1. Black Panther (A)
2. Avengers: Endgame (A)
3. Iron Man (A)
4. Thor: Ragnarok (A)
5. Spider-Man: No Way Home (A)
6. Guardians of the Galaxy (A)
7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (A)
8. Avengers: Infinity War (A)
9. Spider-Man: Far From Home (A)
10. Iron Man 3 (A)
11. Captain America: Civil War (A-)
12. Thor (A-)
13. Marvel's The Avengers (A-)
14. Spider-Man: Homecoming (A-)
15. Captain Marvel (B+)
16. Ant-Man and the Wasp (B+)
17. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (B+)
18. Doctor Strange (B+)
19. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (B+)
20. Black Widow (B+)
21. Captain America: The First Avenger (B)
22. Ant-Man (B)
23. Avengers: Age of Ultron (B)
24. Thor: The Dark World (B-)
25. The Incredible Hulk (B-)
26. Iron Man 2 (B-)

Eternals (Will watch on D+)

1. Iron Man (A)
2. Guardians of the Galaxy (A-)
3. Avengers: Endgame (A-)
4. Avengers: Infinity War (A-)
5. Captain America: Civil War (A-)

6. Doctor Strange (B+)
7. Thor: Ragnarok (B+)
8. The Avengers (B+)
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (B+)
10. Spider-Man: Homecoming (B+)
11. Spider-Man: Far from Home (B+)

12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (B)
13. Black Widow (B)
14. The Incredible Hulk (B-)
15. Iron Man 3 (B-)
16. Captain Marvel (B-)
17. Black Panther (B-)

18. Ant-Man and the Wasp (C+)
19. Iron Man 2 (C+)
20. Avengers: Age of Ultron (C+)
21. Ant-Man (C+)
22. Captain America: The First Avenger (C)
23. Thor (C)
24. Shang-Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings (C)
25. Eternals (C-)
26. Thor: The Dark World (C-)

01. Guardians of the Galaxy (A)
02. Thor: Ragnarok (A-)
03. Avengers: Infinity War (A-)
04. Avengers: Endgame (A-)
05. Spider-Man: No Way Home (A-)
06. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (A-)
07. Spider-Man: Homecoming (B+)
08. Black Panther (B+)
09. The Avengers (B+)
10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (B+)
11. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (B+)
12. Captain America: Civil War (B+)
13. Spider-Man: Far From Home (B)
14. Avengers: Age of Ultron (B)
15. Doctor Strange (B)
16. Iron Man (B)
17. Thor (B)
18. Captain America: The First Avenger (B)
19. Eternals (B)
20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (B)
21. Captain Marvel (B)
22. Ant-Man (B)
23. Thor: The Dark World (B-)
24. Iron Man 3 (B-)
25. Iron Man 2 (B-)
26. Incredible Hulk (C)

Just need to watch Black Widow now! Also watched WandaVision, finally, so time to begin the TV list:

01. WandaVision (A-)

Movies:

Captain America: Winter Soldier
Infinity War
Spider-man: No Way Home
Endgame
Guardians of the Galaxy 2

Captain America
Iron Man
Thor
Guardians of the Galaxy
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Captain America: Civil War
Shang Chi
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Black Panther
Avengers 1
Iron Man 3
Black Widow
Spider-Man: Far from Home

Thor: Ragnorak
Doctor Strange
Ant-Man
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Captain Marvel

Iron Man 2
Incredible Hulk
Thor: Dark World

Havent seen Eternals

TV Shows:

Hawkeye
Wandavision
Falcon & the Winter Soldier
Loki

Havent seen all of What If

5

1. The Avengers

4.5

2. Iron Man
3. Avengers: Endgame

4

4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Captain America: The First Avenger
6. Ant-Man
7. Spider-Man: Far From Home
8. Avengers: Infinity War

3.5

9. Guardians of the Galaxy
10. Black Panther
11. Ant-Man and the Wasp
12. Spider-Man: No Way Home
13. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2
14. Iron Man 3
15. Avengers: Age of Ultron
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming
17. Captain America: The Winter Solider
18. Captain Marvel

3

19. Black Widow
20. Captain America: Civil War
21. Doctor Strange
22. Thor: The Dark World
23. The Incredible Hulk

2.5

24. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
25. Thor
26. Iron Man 2

I might watch Eternals later on tonight. It’s the first one I missed in theaters or at the Drive-In.

