yes
I made a topic about it on the movie board and it got like 2 posts lol

it was so good
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And I could watch John Wick once a weel, lol
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pinky0926 posted...

Nobody wants to deal with that shit if they just need some entertainment for the weekend.

I mean, that's my shit dude. I wanna be taken for a ride and have the film make a lasting impression on me. That's true entertainment for me. But I'm not gonna lie - I do have moments where I wanna shut my brain off and look at cool shit. I mean, there's a reason why I watched Gods of Egypt.
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CableZL posted...

_Near_ posted...

Ant Man is the single most forgettable marvel movie tbh

Nah, I think Thor 2 takes that title.

Y'all have a funny way of saying The Incredible Hulk.
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