Captain Marvel

Well, well, well.

I will admit, I wrote this post later than planned. I was possibly going to do an Oscars post showing the results for this year, but it was my Wizard of Oz play, and then another rehearsal (I’m shadowing the director for the play The Secret Garden), and then my Mom’s birthday, and just a couple of days ago I got SICK!

It’s either a really bad cold or the flu, but it’s hard to tell which one. What the heck is the difference between the two, even? I just looked it up: the flu’s features are usually more intense than just a common cold. Aha! I found a graph of the symptoms of both. Ooh. Aah. Incredible! Okay, I definitely have the flu.

Oh, well. I have quite a bit of energy, though, so I’m getting better. Anyway, let’s get into movie and box office news. There’s really nothing much more to know about after my last post, but How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is dominating at the box office, however Tyler Perry’s so-bad-it’s-good A Madea Family Funeral is close behind at second place. The Hidden World has flown away with $30.1 million, while Perry’s un-masterpiece (which, not to mention, has 14% on Rotten Tomatoes) has grabbed $27.1 million. In third and fourth place are Alita: Battle Angel with $7.3 million and The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part with $6.7 million, respectively, while The Rock’s Fighting with My Family is dragging behind in fifth place with $4.8 million. And, finally, after winning Best Picture (which we’ll address later), Green Book had a boost at the box office for a while, but it’s settling down now. So there’s the movie news concerning guacamole! Get it? Guacamole as in green, and green as in money? Yeah, bad joke.

You gotta be kidding me! Two thumbs down in one post? I think I’m cursed!

Moving on, let’s talk about movie trailers. About two and a half weeks ago, the second trailer for Pokémon Detective Pikachu came out, and it looks awesome! I know absolutely nothing about anything concerning
Pokémon, but this looks pretty funny. If you have Ryan Reynolds playing a small Pikachu detective trying to solve a cold case, you have a good movie. The director and co-writer Rob Letterman has directed a few kid-friendly films, and as for the other writers, Nicole Perlman co-wrote Guardians of the Galaxy with James Gunn, and was on the storyboard for Captain Marvel, and Derek Connolly co-wrote the two Jurassic World films, 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, and Star Wars: Episode IX. However, Justice Smith is the main character (besides Pikachu), and he is a very bad actor. He was nominated for a Razzie this year for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and in the trailers for this, he doesn’t look super good at all. I would be absolutely sold on this if Smith wasn’t included, but with him in it . . . we’ll see what happens. Anyway, the first full trailer for Shazam! also released ten days ago. There was a teaser trailer that released last July in 2018, but we haven’t had a trailer since, so this delivered! The trailer showed more footage of Doctor Sivana, action shots, and the priceless humor. In fact, the first reviews came in for the film the other day, and it sounds like it’s the DCEU’s best installment yet. It looks like the DCEU is rebooting. Speaking of, James Gunn’s Suicide Squad reboot (yes, reboot, not sequel) has added Idris Elba and several new superheroes to it. The DCEU should just pretend like all of their other movies except Man of Steel, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman didn’t happen. Then that would really be rebooting!

Okay, now I want to get into the main section of this post: Captain Marvel. One of the most anticipated films of 2019. Technically, the second most anticipated film of 2019, at least according to Fandango. It was my forth most anticipated film, so I was really looking forward to it. Here’s a list of my most anticipated 2019 films:

1. Star Wars: Episode IX
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. The Lion King
4. Captain Marvel
5. Toy Story 4
6. Spider-Man: Far From Home
7. Shazam!
8. IT: Chapter Two
9. Aladdin
10. Frozen II
11. Joker
12. Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
13. Dark Phoenix
14. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
15. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
16. Sonic the Hedgehog
17. Child’s Play
18. The Secret Life of Pets 2
19. Dumbo
20. Glass

I think that 2019 is the most anticipated year for movies . . . ever. It has multiple films that raise every expectation, and it’s a big year for Star Wars (Episode IX, the Clone Wars TV reboot, and the TV show The Mandalorian) and Marvel (Captain Marvel, Endgame, and Far From Home), the two biggest franchises. Plus, there are three live-action Disney remakes (Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, and the new Disney streaming service Disney+’s Lady and the Tramp), and some great horror movies (IT: Chapter Two, Child’s Play, US, The New Mutants, Pet Sematary, and Annabelle 3). Comment down below and tell me what your most anticipated 2019 films are!

