21 movies later and the most badass MCU scene is found in Iron Man 1

Scottius · Mar 22, 2019

I love Iron Man but nah, this ain't it. I can think of several others I consider more badass in the MCU.

I can do this all day.
Anyone want to get off?
Thor striking the bridge in Ragnarok.
Thor versus a fully powered Infinity Gauntlet blast.
Dr Strange unleashing his mystical might versus Thanos.

Mercurial · Mar 22, 2019

TreadTalks said:
Nope, but it's actually worse for his left arm / hand. The nano-material of the suit is running out. He's already redirected armor from his legs to his arms to blast at Thanos. Thanos fights through the blasts, and Tony punches at Thanos with his left arm (still armored), Thanos catches it. To make the blade, Tony redirects armor from that left arm to his right (leaving that left arm unprotected in Thanos' crushing grip). He then tries to stab Thanos with his right arm, fails, gets stabbed, etc.

That is worse. I could've sworn it was his left but I just watched it and stand corrected.

I feel like I need to make another MCU run before Endgame comes out. I've forgotten a lot of interesting things that this thread has brought up.

Not Spaceghost · Mar 22, 2019

I do love that sequence but I think at this point Thor realizing he isn't the god of hammers is the most bad ass sequence.
I love power level increase scenes, it's probably why Thor making stormbreaker was also super bad ass.

Halbrand · Mar 22, 2019

They should have used his IM1 theme for the whole MCU.

Garlador · Mar 22, 2019

While I love First Avenger, Winter Solider's many sublime action scenes really laid out why Cap isn't just some strong boyscout type but is legitimately an incredible tactician, fighter, and soldier, and I struggle to decide if the tanker opening, elevator fight, jet takedown, highway battle, hallway chase, or hellicarrier assault is the most impressive display of his abilities.

R0b1n · Mar 22, 2019

Strange v Thanos isn't even the best fight involving Strange

The final confrontation with Dormammu is better, and is the best villain takedown in the MCU

Ebullientprism · Mar 22, 2019

I feel like that Highway fight (while decent) is way overrated in Winter Soldier.

The editing and the camera work in that fight is really subpar. Compare it to top tier stuff like Raid or John Wick its atrocious. As an action sequence its really not that amazing.

Manmademan · Mar 22, 2019

Richiek said:
Cap was a fucking badass in Winter Soldier.

Should be a Winter Soldier thread.

Diving off the plane with no parachute and just dominating the hell out of the enemies on the boat

The 8(?) on 1 elevator fight followed by plummeting god knows how many stories down through a skylight, and just taking off running

Plowing through solid walls to chase after winter soldier

Taking out a damn harrier jet singlehandedly

Getting shot in the back three (?) Times while plugging in electronic hardware and walking it off

Ridiculous

Tony could NEVER

AndrewDean84 · Mar 22, 2019

The tag team of Captain America and the Winter Soldier versus Iron Man was pretty fucking awesome.

SasaBassa · Mar 22, 2019

MGS boat scene/elevator/highway in Winter Soldier, IM3 boot and glove scene/plane scene, BP vs Bucky, waterfall fights, yondu arrow killing the ravagers... This one is up there though.

BDS · Mar 22, 2019

Hot take: Iron Man 1 is actually really overrated and hasn't aged well. Tony Stark is a douche protagonist

apstyl · Mar 22, 2019

Gawd, the MCU is pretty cool. Thanks for reminding me of all the amazing bits throughout the years. One that comes to mind is Avenger's one take during the finale. The scene that ends with Hulk punching Thor in Grand Central Station.

lurksalot · Mar 22, 2019

butalala · Mar 22, 2019

I like the part where Steve keeps the helicopter from taking off.

edit: beaten by a minute. How.

Deleted member 17402 · Mar 22, 2019

shira said:

Falcon will always be the guy from 8 Mile to me.

butalala said:
I like the part where Steve keeps the helicopter from taking off.

edit: beaten by a minute. How.

This scene won't ever not be funny to me. Looks like he's flexing for a body building competition and about to kiss his bicep.

Garlador · Mar 22, 2019

TheFallenSaboteur said:
Falcon will always be the guy from 8 Mile to me.

This scene won't ever not be funny to me. Looks like he's flexing for a body building competition and about to kiss his bicep.

Every time Chris Evans takes his shirt off or flexes, I hear women in my theater audibly coo...

Cocksman · Mar 22, 2019

TheFallenSaboteur said:
This scene won't ever not be funny to me. Looks like he's flexing for a body building competition and about to kiss his bicep.

Wouldn't you kiss those bad boys if you had arms like that?

