Monday, December 25, 2023

MCU Good Parts

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Current rank: 25 of 33

Before rewatch:

  • Scenes I love: The grief of dealing w/ T’Challa’s (and really, Chadwick Boseman’s) death.

  • Expectations: This movie largely doesn’t work for me because Namor and the Atlanteans fail to resonate with me on pretty much any level.  And while Riri is very well cast, she doesn’t fit in this movie.  And Okoye is too badass to require armor assistance.


Rewatch stats:

  • Time to process: 57:00

  • Length of cut scenes: 46:37

  • Length of iffy scenes: 43:07

  • Length of total movie: 2:41:09 

  • % with cut scenes: 71%

  • % with iffy scenes: 44%

  • Hero scenes kept: 61%

  • Villain scenes kept: 13%

  • Action scenes kept: 29%

  • Time of scenes I love: 6:34


After rewatch: There’s a legit 40 minute gap in the middle, basically Shuri’s captivity in Atlantis, that’s completely skippable.  Everything around it is pretty questionable as well.  My estimation of this movie has not changed; Namor is as unfun to watch as I remember.


Ant-Man: Quantumania

Current rank: 33 of 33

Before rewatch:

  • Scenes I love: I love nothing about this movie.  It’s the worst.

  • Expectations: It will stay the worst.


Rewatch stats:

  • Time to process: 25:00

  • Length of cut scenes: 1:50:09

  • Length of iffy scenes: 2:41

  • Length of total movie: 2:04:17

  • % with cut scenes: 11%

  • % with iffy scenes: 9%

  • Hero scenes kept: 32%

  • Villain scenes kept: 0%

  • Action scenes kept: 0%

  • Time of scenes I love: 0:00 


After rewatch: Hahahahahhaa! 9% of this thing is watchable…


Guardians 3

Current rank: 26 of 33

Before rewatch:

  • Scenes I love: Nothing comes to mind.  The one-take hallway fight scene isn’t bad…

  • Expectations: Meh.  While the animal experimentation message is a commendable one, it doesn’t make for an enjoyable watching experience.  Each viewing of a Guardians movie does nothing to make the characters more likable for me. 


Rewatch stats:

  • Time to process: 1:30:00

  • Length of cut scenes: 53:02

  • Length of iffy scenes: 54:42

  • Length of total movie: 2:29:45

  • % with cut scenes: 65%

  • % with iffy scenes: 28%

  • Hero scenes kept: 37%

  • Villain scenes kept: 23%

  • Action scenes kept: 23%

  • Time of scenes I love: 3:01


After rewatch: As I went through this movie, I just...didn’t care at all about what was going on.  There are definitely some sweet character moments between these people.  (I finally care about this gang of misfits, for the most part.)  But the plot, the flashbacks, the High Evolutionary, the action…nope.  


  1. Avengers: Endgame

  2. Captain America: Civil War

  3. Captain America: Winter Soldier

  4. Spider-Man: No Way Home

  5. Avengers: Infinity War

  6. Shang-Chi

  7. Avengers: Age of Ultron

  8. Ant-Man/Wasp

  9. Avengers

  10. Spider-Man: Homecoming

  11. Captain America

  12. Dr Strange 2

  13. Thor: Love and Thunder

  14. Spider-Man: Far From Home

  15. Iron Man 2

  16. Black Widow

  17. Black Panther

  18. Iron Man

  19. Ant-Man

  20. Dr Strange

  21. Iron Man 3

  22. Thor 3

  23. Captain Marvel

  24. Thor

  25. Thor 2

  26. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

  27. Guardians of the Galaxy

  28. Guardians of the Galaxy 2

  29. Guardians of the Galaxy 3

  30. Hulk

  31. Eternals

  32. Ant-Man/Wasp: Quantumania

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