Where should we start off with the first female-led MCU film? How about reviews? There’s a lot of controversy over reviews because trolls have been hacking into Rotten Tomatoes and changing the audience scores. There was a lot about it a couple weeks ago when they started putting in false early reviews, and now they’ve done it again.

The audience score has been raised up to 62%, so I guess that some of the trolls have been eliminated. Actually, we should call the trolls Skrulls, in this case. Skrulls are creatures from Captain Marvel that can shape-shift and disguise themselves as humans, like the old lady that Captain Marvel punches in the trailer.

Okay, back to reviews. It has been confirmed that IMDb is also being trolled as well. A couple days ago, it was only a 6.6/10, which is irregular for a Marvel film, and now it’s still only a 7/10. The Metacritic score is also rather low at 64. I’m not sure if that has been hacked, too, but it’s low anyway. Here’s some other reviews that aren’t “Skrulled.” 😉

New York Times — Captain Marvel Has the Year’s Best Opening Weekend at the Box Office https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/arts/captain-marvel-has-the-years-best-opening-weekend-at-the-box-office.html

USA Today — Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel Blasts Off With Stellar $153M Debut https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/03/10/brie-larson-captain-marvel-blasts-off-153-million-box-office/3123307002/

Rotten Tomatoes — Captain Marvel is Certified Fresh https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/captain-marvel-is-certified-fresh/

The Washington Post — Hesitating to Go See Captain Marvel? Then You Must Be a Bad Feminist https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/07/hesitating-go-see-captain-marvel-then-you-must-be-bad-feminist/?utm_term=.985d84712fb8

Los Angeles Times — Review: Captain Marvel and Brie Larson Boost the MCU to Even Greater Heights https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-captain-marvel-review-20190305-story.html

Entertainment Weekly — Captain Marvel Reviews Aren’t as Bright as Brie Larson’s Star https://ew.com/movies/2019/03/05/captain-marvel-reviews-brie-larson/

Time — Captain Marvel Review: Brie Larson Makes a Fine Captain Marvel — But What Does it Accomplish? http://time.com/5543991/captain-marvel-review/

The Guardian — Captain Marvel: Pure Energy From Brie Larson https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/10/captain-marvel-brie-larson-middling-marvel

Common Sense Media — Powerful Female Superhero Story Has Some Violence, Language https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/captain-marvel

CNet — Captain Marvel Review: A Soaring Tale of Self-Discovery With a ’90s Beat https://www.cnet.com/g00/news/captain-marvel-review-soaring-marvel-superhero-tale-of-self-discovery-starring-brie-larson/?i10c.ua=1&i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3d&i10c.dv=2

Those are some of the reviews I found, and from them, it sounds like Captain Marvel is pretty good. It’s definitely not the huge phenomenon that Black Panther was, but it sounds like an entertaining MCU film that has a lot of connections to Avengers: Endgame. Apparently, the post-credits scenes are supposed to really tie the two together. I haven’t looked at the spoilers because I want to see it in the theater, so there’s no spoiler alert this time!

Now, let’s move onto the cast and crew.

• Directors = Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
• Screenplay = Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet
• Story = Nicole Perlman, Meg LeFauve, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Geneva Robertson-Dworet
• Composer = Pinar Toprak
• Producer = Kevin Feige
• Executive Producers = Stan Lee, Victoria Alonso, Louis D’Esposito, Jonathan Schwartz, and Patricia Whitcher
• Associate Producer = Mary Livanos
• Co-Producer = Lars P. Winther
• Head of Photography = Ben Davis
• Costume Design = Sanja Milkovic Hays
• Film Editing = Debbie Berman and Elliot Graham
• Production Design = Andy Nicholson
• Set Decoration = Lauri Gaffin
• Casting = Sarah Finn

There’s the crew, now moving onto the excellent cast.

• Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel/Vers
• Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Nick Fury
• Ben Mendelsohn as Talos
• Jude Law as *spoiler alert!*
• Lashana Lynch as Maria Rambeau
• Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson
• Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser
• Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva
• Djimon Hounsou as Korath the Pursuer
• Annette Bening as Supreme Intelligence
• Rune Temte as Bron-Char
• Algenis Perez Soto as Att-Lass

And there’s the cast. The cast of main characters for this film is smaller than most MCU films, which is actually kind of good, because Marvel doesn’t have enough room to fit any more new characters in, and with Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home coming out . . . it’s only a matter of time. 😉

The scene-stealers for me in the cast are the main characters. Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, and Jude Law are all very good actors. Larson won Best Actress at the Oscars, Golden Globes, and BAFTAs in 2016 for her role in 2015’s Room. Samuel L. Jackson is, well . . . . Samuel L. Jackson. Ben Mendelsohn has had a rise of stardom, starting with a cameo in The Dark Knight Rises and working his way up to be the lead villain in 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. And finally, Jude Law is well known for his many romantic comedies, his two Oscar nominations for Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr. Ripley, and probably most for recently playing Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. So, yeah, the casting is pretty good. Other cast members include Clark Gregg, returning to play Phil Coulson in the ’90s. Apparently he, like Samuel L. Jackson, is getting de-aged so as to look like he did in the ’90s. Four-time-Oscar-nominated Annette Bening also has a role in this as seen in the trailer, and Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou return as Ronan and Korath, respectively, from Guardians of the Galaxy. There are some other newcomers as well; Lashana Lynch is Maria Rambeau, Carol Danvers’ beet friend in the Air Force before she became Captain Marvel; Gemma Chan is Minn-Erva, a member of the Starforce who is jealous of Captain Marvel; Rune Temte plays Bron-Char, and Algenis Perez Soto plays Att-Lass, who are both members of the Starforce. And, finally, there’s Goose the cat. Goose is probably the best actor out of all of them, I’d say.

Now, there’s another thing I wanna do . . . something big. I’m gonna rank all twenty-one MCU films!

I haven’t done this since Black Panther released, and that was on my old website, so I’m going to rank all of the films on this website. I’ll give a little bit of the cast, crew, reviews, the release date, and a smaller plot. For me, it’s hard to write a “smaller” plot instead of a big one, so I’ll do my best! By the way, the Marvel movies that I’ve seen are Iron Man, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ant-Man and the Wasp, so I haven’t seen all of them. The ones that I haven’t seen, though, will just go by my opinion anyway because I’ve read what happens in the film, but I’ll have a little help from what the critics have said, too. 😉 Okay, here we go, lights, camera, action!

21. The Incredible Hulk

Release Date: June 13, 2008
Box Office: $263.4 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 67%
Metacritic: 61
IMDb: 6.8/10
Director: Louis Leterrier
Screenplay: Zak Penn
Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake
Nelson, Ty Burrell

Brilliant scientist Doctor Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) has gamma radiation, which transforms him into a giant deadly creature called the Hulk whenever his blood pressure goes up. Banner desperately seeks for a cure, but is forced into hiding by his love interest Betty Ross’s (Liv Tyler) dad General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” E. Ross (William Hurt). Thaddeus Ross hires Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) to hunt Banner down, but the plan backfires when Blonsky turns into an even more dangerous creature called Abomination and wreaks havoc upon Harlem. Banner will have to turn into the Hulk with permission from Thaddeus E. Ross to save the day in time.

20. Thor: The Dark World

Release Date: November 8, 2013
Box Office: $644.6 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 67%
Metacritic: 54
IMDb: 7/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Screenplay: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher
Eccleston, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Stellan Skarsgård,
Rene Russo, Jaimie Alexander, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu
 Asano

When Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) is cursed by an ancient artifact called the Aether, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) takes her to Asgard to protect her, where she is protected by Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Frigga (Rene Russo), the Warriors Three (Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano), and Lady Sif (Jaimie Alexander). However, things change when Malekith the Accursed (Christopher Eccleston) awakes and plans to rule the Nine Realms. To take down Malekith and his army of Dark Elves, Thor will be forced to team up with his mischievous brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and continue to keep Jane safe.

19. Iron Man 2

Release Date: May 7, 2010
Box Office: $623.9 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
Metacritic: 57
IMDb: 7/10
Director: Jon Favreau
Screenplay: Justin Theroux
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey
Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark
Gregg, Jon Favreau, Paul Bettany, Garry Shandling, Leslie Bibb, Kate
Mara

With the world now knowing that he is Iron Man, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) tries to convince Senator Stern (Garry Shandling) that he will not hand his suit over to the government, fearing it would cause disorder. With enough coming at him already, Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) steps out as a new enemy Whiplash. As Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) also step forward to confront Stark, Stark’s old enemy Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) returns, and his relationship with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Rhodey Rhodes (Don Cheadle), Tony Stark and his allies will have to pull together to destroy Whiplash and Justin Hammer.