5

1. The Avengers

4.5

2. Iron Man
3. Avengers: Endgame

4

4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Captain America: The First Avenger
6. Ant-Man
7. Spider-Man: Far From Home
8. Avengers: Infinity War

3.5

9. Guardians of the Galaxy
10. Black Panther
11. Ant-Man and the Wasp
12. Spider-Man: No Way Home
13. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2
14. Iron Man 3
15. Avengers: Age of Ultron
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming
17. Captain America: The Winter Solider
18. Captain Marvel

3

19. Black Widow
20. Captain America: Civil War
21. Doctor Strange
22. Thor: The Dark World
23. The Incredible Hulk

2.5

24. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
25. Thor
26. Iron Man 2

2

Eternals

Oof. Chloe Zhao and Marvel do not mix. At least they tried something different? The different being boring.

I have to admit to something wildly crazy: I had only seen Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk up to a few weeks ago. Life events and films in the universe piling up led me to be so far behind, I just didn't bother seeing them. But I'm rectifying that now, little by little.

So far...

1. Thor
2. Iron Man
3. Captain America: The First Avenger
4. The Incredible Hulk
5. Iron Man 2

IM2 was a typical summer sequel. I liked Hulk more than I remember but I've forgotten a lot of it already. Captain America was good but I didn't love it. Iron Man was good but a tad overrated IMO. I remember liking it a lot more in 2008 but now I just think it works because RDJ is so good and not what anyone expected at the time for a superhero. The story didn't wow me as much. And I honestly liked Thor the most. Probably a sacrilegious opinion but it was light and fun. Probably because it's generally on the mid-to-lower scale of most rankings that my expectations were basement-level.

Looking forward to your future rankings!

Thor (the 1st one) is underrated. I personally loved it at the time and still do (though perhaps like CA more now). Nice to see you rank it highly.

1. Thor
2. Iron Man 3
3. Iron Man
4. The Avengers
5. Captain America: The First Avenger
6. The Incredible Hulk
7. Iron Man 2

Watched The Avengers and Iron Man 3, currently warching Thor: The Dark World. I'm kind of shocked how forgettable Avengers was. It's been a week and I mainly remember lots of shit getting destroyed and the Avengers standing together on screen. To me that's all that movie was. Get all the characters together and throw a story together with it. I really like the individual stories more than the big coming-together event.

Iron Man 3 is my favorite of the three Iron Man movies. It was way more focused and interesting than IM2. IM2 was just a summer blockbuster sequel. I blame that more on that they didn't know if this whole MCU thing would take off or not, so not much thought was put into it. It was more "Iron Man was huge, put out a sequel as fast as possible". But IM3 felt more cohesive. Not perfect by any means but I liked it.

Iron Man 2 remains the only one I genuinely didn't like. The rest are at least watchable. I only felt very positively towards Thor, Iron Man 3 and Iron Man so far (I was a tad unfair to IM in my last post).

Whoa you've managed to avoid the whole series?! Impressive.

Iron Man 2 is indeed a turd.

Outside of the novelty factor - the first Avengers film isn’t all that great.

IM2 suffers because it feels like a rushed sequel and yet is also stuffed with wider MCU filler. The best thing about it is the introduction of Black Widow,

I always wanted to watch them in order, so I kept avoiding them and they kept going despite me. It's been nice watching something the whole world has pretty much seen already.

Finished Thor: The Dark World last week. The first quarter of it, I expected it to be as good as Thor. But I don't know. I agree with the general consensus on that one. It's not awful, not as bad as IM2 (that will likely be my benchmark for bad Marvel movies going forward), but I expected to enjoy it a lot more after loving Thor.

It's pretty much what I expected though. They hit all the marks they had been building towards. Could they have made it a lot stronger and more memorable? Absolutely. But it's what it was supposed to be for the general audience: accessible to everyone while still being generally pleasing to the fanbase.

It's very easy to say that now. But so many films have failed at juggling of characters, it really is a marvel from a filmmaking perspective. Each film since then raised the stakes immensely. Everyone talks about the next new car, and forget the revolutionary Model T.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Thor
Iron Man 3
Iron Man
The Avengers
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2

Holy shit, Cap: Winter Soldier was fantastic. It's like a movie completely separate from the MCU for most of the run. I didn't expect the style to be so much better than most of the first bunch. Iron Man 3 kind of started it but Winter Soldier knocks it out of the park in doing something more with the characters.

