It takes a lot of effort to get audiences around the world to think that the fate of the universe deserves to be entrusted to a talking tree and a sarcastic raccoon. First of all, you can’t dive directly into it, you’re ready for it. It begins with the story of the repentant millionaire playboy who builds an iron suit with a nuclear center from a box of remains in a cave. Launch a defrosted super soldier from the ice after 70 years. How about a magic hammer from the area or the Russian spy who loses his accessory very quickly? It’s a smart start: just load a few dozen characters, combine them and place them in several serialized movies, and as physics-defying superheroes accumulate, suddenly put all their religion into a satisfied garbage panda because it really makes a lot of sense in the Marvel cinematic universe.
It is not a global evil to build for Marvel Studios, which originally sold the rights to Captain America, the Avengers, Black Panther, Doctor Strange and more as collateral just to get the funding needed to create Iron Man in 2008. Clearly, the cinematic The Gamble of the Century paid off, as an empire of 23 films (and more) flourished under Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige. The MCU has allowed generations of comedian e-books enthusiasts to ascend to the throne of pop culture, while allowing millions of people who have never visually connected the e-book page panels of comedians to become familiar with Wakandian politics and know where to locate the Sanctum Sanctorum bathroom. Array Iron Man, Guardian of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier are now classics of the genre, while Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel and Black Panther demonstrate that superhero videos are still capable of reinventing themselves for new relevance.
The first 11 years of the MCU lasted 3 of the so-called phases, and the third closure after the epic real war of Avengers: Endgame and the epilogue Spider-Man: away from home. As the franchise looks back into the cosmic long term with The Eternals of 2020 and Black Widow’s prequel, we look back and rank all Marvel Cinematic Universe videos through Tomatometer!