Let us know what you think in the comments below. [Groot impales several Outriders with his arm]. An improvement on the first film, and an absolute delight from moment to moment -- but it never quite coalesces into a coherent whole because so many subplots distract from the core story and rob it of its emotional impact. By the way, this is a friend of mine, the tree. I am Groot. Groot But as with the first "Avengers" movie its weaknesses are overcome by great character work. "Ultron" is frustrating for what it lacks -- chiefly the feeling that it's advancing the overall story arc of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We may never figure out what went wrong with Marc Webb's Spider-Man duology, but his choice of Andrew Garfield to play Peter Parker is still brilliant. As if the ending of “Avengers: Infinity War” wasn’t sad enough already. "The Dark World," in contrast to the first "Thor" movie, is certainly not boring. It was Robert Downey Jr.'s reemergence on the big screen, and he's flawless in this origin story that takes Tony Stark from billionaire playboy weapons manufacturer to billionaire playboy other-things manufacturer. Rocket Raccoon And it's awesome. [Groot is playing a video game called Defender. A thorough delight. New haircut? A big step up from the first "X-Men" both in production values and quality, it still lacks much in the way of energy. Shame that it was apparently stressful enough to break up the tandem of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Peter Quill turns to Groot]. And that sequence on the train in the third act is easily the best action sequence of these movies. Also Read: The 8 Wildest 'Avengers: Infinity War' Fan Theories Out There (Spoilers), Gunn revealed on Twitter that Groot’s last words to Rocket weren’t “I am Groot,” they were “Dad.”. Sam Raimi truly assembled the prototypical superhero movie with this first entry in the "Spider-Man" franchise, in 2002. Pure B-movie trash, which is fine because that's precisely what it aims for: bloody, crass, awesome. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, a bit of a narrative time jump since we last saw the heroes. Decades of big-screen Marvel adaptations demand a long, ranked list. Maybe the bad outweighs the good here, but Emo Peter Parker's dance number remains one of the greatest single moments in any comic book movie, sorry, haters. This was basically "Early-2000s: The Movie," with Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell and Michael Clark Duncan as the main players. More vampires, more blood, more people getting sliced up -- and of course baddies whose jaws can split open and swallow a person's head whole. It didn't sit well with audiences, but "Hulk" remains one of the most compelling and interesting Marvel movies to date. The beginning of the current wave of theatrical superhero movies, "X-Men" was kind of a cheapie and it showed.