That said, it does fall into the usual Marvel trappings for most of the big climax (destruction porn!). But I'll forgive that. This was the first one where I was genuinely buying what they were selling. And with the character I was least excited for, especially after the OK first one. I may actually appreciate that one more now in retrospect.

1. Iron Man (A)
2. Guardians of the Galaxy (A-)
3. Avengers: Endgame (A-)
4. Avengers: Infinity War (A-)
5. Spider-Man: No Way Home (A-)
6. Captain America: Civil War (A-)

7. Doctor Strange (B+)
8. Thor: Ragnarok (B+)
9. The Avengers (B+)
10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (B+)
11. Spider-Man: Homecoming (B+)
12. Spider-Man: Far from Home (B+)

13. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (B)
14. Black Widow (B)
15. The Incredible Hulk (B-)
16. Iron Man 3 (B-)
17. Captain Marvel (B-)
18. Black Panther (B-)

19. Ant-Man and the Wasp (C+)
20. Iron Man 2 (C+)
21. Avengers: Age of Ultron (C+)
22. Ant-Man (C+)
23. Captain America: The First Avenger (C)
24. Thor (C)
25. Shang-Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings (C)
26. Eternals (C-)
27. Thor: The Dark World (C-)

Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Thor
Ant-Man
Iron Man 3
Iron Man

Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Avengers
Captain America: The First Avenger

Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2

Big update! Just went over the halfway mark in the MCU (not counting the Disney+ shows). Guardians of the Galaxy was every bit as fun as I was hoping for. It helped push the MCU into something more fantasy-based, which I liked. I know it's all fantasy, but I liked a lot of it. Colorful, funny, a blast. I'd expect no less from James Gunn.

Age of Ultron was a tad better than the first Avengers for me, but they still haven't found the right balance for having all these characters together for me. Much more of a fan of the individual stories.

I loved a lot of Ant-Man. The action, especially in the climax, was crazy enjoyable. Loved the shrunken down stuff. That said, the origin story was just OK. And oddly, I like the MCU and I love Paul Rudd, but I'm not sure the two go together. Although I liked his role a lot more in Civil War. Maybe he should only be a part of someone else's story. But even the character isn't that interesting to me. But they bought a whole lot of goodwill with the action.

Civil War was the best Avengers movie that wasn't an Avengers movie. Makes me excited for what the Russos do with Infinity War and Endgame. Everything I loved about The Winter Soldier plus it handled the characters just right, even if we were missing Thor and Banner. And finally they addressed how much destruction they cause with their big battles and the toll it takes on everyone else they leave behind. Wasn't a fan of the idea of pitting the Avengers against each other, but it worked just fine.

Unexpectedly loved Doctor Strange. When it started, I was bored through the first ten or so minutes, especially after the car crash. But the origin story, the visuals, the unexpected comedy during the serious scenes. Worked on me. Like Ant-Man, Strange himself isn't the most compelling character in his own movie, and Cumberbatch is oddly distracting playing the role. But loved everything else. Probably my biggest surprise so far since Thor, as far as enjoying it and expecting to not.

I split up the rankings into three parts. Top tier I really liked. Everything above Thor I'd say were excellent. Thor down to Iron Man are really good but got their flaws too. Next tier is good but left me overall let down. Bottom tier range from OK (Thor 2), decent but boring (Hulk) and just bad (Iron Man 2).

Depending on my mood, I could honestly say the top three are interchangeable for me. Guardians is top now, but could easily be Civil War or even Doctor Strange.

4.5
Avengers: Infinity War

4
Guardians of the Galaxy
Thor: Ragnarok
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Thor

3.5
Ant-Man
Iron Man 3
Black Panther
Iron Man

3.0
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Avengers
Captain America: The First Avenger

2.5
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk

2.0
Iron Man 2

Got five more in. GOTG2 was bigger, funnier, sillier than the first. But something felt slightly off compared to the first. I wasn't as engaged with the story. But it was still excellent. And Batista was the MVP as Drax. Some of the funniest moments of the MCU came from him in this.

I really, really liked Homecoming. I like the MCU entries that are kind of in their own camp or genre, and this was a fun high school movie that happens to be in the MCU. And I love Michael Keaton being Michael Keaton, even if the villain was pretty easily disposed of.