Deleted member 17402 · Mar 22, 2019

Cocksman said:
Wouldn't you kiss those bad boys if you had arms like that?

ABOUT TO IN SIX MONTHS, JUST GIMME TIME

Deleted member 54292 · Mar 22, 2019

I still love when Dr Strange was thrown through the multiverse for the first time. That scene was a visual feast!

Garlador · Mar 22, 2019

RadCatDad said:
I still love when Dr Strange was thrown through the multiverse for the first time. That scene was a visual feast!

Dr. Strange may not be my favorite Marvel movie, but it remains a wonderful head-trip of imaginative visuals that really felt like a great blend of Inception-style mind-bending, dreamscapes, and reality warping all meshed into on crazy journey of self-discovery.

There hasn't been a single MCU movie I felt didn't have at least one "made the movie" scene for me.

Duane · Mar 22, 2019

BDS said:
Hot take: Iron Man 1 is actually really overrated and hasn't aged well. Tony Stark is a douche protagonist

He is, but that's kind of what makes his slow subtle transformation over the whole series so great. He goes from not giving a shit about anyone except two people (and barely about them), to ten years later being so fiercely protective of everyone that the idea of failing to protect them tears him apart.

Pai Pai Master · Mar 22, 2019

GLHFGodbless said:
How fast would those rocks have to be traveling to reach them from another planet/moon that quickly.

You clearly see the Space Stone activating during that scene

BDS · Mar 22, 2019

Duane said:
He is, but that's kind of what makes his slow subtle transformation over the whole series so great. He goes from not giving a shit about anyone except two people (and barely about them), to ten years later being so fiercely protective of everyone that the idea of failing to protect them tears him apart.

Yes, his overall character arc is really good. But within the two hour running time of Iron Man, the original film, I don't feel like he really evolves that much. It's not until Avengers and Iron Man 3 that he starts to become a better character.

shinobi602 · Mar 22, 2019

There's more badass scenes in Infinity War than most of the MCU films combined lol.

Lowrys · Mar 22, 2019

Duane said:
Pretty badass, yeah.

Fun fact: In that same scene, he gets shot down out of the sky by a missile that hits his left side. That injury gets subtly referenced in pretty much every movie he appears in for the rest of the MCU.

Wait what?! I can't remember any such references.

Halbrand · Mar 22, 2019

Garlador said:
Dr. Strange may not be my favorite Marvel movie, but it remains a wonderful head-trip of imaginative visuals that really felt like a great blend of Inception-style mind-bending, dreamscapes, and reality warping all meshed into on crazy journey of self-discovery.

There hasn't been a single MCU movie I felt didn't have at least one "made the movie" scene for me.

Doctor Strange just misses the top 10 of the MCU for me. And yeah, not to put down Inception at all but this sometimes took better advantage of that kind of concept.

Duane · Mar 22, 2019

BDS said:
Yes, his overall character arc is really good. But within the two hour running time of Iron Man, the original film, I don't feel like he really evolves that much. It's not until Avengers and Iron Man 3 that he starts to become a better character.

Yeah, definitely accurate. In IM2 he's still douchey, destructive and un-empathetic AF. You can START to see him processing the idea of concern for Rhodey and Pepper in some little ways, but he's still way more trouble than he's worth to them and doesn't get why.

Lowrys said:
Wait what?! I can't remember any such references.

Keep rolling along in the thread...

Duane · Mar 22, 2019

double post

NameUser · Mar 22, 2019

Solo said:
It's probably Thor arriving at Wakanda in IW.

Easily. That's the best one.

Pai Pai Master · Mar 22, 2019

The only thing that ages Iron Man 1 badly is that awful awful transphobic joke that I can only assume was an adlib by RDJ. But it was 10+ years ago and it wouldn't surprise me if that was somehow part of the script.

BillFromAccounting · Mar 22, 2019

I'm at a complete loss as to how we're on page 4 and NO ONE has posted this scene. I declare this to be the winner.

TotalMackerel · Mar 22, 2019

Mercurial said:
I have to disagree. Captain America dismantling the jet tops it.

Yeah this is it for me.

Deleted member 9241 · Mar 22, 2019

Garlador said:
Dr. Strange may not be my favorite Marvel movie, but it remains a wonderful head-trip of imaginative visuals that really felt like a great blend of Inception-style mind-bending, dreamscapes, and reality warping all meshed into on crazy journey of self-discovery.

There hasn't been a single MCU movie I felt didn't have at least one "made the movie" scene for me.

My favorite origin stories in the MCU are

Iron Man
Dr. Strange
Ant Man
The rest in pretty much no order whatsoever

VeryHighlander · Mar 22, 2019

Thor Ragnorok has one of the coolest fight scenes in it's opening. Combination of the action and music, Thor flying away with a badass looking dragon on his tail, the bifrost transition into the title was a wow moment for me. I loved it.

