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Post by moviemeisters on Dec 29, 2018 6:30:49 GMT
If you were to pare down the MCU to just the "important"/"essential" films, what would you include? Bear in mind, this isn't a list of just your top favorites (my list would look very different), but a list of films most relevant to the overall story that skips the ones that can be excluded.
Here's mine: 1. Iron Man 2. Iron Man 2 3. Thor 4. Captain America: The First Avenger 5. The Avengers 6. Thor: The Dark World 7. Guardians of the Galaxy 8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 9. Avengers: Age of Ultron 10. Captain America: Civil War 11. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 12. Thor: Ragnarok 13. Avengers: Infinity War
and likely: 14. Captain Marvel 15. Avengers: Endgame
LIST UPDATED BELOW IN THE THREAD
By the time we get to Phase 3, I exclude all origin stories and "first" films: Black Panther and Spider-Man had their intros in Civil War (I include Ant-Man, as well), while Dr. Strange had a fine "introduction" in Ragnarok. The Incredible Hulk had nothing relevant to the future films apart from General Ross. Iron Man 3 is one of my favorites, but Tony's character arc almost contradicts what we see from him later in the series.
Yours?
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Dec 29, 2018 7:12:50 GMT
Captain America : The First Avenger
The Avengers
Captain America : Winter Soldier
Avengers : Age of Ultron
Captain America : Civil War
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Post by hobowar on Dec 29, 2018 8:41:46 GMT
Iron Man 3
Avengers: Age of Ultron
'murica: Civil War
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
Avengers: Infinity War
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Post by Grabthar's Hammer on Dec 29, 2018 13:23:58 GMT
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: Civil War
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War
Captain Marvel
Avengers: Endgame
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Post by havenless on Dec 29, 2018 13:24:23 GMT
Essential for what? You can make the argument only Thor, Iron Man, First Avenger are truly essential because they explain who the Avengers trinity are. Hulk doesn’t technically have a true origin movie.
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Post by hobowar on Dec 30, 2018 14:54:30 GMT
The correct answer; depends which characters you're most invested in.
It's funny whenever this question gets asked, everyone just picks their 3 to 5 favourite movies.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Dec 30, 2018 16:15:29 GMT
Easy for me, I've only the blus I truly enjoy/find essential for me...
Iron Man
CA: First Avenger
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Age of Ultron
Ant-Man
CA: Civil War
Thor Ragnarok
Infinity War
Endgame
I'm also quite likely to quit collecting MCU titles after 2019, the arc for me is complete.
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Post by Skaathar on Dec 30, 2018 18:15:35 GMT
Avengers - needed to introduce everyone and the team.
CATWS - needed to explain SHIELD'S fall and the relationship between Bucky and Steve which plays a big factor in CW
GotG - needed to introduce the Guardians and their relationship to Thanos and the stones.
AoU - needed to introduce SW and Vision as well as to establish the destruction of Sokovia and why Thor and Hulk are missing.
CW - necessary to introduce extra characters like BP and SM as well as to explain why the Avengers are a broken team.
Ragnarok - needed to explain where Thor and Hulk were during CW as well as a direct tie in to IW. Can also be used to introduce Dr. Strange
IW - biggest event in the MCU
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 1, 2019 18:08:13 GMT
Iron Man
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: Civil War
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame
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Post by moviemeisters on Apr 18, 2020 19:53:04 GMT
UPDATED LIST
Here's mine:
1. Iron Man
2. Iron Man 2
3. Thor
4. Captain America: The First Avenger
5. The Avengers
6. Iron Man Three
7. Thor: The Dark World
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10. Avengers: Age of Ultron
11. Captain America: Civil War
12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
13. Thor: Ragnarok
14. Avengers: Infinity War
15. Ant-Man and the Wasp
16. Avengers: Endgame
Added Iron Man Three, because of the huge emphasis on Tony at the end and the presence of Harley the Kid in Endgame. Added Ant-Man and the Wasp, because the technology propelled the main Endgame story. Removed Captain Marvel, because she has little impact on the overall story, especially in Endgame.
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Post by summers8 on Apr 18, 2020 20:05:30 GMT
All these movies are the same. when you say essential its more about how these movies are created,
1. CGI CGI CGI
2. Jokes
3. Dumbed down story telling
4. Hyping the next cross over events.
Apart from the first iron man and thor film which was not Disney, these are pretty much the essentials.
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Post by hobowar on Apr 18, 2020 20:51:40 GMT
All these movies are the same. when you say essential its more about how these movies are created, 1. CGI CGI CGI 2. Jokes 3. Dumbed down story telling 4. Hyping the next cross over events. Apart from the first iron man and thor film which was not Disney, these are pretty much the essentials. 1. A valid art form. Change my mind. 2. Another valid artform 3. Too vague to comment on 4. That's bad because...  ?
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Post by James on Apr 18, 2020 21:05:37 GMT
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame
Although I still think all should be viewed if you want the whole gist.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2020 23:15:38 GMT
It's hard not to say all of them. Not because they're all equal, but because onscreen they play out like chapters in a book. Same universe, same story, but with rotating sections of perspective like in a book. It's because of their connections the sum total is greater than the sum of their parts. Individually they range from action adventure to political spy drama shit, their own stories within a bigger backdrop. All together it's like one big piece.
Nonetheless, the ones I like that linger the longest are:
Captain America: First Avenger
The Avengers Iron Man 3 Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America : Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Ant-Man
Captain America Civil War Thor: Ragnarok Avengers: Infinity War
All made stronger by the events of other movies happening peripherally to them. Especially in phase 3. In time, maybe it'll be that you had to be there, but at least 3 felt like the same storm clouds were gathering. Then Infinity War happens and it's like a perfect storm.
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Post by miike80 on Apr 19, 2020 5:32:42 GMT
All these movies are the same. when you say essential its more about how these movies are created, 1. CGI CGI CGI 2. Jokes 3. Dumbed down story telling 4. Hyping the next cross over events. Apart from the first iron man and thor film which was not Disney, these are pretty much the essentials. You never miss a post about a franchise you hate, you must have a great life. I'm sorry people don't care about the Fox-Men franchise and hardly anyone talks about that |
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Post by dazz on Apr 20, 2020 10:22:09 GMT
All these movies are the same. when you say essential its more about how these movies are created, 1. CGI CGI CGI 2. Jokes 3. Dumbed down story telling 4. Hyping the next cross over events. Apart from the first iron man and thor film which was not Disney, these are pretty much the essentials. Disney brought Marvel in 2009, the deal official taking place Dec 31st 2009 6 months after the acquisition was announced, Thor did not start filming until Jan 2010, so Disney owned Marvel before hand and Marvel likely was taking Disney input through 2009 leading up to the acquisition.
Disney simply did not distribute the film, that was Paramount, but that just means that Disney wasn't the one whose connections got the film in theatres or were paying for advertising, all that was on Paramount, Disney still ultimately made the movie and paid for it as the movie was made AFTER the acquisition...just so you know.
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