To clarify in Australia as 90% is A+, 80% is A, 75% is B+, 70% is B and then everything else is also more numbers and letters

The most shocking part of this video is hearing that an 80% is an A in Australia, apparently. I went to school in the wrong country.

Age of Ultron could have elevated itself over the first Avengers by being a musical

Best part of Captain America: The First Avenger is when Tommy Lee Jones talks about the dream he had of his father carrying the fire in a horn.

I mean, technically Jude Law is the most pallet swapped version we have ever had. They are wearing the same uniform, just in different colors.

You know that the scariest time of the year just passed?? And I'm not talking about tax time

Tommy Lee Jones eating milksteak is hilarious

Thor: The Dark World was secretly Natalie Portman's chance to redo Attack of the Clones with a far more charismatic scene partner. You can take the scene where Thor is showing her around Asgard and then juxtapose it with the "I don't like sand" scene. It's hilariously apparent.

James and Mason must have photographic memory because I've seen Thor The Dark World at least a couple of times since its release and I could never have recalled Christopher Eccleston's blood arms. Very impressive.

Kids today are so spoiled. Back in my day we were ecstatic if we got a middling superhero movie. All we got were Steel, Spawn and Meteor Man, and we were happy to get them.

Only a minute in and THANK YOU for explaining the Rotten Tomatoes system because nobody ever does and people really treat the scores like they're grades from a teacher. Saves me a mental rant lol

Some of the ratings Gone with the Twins give are absolutely wild, maybe you could do a 'predict the score these weird twins gave based on some examples'-video. To give three examples: The Favourite got a 4/10, while Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker got a 7/10, the same score as Parasite.

That's a very good point, even the lowest MCU films are films i thought were just fine. There's no Catwomen or Steel equivalent there, and that in itself is really impressive. But of course on the internet it either has to be a 9/10 or it's the worst film/show/game ever made...

As a cosplayer who often gets called by some local movie theaters to pump up the movie premiere....I FELT THE "WE GET PAID IN POPCORN" WITH MY SOUL LOL great video guys.

I love when an origin story shows how a character received something arbitrary that almost all viewers probably ignored entirely, like a vest, or a set of golden dice on a chain, or a big round table with 6 chairs but room for more.

I can listen to you guys chatting about for at least 2 hours a week

This might be rotten tomatoes list, but I'd like to hear your list James.

I think all MCU third act final battles should take place under the song "I'm Just a Girl." Imagine how much cooler the Killmonger vs T'Challa fight would be if No Doubt just started blasting out of nowhere for no reason.

I call Paul Rudd “Paul Stud” for his antman movie. Feel free to use it.

James: Tried to copy the previous avengers movie. Mindless drone army Me: *looks at Infinity War and Endgame*

Got to watch Eternals last night and I gotta say it got off to a strong start. The various deviant designs are great. But… I found it meandered a lot in the first half. Lots of exposition. Lots of jumping between time periods. The dialogue and characters felt a bit stiff. BUT - about half way through there’s a big reveal about the mythology surrounding the celestials and the eternals, and the plot comes into focus. I don’t know anything about the comics so I found this really really cool. Then from that point onwards it gathered a lot of momentum, the characters seemed to come to life, and it built to a very epic and satisfying conclusion. I ended up really loving it.

just saw eternals tonight and can say with confidence it isn't the worst mcu movie so far. can understand some of the criticisms but it definitely deserves more than its currently getting

It’s some of the Spookiest scores on Rotten tomatoes, and I’m not just talking about Tax time

Eternals, more like Rotternals, bloody got 'em!

I don't think age of ultron is good but it feels the most the picking up a random issue of Avengers and for that I love it. No comic book movie feels as much like a random comic at the barbershop than AOU. I know most people find that experience frustrating but it harkens back to what comics felt like as a kid. Idk I guess not enough people read comics in waiting rooms as a kid.

3:08 Charlie Kelly from It’s Always Sunny verified as a real man for milksteak.

I think Thor is very underrated. I remember watching it in theaters in Kampala, Uganda, which was two hours away from where my family lived. Every time we went to see a movie it was special. I loved it, the performances the look of it, all the funnies. Good memories. Good times.

You two are truly a comedic team now. Including the editor. the work put into these make them just the chef’s kiss 😗👌

This video impresses my bone marrow

Happy Diwali To Mason and James 🎉🔥 and ben also any other editors🔥🔥

Honestly, I found Age of Ultron to be way more emotionally compelling than Avengers 1. Avengers 1 was a fun time, but AoU just had a lot more interesting ideas, even if it’s messy and not handled entirely well.

