What is the best film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

[Eddie Teach]

We already knew anime was an affront to the Almighty.

[celedhring]

You know, I say this all the time, but I think it's a bit of a pity that the Motion Picture and III get such bad raps.  As for TMP, at least it's understandable (it is slow as fuck, although I prefer to call it stately).  III's a pretty great adventure film, and even if you like the second one better, it nonetheless enriches and deepens II.

Then again, I also think V is a fundamentally enjoyable experience.  It's hard to separate Trek fandom from a sober-minded analysis.  But it is about the only film I know where one of the heroes shoots God in the face.

Star Trek I and III are fine, imho. IV is stupid but a guilty pleasure of mine, loved it as a kid 

[Monoriu]

You know, I say this all the time, but I think it's a bit of a pity that the Motion Picture and III get such bad raps.  As for TMP, at least it's understandable (it is slow as fuck, although I prefer to call it stately).  III's a pretty great adventure film, and even if you like the second one better, it nonetheless enriches and deepens II.

Then again, I also think V is a fundamentally enjoyable experience.  It's hard to separate Trek fandom from a sober-minded analysis.  But it is about the only film I know where one of the heroes shoots God in the face.

Star Trek I and III are fine, imho. IV is stupid but a guilty pleasure of mine, loved it as a kid 

I still love it

[Syt]

IV is one of the most entertaining time travel movies.

[The Brain]

Seven votes for Thor?

I liked it, but I didn't think it was great. Why so many fans?

Whatshername is in it.

[Hamilcar]

I missed Hami. We don't have too many conceited snobs on Languish. Oh wait.

There's a difference between conceit and snark. I have been honing my snark skills in snark camp (aka Twitter).

[Hamilcar]

She kinda looks like Scorpio from Farscape in that pic.

Now that's a movie I'd watch. On a plane.

[Eddie Teach]

Seven votes for Thor?

I liked it, but I didn't think it was great. Why so many fans?

Whatshername is in it.

Natalie Wood.

[Agelastus]

You know, I say this all the time, but I think it's a bit of a pity that the Motion Picture and III get such bad raps.  As for TMP, at least it's understandable (it is slow as fuck, although I prefer to call it stately).  III's a pretty great adventure film, and even if you like the second one better, it nonetheless enriches and deepens II.

Then again, I also think V is a fundamentally enjoyable experience.  It's hard to separate Trek fandom from a sober-minded analysis.  But it is about the only film I know where one of the heroes shoots God in the face.

Star Trek I and III are fine, imho. IV is stupid but a guilty pleasure of mine, loved it as a kid 

I still love it

I rate IV as highly as II, personally.

[Ideologue]

IV's swell.  And double-dumbass on anybody who disagrees.

[viper37]

I liked it, but I didn't think it was great. Why so many fans?

Big muscular tall guy that looks like he spends his days training.  He got all the gay mafia vote from this board, even if he's too old for Gral.

[Ideologue]

Also the filmmaking isn't hideous, like in, for example, the Winter Soldier.  (Dutch angles notwithstanding, of course.)

[viper37]

You didn't answer my question though. We being described as a cesspool implies there being a place that is better.

not specifically, no.  Describing one place as 'hell' could only mean it's one of the seven hells, the first one, not as bad as the other 6.

[viper37]

As an aggregate, I largely agree with that.  But about a third of them are pretty great.  (Will they be dragged down by the average?  I don't see why.  Does Star Trek II suffer because Generations exists?  Actually, it might.  I'm not sure the Star Trek films are heavily-seen these days.)

Old movies are not heavily seen these days.  People in the 50s didn't spend most of the time in theaters watching movies made in the 20s either.  And in the 80s, with the VHS, some old movies got renewed interest, but I'd bet the majority of movies watched where the recent ones.  Today is no different.  Fans and cinema afficionados will watch/rewatch classics, but aside that, not many people want to see movies done 3-4 decades ago, unless the special effects happen to have been redone, like Star Wars.

[viper37]

Also the filmmaking isn't hideous, like in, for example, the Winter Soldier.  (Dutch angles notwithstanding, of course.)

Winter soldier is way better than both Thor.  I liked them, I've even rewatched them when they were on TV, but they still are not great movie like the Winter Soldier.