And now the current and most recent Phase leading up to the showdown with Thanos. This could be the best of all the Phases with all the quality movies in the MCU here. There are still a few films to come out in this phase Ant-Man and the Wasp in fall of 2018 and Captain Marvel in 2019, but the last 10 years have built up to the battle with Thanos.
Captain America : Civil War
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2
Spider-Man Homecoming
Thor Ragnorak
Black Panther
Best Movie
This phase also has the best lot of movies to pick from. Thor is pure fun to watch, Doctor Strange, though a lot like the Iron Man as an origin is full of great views involving the magic, and also setting up #2, Civil War is almost Avengers 2.5 with the ensemble cast and fights among good guys, and Black Panther was great also, BUT my favorite of these is SpiderMan Homecoming. Spidey comes home to the MCU and is mentored by Iron Man, and has to grow up. He's not thrown into crime fighting right after Civil War. Tom Holland is PERFECT as young Peter Parker and growing up. Michael Keaton is an amazing villain, and just seeing Peter actually in school the whole flick unlike being rushed in the past series, this is what Spidey should be.
Best Hero
Where I put him down in Phase 1 and Phase 2, Thor in Ragnorak was unlike any other version of Thor we've seen. With Taika Waititi taking over directing Hemsworth, he was allowed to be fun and add some comedy and more fun to Asgard. I think adding in the Hulk and having a buddy-buddy comedy helped. And as good as Loki has been, Thor got to fight and interact with more than just his brother.
Best Villain
This Phase has the best set of villains, Killmonger and Klaw in Black Panther, Hella, and Baron Zemo, but the best is the Vulture. Michael Keaton is EXCELLENT in SpiderMan Homecoming. He's driven to the other side of the tracks to support his family and he is fighting none other than Tony Stark. Spidey gets involved and entangled in more ways then one. He has a slight turn in an after credits scene, but also still probably has some unfinished business with Spidey
Best Moment
Peter picking up his date, Liz, in Spiderman Homecoming and opening the door is none other than Adrian Toomes, the Vulture.
Worst Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 had a lot to live up to with the surprise success that was GotG Volume 1. Now as different as the first movie was from the rest of the MCU, James Gunn made the second one the same way, and that's not a bad thing, but this one just missed with me. It gave us more of Star Lord with the search for his dad, and Nebula's character was given more and a bigger focuse on Yondu too, but what other character or moment was great from this? Rocket and Drax felt pushed back from where they were in the first and Baby Groot was cute, but maybe over done.
Worst Hero
Every flick in this list has a great hero or heroes so there will be theme in the 'Worsts' so I'm going with Rocket Raccoon and Drax. Really they weren't given anything to further their story or character. Both I felt were gems in the first flick and something different, but they weren't given enough here in the second I felt or did anything memorable.
Worst Villain
Again, I'm going to stay with Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 here, and go with Ego as the worst villain. I felt his mission was kinda ehh, I mean it wasn't over a infinity stone so that was different, but the mind games I felt he played with Star Lord and Yondu and the team felt choppy after the initial meeting. The final battle felt more like Pixels than a Marvel final battle too. I mean if you look at Civil War, Baron Zemo was playing mind games too, but that never felt choppy in the flick.
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