If you have kids and they're into the movies, you'll end up watching everything anyway, so just go release order. Disney+ orders them that way already so easy peasy.
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God help me, we're about to start going through the Marvel movies with kids. Is there a particular order we should stick to aside from release date?
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always release order for movies. though I'd skip some. I'd honestly probably only do iron man for phase 1, though that's a pretty slow movie too. Only thor I'd really bother with is Ragnar, though with end game I'd say thor 2 is far more relevant to the plot. Then if need be don't watch sequels to the characters movies your kids don't like. For example if they didn't care for iron man 1 or 2 I don't see 3 really winning them over.
Maybe try some of the cartoons first also? though I've never cared much for marvel animated, dc is much better for that as my son loves teen titans go and dx super hero girls.
Maybe try some of the cartoons first also? though I've never cared much for marvel animated, dc is much better for that as my son loves teen titans go and dx super hero girls.
We thought the Captain movies and IM3 were to visceral to watch with the kids, so we skipped them at the time. They were older by the time we got around to Civil War, so we did watch that. Also, someone mentioned the Spiderman movies aren't on D+. Go out of your way to find what movies they released between, and find them.
Plenty of way better stuff to watch. Star Wars, Star Trek. Avoid magicshit.
Echoing release order. All of these wacky timeline orders are fine for dorks who've already watched the whole thing and want to do so again. 99% of the time release order's best for newcomers.
Regarding the ones not on Disney+, The Incredible Hulk isn't the hugest loss - the most important thing is Banner/Hulk and Avengers essentially reintroduces him, though it might be worth hunting it down before She-Hulk comes out. The Spider-Man movies however are pretty big losses and are worth hunting down to maintain release order.
Regarding the ones not on Disney+, The Incredible Hulk isn't the hugest loss - the most important thing is Banner/Hulk and Avengers essentially reintroduces him, though it might be worth hunting it down before She-Hulk comes out. The Spider-Man movies however are pretty big losses and are worth hunting down to maintain release order.
Yeah I'd sooner seek out Spider-Man (especially for kids) than Hulk.
Release order as on D+, go back when they get The Incredible Hulk, and watch the Spider-Man: Home films elsewhere
And the D+ shows after that...
And the D+ shows after that...
I did a rewatch in timeline order to see how that turned out, and yeah, release order is superior. Stuff like seeing Coulson turn up in Captain Marvel is just not nearly as impactful without having been introduced to him previously, y'know?
Release order is the way to go.
Release order is the way to go.
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I don't care about super hero movies nor do I know who they are.
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For real. Academy Award Nominee Kenneth Branagh's Dutch angle laden masterpiece!
Our oldest kid just went through them a couple months ago. It was a great experience watching them over the course of a little more than a month. Definitely do release order as they're designed around that and make sure to watch the post credits scenes.
For extra fun, make it sound like everything leads up to Infinity War.
For extra fun, make it sound like everything leads up to Infinity War.
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I'm doing this with my daughter right now. We're actually skipping the Iron Man films (she doesn't care about him much) and watching everything else in release order
I love some of Branagh's directorial work. Dead Again was superb. Cinderella was better than it had a right to be even. Thor 1, not so much. It's not offensively bad like Thor 2, but it's not really something that's essential to the MCU nor something someone that is already not looking forward to watching these movies should subject themselves to.
Release order, make it a weekly thing. Don't just marathon them all together. You want some rumination and anticipation between them.
Then when the 2 year old is 8, time for a rewatch because they won't remember any of it.
Then when the 2 year old is 8, time for a rewatch because they won't remember any of it.
Keep in mind, EBF is the same dude who has no idea who Cloud is so he might be immune to osmosis.
How much money are you willing to invest in overpriced officially licensed toys?
And how much are you willing to invest in for something labeled"Captain United States" that's mostly the same, and only possibly poisonous?
And how much are you willing to invest in for something labeled"Captain United States" that's mostly the same, and only possibly poisonous?
Release order. I don't understand how you would get any more out of doing them in another order.
I'll admit it, I like the first Thor more than the first two Avengers movies
Having gone through them last year with my gf who had never watched them all and wanted to... just stick to release order. Though you can skip a few.
Main thing to be aware of is that some will bore your kids more than they would if you were to watch them individually over a longer time period. Theres a lot of samey elements that blur together when marathoning them. Obviously everyone always says the humour but there's other samey elements that can really drag watching multiple in a row.
Main thing to be aware of is that some will bore your kids more than they would if you were to watch them individually over a longer time period. Theres a lot of samey elements that blur together when marathoning them. Obviously everyone always says the humour but there's other samey elements that can really drag watching multiple in a row.
Watching in release order works one of two ways. 1) If you actually care about the story, it continues to build from the beginning. 2) The first movies in the MCU tend to be the worst, so it's possible your kids will get bored, and want to give up the whole thing.
Just imagine they're wrasslers and this is an elaborate wwfnexftp storyline or something
Yeah then definitely skip most of em. Some of these movies can get really talk heavy, and for a 7 year old that's kind of bearable, but the 5 year old will likely struggle.
Movies that are funny like Guardians are a good place to start.
Kids are weird. Don't be surprised if they lose interest in half of the movies 10 minutes in. Stick with what you think they like. For example, my nephew only watches the films that have iron man in them. My daughters love wandavision, guardians of the galaxy and Thor. Everything else does not interest them and the connection of the movies means nothing to them.
My kids cried at The Lion King and refused to keep watching. They were 6 and 7. I think they won't be ready for marvel movies till they are like 12.
GotG was actually the one I was thinking about showing him due to the fact that it's so packed with interesting things happening, and even the "slow" dialogue scenes have wild stuff to look at, much like Star Wars.
I'm a fan of going in order by timeline. It makes it a lot easier to follow for people who are watching for the first time.