Duane · Mar 22, 2019

BillFromAccounting said:
I'm at a complete loss as to how we're on page 4 and NO ONE has posted this scene. I declare this to be the winner.

Yeah, that's a strong contender too.

Fezan · Mar 22, 2019

Winter soldier and iron Man 1 are peak marvel movies. I really like IW but action doesn't have that impact any more

Richiek · Mar 22, 2019

Pai Pai Master said:
The only thing that ages Iron Man 1 badly is that awful awful transphobic joke that I can only assume was an adlib by RDJ. But it was 10+ years ago and it wouldn't surprise me if that was somehow part of the script.

Don't forget Tony's "prima nocta" joke in Age of Ultron. If you've seen Braveheart, you'll know he essentially made a rape joke.

Sokrates · Mar 22, 2019

Pai Pai Master said:
The only thing that ages Iron Man 1 badly is that awful awful transphobic joke that I can only assume was an adlib by RDJ. But it was 10+ years ago and it wouldn't surprise me if that was somehow part of the script.

Which joke was it? It's been awhile and I don't recall one.

Patitoloco · Mar 22, 2019

What the hell is going on in this thread and its terrible interlaced 60fps gifs/videos?

Didn't you all listen to Tom Cruise some months ago? AVOID. THAT. SHIT.

Arex · Mar 22, 2019

As far as I can remember nothing beats the Thor jump when he awakens his power in Thor Ragnarok, imo it's more badass than Thor's arrival at Wakanda (Immigrant song helps too mind you lol). Might need to jolt my memories of the older movies to see if there's better ones haha.

Anthony Hopkins · Mar 22, 2019

Richiek said:
Cap was a fucking badass in Winter Soldier.

Yeah and it makes it bit more bad ass because he is at the absolute peak of human potential.

But I personal like odin

Nemesis121 · Mar 22, 2019

Iron Man when he had a real suit not that nano machine trash in Infinity War...

andymcc · Mar 22, 2019

808s & Villainy said:
When the leak of the trailer told about this I think I hyped myself up too much after watching Diebuster. I was expecting something like this

The part where the planet gets kicked in half is crazy too.

barit · Mar 22, 2019

Nah I think the first assemble of The Avengers is the greatest scene of the MCU so far (until Fantastic Four shows up. Yes I´m huge FF stan ;D)

BuckRogers · Mar 22, 2019

Indy in the Fridge said:
It's a great scene establishing the capability of the suit.

Also the original suit has never been topped in my opinion. Each iteration has made it more gimmicky and less indicative of Iron Man's look. The only thing that I found to be better was the glove mechanism in Winter Soldier.

Pedantic, but that's in Civil War, not Winter Soldier. Iron Man isn't in Winter Soldier.

Gabbo · Mar 22, 2019

It certainly the most power his suit has been, since it's basically weak sauce from then on out, but in all of the MCU? Nah, Hulk punching Thor is still probably my favourite

TheFuzz · Mar 22, 2019

The first Iron Man, the second Captain America, and third Thor.

All beastly. Pick moments from any of those three.

Beren · Mar 22, 2019

GLHFGodbless said:
Just shows how much Thanos was screwing around in that fight. Why not just teleport them all into space since he's so OP? Ruins the fight for me.

Squid Bunny said:
He needed the Time Stone and he didn't know who had it.

That and he's fighting a group of people who have space suits plus a wizard who has already been shown to be able to teleport everyone anywhere he wants by waving his hand around. How exactly would teleporting them to space win him the fight?

Also, someone making or not making a snap decision in the middle of a fight shouldn't ruin a work of fiction for you. People improvise and can't think of everything all at once. It's a poor criticism to make.

Sacul64 · Mar 22, 2019

Arex said:
As far as I can remember nothing beats the Thor jump when he awakens his power in Thor Ragnarok, imo it's more badass than Thor's arrival at Wakanda (Immigrant song helps too mind you lol). Might need to jolt my memories of the older movies to see if there's better ones haha.

They should have played Immigrant song in Wakanda.

LL_Decitrig · Mar 22, 2019

Cocksman said:
Yes another MCU thread

Agree? Disagree? Watched it earlier this week for the first time In awhile . IM1 as a movie is still top 3 in the MCU.

This kind of stuff is why I can't watch Iron Man films. Tonally, it's like an unironic live action remake of Team America, so I got bored and stopped watching.

I'm not sure what "badass" is really supposed to mean in this context. I like this scene from Avengers very much:

21 movies later and the most badass MCU scene is found in Iron Man 1

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