Is Anything A Greater Cinematic Achievement Than The MCU?

Is Anything A Greater Cinematic Achievement Than The MCU? Dec 14, 2017 18:07:03 GMT

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Post by sostie on Dec 14, 2017 18:07:03 GMT

Dec 14, 2017 5:34:37 GMT DC-Fan said:

Dec 14, 2017 4:48:02 GMT Skaathar said:

Only according to you. According to most accepted metrics like Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Critical reactions... majority of MCU movies are indeed quality. Even their worst movies are by and large considered decent. Show me any other movie franchise that's able to create multiple movies and maintain such a high level of praise from audience and critics alike?

Not just according to me. According to EVERYONE.

Source?

Show me 1 MCU movie that the majority of critics and audiences consider to be on the same level of quality as The Godfather or The Godfather Part II. OK, those movies are too high a standard for a mediocre franchise like MCU.

So we don't have to limit Oscar winners. Show me 1 MCU movie that the majority of critics and audiences consider to be on the same level of quality as these movies:

The Dark Knight
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Terminator 2
Back to the Future
Wonder Woman

There are none. Not 1 MCU movie that's considered to be on the same level of quality as the exceptional movies listed above. Like I said, MCU doesn't take any risks and doesn't make any exceptional movies. Just 17 mediocre movies. No home runs.

Isn't this about a franchise? So why just pick one film from franchises to prove a point. Why not judge a franchise on consistency.

And when judging let's use your constant go to site for judging such things Rotten Tomatoes.

The lowest critic rated MCU film The Incredible Hulk at 67%

Now let's look at your examples

The Dark Knight - yup, none as low as Hulk in that trilogy...but there are MCU films that beat 2 of the entries
The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars) - 2 films rated lower than MCU's lowest
Raiders of the Lost Ark - again, none as low as Hulk in that series...but there are many MCU films that beat 3 of the entries
Terminator 2 - 2 films rated at less than half of MCU's lowest
Back to the Future - 1 film rated lower than MCU's lowest
Wonder Woman (DCEU) - 4 films rated lower than MCU's lowest

Cherry picking individual entries in a franchise to compare against a whole franchise is pretty dumb. (And comparing one's from different eras in this way is pretty pointless too)