The Reel World’s long-standing tradition of listicles discussing the latest superhero movies continues… with a twist. Ben & Matt couldn’t quite settle on a singular list so instead decided to bombard you with lots of them! A list of lists, if you will, ranging from Top Musical Cues to Best Villains, from Biggest Continuity Issues to the low-hanging fruit of the best Avenger, Hawkeye’s Best Moments.
Top 10 Villains
- Loki (The Avengers)
- Killmonger (Black Panther)
- The Vulture (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
- Helmut Zemo (Captain America: Civil War)
- Ulysses Klaue (Black Panther)
- Ultron (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- Justin Hammer (Iron Man 2)
- Ego (Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2)
- Hela (Thor: Ragnarok)
- Red Skull (Captain America: The First Avenger)
Top 10 Wasted Actors in the MCU
- Christopher Eccleston (Thor: The Dark World)
- Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Idris Elba (Thor 1-3)
- Michael Stuhlbarg (Doctor Strange)
- Adewale Akkinuoye-Agbaje (Thor: The Dark World)
- Djimon Honsou (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Judy Greer (Ant-Man)
- Rene Russo (Thor 1 & 2)
- Corey Stoll (Ant-Man)
- Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3)
Top 20 Action Scenes
- The Airport Fight (Civil War)
- The Third Act of The Avengers (The Avengers)
- Nick Fury vs Hydra in D.C. (Captain America: The Winter Solider)
- The Elevator Scene (Captain America: The Winter Solider)
- Hulk vs The Hulkbuster (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- Tony vs Cap & Bucky (Captain America: Civil War)
- Yondu’s Arrow vs. The Ravagers (Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2)
- Cap storms the Lumurian Star (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- Thor vs. Hulk (Thor: Ragnarok)
- Banner on the Run in Brazil (The Incredible Hulk)
- “Dormmamu, I’ve come to bargain” (Doctor Strange)
- Tony’s First Flight (Iron Man)
- Black Widow escapes ‘capture’ (The Avengers)
- Tony storms Mandarin’s compound (Iron Man 3)
- The Car Chase (Black Panther)
- The Prison Break (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- T’Challa vs Killmonger (Round One) (Black Panther)
- Monaco Fight (Iron Man 2)
- Tumbling Monkeys (Iron Man 3)
- Thor vs Surtur’s Army (Thor: Ragnarok)
Top 10 Emotional Moments
- The Third Act of Civil War (Captain America: Civil War)
- Yondu’s Death & Funeral (Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2)
- Steve and Peggy say goodbye (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Loki’s illusion drops in prison (Thor: The Dark World)
- Coulson’s Death (The Avengers)
- Loki’s plea to Odin on the bridge (Thor)
- The Avengers Assemble (The Avengers)
- Cap’s Dream Sequence (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- Peter motivates himself to lift the rubble (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
- Star-Lord shoots Ego a LOT after he reveals he killed his mother (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)
Top 20 Funny Moments
- Hulk smashes Loki (The Avengers)
- Hulk kicks Blonsky into a tree (The Incredible Hulk)
- The Mandarin Reveal (Iron Man 3)
- Thor’s story about Loki turning into a snake (Thor: Ragnarok)
- Luis’ ‘Telephone Game’ stories (Ant-Man)
- Baby Groot dances to The Jackson 5/ELO (Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2)
- Joss Whedon banter on the Helicarrier (The Avengers)
- The Physical Humour of Thor: Ragnarok (Banner Falls very, very far, Thor tosses a cup in Loki’s face, Thor knocks himself out, Valkyrie falls off the ramp of her ship)
- “Mew-Mew!” (Thor: The Dark World)
- The Avengers try to lift Mjolnir (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- “Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it” (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Falcon and Bucky’s hate/hate relationship (Captain America: Civil War)
- Thomas the Tank Engine crashes into Yellowjacket (Ant-Man)
- “We are vegetarians” (Black Panther)
- Peggy shooting Cap after he kisses Natalie Dormer (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Cap’s PSA’s (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
- Groot’s Murder Grin (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Prisoners with Jobs (Thor: Ragnarok)
- “I’m sorry…” (Tony in The Hulkbuster) (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- “Cause we’re connected” (Tony drives off) (Iron Man 3)
Top 10 Musical Cues
- Assemble – Alan Silvestri (The Avengers)
- Come and Get Your Love – Redbone (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Blue (Da Ba Dee Da Ba Di) – Eiffel 65 (Iron Man 3)
- Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin (Thor: Ragnarok)
- Father and Child – Cat Stevens (Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2)
- Star Spangled Man – David Zippel & Alan Menken (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Mr. Blue Sky – E.L.O. (Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2)
- Shoot to Thrill – AC/DC (The Avengers/Iron Man 2)
- Captain America March – Alan Silvestri (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- Pure Imagination – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (Thor: Ragnarok)
Top 10 Surprises
- The Mandarin (Iron Man 3)
- Nick Fury (Iron Man)
- Hulk Smashes Loki (The Avengers)
- Hydra runs most of SHIELD (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
- The Vulture is Liz’s Dad (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
- “I am Iron Man” (Iron Man)
- Black Widow’s Message (Thor: Ragnarok)
- Falcon (Ant-Man)
- Thanos (The Avengers)
- The MCU Worked
In a perfect world: Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok
Top 10 Cameos
- Samuel L. Jackson (Iron Man)
- Chris Evans (Thor: The Dark World & Spider-Man Homecoming)
- Matt Damon, Sam Neil & Liam Hemsworth (Thor: Ragnarok)
- Community cast members (Winter Soldier/Civil War)
- Mark Ruffalo (Iron Man 3)
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
- Chris O’Dowd (Thor: The Dark World)
- Howard the Duck (Guardians of the Galaxy 1 & 2)
- The Original Ravagers (Miley Cyrus) (Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2)
- Comic book creators who aren’t Stan Lee (JMS, Walt Simonson, Ed Brubaker)
Top 10 Continuity Issues & Dropped Plot Lines
- Tony Stark meeting Thaddeus Ross (Incredible Hulk)
- The ending of Iron Man 3 being ignored in Age of Ultron and beyond
- Thor destroys the Bifröst & Odin’s ‘Dark Energy’
- The Timeline of Spider-Man: Homecoming
- The date of Doctor Strange’s accident
- Lack of consequences for Tony after creating Ultron
- The Leader Tease (The Incredible Hulk)
- Tony and Pepper breaking up and getting back together off-screen
- Jane Foster’s general existence post-Thor: The Dark World
- The lack of interaction between Tony Stark and Scarlet Witch
Top 5 Hawkeye Moments
- Every time he shoots an arrow without looking (The Avengers)
- Contemplating shooting Quicksilver (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- “You and I remember Budapest very differently” (The Avengers)
- The Farm (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- The motivational speech to Scarlet Witch (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
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