There's a number of MCU films with great scores that I think are fine. Also a few that I don't care for that have really high scores. So I guess I'll just go see for myself.

Martial arts nerd here: that is wing chun, which RDJ practices in real life and has also insisted on incorporating into those sherlock holmes movies he did

Wait, wait, wait. Did RDJ notice that ppl were loving the Justin Hammer dance in Iron Man 2 and insist on a sequence of Tony dancing in Iron Man 3? Actually, never mind. I think I know the answer.

I think one of the biggest mistakes from Thor 1 & 2 was choosing such underwhelming settings on earth for the final battles. Just think they could’ve chosen something better than a tiny desert town and grey ass London for their 3rd act stages.

I don't know why the Thor movies are often considered so bad, when they simultaneously get unending praise for Loki's every action.

Edgar Wright left Ant-Man because of Feige's interference. It never occurred to me until now that there's not a whole lot of MCU plot threads in Ant-Man. Falcon makes a cameo, but thats about it.

Thanks for explaining rotten tomatoes because no one seems to understand how it works

I was literally refreshing your page, was worried if you missed your upload and questioned myself what day it was (Can't miss my boi's uploads on every tuesdays, thursdays and Sundays) Happy Diwali, Cheers :D

1:17 Bold for you to assume that movie critics are the sane ones.

8:00 As a Canadian, I had to laugh at Maso referring to Richard Crouse as "this dumbass".

Thor The Dark World has one of the best, if not THEE best, MCU endings. (Also a great Cap cameo.)

Posting this before I watching(will have to watch at work) Keep up the awesome job, and thanks for all the funny over the years!

2:57 crowd reactions makes it so funny 😂😂😂

Most amazing thing I found from this video is that I’m a AB student in Australia.

Agree with James theres never been an all and out BAD MCU movie and to me thats pretty impressive...although I've yet to see Eternals

Avengers: Age of Ultron was about the journey of the Avengers to become beings of mythology, true heroes after confronting their dark reflection in the form of Ultron, who believes that saviour figures like the Avengers are holding humanity back. We get dreams sequences showing Tony's fear about his lack of control and fear of the future (which later manifests into Ultron). We're shown Natasha's fear that she'll never be anything more than the manipulative killing machine the people in her past made her into. We're shown Captain America's fear that without war, he has no place or home in the world. Ultron sees himself as the saviour the Avengers wish they could be and in a way he has a point. When Ultron first meets the team, they're celebrating a victory that in Ultron's mind they haven't earned. People like Strucker are still around standing in the way of real peace. Ultron comes to the conclusion that as long as humanity has free will, peace will never be achievable. Ultron is desperate for control to a point where he is willing to get the population down so he can rule over what's left and force them to act in accordance to his idea of morality. Ultron's way of achieving peace would be undeniably better for the world statistically, but when you take away humanity's choice to do bad, you also take away any chance for personal growth. We see this in Nick Fury and how much he's changed since Winter Soldier. There's a Greek marble statue of the Avengers at the end of Age of Ultron. Hawkeye's wife calls the Avengers "gods." The Avengers are brought down to earth (Clint's farm) from high above the world (Avengers tower) to be reminded what the most important part of being a hero is; preserving life. The Avengers end up with a bunker that much like Hawkeye's farm is closer to the ground and more connected to humanity. This shows that Stark and by extension the Avengers have overcome their resentment and need for control and have come the accept their role in the world as preservers of life. Also Vision is Jesus and him lifting Mjolnir shows that the Avengers have divine approval. Symbolism "You want to protect the world, but you don't want it to change. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to... evolve? " - Ultron "Ultron thinks we're monsters, that we're what's wrong with the world. This isn't just about beating him, it's about whether he's right." - Captain America

It still shocks me how many people just do not understand how rotten tomatoes ratings work.

