A solid beginning to the MCU

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 2020)

A solid beginning to the MCU. At a time where superhero movies, with the exception of the Nolan Batman films were considered box office poison (X-Men 3, Superman Returns, Fantastic Four), the fact that they were making a movie about a B-list character, hiring a washed-up actor nobody wanted to work with in the starring role, getting the director of "Elf" and releasing it completely independently, this seemed doomed to fail...and yet, somehow, it didn't. The story is pretty solid, though I am not a fan of the character, I do admire it from a filmmaking standpoint. In a time where superhero movies were thought of as a joke, this proved everybody wrong and started something HUGE!
Grade: A- 9/10 4/5 stars