Thor: Ragnarok was as good as I was hoping. Took everything I loved about the first Thor and added the GOTG-style humor into it. If anything, I may say it borders on being too silly at times, but I'll take that over anything too serious.

Which might bring me to what I felt was slightly underwhelming: Black Panther. I really thought I'd love this, but it felt like one of the earlier MCU movies. It wasn't bad at all, and I guess I don't want EVERY MCU movie to copy the GOTG style or to be constantly lighthearted. I want to rewatch it at some point, now knowing what it's going to be. The action was excellent though and I loved exploring this world.

Infinity War is just excellent, start to finish. If I had to criticize, the storyline is pretty much easily summed up in one sentence. But the fact that they take a simple story and it's a riveting, action-packed two and a half hours says a lot for the movie. This is what I wanted from the first two Avengers movies. I'll forgive the first because I know I was harder on it than I should have been, but Age of Ultron (which I did rate slightly higher) should have been closer to this than what it was. Kudos to the Russos and all involved for masterfully balancing all these characters and ideas in one movie.

01. Guardians of the Galaxy (A)
02. Thor: Ragnarok (A-)
03. Avengers: Infinity War (A-)
04. Avengers: Endgame (A-)
05. Spider-Man: No Way Home (A-)
06. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (A-)
07. Spider-Man: Homecoming (B+)
08. Black Panther (B+)
09. The Avengers (B+)
10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (B+)
11. Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (B+)
12. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (B+)
13. Captain America: Civil War (B+)
14. Spider-Man: Far From Home (B)
15. Avengers: Age of Ultron (B)
16. Doctor Strange (B)
17. Iron Man (B)
18. Thor (B)
19. Captain America: The First Avenger (B)
20. Eternals (B)
21. Ant-Man and the Wasp (B)
22. Captain Marvel (B)
23. Ant-Man (B)
24. Thor: The Dark World (B-)
25. Iron Man 3 (B-)
26. Iron Man 2 (B-)
27. Incredible Hulk (C)

01. WandaVision (A-)

Still super behind on all the MCU/Disney+ shows.

1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. Spider-Man: No Way Home
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
5. Thor: Ragnarok
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home
9. Avengers: Age of Ultron
10. Doctor Strange
11. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
12. Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
13. Ant-Man and the Wasp
14. Thor
15. Black Panther
16. The Avengers
17. Captain America: The First Avenger
18. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
19. Black Widow
20. Captain Marvel
21. Spider-Man: Homecoming
22. Ant-Man
23. Iron Man 2
24. Eternals
25. Thor: The Dark World
26. Iron Man 3
27. Iron Man
28. The Incredible Hulk

MCU Theatrical Films:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
Black Panther
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Thor: Ragnarok
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Captain Marvel
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Thor
Ant-Man
Eternals
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Iron Man 3
Black Widow
Ant-Man and the Wasp
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor: The Dark World

MCU D+ Series:
MoonKnight
WandaVision
Falcon & The Winter Soldier
What If...?
Loki
Hawkeye

1. Iron Man (A)
2. Guardians of the Galaxy (A-)
3. Avengers: Endgame (A-)
4. Avengers: Infinity War (A-)
5. Spider-Man: No Way Home (A-)
6. Captain America: Civil War (A-)

7. Doctor Strange (B+)
8. Thor: Ragnarok (B+)
9. The Avengers (B+)
10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (B+)
11. Spider-Man: Homecoming (B+)
12. Spider-Man: Far from Home (B+)

13. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (B)
14. Black Widow (B)
15. The Incredible Hulk (B-)
16. Iron Man 3 (B-)
17. Captain Marvel (B-)
18. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (B-)
19. Black Panther (B-)

20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (C+)
21. Iron Man 2 (C+)
22. Avengers: Age of Ultron (C+)
23. Ant-Man (C+)
24. Captain America: The First Avenger (C)
25. Thor (C)
26. Shang-Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings (C)
27. Eternals (C-)
28. Thor: The Dark World (C-)

Avengers: Endgame
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Captain America: Civil War
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Infinity War
Captain America: The First Avenger
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Iron Man
Black Panther
Black Widow
Eternals
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Avengers
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange
Spider-Man: Far from Home
Captain Marvel
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Iron Man 3
The Incredible Hulk
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 2