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Given our current global situation, movie streaming — and boredom — might be at an all-time high. And when those two ingredients mix, you create the current argument unfolding online: which Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is the worst, Iron Man 2 or Thor: The Dark World.
And that’s where the ‘idiots’ part of the title of this article comes in, as only idiots would consider anything but Thor 2 as the MCU’s worst film. The Dark World is *far and away* the worst of the 23 Marvel movies thus far. It literally took me three watches to get through the whole thing because I fell asleep the first two times.
Not only is Iron Man 3 miles better than Thor 2, but it’s also better than Iron Man 2. As one of the tweets below mentions, Iron Man 2 vs. Thor 2 would make for a far more legitimate debate.
Iron Man 3 > Thor Ragnarok pic.twitter.com/AHPfLqWHYC
— Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) March 23, 2020
Not sure why Iron Man 3 has popped back up into the conversation but my take is/always will be that it’s a decent MCU flick with a terrible mood-ruining twist. pic.twitter.com/WlrMF73UPS
— Brandon Katz (@Great_Katzby) March 23, 2020
Isn't the argument Thor 2 vs. Iron Man 2? Where did 3 come from?
This is rhetorical. I don't actually want replies.
— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) March 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/38Godfrey/status/1242130488598413313
NOW THAT I KNOW WHY THOR 2 AND IRON MAN 3 ARE TRENDING I THOUGHT WE ALREADY AGREED AS A FAMILY THAT INCREDIBLE HULK WAS THE WORSE MARVEL FILM? THIS DEBATE HAS BEEN OVER FOR YEARS pic.twitter.com/VdlhEkEjth
— Zay⁷ ✨️ (@JustZay16) March 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/GirlThatsOmar/status/1242162949919248385
I didn't weigh in on the Iron Man 3/Thor 2 debate because
a) Thor 2 is clearly worse and
b) I've been too busy staring at this actual 100% real excerpt from the OFFICIAL #RiseofSkywalker novelization pic.twitter.com/L2xxDNaYLh— Nando (@NandovMovies) March 23, 2020
https://twitter.com/rageahol/status/1242042411691409414
MFW people actually think Thor 2 is better than Iron Man 3. pic.twitter.com/wwzikGdC2P
— Cody (@ajobforacody) March 23, 2020
#MCURankings Thor 2, Iron Man 3, The Incredible Hulk, Captain Marvel. Everyone has Age of Ultron too high.
Reposted because I forgot to update the list post-Endgame. pic.twitter.com/bgW1Bu4Umo
— Jim Altman (@SWNJim) March 23, 2020
Rotten Tomatoes agrees, as Thor: The Dark World is the lowest rated of the MCU films thus as, as its 66% critics score ranks just below The Incredible Hulk at 67%. The bottom five is rounded out by Iron Man 3 at 73%, Avengers: Age of Ultron at 75%, and Thor at 77%.
Thor has had a hell of a bounce back, though, as Thor: Ragnarok is one of the best films in the franchise, leading to the God of Thunder becoming the first MCU character to get a four solo film. That solo film — Thor: Love and Thunder — is scheduled to hit theaters on November 5, 2021.
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Eric is a New York City-based writer who still isn’t quite sure how he’s allowed to have this much fun for a living and will tell anyone who listens that Gotham City is canonically in New Jersey. Follow him on Twitter @eric_ital for movie and soccer takes or contact him eric@brobible.com