On Iron Man 3... my main issue with that one is that the villain plot is hard to understand. The individual components of the plot are great, it just doesn't feel all that satisfying when it all comes together. Like, he had a plot to kill the president, but his side plot with the fake terrorist (which was outstanding by itself) was just a cover up for when his soldiers failed... it just doesn't feel like it clicks together. Beyond that though, it has some of the best acting and character development for Tony Stark outside of Civil War. The kid in the restaurant that asks tony "how did you get out of the wormhole?" is deeply creepy and one of the most spine tingling moments in the entire MCU. His interactions with the engineer kid after he crashes his suit are incredible. It's such a parallel to Stark's own father issues and it's such a great vehicle for his resolution of some of his anxiety issues. It's just fantastic. AND ANOTHER THING. The "barrel of monkeys" mid-air rescue was the first scene in the MCU that I skipped back and immediately rewatched. (My first viewing was on DVD). Fantastic! So anyway, Iron Man 3 is one that's actually worse than the sum of it's parts, and for that I blame the convoluted villain plot. Overall though I'd say it's vastly underrated.

“Eternals, Assemble.” “Please Stop.”

Saw Eternals today - it wasn’t a bad movie at all. I don’t understand the low-ish rating This list makes a good point that the critics typically don’t really get it right. Age of Ultron is a much better movie than Black Widow and Captain Marvel as is the Incredible Hulk

6:50 Yes, that's Wing Chun. Robert Downey Jr actually practices Wing Chun in real life. It's the martial arts that Ip Man uses, and was made popular by Bruce Lee. Tony Stark can even be seen wearing a Bruce Lee shirt (one that he owns irl) in one of the Avengers movie.

I was surprised by both Antman and First Avenger, but even more surprised seeing 11 and 12 were Guardians 2 and Infinity War, also Antman and the Wasp is rated too high

Fun Fact: The martial arts dummy you see in Iron Man 3 is Wing Chun, which is famously known to be practiced by Master Ip Man (there actually exists several film, played by Donnie Yen and other actors, but actually just bother watching Donnie's films), who is better known as the master and mentor of the one and only Bruce Lee.

I enjoy your videos very much. Thank you.

bravo on the edit Matt! loved it

Any review that's nuanced could either end up as a ripe tomato or a splat on that stupid web site, and sometimes it seems as if they decide which it is by a coin flip. I've seen a ton of reviews on that site where, for instance, the critic's basically saying "yeah, it's fine, but this could've been better" and RT sometimes rates that as a bad review, other times as a good one. Because they have no system for counting movies as fine, with some reservations. It's only "best movie ever" or "worst movie ever", much like ... oh, right. Point is, if a director has their own style, or makes any bold visual or storytelling choices, then some people will like it, some won't. So, imo, any movie that's genuinely interesting is likely to get an average-to-bad score on RT.

I think the Incredible Hulk gets a lot of unfair flack. I thought it was a fun flick. It's not remotely as bad as, say, Captain Marvel or Iron Man 3. And I'll also throw out that I actually like Ang Lee's Hulk and I'll die on that hill. I also fully agree that The Dark World is NOT a bad movie. None of the Marvel MCU movies are bad per se. Iron Man 3 and Cap Marvel come close.

That’s a really weird coincidence, I just finished eating steak and drinking milk and thinking about what an American meal that was just before watching this video.

I really like this format. Definitely would like to see more of this with different franchises.

I've been calling it Thor: the Dark Thor after you guys called it that a long time ago, and frankly I'm a little disappointed you didn't do that again here.

My bone marrow was asleep for this whole video, do better

That's so crazy! Captain America was my favorite film in phase one!

Eternals currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 47%, but that doesn’t make it the worst MCU movie. People complain about it for not following the Marvel formula, but I’d argue that’s what makes it more interesting.

The Eternals has so many "B-/2.5 star" level reviews on RT but the best part is that even the blurb next to "Fresh" reviews are trashing the movie lolol

Try to avoid controversy, but have always found Age of Ultron to be much, much more entertaining than Avengers. The characters are better established, the team dynamic is more solidified, and while this may also be attributed by the passage of time in-universe, it was a great evolution of the work which had come before. Vision is great, Ultron is great, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were instant hits, and the loss felt much more personal rather than just a plot convenience/Macguffin. Still one of my top MCU films, and riding on the back of Winter Soldier and Guardians the year prior, it did not disappoint. If you can get past some of the silly moments in Avengers, Ultron shouldn’t be as much of a world-building slog as it’s described to be. The criticism it receives on tonal dissonance is entirely understandable, but that’s also part of its comic book charm. It’s the most comic-booky MCU film.

Jeet kun do instructor here, iron man does a gunting which I learned doing Kali but there's lots of overlap, it's mostly wing Chun tho. You can tell cause he's occupying center line, other arts especially weapon based ones will take an angle.

