Nymeria said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
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.
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Reviewing your scores I'd wonder if you either are harder on films in general or if you don't enjoy these MCU as much as I do. On rewatching only Iron Man 3 and Thor Ragnarok were a real chore for me.
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Probably more of the latter. MCU movies, and superhero flicks in general, tend to have a low ceiling. Feige et al. have done a great job in the MCU of raising the floor, so that most installments operate in a space that ranges from mediocre to good, but very few of them transcend those upper limits. You can only be so interesting and creative and daring when you're trying to sell your product to everyone on the planet.
