9. The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk is almost the black sheep of the Marvel Studios family. Despite a decent result at the box office, this is their only movie to not get a sequel, but there were a lot of behind-the-scenes issues which plagued this release from early on.
Star Edward Norton insisted on becoming involved with Zak Penn’s already uninspired screenplay, and the decision to make this a loose sequel to Ang Lee’s awful Hulk rather than a complete reboot seems like a strange decision when Marvel have so successfully retold the origin stories of their characters so far. Some spectacular action sequences helped this one stand out though, including an amazing final battle between Hulk and Abomination which could have been torn straight from the pages of a comic book.
The ending suggested that The Avengers would see the team battling Hulk, but that all changed when Joss Whedon came on board…
How was Red Skull NOT a former member of the Nazi party? He broke away from them meaning his roots were IN the Nazi party. Were you watching the same movie?
G of G and Captain America 2 were both overall stronger movies than the Avengers. No offense to that very good movie, but it felt as if there was very little at stake and does not stand very well as a movie all on it’s own.
As much as I love all of Joss’ other work, I think Avengers Assemble is horribly overrated. It’s good, sure, but it’s not THAT good.
Plus, for me, the first Captain America is the weakest Marvel Studios movie to date. Again, it’s not bad, but it mishandled too many emotional beats and didn’t flat-out entertain in the way that every other Marvel movie did.
I like the list. I’d say…
1. Captain America: Winter Soldier
2. Avengers
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. Iron Man
5. Everything else tied at 5.
The first 4 stand out. The others are all kinda mediocre. The idea of how they all come together though made them all worth watching.
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed Iron Man 2 and 3, Thor, and the Hulk, but they all had their flaws.
I quite enjoyed the Avengers, I just prefer the Winter Soldier and GotG, because they felt a bit more… cinematic in feel and quality.