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Full disclosure: I absolutely love the MCU, I really do. I actually think that it is a better fictional universe than it's comic book source material, both in terms of its films and it's netflix series's. This is certainly not the last MCU film you will see on this list. My favorite part of the MCU? the Cap trilogy, which I would contend is the best superhero trilogy of all time (even compared to Nolan's batman trilogy, which as a nolan fan I absolutely love, so that's saying something). All 3 of the Cap films will appear on this list.
There's so much I can say about this film (and more than just my silly juvenile #Stucky obsessions, which could be it's own post lol -- I'm only half kidding). It's a brilliantly done origin story and a very well done period piece that introduces us to the Steve Rogers character who has developed into one of my favorite characters in any form of narrative (the stupidity of his surprise hydra alignment in the comics notwithstanding, I refer specifically to MCU cap). Chris Evans truly nails this role, and in this movie especially we see the seeds of what Steve Rogers truly is. Not just a soldier... but a good man, as put so eloquently by the scientist responsible for his transformation into super-soldier Captain America.
The first half of this film is as good as anything marvel has done, and while the second half gets a bit crazy, it's still incredibly entertaining. I feel like this film is kind of underrated because it gets lost in the shuffle with all the other superhero movies that have come out in the last 5 years, and therefore goes underappreciated, but I really loved it (and have developed a really strong emotional attachment to the characters of Steve and Bucky and to a lesser extent Peggy Carter and Howard Stark).
If you want an idea of how much I like this movie trilogy, my final exam in my AP physics class last year was to write a research paper on a topic of my choice, and I chose to write a speculative paper on the potential physics behind Captain America's shield (which, by the way, I got a 100% on *fist pumps*). Like I'm totally willing to admit that there are better films on this list, hell I would argue that every film below it except Man of Steel is more well-made than this one, but the fan in me has to have it on the list, if only because of how much I love these characters.
Also, because my #Stucky smut would go unread otherwise
(seriously though, making cap and bucky gay would be awesome)
44. Captain America: The First Avenger
Full disclosure: I absolutely love the MCU, I really do. I actually think that it is a better fictional universe than it's comic book source material, both in terms of its films and it's netflix series's. This is certainly not the last MCU film you will see on this list. My favorite part of the MCU? the Cap trilogy, which I would contend is the best superhero trilogy of all time (even compared to Nolan's batman trilogy, which as a nolan fan I absolutely love, so that's saying something). All 3 of the Cap films will appear on this list.
There's so much I can say about this film (and more than just my silly juvenile #Stucky obsessions, which could be it's own post lol -- I'm only half kidding). It's a brilliantly done origin story and a very well done period piece that introduces us to the Steve Rogers character who has developed into one of my favorite characters in any form of narrative (the stupidity of his surprise hydra alignment in the comics notwithstanding, I refer specifically to MCU cap). Chris Evans truly nails this role, and in this movie especially we see the seeds of what Steve Rogers truly is. Not just a soldier... but a good man, as put so eloquently by the scientist responsible for his transformation into super-soldier Captain America.
The first half of this film is as good as anything marvel has done, and while the second half gets a bit crazy, it's still incredibly entertaining. I feel like this film is kind of underrated because it gets lost in the shuffle with all the other superhero movies that have come out in the last 5 years, and therefore goes underappreciated, but I really loved it (and have developed a really strong emotional attachment to the characters of Steve and Bucky and to a lesser extent Peggy Carter and Howard Stark).
If you want an idea of how much I like this movie trilogy, my final exam in my AP physics class last year was to write a research paper on a topic of my choice, and I chose to write a speculative paper on the potential physics behind Captain America's shield (which, by the way, I got a 100% on *fist pumps*). Like I'm totally willing to admit that there are better films on this list, hell I would argue that every film below it except Man of Steel is more well-made than this one, but the fan in me has to have it on the list, if only because of how much I love these characters.
Also, because my #Stucky smut would go unread otherwise
(seriously though, making cap and bucky gay would be awesome)