Match Cut Superhero Movie Consensus

[Melville]

No guarantee I'll actually tally the results, but post your lists. This is for Marvel Cinematic Universe movies only. Maybe later I'll do a thread for Spider-Man, X-Men, and DC movies.

In case tallying does eventually happen, please follow the format of the original threads to make the job easier: chronological order with a rating from 1 to 10 (half-points allowed) next to each movie.

EDIT: can a mod change the thread title? I realized that doing all superhero movies at once would be way too much.

[Peng]

Iron Man - 7.5
The Incredible Hulk - 6
Iron Man 2 - 6.5
Thor - 7.5
Captain America: The First Avenger - 7
The Avengers - 8.5
Iron Man 3 - 7.5
Thor: The Dark World - 5.5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 7.5
Guardians of the Galaxy - 8
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 8
Ant-Man - 6
Captain America: Civil War - 8.5
Doctor Strange - 7

[Melville]

Iron Man - 4.5
Thor - 5.5
Captain America: The First Avenger - 4
The Avengers - 4
Iron Man 3 - 7
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 6.5
Guardians of the Galaxy - 8
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 3
Captain America: Civil War - 6
Doctor Strange - 8

[transmogrifier]

Iron Man - 5.5
The Incredible Hulk - 5.5
Iron Man 2 - 6.0
Thor - 5.0
Captain America: The First Avenger - 6.5
The Avengers - 7.0
Iron Man 3 - 6.5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 6.5
Guardians of the Galaxy - 7.0
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 5.5
Ant-Man - 7.0
Captain America: Civil War - 5.5
Doctor Strange - 6.0

[Dukefrukem]

Iron Man - 8
The Incredible Hulk - 5
Iron Man 2 - 4
Thor - 7
Captain America: The First Avenger - 7
The Avengers - 10
Iron Man 3 - 8
Thor: The Dark World - 4
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 10
Guardians of the Galaxy - 10
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 10
Ant-Man - 8
Captain America: Civil War - 9
Doctor Strange - 8

[Skitch]

Iron Man - 8
The Incredible Hulk - 6
Iron Man 2 - 5
Thor - 7
Captain America: The First Avenger - 9
The Avengers - 9.5
Iron Man 3 - 5
Thor: The Dark World - 4
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 9.5
Guardians of the Galaxy - 10
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 4
Ant-Man - 8
Captain America: Civil War - 8.5
Doctor Strange - 8

[Dead & Messed Up]

Iron Boy - 8
Iron Boy II: Russian to Action - 5
Lightning Bolt! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw) - 5
Captain Patriot: The First Revenger - 7
The Revengers - 8

Iron Boy III: Chinese Brood - 7
Lightning Bolt! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw): This Got Dark - 5
Captain Patriot: Snowpocalypse - 7
Masters of the Universe - 8
The Revengers: Ultron Legacy - 6
Ant Boy - 6

Captain Patriot 3: Spider-Man Origins - 6
Mister Doctor - 6

[Sycophant]

Iron Man 4.0
The Avengers 5.5
Iron Man 3 6.5
Guardians of the Galaxy 5.5
Ant-Man 4.0

[Winston*]

Iron Man - 6
Iron Man 2 - 4
Thor - 5
Captain America: The First Avenger - 6.5
The Avengers - 7.5
Iron Man 3 - 8
Thor: The Dark World - 3
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 7.5
Guardians of the Galaxy - 7.5
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 4
Captain America: Civil War - 5
Doctor Strange - 8

[Ezee E]

I'm assuming I didn't miss one if I go from Duke's list:

Iron Man - 8 (I wonder if this sucks now that most of the movies used the same origin story afterward)
The Incredible Hulk - 7
Iron Man 2 - 2 (This one is wretched.)
Thor - 6
Captain America: The First Avenger - 7
The Avengers - 8
Iron Man 3 - 4
Thor: The Dark World - n/a
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 8
Guardians of the Galaxy - 8
Avengers: Age of Ultron - n/a
Ant-Man - n/a
Captain America: Civil War - 7
Doctor Strange - 6

[Spinal]

Iron Man 6.5
Thor 6.5
The Avengers 5.5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 4
Guardians of the Galaxy 7
Doctor Strange 4

[Mr. McGibblets]

Iron Man - 6
The Incredible Hulk - 6
Iron Man 2 - 5
Thor - 6
Captain America: The First Avenger - 5
The Avengers - 7
Iron Man 3 - 7
Thor: The Dark World - 3
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 1
Guardians of the Galaxy - 8
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 4
Ant-Man - 5
Captain America: Civil War - 6

[Mysterious Dude]

Iron Man - 7.0
The Avengers - 8.0
Guardians of the Galaxy - 9.0
Captain America: Civil War - 6.0

[ContinentalOp]

Iron Man - 8.5
Iron Man 2 - 6
Thor - 7.5
Captain America: The First Avenger - 7
The Avengers - 9
Iron Man 3 - 7.5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 6.5
Guardians of the Galaxy - 9
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 6.5
Ant-Man - 7
Captain America: Civil War - 6.5
Doctor Strange - 7

