The MCU is far from perfect, but it’s still a miracle
The Hindu“Tony Stark was able to build this in a cave, with a box of scraps!” Little did anyone know at the time, but when Jeff Bridges’ Obadiah Stane uttered this throwaway line back in the summer of 2008, he may well have been using a colourful metaphor to describe the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. Arguably the most glorious chapter of the MCU arrived in Phase 3, as ten years of unprecedented storytelling culminated in the epic Infinity War-Endgame saga, with all of Marvel’s previously-established pieces ready to come into play. In fact, many studios, enticed by Marvel’s success, took away all the wrong lessons from the Avengers, trying in vain to fast-track their own “cinematic universes”, but without putting in the hard yards first. Unprecedented storytelling Arguably the most glorious chapter of the MCU arrived in Phase 3, as ten years of unprecedented storytelling culminated in the epic Infinity War-Endgame saga, with all of Marvel’s previously-established pieces ready to come into play.
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