By adding Spider-Man to Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony completely re-contextualizes the character and is able to bring Marvel’s most definitive superhero back to relevance after a decade in pop culture purgatory.
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With lower stakes and a lighter touch, Ant-Man is largely successful when it sticks to this approach (and somewhat less so when it doesn’t), adding more dimension and flavor — sometimes quite literally — to the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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The Dark World‘s reputation as one of the weaker chapters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is deserved, but it’s still fun and above average in quality, with the cast being more than game for the adventure.
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While not an outright bad movie by any means, Iron Man 2 is certainly a misfire by MCU standards. Though it’s suitably spectacular, Iron Man 2 is noticeably less than the sum of its parts and is inferior to its predecessor.
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The one that started it all, Iron Man remains a breezily entertaining movie today, even if the stakes feel pretty low now compared to what comes later in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Still, as a comic book adaptation and superhero origin story, Iron Man is one of the best movies of its kind.
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