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5. CAPTAIN AMERICA (2011 – 2016)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Tomatometer Average: 87%

Movies: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 80%, Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 90%,

Captain America: Civil War (2016) 91%

Highest Rated: Captain America: Civil War (2016) 91%

Lowest Rated: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 80%

The Captain America franchise kicked off in 2012 with the Certified Fresh Captain America: The First Avenger, 80% on the Tomatometer. The Joe Johnston-directed superhero origin story struck a chord with audiences who loved its nostalgic vibe – Johnston directed The Rocketeer and it showed – and lead performance by Chris Evans. But, it wasn’t until 2014 that the Russo brothers’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (90% on the Tomatometer) propelled the franchise into the critical elite. The Russos struck gold again in 2016 with the Captain America: Civil War; its Tomatometer score of 91% makes Captain America the only superhero franchise to have its Tomatometer score improve with each installment.

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The Russos struck gold again in 2016 with the Captain America: Civil War; its Tomatometer score of 91% makes Captain America the only superhero franchise to have its Tomatometer score improve with each installment.

Which kinds of puts RT in perspective. The idea that it should score more highly than The Winter Soldier is laughable.

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May 27, 2019 15:08:42 GMT Bob said:

The Russos struck gold again in 2016 with the Captain America: Civil War; its Tomatometer score of 91% makes Captain America the only superhero franchise to have its Tomatometer score improve with each installment.

Which kinds of puts RT in perspective. The idea that it should score more highly than CW is laughable.

did you mean to say, more highly than WS?

eh. to me, the RT scores just mean 10% of folks wouldn't recommend WS to their friend, and 9% wouldn't recommend CW to a friend. some people just don't like godzilla movies, no matter how well they're made. it's perfectly understandable, there are structural and aesthetic details that are inherent to the genre that rub people the wrong way. comic book movies are the same way. this number seems about right to me, and the difference between RT scores of WS and CW is just statistical noise.

it's cool to have the films up there, but where the real perspective is needed is how RT "picks" what goes in these lists. i.e., they don't pick anything, they just go by what scores highest. i didn't link, for instance, the RT list for top MCU films, just 'cuz they went by the RT score (and i'm sorry, first avenger is WAY better than captain marvel). i don't know why they put it in their editorial section--an editorial suggests they are opining something, but no one is doing any opining in their lists.

though it's also meaningless, i think it's worth pointing out that most or all the cap movies "aged" well on RT. that is to say, as time passed, their score went up. some arbitrariness is involved in this, of course (i.e., it will vary depending on when you determine what the "final" RT score is--depending on your perspective, CW ended up much lower than its initial score when reviews were first released). unfortunately, i can't find the data, but i swear that first avenger and thor both started out around ~ 79%. the latter now sits at 80%. similarly, WS sat at 89% for a long time, and civil war ended at 90%, but both eventually went up one point. again, mostly meaningless, but it's not easy to go up in points as these are averages, and good reviews have to trickle in over time.

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what IS laughable is having nolan's dark knight movies in that top ten list. he may be a very fine drama director, but he is NOT a good action director, and those films are NOT good action movies. there are literally scenes in them where goons fly off without being hit by batman! super sloppy. i think nolan has actually gone on record stating he doesn't like filming action scenes. WS struck a cord with many comics fans precisely because cap moved the way they felt batman should. nolan's batman just used MMA "ground and pound." if i wanna watch MMA "ground and pound," i'll watch the freakin' MMA!

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Bob Moderator Posts: 3,105	Captain America In Top 5 Action Franchises - Rotten Tomatoes May 27, 2019 17:23:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Bob on May 27, 2019 17:23:23 GMT did you mean to say, more highly than WS? Oops, shit. I did mean that. I've changed it now. I meant it's odd to my that Civil War was rated higher than The Winter Soldier.
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will Full Member Posts: 117	Captain America In Top 5 Action Franchises - Rotten Tomatoes May 29, 2019 1:08:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by will on May 29, 2019 1:08:27 GMT I think Russo bro. are the best action movie directors in Marvel PS: Paul Greengrass is my favorite action director hahaha

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May 27, 2019 17:23:23 GMT Bob said:

did you mean to say, more highly than WS?

Oops, shit. I did mean that. I've changed it now. I meant it's odd to my that Civil War was rated higher than The Winter Soldier.

Maybe because CA3 is more difficult to run than CA2 after RDJ joined in and wanted more , I guess.

And I think that CA3 could be more perfect than now if Disney was bolder~

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