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MCU Retrospective: Complete List
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In this weekly series, Film Yap writer Andrew Carr revisits each installment of the decade-long Marvel Cinematic Universe. Once a week, Andrew reviews one film in the series, in the original release order, reevaluating his previously held opinion of the film and giving each film a new score out of 5 Yaps. All 18 films (plus Avengers: Infinity War, upon release) will be compiled into one definitive ranking. Each entry in the "MCU Retrospective" series will include a short review as well as a historical recap about the film's initial conception and release.
A new entry in this series will be posted every Sunday until the weekend prior to the release of Avengers: Infinity War on May 4. Check out the list of entries so far below:
Parts 1, 2, and 3: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man 2
Part 4: Thor
Part 5: Captain America: The First Avenger
Part 6: The Avengers
Part 7: Iron Man 3
Black Panther (standard review)
Part 9: Thor: The Dark World
Part 10: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Part 11: Guardians of the Galaxy
Part 12: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Part 13: Ant-Man
Part 14: Captain America: Civil War
Part 15: Doctor Strange
Parts 16 and 17: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming
Part 18: Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther
The MCU Ranking!
Every week, the entry covered for that week is placed in an ongoing ranking, which will eventually include all 19 films.
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. Iron Man 3
5. Iron Man
6. Thor: Ragnarok
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. The Avengers
9. Ant-Man
10. Avengers: Age of Ultron
11. Captain America: The First Avenger
12. Black Panther
13. Doctor Strange
14. Iron Man 2
15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
16. Thor: The Dark World
17. The Incredible Hulk
18. Thor
MCU CUMULATIVE RATING: (3.8/5)
“PHASE ONE” RATING: (3.6/5)
“PHASE TWO” RATING: (4.1/5)
“PHASE THREE” RATING: (3.75/5)
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