I love videos, but I wish you had podcasts as well. And movie commentaries. And bonus podcasts!

I saw The Eternals last night and I thought it was okay. It feels a bit slow and heavy at times and the characters aren't that compelling, but it definitely wasn't as boring as Thor: The Second Thor. I think people that love "epic movies" are going to like this movie, but for me it lacked humor and an interesting villain.

God I love your guyses energy, the best way to destribe these guys is that they are total lads

What I dislike about RT is if a movie get 99 reviews that give it a 6/10 then and 1 bad review it would be considered 99% fresh.

With this many characters and sub plots Marvel should have made Eternals a series

The fact that Eternals has such a low score on Rotten Tomatoes is shocking to me, like Black Widow has a good score get Eternals doesn’t? Is the movie as bad as these critics say or did they feel it veered to far from Marvels roots and that’s the only reason it’s bad, I guess we’ll find out soon

I think this is more "the 5 lowest ranked ones, plus 5 others." The first 5 of the list are pretty highly rated. You can definitely see the decline on the lower end, but those first 5 are all good films.

"Eternals", aka, "Famous actors shooting CG aliens"

Thanks for asking for my list. I am putting Black Widow at the bottom (maybe because it is the only one I saw at home) because the stakes felt like they were zero (Black Widow survived long enough to die in Endgame), and the whole "we ARE a family" message felt forced and never worked for me. Iron Man 3 would be second last because of the Mandarin fake out and it felt so disjointed as a movie. And I will go on record as saying I have never understood why Thor and Thor Dark World are rated so low. I enjoyed them both.

Take this with the caveat that being a fan of the source material inherently makes it harder for me to always enjoy the MCU. I'll never say everything has to be exactly alike in adaptations...But without going into all of the source material issues I have with Iron Man 3, Iron Man 2 (which isn't great itself), is leagues better than 3 to me just for the always fantastic Sam Rockwell hamming it up as Justin Hammer.

I have calibrated my expectations for Eternals accordingly, I'm ready to enjoy the movie now.

“Subscribe if you want, if you want” lol that famous Mr. Sunday catchphrase

I never got the Incredible Hulk slander… it was a fine origin. Not the best, but still good. I might be a bit biased, but 🤷🏽‍♀️

Captain America The First Avenger deserves higher ratings

we all know this video was only made for Eternals lol

This was made even better by the Eternals trailer before the video started, and then randomly half way through the exact same trailer played again

Ang Lee's Hulk is awesome. I unironically love it.

It's amazing how different this list would be only a couple years later lmao

It's true that user scores have some dodgy-ness in them but there can't be any doubt that critics are pretty much the same and can be extremely biased at times. Best bet would really be to take the mid point of the two in terms of the pure response to the film but understand that sometimes you have to pick one and go with it.

I haven’t seen anything after iron man. Not into it at all but for some reason I love watching two guys talk about them

Captain America the First Avenger is the most underrated movie of the mcu.

The Incredible Hulk is stupidly underrated and is hated because it’s a completely different kind of movie in comparison to the rest of the MCU. I will stand on this hill forever. I love it

Eternals if it's good or bad I don't really know but I don't think I'm going to hate it as much as Thor the Dark World and Captain Marvel

Kinda hard to do a movie channel when you don't see any movies. Still not a word about Shang-Chi or Venom 2, let alone Eternals.

James: "As one of the solo miovies, I think it's one of the better ones"

Maybe art isn’t a competition and ranking lists like these are a symptom of capitalist marketing schemes trying to consolidate money into smaller and smaller hands.

7:03 ten years later, Thor 2011 is STILL my favorite MCU film, followed by GOTG Vol. 1 and Doctor Strange. i think The Dark World is underrated, there's so much world building and set up. if you skip it in a MCU rewatch, you're gonna miss stuff.

Man the first Captain America movie is genuinely one of my favourites in the entire franchise!

Hulk 2003 is underrated, it doesn't do action as well (except the desert) but i like it tries to play for drama instead.

More like Rotten to my toes got em

Early for the boys!

I watched it and all i can say that this is different from other marvel movies and it actually stand on it's own it got more surprises and twist, Marvel is changing guys phase four is on. Great post credit scene btw 👌

Oh and I also agree with your take on the Dark World. I think it’s fine, I’ve rewatched it a few times and it does have some redeeming things in it