As you may know my husband and I are rewatching all 32 MCU movies. Starting at the very beginning and going through in original release order we are watching all of the Marvel movies in release order. We have gotten through the first two Iron Man movies and now we have the other origin stories for the members of the big 3 of the MCU, Captain America and Thor. As origin stories go they differ pretty greatly but they both serve their purpose in the context of the greater cinematic universe. We are almost towards the end of phase 1 with these movies so we also get to talk about how they laid the groundwork for what’s to come.
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Overall I think that phase 1 of the MCU is pretty solid, it did a really good job of laying the groundwork for what is to come but really we don’t get to see it come together until after Avengers. Though the first team movie is a very important step in building this interconnected universe. The origin stories as a whole are pretty well written but there will definitely be a discussion about how far we have fallen from origin story to sequel at the end of phase 2. I would argue that the sequels to Iron Man and Thor are the worst and Captain America obviously has the best individual sequel of the MCU. And subsequently the best trilogy, that said the movies are about to get a lot worse…like a lot worse. Phase 2 is probably the worst phase in the MCU as a whole and that really isn’t up for negotiation. But I can’t wait to go into detail to defend that fact, as I will come with many examples. That said phase 1 might be the strongest overall phase of the MCU, simply because phase 3 was so large.
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