One of Marvel’s ‘best endings’, which happened over 10 years ago, shows how far the MCU has fallen, fans say.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe began 15 years ago with Phase One in 2008 with Iron Man and we’ve had countless movies ever since. We’re now in Phase Five with the latest entry in the MCU being Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. However, it’s fair to say that the latest MCU entry hasn't had the best of starts. This is despite MCU chief Kevin Feige claiming that Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania connects to the MCU's bigger picture more so than any other film since Endgame.
Take a look at the trailer for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania below.
At the time of writing, Quantumania has a Metacritic score of 48 - with a score of 5.9 from users. As for Rotten Tomatoes, it has a critic score of 48%, but a much greater audience score of 83%. What’s more, according to Business Insider, Quantumania has generated just $261 million so far at the box office worldwide ranking it at number 31 in the MCU. So, it should come as no surprise that Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania is one of the lowest-rated movies in the MCU. However, I must say that I liked it (don’t come at me).
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That being said, as reported by UNILAD (via @Capsicle1949), fans have been discussing the MCU of yesteryear and how great things used to be. In particular, fans were discussing the ending of 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger. The movie was released 12 years ago and if you’re reading this article, then we assume that you’re familiar with the MCU as well as Captain America: The First Avenger. However, just in case, I will discuss spoilers below.
Captain America: The First Avenger takes place during WW2. After defeating Hydra, led by Red Skull, Steve Rodgers heroically crashes into the ocean with the Space Stone (Tesseract) hoping for it to be buried forever. However, Rogers' plan didn't go quite accordingly, as he wakes up in what looks to be a 1940s hospital room, only to run out in Times Square 70 years later, dazed and confused by the world that has changed so drastically. Then we got the post-credit scene that teased Rodgers joining the Avengers Initiative.
It was certainly a good time and is looked back upon fondly. Sadly, however, other than perhaps Spider-Man: Far From Home in Phase Three, we’ve not had a major cliffhanger that renders us excited to see the next movie in quite some time. At least for me, anyway.
“The seconds of silence in the beginning, the camera spinning around Steve as he looks around Times Square, those last few notes of Silvestri's score, 'I had a date,' the sincerity of it, like breathing clean air. That's what it’s about, man. Take me back,” recalled Twitter user filmforvictoria.
“Marvel really can't afford to fumble the Fantastic Four movie,” tweeted bigmonkeong.
Will the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever return to its former glory? Only time will tell, but we certainly hope so.
Topics: Marvel, TV And Film