18. Captain America: The First Avenger

Release Date: July 19, 2011
Box Office: $370.6 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Metacritic: 66
IMDb: 6.9/10
Director: Joe Johnston
Screenplay: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Cast: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, 
Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Stanley Tucci, Richard
Armitge, Samuel L. Jackson

In 1941, the world is at war, and Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) wants to get in the army, but he is too small to do so. However, Doctor Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) has a Super-Soldier Serum that Rogers takes that makes him big, buffy, and Captain America. A shield is designed for him by Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), and he and his best friend Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) are sent on missions to destroy Johann Schmidt (Hugo Weaving), an evil Nazi who used the Super-Soldier Serum and turned into a Red Skull. Steve must make sacrifices as he starts a romantic relationship with Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and must save the world before Red Skull destroys it.

17. Iron Man 3

Release Date: May 3, 2013
Box Office: $1.215 billion
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Metacritic: 62
IMDb: 7.2/10
Director: Shane Black
Screenplay: Shane Black and Drew Pearce
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce,
Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley, Ty Simpkins, Paul Bettany,
James Badge Dale, Stephanie Szostak, William Sadler, Miguel Ferrer

After the Battle of New York, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) struggles with PTSD and insomnia, and has built multiple suits to protect himself, irritating his girlfriend Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). Pepper’s ex-boyfriend Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) returns as Rhodey Rhodes (Don Cheadle) receives a new Iron Patriot suit, but an enemy known as The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) starts threatening Tony, and destroys his house. While trying to escape in his suit, Tony crash lands and finds shelter in child genius Harley Keener’s (Ty Simpkins) house. Tony and Harley must find a way to repair Tony’s suit to get him back, as the Mandarin and his allies (James Badge Dale and Stephanie Szostak) plan to gun for Pepper next.

16. Thor

Release Date: May 2, 2011
Box Office: $449.3 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
Metacritic: 57
IMDb: 7/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Screenplay: Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, and Don Payne
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony
Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgård, Kat Dennings, Clark Gregg, Colm Feore,
Idris Elba, Jaimie Alexander, Ray Stevenson, Josh Dallas, Tadanobu
Asano, Rene Russo

When Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Prince of Asgard, leads a hotheaded charge against King Laufey (Colm Feore) and the Ice Giants, his dad Odin (Anthony Hopkins), ruler of Asgard, banishes Thor to Earth. On Earth, Thor is found by Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and her fellow scientists, Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård) and Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings). Thor and Jane quickly develop romantic feelings for each other, but back at Asgard, Odin has fallen into a deep sleep, and Thor’s mischievous brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has taken the throne and plans to make a dangerous deal with the Ice Giants.

15. Doctor Strange

Release Date: November 4, 2016
Box Office: $677.7 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Metacritic: 72
IMDb: 7.5/10
Director: Scott Derrickson
Screenplay: Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, and C. Robert Cargill
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams,
Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Michael Stuhlbarg,
Benjamin Bratt, Scott Adkins

When Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) gets in a car crash, his hands are shattered, and his ex-girlfriend Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams) tells him he possibly won’t be able to do his work as a doctor. However, he is told that The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) will be able to help him. The Ancient One helps him master sorcery, and Strange and Karl Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) must lunge to destroy the Ancient One’s former evil apprentice Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen), who plans to steal the protected Eye of Agamotto.

14. Avengers: Age of Ultron

Release Date: May 1, 2015
Box Office: $1.405 billion
Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
Metacritic: 66
IMDb: 7.4/10
Director: Joss Whedon
Screenplay: Joss Whedon
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans,
Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson,
Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany,
Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Andy Serkis

When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) design a program called Ultron (James Spader) to protect the world, it backfires and Ultron builds himself a robot body and tries to destroy Stark, Banner, Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). Ultron plans to destroy Sokovia, and sends the Maximoff twins (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen), who have powers of their own, to occupy the Avengers while he steals Loki’s scepter.

13. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Release Date: May 5, 2017
Box Office: $863.8 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Metacritic: 67
IMDb: 7.7/10
Director: James Gunn
Screenplay: James Gunn
Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley
Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Kurt Russell,
Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone

After successfully saving the galaxy, Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), and Baby Groot (Vin Diesel), the Guardians of the Galaxy, are hired by Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki) and her tribe the Sovereign to defend some powerful batteries. However, when the Guardians fail, Ayesha starts tracking them down and planning to destroy them, but the Guardians are saved by Mantis (Pom Klementieff) and Ego (Kurt Russell), who claims to be Quill’s father. The Guardians, which have added Yondu Udonta (Michael Rooker), Nebula (Karen Gillan), and Mantis to their group, must bond together to destroy Ayesha and the Sovereign before it’s too late.

12. Ant-Man

Release Date: June 29, 2015
Box Office: $519.3 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Metacritic: 64
IMDb: 7.3/10
Director: Peyton Reed
Screenplay: Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay, and Paul Rudd
Cast: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby
Cannavale, Michael Peña, Anthony Mackie, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder
Fortson, David Dastmalchian, T.I.

After being released from prison, divorced dad Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is called on by Doctor Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Pym’s estranged daughter Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) for a mission. Pym’s former protégé Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) has forced Pym out of his own company, and is building a new Yellowjacket suit that Pym and van Dyne fear could cause chaos. Pym and van Dyne train Scott to become Ant-Man, and use the Ant-Man suit, which shrinks, to infiltrate Corss’ company and destroy the Yellowjacket suit . . . with the potential help of Scott’s friend Luis (Michael Pena).

11. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Release Date: April 4, 2014
Box Office: $714.3 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: 70
IMDb: 7.8/10
Directors: Joe Russo and Anthony Russo
Screenplay: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Cast: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert
Redford, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo,
Maximiliano Hernández, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones

After the Battle of New York, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) tries to live a normal, peaceful life, but all that changes when Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is attacked by an enemy known as the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), and Alexander Pierce (Robert Redford) takes over as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. for the time being. Steve will have to suit up as Captain America and charge at the Winter Soldier with Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and a new ally, Falcon (Anthony Mackie). However, Captain America will soon find a disturbing truth. . . .

10. Ant-Man and the Wasp

Release Date: July 6, 2018
Box Office: $622.7 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Metacritic: 70
IMDb: 7.1/10
Director: Peyton Reed
Screenplay: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer,
and Gabriel Ferrari
Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins,
Hannah John-Kamen, Randall Park, T.I., David Dastmalchian, Bobby
Cannavale, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence
Fishburne, Michael Douglas

After helping Captain America, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has been put under house arrest, but when he receives a strange signal from the seemingly deceased Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), Doctor Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) secretly take him to their lab, where they had been working on a tunnel to the Quantum Realm after Scott came back from it, which was seemingly impossible. They need one more part for the tunnel from Sonny Burch (Walton Goggins), but when Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) appears and takes hold of the Pym’s lab, things get more complicated. With the help of Luis (Michael Peña) and Pym’s old rival Doctor Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne), Scott and Hope will have to suit up as Ant-Man and the Wasp.

9. Captain America: Civil War

Release Date: May 6, 2016
Box Office: $1.153 billion
Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 75
IMDb: 7.8/10
Directors: Joe Russo and Anthony Russo
Screenplay: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Cast: Chris Evans. Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian
Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner. Chadwick
Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp,
Tom Holland, Frank Grillo, Marisa Tomei, John Kani, William Hurt,
Daniel Brühl 

After stopping Crossbones (Frank Grillo) from obtaining a weapon, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is told by Secretary of State Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” E. Ross (William Hurt) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) that the Avengers must be monitored by the government and told when they can go out and fight. Steve strongly disagrees while Tony agrees, starting a rivalry between the two. To make matters worse, Steve finds and protects Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), who Tony believes should be taken to Ross after working as the Winter Soldier. Soon, it all erupts into a “civil war” between Steve and Tony. Captain America’s team: Bucky, Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd). Iron Man’s team: Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), War Machine (Don Cheadle), Vision (Paul Bettany), Prince of Wakanda Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), and Queens teenager Spider-Man (Tom Holland). Will one side triumph, or will evil Helmut Zemo’s (Daniel
Brühl) plan work?

