Well I *love* these (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movies. I think they’re entertaining, sometimes very funny, and usually visually mesmerizing. I collected comics as a child, so the characters and their stories were usually somewhat familiar to me. I would also argue the movies are innovative in the art of onscreen hand-to-hand combat — I really enjoy the aesthetics, choreography and cinematography of watching one supebeing fight another, and as a lifelong watcher of action movies, I would argue these films are excellent in the action genre (including, say, Bond movies, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Old Boy, etc.)
Guardians of the Galaxy was the most entertaining movie I have seen in the last 10 years, and I would argue Black Panther, Iron Man I, and Captain America 2 are legitimately good movies with substance. Thor 3: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and the Ant-Man movies are also funny, and Spider-Man: Homecoming is a nice high-school movie (my wife disputes this but I think it could be described as Jonathan Hughes-esque).
The sort-of good news is that you don’t need to watch all the movies.
If some of these sound appealing to you (plus the possible “water cooler” benefit), and you are interested, yes, I say watch some. Avengers Endgame is the Star Wars of these times.
If nothing I have said has piqued your interest, I suggest you walk away now.
If you are on the fence, I suggest you watch Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and see if you enjoy it. It can be watched pretty separately from all the other movies, the only requirement being that you watch it before the Infinity War.
Below is a list of the movies I would recommend seeing, in chronological order of release, next to a score for how important it is to watch, with a priority of 1 being the only movie you *have* to watch, and priority 10 being very optional.
Iron Man 1 - priority 14
Thor 1 - priority 15
Captain America 1 - priority 8
Avengers 1 - priority 4
Thor 2: The Dark World - priority 12
Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier — priority 5
Guardians of the Galaxy 1 - priority 3, many key characters and concepts introduced
Avengers 2 - priority 11
Captain America 3: Civil War - priority 2, plot leads directly to Avengers 3
Doctor Strange - priority 9
Spider-Man: Homecoming - priority 13
Thor 3: Ragnarok - priority 7
Black Panther - priority 6
Avengers 3: Infinity War - priority 1, if you watch only 1 movie before Endgame, this is it
Ant-Man and the Wasp - priority 12
Captain Marvel- priority 10
It’s a lot, I know. But you’d do fine just watching the most important 3-4 beforehand.
Watching the key 8 movies would set one up quite nicely.
Guardians of the Galaxy was the most entertaining movie I have seen in the last 10 years, and I would argue Black Panther, Iron Man I, and Captain America 2 are legitimately good movies with substance. Thor 3: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and the Ant-Man movies are also funny, and Spider-Man: Homecoming is a nice high-school movie (my wife disputes this but I think it could be described as Jonathan Hughes-esque).
The sort-of good news is that you don’t need to watch all the movies.
If some of these sound appealing to you (plus the possible “water cooler” benefit), and you are interested, yes, I say watch some. Avengers Endgame is the Star Wars of these times.
If nothing I have said has piqued your interest, I suggest you walk away now.
If you are on the fence, I suggest you watch Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and see if you enjoy it. It can be watched pretty separately from all the other movies, the only requirement being that you watch it before the Infinity War.
Below is a list of the movies I would recommend seeing, in chronological order of release, next to a score for how important it is to watch, with a priority of 1 being the only movie you *have* to watch, and priority 10 being very optional.
Iron Man 1 - priority 14
Thor 1 - priority 15
Captain America 1 - priority 8
Avengers 1 - priority 4
Thor 2: The Dark World - priority 12
Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier — priority 5
Guardians of the Galaxy 1 - priority 3, many key characters and concepts introduced
Avengers 2 - priority 11
Captain America 3: Civil War - priority 2, plot leads directly to Avengers 3
Doctor Strange - priority 9
Spider-Man: Homecoming - priority 13
Thor 3: Ragnarok - priority 7
Black Panther - priority 6
Avengers 3: Infinity War - priority 1, if you watch only 1 movie before Endgame, this is it
Ant-Man and the Wasp - priority 12
Captain Marvel- priority 10
It’s a lot, I know. But you’d do fine just watching the most important 3-4 beforehand.
Watching the key 8 movies would set one up quite nicely.