“Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” are on the way, and their collective The casting will be even greater than we thought (even if they will not include each character in a phase 4). The Russo brothers also return to the chairs of their directors to bring this next phase of the Marvel cinematographic universe to a culminating end. Oh yeah, and Robert Downey Jr. is back, This time as a supervillain doctor doom.

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While we are preparing for a new era of MCU Cross-over Mayhem, it is fun to look back on the inheritance that has built the basics of these monumental cinematographic projects. There have been four films Avengers live, in particular, in the MCU to date. The first launched the race of the eponymous group on the big screen in 2012, the last one put Thanos on his knees seven years later.

Each film “Avengers” is special in its own way. But which are better than the others? Let’s take a little trip to the past by classifying the films quartet in the “Avengers” franchise from the worst to the first, okay?

The first on the list, and the dull of the four films, is “Avengers: Age of Ultron”. Now, as soon as the door is released, let’s be clear: these four films are incredible projects with a good game, many splashing visual effects and convincing stories that deserve to be watched.

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Example: even if it is generally last on most lists classified (and is often quite low in MCU rankings in general), it is always full of important and memorable moments. This is the story where Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) takes on her own results. He explores the stone of the spirit, helping to set up the saga of the infinity war to come. He witnesses the birth of the vision (Paul Bettany), as well as the creation of Ultron (James Spader), and presents Hawkeye’s family (Jeremy Renner). He also sets up the tensions of “Captain America: Civil War” and gives Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) his first moment of Mjolnir. And do not forget this ending scene where Thanos (Josh Brolin) is preparing to “do it himself”.

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Like all MCU multisgments, there is a lot to dissect here – and much to appreciate too. However, this is also part of what drags it. The film is a bit lagging behind, partly because of its own heavy weight of arcs of multiple characters and too extensive narration. It lacks direction (apart from the obvious Ultron activity) and is more important as a way to set up exciting events outside of its own 141 -minute races. It is enough to say that, although critical, it is not the experience of the Avengers which naturally exceeds the others by its own merits.

When it came out, “The Avengers” was the experience of the spectacle of a life. After four years of teasing final credits and a minor camée, it was the first major multi-hero intersection of the MCU. The film Berge Les Six Avengers original through their initial formation and their pain of early growth. This shows them death around the death of Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) and goes through their initial trials as they try to stop a Loki supported by Thanos (Tom Hiddleston). He also doubled the first time we see the crazy Titan on the screen and reveals more about the previous crossing characters like Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye. In addition to all this, the film presents the Recast Bruce banner (with Mark Ruffalo taking over After Edward Norton’s mandate as Hulk created an institutional change in MCU operations).

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All around, this film has so much to offer, and it absolutely sticks to landing with regard to its introduction function to this critical crew in the MCU. That said, it is available in the third of the four films “Avengers” simply because it is not large enough. The film, in substance, is an original story (although for a group rather than an individual), and although it is exciting, it is rarely the most interesting and convincing stories. When they are well executed, they provide a necessary base which throws the ground so that the more intriguing drama comes – and this is something that “The Avengers” does with APLOMB.

“Avengers: Endgame” and “Avengers: Infinity War” are shoulder to shoulder for the top of this list. These are both incredible cinema exploits that successfully juggles dozens of well -known actors, complex scenarios and a universe that bursts with seams both in size and in range. That said, one of them had to arrive in second position, and “end of the game” for several different reasons.

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Let’s start with a simple statistical analysis. These two films “Avengers” are currently being ranked among the 250 best IMDB films of all time (the other two do not). But while they each have a note of 8.4 stars, “Endgame” is 75th, while “Infinity War” is 61st. Of course, our classification is based on more than an IMDB note, but nature from this list says a lot about such a close comparison.

“Endgame” is epic and complex, but as is the case with “Age of Ultron”, complexity can be a sword with two sharp. So much things happen that it becomes difficult to take care of each individual and scenario and move to a satisfactory conclusion. Speaking of conclusions, any film where you have to bring a decade of intertwined cinema and dozens of hours of stories that overlap with a happy ending faces an almost impossible task. No matter how you cut it, someone (and often a lot of someone) will be upset by each decision you take. From the decision to kill Black Widow and Iron Man (Downey Jr.) to the way Thanos died for the use of time travel like a macguffin “We can do everything”, there is just enough to hang it up to keep it first. It leaves us with …

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“Avengers: Infinity War” is the biggest film “Avengers” to date. In addition to being the best classified of the four films in the franchise by the wider audience, the film fulfills the impossible: telling its enormous story, maintaining incredible emotional issues and creating remarkable momentum without getting bogged down.

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The key to this success? Thanos.

Thanos is the Central Claire figure of “Avengers: Infinity War”. He advances history and, critically, he brings together the disparate elements and far from the MCU in a single impressive story. The MCU version of Thanos is also imbued with a sense of destiny similar to a cross, which raises its comic strip scenario and helps to focus the plot on a single furious goal throughout the two and a half hour experience. Add the scale and scope of the film in the mixture, and you have a success recipe.

All this does not even affect one of the greatest things that help it stand out: the end. THE Last moments of “Avengers: Infinity War” (that Mark Ruffalo is famous spoiled A year earlier) puts the stakes as high as possible and does not punch. At the first watch, this leaves the fans devastated and desperate for the next chapter of the saga. From his central villain to his crossing power to his conspiracy with high issues, he creates one of the greatest experiences of the whole barrel of the MCU. The only way it could be supplanted at this stage is whether RDJ’s return as Doctor Doom could somehow take this universe of cinematographic comics at even higher heights. Our suggestion to do it? Do not punch. Said Nuff.

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