Often, Marvel is praised as having no fault by the people. While they have made tremendous movies, such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Avengers, they have had missteps that are overlooked at times by the fanboys and general public. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS AND THESE ARE MY OPINIONS.
#3: Iron Man 3
Iron man's most recent and possibly last solo outing was a huge disappointment to me. There are things about the movie that rub me the wrong way like the Mandarin twist, Pepper getting superpowers, and Tony destroying all his suits at the end. But those are minor gripes that get the fanboy in me riled up. Something important to know: I believe Iron Man 3 is a good movie. It just isn't a good Marvel movie.
Iron Man 3 is a terrific buddy cop movie. Tony's chemistry with Rhodey is impeccable and Rhodey finally gets some character development that was sorely lacking in Iron man and its sequel. Unfortunately, as a marvel movie, It just isn't impressive. It doesn't move phase II forward at all. It dwells on the past, focusing on Tony's psychological problems created by the events of the Avengers. While this was a good idea, it was executed poorly.
The villain in the film, Aldrich Killian was quite underwhelming. While not as underwhelming as Malekith, and quite a step up from Iron man 2's villains, he was still a terrible villain and badly written. While the pace of the film is good and the movie looks good, it was underwhelming and an unfortunate way to start Phase II
#2: Captain America: The First Avenger
What a mess! While Iron Man 3 was a good movie that just didn't fit into the overal Marvel Universe, Captain America is just a bad film but necessary for further great Marvel movies to exist. I understand this, but I still can't enjoy this film. Again, casting and chemistry are quite good, but this film is plagued by slow pace, terrible villain, weak action, and weak script.
Granted, some of the action in the film is good, but most of it bored me to be honest. I might be in the minority for disliking this movie so vehemently, but it bores me to tears. This movie doesn't have many redeeming qualities to me, except that it set up the Avengers quite well. The script was quite corny at times and predictable. All in all, a pretty bad movie.
#1: Iron man 2
Well, i'm sure we all knew this was coming. the biggest misstep and the one everyone acknowledges. Iron Man 2. Too much set up! Too much comedy! Too rushed! These are problems everyone brings up.
First, I think the set up was fine. It didn't get in the way of the experience of the film, it got you hyped up for seeing more of this world that is being built. So good job.
Second, the comedy, when it worked, is a redeeming quality.
Third....no third. This thing was rushed to the max. Incredible rush job.
The story was bad. The villains were bad and the main character became entirely unlikable.
Tony Stark took 1 step forward to becoming a good person by the end of Iron Man and took 2 steps back in Iron Man 2, as did his relationship with Pepper Potts. Gwenyth Paltrow became unbearable to watch after she was a bright spot in Iron Man. I don't blame her though, because her character was abysmal. The entire film felt quite rushed and the characters and moments added, didn't add anything to the story. I do not see Iron Man 2 as a standalone Iron Man movie honestly. I see it as a bridge to the Avengers. Almost a prelude to it.
The visual flare this movie has is quite memorable though. Some scenes can be spotted by people and they will say "Oh ya! That's from Iron Man 2. That was so cool!" That is a complliment to the movie. Overall, this is the weakest movie in Marvel's cinematic universe. An incohesive, unlikeable, crapfest, but a good set up for the world of Marvel.
So, these are my three least favorite Marvel movies. Leave your comments or criticism in the comments below. This is my first article and would love feedback.