| Nymeria said: Going into Infinity War I am expecting an 8 or 9 type movie given how much I enjoyed Civil War and same people behind it (Russo). Looking back I think what keeps the MCU going is it never hits a major dry spell for people of 3 consecutive misses. They have enough diversity in movies that if you don't like one you can still enjoy the next one. Also very interesting to see differences in opinions in scores and how highly or lowly various movies are ranked. The same people I sometimes exactly overlay on one I then vastly diverge on another in scoring. On sub series it is a toss up between Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America which is hard because Captain America has three movies, but the third felt like Avengers 2.5. I give it to Rocket and Company for now and see how Gunn completes the trilogy. |
While I don't totally agree on the "3 consecutive misses" part -- I'd argue the four moves between Iron Man and The Avengers are all misses or near-misses -- I do agree that dry spells in the MCU are rare. It's a cinematic experiment that's been remarkably consistent. I'd say 8 of the 18 movies are good -- which is actually a great ratio. Even the "bad" movies are watchable, which I couldn't say for the DCEU, for example.
I will say the cinematic universe that ties these movies together is both a blessing and a curse: a blessing in that sometimes you get a catharsis 12 movies in the making in something like Civil War; a curse in that every movie must conform to a standard visual and storytelling template, and must, at least until now, carry the burden of an overarching plot line that might not serve the story in the here and now. Black Panther, in my mind, is the latest victim of this homogenization and laborious world-building, but I digress.
