Well, with Avengers: Infinity War out now, I think it’s time to rank the MCU library! Ten years ago, Iron Man kicked off the massive franchise, and since then we’ve had nineteen films! Yes, nineteen films in the most successful franchise in history (I’m basing that solely on my own thinking! Surely it must be?). They’ve ranged from fantasy, to WWII drama, to sci fi opera, to political thriller…and have ranged from great to god awful. So here’s my (definitive?) ranking of the MCU library… Continue reading
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Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) (This Is How You Do A Sequel!)
“On your left”
Before ‘Captain America: Civil War’ came out and took the place of number one MCU film for me, there was ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier.’ The first Captain America (‘The First Avenger’) was one of the weaker films of the MCU’s first phase, let down by a second half that felt more like a montage than a story. However, ‘The Winter Soldier’ showed the MCU how a sequel should be done. ‘Iron Man 2’, ‘Thor: The Dark World’, ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’…they were all mediocre sequels. ‘The Winter Soldier’ mixed an intricate, ‘70s style conspiracy thriller with awe-inspiring action sequences to become one of the best comic book films of modern times… Continue reading