[Irish]

Iron Man - 8
The Incredible Hulk - 4
Iron Man 2 - 4
Thor - 4
Captain America: The First Avenger - 9
Marvel's The Avengers - 7

Iron Man 3 - 6
Thor: The Dark World - 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 7
Guardians of the Galaxy - 6
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 5
Ant-Man (2015) - 6

Captain America: Civil War - 7
Doctor Strange - 5

[Stay Puft]

Iron Man - 7
The Incredible Hulk - 4
Iron Man 2 - 2
Thor - 5
Captain America: The First Avenger - 7
Marvel's The Avengers - 6

Iron Man 3 - 7
Thor: The Dark World - 3
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 7
Guardians of the Galaxy - 6
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 2
Ant-Man - 7

Captain America: Civil War - 4
Doctor Strange - 3

[Idioteque Stalker]

Iron Man - 5
Thor - 6
The Avengers - 6
Iron Man 3 - 7
Thor: The Dark World - 4
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 4
Guardians of the Galaxy - 8
Ant-Man - 6
Doctor Strange - 6

[number8]

PHASE I

Iron Man - 6
The Incredible Hulk - 2
Iron Man 2 - 2
Thor - 7
Captain America: The First Avenger - 7
The Avengers - 8

PHASE II

Iron Man 3 - 8
Thor: The Dark World - 3
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 9
Guardians of the Galaxy - 10
The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 5
Ant-Man - 5

PHASE III

Captain America: Civil War - 6
Doctor Strange - 6

[Lazlo]

Iron Man - 9
The Incredible Hulk - 6
Iron Man 2 - 6
Thor - 9
Captain America: The First Avenger - 8
The Avengers - 9
Iron Man 3 - 9
Thor: The Dark World - 7
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 9
Guardians of the Galaxy - 9
The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 9
Ant-Man - 7
Captain America: Civil War - 7
Doctor Strange - 6

[Pop Trash]

Iron Man - 6
Thor - 7
Captain America: The First Avenger - 8
The Avengers - 7
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 7
Guardians of the Galaxy - 7
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 5


Getting pretty burned out on Marvel tbh

[Henry Gale]

Iron Man - 7
The Incredible Hulk - 4
Iron Man 2 - 7.5
Thor - 8
Captain America: The First Avenger - 6
Marvel's The Avengers - 8.5

Iron Man 3 - 8
Thor: The Dark World - 6.5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 7.5
Guardians of the Galaxy - 9
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 8.5
Ant-Man - 7

Captain America: Civil War - 8
Doctor Strange - 7.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - TBD
Spider-Man: Homecoming - TBD
Thor: Ragnarok - TBD

Feel pretty comfortable with those ratings outside of Ultron, Ant-Man and Civil War, which are the only ones I've just seen once. Hey, I like 'em!

[Dukefrukem]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 10
Spider-Man: Homecoming - 9
Thor: Ragnarok - 10

Feel pretty comfortable with those ratings outside of Ultron, Ant-Man and Civil War, which are the only ones I've just seen once. Hey, I like 'em!

Let me finish that for you.

[Henry Gale]

Hahaha no waayyyy can I see one of these ever achieving a "10" in my books. And Spider-Man: Homecoming being a "9" would automatically put it on par with Spider-Man 2 for me which... nah. My current expectation (after the latest trailer) is something in the 7 to 7.5 range.

But that doesn't mean we can't look forward to them!

[Dukefrukem]

I dont want to hyperbole here, but I have strong feelings that the next three MCU movies will be better than 90% of what preceded it.

[Melville]

I'll post results on Sunday.

I've just tallied up the current votes, so if you change yours, please make a new post indicating the change.

[Melville]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 1
I'm curious about what could make someone hate this movie so much. Don't like spy intrigue in your superhero movies? Disagree with its ideological position somehow?

[Sven]

Happy to skew some stats!

Iron Man - 7
The Incredible Hulk - 8
Iron Man 2 - 5
Thor - 3
Captain America: The First Avenger - 6
The Avengers - 5
Iron Man 3 - 6
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 2
Guardians of the Galaxy - 7

[Russ]

Hello Sven, long time. Miss your wit and sardonic observations.

[Watashi]

Iron Man - 7.5
The Incredible Hulk - 4
Iron Man 2 - 4
Thor - 6
Captain America: The First Avenger - 8
The Avengers - 7.5
Iron Man 3 - 7.5
Thor: The Dark World - 3
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 8
Guardians of the Galaxy - 8.5
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 6
Ant-Man - 5
Captain America: Civil War - 7
Doctor Strange - 6.5

[Mr. McGibblets]

I'm curious about what could make someone hate this movie so much. Don't like spy intrigue in your superhero movies? Disagree with its ideological position somehow?
I think it really exposes the flaws of having a shared-universe instead of a series of films. The plot works fine on its own if it was just the second Steve Rogers movie, but the reveals about SHIELD being comprised of a huge number of Nazis (and thus about Nick Fury's competence level) can't exist in isolation. They basically negate everything about the organization that came in the films before it (and nothing in any of these movies carries forward to the next ones enough).

