I really haven’t seen a lot of the comic book movies over the past couple of years, they keep coming out nonstop.
However, I’m happy to see that my upcoming flight to Europe has a decent amount of popcorn movies available on demand. I often travel in May and the on demand movie section is usually loaded with Oscar bait movies and I don’t want something too heavy or endless complex plot twists to watch on a plane, especially with the excitement of an upcoming trip.
So, am I going to be fine watching any of the above movies without having seen lots of the previous films? I did see the first Thor movie, but I don’t remember a thing about it. I’d never even heard of Black Panther before the movie came out. And, I assume Justice League is similar to the Avengers, a group of super heroes that join forces, am I correct?
I also plan to see the new Avengers film in the theatre either this weekend or next week.
If you haven’t seen The Avengers, Thor: Ragnarok will be Hela confusing.
Black Panther can pretty much stand on its own.
Skip Justice League and watch Freddie Got Fingered or Highlander 2 instead. It’s a shitty movie, and if you didn’t see The Worst Batman Ever vs The Worst Superman Ever, you will be totally adrift.
I’ve seen the first Avengers movie that came out around 2012 or so. I have Batman vs Superman on my DVR and have gotten about halfway through it, it didn’t impress me much. I liked all the Dark Knight movies, although I haven’t returned to them in quite a while. Man of Steel was ok, but way too long, IMHO.
You should be fine with Ragnarok or Black Panther. Avoid Justice League. You’d be better off sleeping than watching it, or watching paint dry, or pretty much anything really.
It has a few references to events in other MCU movies (particularly Civil War and Age of Ultron), but I agree that it largely stands on its own (and those references are probably explained well enough within Black Panther). There’s a scene in the credits that’ll make considerably more sense if you know what’s gone on in the Captain America movies, but it’s not a huge deal.
Yeah, all you’ll miss out on in Black Panther is one off-hand joke and one character saying “hey, I know that guy”.
Thor: Ragnarok is a little more tied into the others, but all you need to know there is that Thor has teamed up with other heroes in the past, and a bit of backstory between him and his family that’s conveniently recapped within the movie itself. Oh, and apparently Earth has wizards now.