8. Captain Marvel

Release Date: March 8, 2019
Box Office: $479 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Metacritic: 64
IMDb: 7.1/10
Directors: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Screenplay: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Geneva Robertsn-Dworet
Cast: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon
Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening,
Clark Gregg, Jude Law

When Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) goes on an Air Force mission with her best friend Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch), she accidentally crashes in space and is given incredible powers. She is trained by *spoiler alert!* (Jude Law) and becomes a member of the Starforce, but again crashes on Earth, where she tells Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) about a Skrull invasion that could be happening extremely soon on Earth. Carol, Fury, and Carol’s cat Goose will have to work to solve the mystery of Carol’s past, as the Starforce confronts Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), and Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) — along with his fellow Skrulls — arrives at Earth.

7. Iron Man

Release Date: May 2, 2008
Box Office: $585.2 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 79
IMDb: 7.9/10
Director: Jon Favreau
Screenplay: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, Clark Gregg, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Paul
Bettany, Jon Favreau

When billionaire, genius, and CEO of Stark Industries, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) goes to Afghanistan to present his new missile, he is captured by the terrorist group the Ten Rings led by Raza (Faran Tahir). However, he and Ho Yinsen (Shaun Toub) build an Iron Man suit to bust Stark out, and he successfully escapes. Back home, he decides to work on more Iron Man suits and save people from the Ten Rings. Only Tony’s best friend Rhodey Rhodes (Terrence Howard) and assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) know that Tony is, indeed, the vigilante superhero known as Iron Man, but he will be put to the test when an even more dangerous enemy than the Ten Rings enters . . . Tony’s own friend Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges).

6. The Avengers

Release Date: May 4, 2012
Box Office: $1.519 billion
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 69
IMDb: 8.1/10
Director: Joss Whedon
Screenplay: Joss Whedon
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth,
Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson,
Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård

After Loki (Tom Hiddleston) arrives on Earth, steals the powerful object called the Tesseract, and starts mind-controlling Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård), Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) assembles a team that includes Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), and Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). When Thor (Chris Hemsworth) also arrives to help the team and Hawkeye breaks his mind control, the Avengers (Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye) assemble to defeat Loki before he opens a hole in space with the Tesseract so the Chitauri can invade Earth.

5. Spider-Man: Homecoming

Release Date: July 7, 2017
Box Office: $880.2 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 73
IMDb: 7.5/10
Director: Jon Watts
Screenplay: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts,
Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers
Cast: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald
Glover, Bokeem Woodbine, Tyne Daly, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier,
Tony Revolori, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr.

After the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) continues his normal life style and secret identity as Spider-Man, awaiting word from Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) if he needs to go on any missions. After months of receiving no word, Peter runs into a dangerous new enemy known as Vulture (Michael Keaton), who smuggles and sells illegal weapons from past Avengers battles. Even though Peter’s mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) says to leave Vulture to the bigger guys like him, Peter and his best friend Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) — who’s the only person that knows Peter is Spider-Man — plan how to capture the Vulture without Peter’s Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) knowing.

4. Thor: Ragnarok

Release Date: November 3, 2017
Box Office: $854 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 74
IMDb: 7.9/10
Director: Taika Waititi
Screenplay: Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher L. Yost
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba,
Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony
Hopkins, Taika Waititi, Rachel House, Clancy Brown, Tadanobu Asano,
Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi

After searching for the Infinity Stones for two years, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) returns home to Asgard to find that his sly brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is ruling it. However, Thor and Loki are banished to the junk planet Sakaar when Thor’s evil imprisoned sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) escapes and forces them out of Asgard. Thor is forced to fight the Grandmaster’s (Jeff Goldblum) champion, who turns out to be the Hulk (Bruce Banner). Even after fighting the Hulk, Thor is still stuck at Sakaar, and assembles a team to bust out: his new friend Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Bruce Banner, Loki, and an alien made out of rocks Korg (Taika Waititi). Thor, Valkyrie, Bruce, Loki, and Korg will have to hurry to prevent Ragnarok, the end of Asgard and something Hela very much plans on instituting.