[Dukefrukem]

I think it really exposes the flaws of having a shared-universe instead of a series of films. The plot works fine on its own if it was just the second Steve Rogers movie, but the reveals about SHIELD being comprised of a huge number of Nazis (and thus about Nick Fury's competence level) can't exist in isolation. They basically negate everything about the organization that came in the films before it (and nothing in any of these movies carries forward to the next ones enough).

There was only one film before it that had anything to do with SHIELD and SHIELD's inter workings and it was Avengers. This is a real stretch of a criticism. If anything, I would criticize Tony Stark for not discovering Hydra while on the helecarrier when he and Captain were trying to figure out SHIELD's play. That's the only continuity issue that exists between that film and Winter Soldier.

[Melville]

Results:

Guardians of the Galaxy - 8.0 (22 votes)
The Avengers - 7.3 (22)
Iron Man 3 - 7.0 (19)
Captain America: The First Avenger - 6.9 (18)
Iron Man - 6.8 (22)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 6.7 (20)
Captain America: Civil War - 6.6 (17)
Doctor Strange - 6.4 (17)
Ant-Man - 6.3 (15)
Thor - 6.1 (20)
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 5.7 (16)
The Incredible Hulk - 5.2 (13)
Iron Man 2 - 4.6 (16)
Thor: The Dark World - 4.1 (13)

Average: 6.3
Weighted average (i.e., average of all votes cast): 6.4

Biggest fan: Lazlo
Biggest hater: Stay Puft
Most consistent voter: transmogrifier
Most variable voter: number8
Most devoted viewer: Stay Puft (lots of people saw all 14 movies, but he saw them all despite disliking them. That's devotion.)

[Melville]

I think it really exposes the flaws of having a shared-universe instead of a series of films. The plot works fine on its own if it was just the second Steve Rogers movie, but the reveals about SHIELD being comprised of a huge number of Nazis (and thus about Nick Fury's competence level) can't exist in isolation. They basically negate everything about the organization that came in the films before it (and nothing in any of these movies carries forward to the next ones enough).
I'd forgotten all about that. I was more bothered by the convenient reintroduction of Thor in Avengers, which made the ending of his movie irrelevant. Not that it affected my score much (if at all).

[number8]

I'm variable!

[Dukefrukem]

Results:

Guardians of the Galaxy - 8.0 (22 votes)
The Avengers - 7.3 (22)
Iron Man 3 - 7.0 (19)
Captain America: The First Avenger - 6.9 (18)
Iron Man - 6.8 (22)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 6.7 (20)
Captain America: Civil War - 6.6 (17)
Doctor Strange - 6.4 (17)
Ant-Man - 6.3 (15)
Thor - 6.1 (20)
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 5.7 (16)
The Incredible Hulk - 5.2 (13)
Iron Man 2 - 4.6 (16)
Thor: The Dark World - 4.1 (13)

Average: 6.3
Weighted average (i.e., average of all votes cast): 6.4

Biggest fan: Lazlo
Biggest hater: Stay Puft
Most consistent voter: transmogrifier
Most variable voter: number8
Most devoted viewer: Stay Puft (lots of people saw all 14 movies, but he saw them all despite disliking them. That's devotion.)

Vindication: Thor Dark World is the worst MCU film.

WTF MC: Winter Solider getting a lower grade than First Avenger. Does not fucking compute.

[TGM]

I'm actually pleasantly surprised by the rating for The First Avenger. Always dug that flick, so it's nice to see it receive such a warm reception here as well.

[Irish]

WTF MC: Winter Solider getting a lower grade than First Avenger. Does not fucking compute.

Can't speak for anyone else, but "First Avenger" is a perfect comic book movie with a great ending. It also doesn't require greater knowledge of the Marvel univserse to enjoy it, which is an attribute I appreciate more and more these days.

As Gibblets noted, "Winter Soldier" would have been much cooler if SHIELD meant anything beforehand or afterwards. (It also suffers retrospectively because, man, every big franchise did that whole "betrayal from within" storyline and that gets reaaaaally boring.)

ETA: The overall ratings were much lower than I assumed they would be, given some of the conversations in individual movie threads.

[Melville]

WTF MC: Winter Solider getting a lower grade than First Avenger. Does not fucking compute.
Yeah, I was expecting Winter Soldier to be the second or third highest rated of the bunch.

[Skitch]

I am most happy about MCs numbers on First Avenger. I loved that flick when it came out and felt it deserved more adoration. I assumed I'd be the only one here rating it high. Good job, MC.

Now better than Winter Soldier, eh, here nor there. All in all the final tally is pretty damn close to how I would arrange the MCU, with the obvious ones exceptions that I'm against type (IM3 & A2).

[Ezee E]

Betrayal from within.
The power is in the man, not the costume.
With great power, comes great responsibility.

Yeah yeah yeah.

[Winston*]

The top three are the least anonymous of the Marvel movies so makes sense a site like this would vote them the highest.