In the entire history of modern filmmaking, there has never been a franchise as ambitious or impactful as the Marvel movies. It helped to completely redefine the superhero genre.
As you can probably imagine, there are moments that have held up over time as well as others that have not.
See for yourself and check out these 10+ Marvel movie moments that didn't age well.
Before the Guardians set out to fight Ronan, Drax says to the group, "You, Quill, are my friend. This dumb tree, he is my friend. And this green [expletive], she, too —" at that point, he's interrupted by Gamora.
Why would he say that? At no point does Gamora do anything even remotely sexual?! So why would he be hurling that kind of shade?
During a heart to heart moment between Bruce and Natalia, she explains to him that she (like him) cannot have children. Part of her training to be an assassin was to undergo a sterilization process.
Clearly she is trying to empathize, but the implication she makes is that women who can't have kids are monsters.
Fans still talk about that scene to this day.
When we first meet Thor, he's a cocky, arrogant, pretty boy with almost no redeeming qualities whatsoever. He's loud, brutish, and has some incredibly outdated opinions on women.
He even goes so far as to refer to a waitress as a "wench."
While Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man may not be included in the MCU, it is still worth mentioning.
The film as a whole is hot trash, but it's the inexplicable dance moves of Maguire that really seal the deal.
I guess you could say the lack of diversity overall. It took more than a decade before we saw a film with either a Black or female lead!
This was a huge missed opportunity for Marvel as a whole.
What is it with old white men and "The good old days"? They certainly weren't all that great if you were a person of color, a woman, LGBTQ+... You get the point.
But other fans believe that he simply misses the life he never got to have.
What do you think?
Seriously, Marvel? You're going to look out at your audience with a straight face and try to convince us that Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes are "just friends"? I'm not buying it.
This could have been groundbreaking but they once again cower to comic-book fandoms.
It wasn't the fact that Thor packed on the pounds that had audiences upset. It was the fact that his weight became the butt of every single team member's joke.
You can't take a stand against unrealistic body types by shaming one another. It's hypocritical.
First of all, let's get this out of the way. The fact that Scarlet Witch didn't have more to do in the last two movies is mind-boggling since Kevin Feige has confirmed she could have killed Thanos.
Which is astonishing considering Captain Marvel and Scarlet Witch are among the most powerful superheroes.
Thankfully, this didn't stick around for very long. But the first time we meet Tony, he's greasily wooing a reporter back to his apartment for a one night stand.
While we know that this was all in the name of character development (which he developed beautifully), it's still cringey to watch all these years later.
I will admit, both Infinity War and Endgame had substantial ground to cover. There were a lot of stories to pack in. However, the explanation behind how Thanos got the Power Stone is vexing.
It just seems odd. But hey, it is space, so who knows what the rules are there.
Bucky and Steve had ten times the amount of sexual chemistry as Bruce and Natalia. The romantic interest between the two is nothing short of perplexing.
They could have easily gone with the Natasha x Clint route.
OK, to be fair, it's not like Pepper fired first. That reporter overstepped with her own snarky comments, so obviously Pepper couldn't let that happen in her own house!
However, calling a woman "trash" simply because she slept with Tony is a little on the degrading side.
Have you seen Black Widow's "uniform"? It's a glorified catsuit. The sexual innuendo and double entendres are positively cringe-worthy.
It's insulting to both the audience and to the characters themselves to reduce them to nothing more than sexual objects.
In The Incredible Hulk, once Banner and Sterns meet, Blonsky shows up to capture them, and as Sterns tries to inject Blonsky with Banner's blood, some ends up on a cut on Sterns' head.
But unfortunately, he never came to be an actual character, as Hulk was recast and never got a solo film.
So the potential for one of the greatest fights ever is just lost to us.
Was it the bad CGI in some of the first films that were being released? Or was there a joke that was so badly timed you can't stop thinking about it?
Let us know below in the comments!
