Amph "You think you're the only superhero in the world?" - The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Honestly at this point I think Marvel if they want to avoid spoilers in trailers can just run the actor's costume test for 2 minutes with a title and a release date and still make at least 700 million dollars.

 

I dunno, I don't feel like I pick up much in the way of spoilers in their trailers.

 

Dropping this here...
http://deadline.com/2018/01/black-p...-record-fandango-superhero-movies-1202275304/

 

I think Ant-Man and the Wasp is set before Infinity War.

 

It depends on the direction of Phase IV. I mean, you're assuming that Phase IV will be constructed the way Phases I - III were designed, in that there were building to a confrontation with Thanos. I'm not sure the MCU will build to another Thanos type of character as there's really not another "Infinity Gauntlet" type of MacGuffin to build towards. I imagine Phase IV will be more stand alone/unconnected films as oppose to more connected films, which would allow the writers more freedom. I think that was one of the problems with Age of Ultron as it had to be written to setup the departure of Thor and Hulk as well as Civil War and whatnot. So, if the Phase IV is more about stand alone flicks, there probably won't be much spoilers. Plus, Feige has said the future of the MCU was to go cosmic. Of course, that was before the Disney/Fox deal.

I'm hoping Phase IV will be when the MCU introduces their versions of the Fantastic Four and X-Men.

 

Same folks who torpedoed the Last Jedi RT audience score want to do the same thing to Black Panther

https://www.cbr.com/dceu-fans-black-panther-rt-score-spoil-fans/

 

Oh okay, I guess I didn't consider "the status quo remained the same" when it came to spoilers.

Wouldn't it be really confusing to audiences to set Ant Man 2 before Infinity War, but release the movie afterwards? At least with GOTG2 it didn't matter so much since it takes place off in space, but with these two it might cause problems.

 

yah I agree the general consensus seems to be "Oh, it'll be set before Infinity War!" but Marvel generally goes for "each thing is happening after the other thing" (as mentioned, GtGV2 is a bit of a cheat that nobody really noticed) and considering that Infinity War is such a huge deal it'd be weird if "You know that crazy movie you saw 2 months ago! It hasn't happened yet and isn't going to be mentioned at all!"

 

Is it the same people or just different people trying to do something similar? Either way, heard of that and hope the plot fails epically.

 

I saw that Stan Lee was trending, and the report is that he was rushed to a hospital for shortness of breath and irregular heartbeat. But apparently he’s fine.

I experienced some irregular heartbeat myself when I read that article.

 

Don't you worry about Stan. I've met him, so he's had a life well-lived.

 

Continuing on the road to Infinity War, next up...

Captain America: The First Avenger, released July 22, 2011. Worldwide: $370,569,774 Marvel Studios was still independent.



Going in this film, I was pretty skeptical with Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America because he done so well as the lovable goofball Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four films and I was afraid that I couldn't shake that from my mind. After seeing the film for the first time, it wasn't much of a problem.

Upon my initial viewing of the film, I didn't like it all that much as I felt it was pretty boring and the Red Skull was underwhelming. I felt Captain America didn't live up to the moniker, "The Super Soldier" as I didn't really see anything in the movie that made him "super." I mean, I thought Jason Bourne was more a super soldier. I thought Peggy Carter was the stand out character. The best I thought about the film was the ending when Steve Rogers woke up from his ice nap and broke out of the facility to discover he was in modern day New York City where Nick Fury stands to greet him. And then the post credits scene with The Avengers sizzle reel was electric and got every fanboy pumped and hyped for the Avengers flick.

However, over time and subsequent movies my opinion of the film changed and I find it one of the best origin films as it the foundation and sets the values and principles of Steve Rogers. Captain America's persona was capture in the moment when asked, "Do you want to kill Nazis?" and his response was...





Seriously, "Get this man a shield."

This was the tone setter for the character of Steve Rogers.

Captain America: The First Avenger is the foundation that made Steve Rogers/Captain America the modern age cinematic Superman that Christopher Reeve once held. It's old fashion values and good nature that makes him one of the more endearing character in super hero films. And as such, is arguably the strongest root in the MCU as many of the subsequent films grew out it; specifically the first Infinity Stone is revealed which is a main element in the Avengers film.

 

Nice review.

Captain America The First Avenger sold me on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Those gifs you posted confirmed they nailed the heart of the character, but I believed the moment where Erskine tells Steve not to change and remain a good man, I felt tears. Naturally as a huge Bucky fan I was equally thrilled with Sebastian (and loved the hints at the Winter Soldier.) I've grown to like Hugo as the Red Skull, but for me, Toby Jones completely steals Weaving's thunder as Arnim Zola.

While I wish the attacks on Hydra weren't reduced to a montage to get Steve to become a Capsicle faster, overall, this remains one of my favorite Marvel movies. I also wish Joe Johnston got a chance to direct a Winter Soldier movie. He would have nailed the era/tone perfectly, and I just wanted more of his version of Cap's world. For me, the Captain America movies remain my favorites of the MCU not just because I was huge fan of Cap, Bucky and Falcon, but because they feel closest to their comic counterparts even with the cinematic tweaks.

Hands the mike back to S_S_P...

 

CA:TFA is, by far, the most underrated of the MCU films, especially Phase 1.

 

In an MCU watch, it actually kind of works best as the 1st film. But it's legit great, so good I wish we had had more time in World War II Cap but it does do a pretty comprehensive and dramatically powerful look at Cap in WWII.

I think when it was announced everyone was just kinda annoyed at the "The First Avenger!" subtitle which seemed like shameless pandering promotion for the Avengers film but that title actually has some thematic depth as well cuz he's the 1st official MCU superhero.

 

Good to hear.

 

i never watched the FF films because they looked so bad so i had no hangup going in