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mZuzek said:

I thought of something cool we could do to really wrap up this thread. That is, looking back through all these movies and talking about some of our favorite, most memorable moments - those that really hit us, that will really stay with us forever. 

This is a great idea.  Here are some moments off the top of my head.  (Also tons of SPOILERS.)

Iron Man
At the beginning of the movie, Tony Stark dives for cover only to get blown up by a bomb with his name on it.  So much is said in this one moment.  1) It's a memorable hook and a great way to start a film.  2) It's a commentary on weapon's makers.  (Profiting off of war can come back to bite you in the butt.)  3) Most importantly I now see this moment as kicking off the whole MCU.  It's a great intro to a film that itself is a great into to a whole universe.


Captain America - The First Avenger
The scene where scrawny Steve Rogers dives on a grenade.  This is another of these "so much is said at once" scenes.  Steve Rogers is already a hero on the inside, but he just doesn't have the power yet for anyone else to see it.  Also the Colonel (Tommy Lee Jones) replies with, "he's still skinny".  It's a funny line, but it's a character driven line at the same time.  He's saving face, because he was just proven wrong.  It's a great scene all around.  (For me, this is basically tied with the ending scene with Cap flying the plane that mZuzek already mentioned.)


Captain America - Winter Soldier
"You're my mission."  "Then finish it... cause I'm with you till the end of the line."  Cap can't really defeat Bucky and also he doesn't want to.  Instead he just surrenders, and ironically he wins Bucky back.  So much truth in this moment, and it's a much better climax than the conventional "beat up the bad guy" that we're used to.  (This scene was already mentioned by mZuzek, but it bears repeating.)


Guardians of the Galaxy
"Peter take my hand."  Peter's had to be self-reliant his whole life.  Now that he's grabbed an Infinity Stone, he can't contain the power alone.  He grabs Gamora's hand, but he sees it as his mother's hand at the same time.  Ironically, while saving the planet he also finds personal redemption.  He makes up for not grabbing his mother's hand by holding on to the other Guardians, the family that he's always wanted but never had.  This is another one of those "so much is said at once" scenes.  (I know I keep saying that, but those are the type of scenes that I like.)


Captain America - Civil War
The airport scene.  Yeah, it's a big dumb fight.  But this also happened to be every geeky comic book fantasy I'd ever had come to life on the big screen.  I have to mention it!  However I also want to mention a second scene.


Captain America - Civil War
"Did you know?"  "Yes."  Gotta say that I did not see this ending coming when I first watched Civil War.  The film makers really had me think Cap and Iron Man were going to team up to defeat 5 super soldiers.  Not only does Bucky kill Tony's parents but it becomes even more shocking that Cap actually knew what happened.  (Although he didn't know it was Bucky that did it.)  Turns out that if you go back and watch Winter Soldier there is a scene where the Zola computer reveals to Cap that Hydra was behind the death of Howard Stark.  Cap really did know!


Dr. Strange
"Dormammu, I've come to bargain."  Not only is this a great ending to the film, but it's 100% true to the Dr. Strange character.  In the comics, Dr Strange is always using tricks to defeat beings far more powerful than himself.  I felt the whole movie was awesome simply because I got to see Dr Strange come to life on the big screen.  However this ending is the epitome of that, and it's just a damn great ending period.


Spider-Man Homecoming
The Vulture answers the door, and then the car ride after that.  This is another moment that I didn't see coming, but it also is 100% true to the Spider-Man series.  Spider-Man often has close personal ties to his villains (see also: green goblin, lizard, venom, etc...), so it totally fits to have the Vulture be his date's dad.  Tom Holland is great here at playing up the tension.  I feel the same tension that Spider-Man feels.  Michael Keaton is just awesome!  He's my favorite MCU villain.  He's totally believable as a person we have all met.  He's just doing all this for his family, but at the same time we know he'd kill someone to protect them or his business.  We feel that in this scene more than any other. 


Thor: Ragnarok
Flashback with all of the valkyries getting killed by Hela.  This scene is like a classic painting come to life.  It's just so beautiful and sad to look at.  Thor: Ragnarok was both a very fun and funny film, but sometimes they killed their emotional scenes but injecting humor in the wrong place.  Thankfully, this flashback scene is all visual, so we get to enjoy the pure beauty of it.


Black Panther
The first waterfall scene.  It's a great fight scene over the throne of Wakanda, and when I first saw it I really didn't know who would win.  I also love the African vibe of the whole thing including the spectators and different tribes and waterfall setting and everything.  This scene, more than any other, really made me feel I was transported to Wakanda.


SPOILER WARNING (AGAIN)

Avengers: Infinity War
Spider-Man disappears.  Tom Holland again really gives us the feeling of someone dying before their time, while Iron Man has to see this kid he's protecting go far too early in his life.  It's also a callback to Avengers 2, where Tony gets a vision of seeing all of the Avengers dead and Cap says, "You could have saved us."  Now Tony's worst nightmare has come to life, and he loses the person he's been trying to protect the most.




Anyway these are the moments that stuck with me the most.  Honorable mention goes to Heimdall, who is awesome in every scene he is in, but I like this dialogue from Thor: The Dark World
"You called me here on an urgent matter.  What is it?"
"Treason, my lord."
"Whose?"
"Mine."