John Murdoch
Senior Member
Originally posted by SSJGGogeta
Infinity Wars, easy. Has a much better marriage of comedy and action, has a much more diverse and interesting cast, display's more of the MCU's expanded universe, and tears down every rule set by every superhero movie before it. I mean come on, we see Thor tanking a Neutron star, Thanos curb-stomping Hulk, characters meeting their ends left and right in ways that are totally believable and still utterly GUT-wrenching.Honestly, Infinity Wars was hands down the BEST movie put out by the MCU thus far, and quite possibly the best superhero movie of all time, in my humble opinion.
Agreed here.
Avengers is still great, that movie delivered on so much hype when I sat down opening May Friday in 2012. The best cinematic example of the whole being more than the sum of its parts. However it has some glaring plot and character structure issues, namely the slow first act where Loki escapes SHIELD on the back of a Toyota Tundra, Hawkeye being mind-controlled till the third act, Cap failing to shoot someone with a M4 and Iron Man having to flying spear the final goon on the helicarrier, and what is in essence an Independence Day climax only with superheroes instead of jets. The character interactions and big moments make up for all that and more however, IMO.
Age of Ultron is a better movie through its first and second acts when compared to Avengers 1, but the third act is an over-the-top mess besides the interactions between Vision and Ultron and Iron man and Ultron: Ultron bots getting ripped apart and looking like PS3 videogame effects as it happens, the QS dramatic effect death, Ultron getting baited by Thor and then trounced by Vision, IM, Thor, and Hulk, Ultron's Sokovia meteor plan...just too much comes out of nowhere besides the Vision scenes. It was a disappointment, but the first 2/3 of the movie is blockbuster escapist action at its finest that builds off the first Avengers and all that preceded in Phase 2. Oh, and I thought the film got too busy explaining coming individual movies (Thor: Ragnarok, Civil War, and Black Panther) and even Infinity War to be its own movie. The great thing about Avengers 1: the MCU all led into that movie. All of Phase 1 was deposit, deposit, deposit, deposit, and then BAM, nothing but withdrawals from the bank with Avengers 1.
Infinity War is for sure the best though, and perhaps my favorite comic book film of all-time. Thanos as the villain protagonist, the incredible action set pieces, the balance of humor with drama when all these MCU characters meet and clash with each other, the Red Skull cameo, the "holy crap they actually killed half the universe" Empire Strikes Back downer ending...just wow. I can't legitimately complain about any problems with the movie (specifically plot holes, which are always common in blockbusters) because there is just so much incredible stuff happening I don't really care. IW delivered completely on being the show-stopping zenith of superhero entertainment in the best franchise in film history for me.