3. Black Panther

Release Date: February 16, 2018
Box Office: $1.347 billion
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 88
IMDb: 7.3/10
Director: Ryan Coogler
Screenplay: Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai
Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke,
Sterling K. Brown, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis, John
Kani

After the death of his father and the former King of Wakanda (John Kani), T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) returns home to secret advanced African country Wakanda, which, to the rest of the world, is a third-world country and not the technological wonder it really is. After defeating Jabari Tribe leader M’Baku (Winston Duke) for the throne, T’Challa becomes King of Wakanda, but not only his rule as King, but also the fate of Wakanda will be put in his hands as evildoer Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) and one-armed Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis) arrive from the shadows and threaten to infiltrate and sell the country’s extremely valuable resource of vibranium. With help from his ex-lover Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), head of security Okoye (Danai Gurira), and sister Shuri (Letitia Wright), T’Challa will have to suit up as the Wakandan hero Black Panther and defeat the new enemies.

2. Guardians of the Galaxy

Release Date: August 1, 2014
Box Office: $773.3 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 76
IMDb: 8.1/10
Director: James Gunn
Screenplay: James Gunn and Nicole Perlman
Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley
Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou,
John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Gunn, Josh Brolin

When Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) steals an artifact called the Orb for himself, he instantly gets into trouble with Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) and his allies, as well as his old boss Yondu Udonta (Michael Rooker). Determined to get the Orb for his master Thanos (Josh Brolin), Ronan sends Thanos’s trusted daughter Gamora (Zoe Saldana) to steal back the Orb. Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), a talking raccoon, and his friend Groot (Vin Diesel), a tree that can only say “I am Groot”, also attempt to steal the Orb, landing Quill, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot in prison with an intimidating cellmate Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), whose family was destroyed by Ronan. The five manage to escape from prison with a battle-ready plan to defeat Ronan, in addition to make a name for themselves: the Guardians of the Galaxy.

1. Avengers: Infinity War

Release Date: April 27, 2018
Box Office: $2.048 billion
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Metacritic: 68
IMDb: 8.5/10
Directors: Joe Russo and Anthony Russo
Screenplay: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans,
Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland,
Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie,
Sebastian Stan, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Peter Dinklage, Benedict
Wong, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, William Hurt, Pom Klementieff,
Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper,
Gwyneth Paltrow, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Chris Pratt

After stealing the Power Stone from Xandar, the mad titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) sets to receive all six Infinity Stones so as to wipe out half the universe. He invades Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Loki’s (Tom Hiddleston) ship and takes the Space Stone, blowing up half the ship. However, the Guardians of the Galaxy (Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, and Pom Klementieff) rescue Thor, and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) is sent to Earth by Heimdall (Idris Elba). On Earth, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Wong (Benedict Wong) recruit Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to help them. Two of Thanos’ children, Ebony Maw (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) and Cull Obsidian (Terry Notary), arrive at Earth and confront Tony, Strange, Wong, Bruce Banner, and Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland). The four escape in one of Thanos’ ship, and Bruce calls Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) for help. Steve, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) save Vision (Paul Bettany) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) from Thanos’ two other children, Corvus Glaive (Michael James Shaw) and Proxima Midnight (Carrie Coon) and go to Wakanda for help with Rhodey Rhodes/War Machine (Don Cheadle). As T’Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) keeps Vision — who has the Mind Stone in his head — safe in Wakanda, Tony, Strange, and Peter meet Star-Lord, Drax, and Mantis, Thor adventures to Nidavellir with Rocket Raccoon and Teen Groot, and Thanos takes Gamora hostage, the entire fate of the universe is put at risk.

Well, there was my ranking for you. It was really hard, because there were some that I really wanted to make the top ten, but the others were just better. Please tell me what your ranking is down in the comments section, because I really want to know! Maybe I’ll even include your ranking in an upcoming post! 😉

There’s one more thing I want to do before I go, which is to show images of the Captain Marvel characters so you have a character guide if you want to go see the movie!

And there’s my post. A very long one, too! 5595 words. Now 5597 words. Now 5599. Okay, Whiz Kid, stop! There’s one more thing I want to mention, though. I totally forgot to talk about the awesome CGI in this film! They digitally de-aged Samuel L. Jackson and Clark Gregg to make them look like what they would’ve in the 1990s, because this film is set in 1995. Here’s a photo of Sam Jackson in 1995 vs. what he looks like in the movie.

Pretty crazy, huh? Well, as always, please leave a comment down below on your ranking of the MCU films, and check out my YouTube channel Whiz Kid Reviews. See you guys next time!