My mad Marvel race to watch every MCU movie before Avengers: Endgame — CNET
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This one’s for all the Marvels. Wow, this grenade launcher minigun grappling hooks garotte electric arm shocker Winter Soldier freeway fight is so next level I couldn’t pause in the middle to tweet. Best MCU battle scene yet IMO, including the climax of Avengers. I have a serious aversion to starting any story in the middle, I missed the boat on the first few films and since none of them seemed super-interesting until the last few, I shunted them off into the vast uncharted land of «stuff I’ll maybe catch up on later.»
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Later is now. Following CNET’s watch order canon I’ve completed 18 hours and 42 minutes of Marvel, with another 26 hours and 4 minutes to go. Here’s my progress, impressions and tweets so far, including my personal rankings among the ones I’ve seen (note: I am not a real expert).
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I really liked it. I was totally unfamiliar with the story. The CGI’d small-to-large hero, the Captain’s stage career and the period setting in general were refreshing highlights. This scene from Captain America reminds me of the perspective shot from Fellowship with huge Gandalf and tiny Frodo on the wagon. pic.twitter.com/DUdSRK0FV5
— David Katzmaier (@dkatzmaier) March 18, 2019
Even better. Not good. It had its moments, particularly during the setup and with the introduction of wacky Mr. Blue. Not as good as the first one but still thoroughly enjoyable, especially after The Incredible Hulk. The quintessential scene was Tony drunk at his own birthday party shooting the watermelon. My biggest question going into this one is how he can openly be a super hero, no secret identity, just living his billionaire life as Iron Man. pic.twitter.com/SeUDXKBQeu
— David Katzmaier (@dkatzmaier) March 24, 2019
All of a sudden the superheroes are gods. To this nerdy D&D alum, Thor was manna from Asgard. All those personalities, motivations and superpowers kept me enthralled without becoming entangled. Another level altogether. It seems like the most generic superhero of the series so far: too much empty action, not enough care. Going in, multiple people told me this was their favorite MCU movie overall, and I can see why. My MCU race in watch order
Runtime (hours)
Date watched
Katz’s rank so far
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
2:04
3/17
4
Iron Man (2008)
2:06
3/19
3
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
1:52
3/21
9
Iron Man 2 (2010)
2:04
3/23
6
Thor (2011)
1:55
3/25
7
The Avengers (2012)
2:23
3/28
1
Iron Man 3 (2013)
2:10
3/31
5
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
1:52
4/2
8
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
2:16
4/4
2
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
2:01
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Originally published March 17.