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With Captain America: Civil War about to kick off Phase 3 of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe,
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many fans have been revisiting the films that have led up to this epic battle of the titans.
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Disney and Marvel studio head Kevin Feige have done an excellent job overall, but you
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don’t build a billion dollar franchise without making a few mistakes along the way.
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Here are the 10 Biggest Movie Mistakes The MCU Has Made So Far
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1. Ed Norton as Hulk The Incredible Hulk is probably the most disconnected
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of all the films in the MCU, and a big part of that is because of its lead. Edward Norton
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is the only Avenger who needed to be recast after a standalone film, although replacing
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him had very little to do with his performance. Like his character in Birdman, Norton can
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be as intense offscreen as he is onscreen and had very specific ideas about the Hulk
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that didn’t always line up with Marvel’s. He refused to do publicity for the film, and
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wasn’t the team player the studio needed for their Avengers initiative.
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2. Steve Rogers' CGI Body
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To show Steve Roger’s pre-serum body in Captain America: The First Avenger the filmmakers
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used CGI to put Chris Evans’ face onto another actor’s body. It’s an advanced technique
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that sometimes comes off as crude and unfinished. In some scenes you can barely notice it, but
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there are times when it becomes strange, distracting, and almost humorous. Even if you’re not
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supposed to take Rogers seriously for the first third of the movie, The First Avenger
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would have benefitted from a little more time in the post production lab.
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3. Ant-Man vs Falcon Marvel takes every opportunity to remind us
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that all of these films take place in the same Universe, even if that means unnecessary cameos.
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Ant-Man had potential to be the only true standalone film in MCU’s Phase 2,
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but just in case people weren’t sure what universe they were in, they squeezed in an awkward
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confrontation between Ant Man and secondary Avenger Falcon. The whole scene reeks of studio
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notes and reshoots. At Marvel the studio always trumps the director, which has cost them the
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talents of Edgar Wright, and who knows who else.
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to miss Howard. 7. “I’m always Angry”
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Avengers was the first film that really made the Hulk work. Like Ruffalo’s Banner, director
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Joss Whedon learned how to control the Hulk and use him for good as opposed to just having
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an out of control rage monster. When Banner shows up for the final battle, he reveals
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his secret to taming the Hulk: He’s always angry. It sounds cool and has become a highly
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quotable line, but it actually poses more questions than it answers. How did he turn
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the one thing that triggers the Hulk into something that subdues him? Why is he so mad
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all the time? Fortunately he punches out a giant space whale before we can think too
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much about it. 8. Whiplash
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It’s been said a superhero movie is only as good as its villain, perhaps this is why
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Iron Man 2 catches so much flack. Ivan Vanko aka Whiplash was a strange choice for Iron
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Man’s second outing. Vanko is supposed to be as brilliant as Stark, so it seems odd
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that after figuring out the tech that powers the Iron Man suit that he would apply it to
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something as basic as whips. Everything about the character, from his his motivation, to
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his look, to Mickey Rourke’s weird Russian accent just didn’t mesh for audiences. In
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the end it was Sam Rockwell’s more comedic villain Justin Hammer who was the more amusing
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foil. 9. Tacked on Love Stories
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It seems like to matter how many worlds are colliding, origin stories being told, or crossovers
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being justified, there’s always time for a little love. These subplots usually feel
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unnecessary and shoehorned in. The most blatant example of this would probably be the relationship
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between Thor and Jane Foster, which isn’t developed at all but we’re just supposed
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to accept. Marvel has no shortage of strong female characters, they just came seem to
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find strong stories for them. 10. Spoiling Spidey in Civil War Trailer
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As exciting as the trailers for Captain American: Civil War make it look, there’s an overshadowing
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sense that we’ve seen it all already. The main event is the Avengers fighting one another,
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but even that we’ve seen. Perhaps this is why they felt the need to show the addition
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of fan favourite Spider-Man in the second trailer. This is the kind of reveal that should
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be saved for the first time you see the film. It would be a moment that would make audiences
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cheer in the theatre, but now it’s just something they’ll wait for. It’s hard
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to imagine Civil War containing any surprises that would be as big or fun as that one. I
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guess the execs got a little too excited about finally coming to an agreement with Sony to
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use the wall crawler and slung their web too soon.
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While we love what Marvel has done with their cinematic universe, nobody is perfect, but
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at least they seem to be learning from their mistakes as they perfect the formula they
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helped invent. What MCU missteps bothered you? Let us know in the comments below and
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