My Top Five Favorite Marvel Movies

Good morning everyone, and happy November! I hope all of you had a fantastic Halloween and got all the candy you were hoping to find! You know, for someone who cosplays practically daily, I find it hilarious that Halloween just felt like a normal day for me. And with all those costumes piled up in my closet...I chose to go as a cat. I KNOW, I know, I could have gone as ANY cosplay I had in my closet, but I ended up dressing as a cat for a skit I had filmed that afternoon and then ended up just leaving it on! So a cat I was, hahaha! It all worked out in the end though. I was nice and comfy with a sweatshirt on and ended up spending the night with my mom watching It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, so I'd say this Halloween was a win in my books!

Lately I've been trying to think of some fun things to blog about here on my page since we won't have any more Marvel shows to talk about for a while! I figured maybe I'd dive in to some of the MCU questions that I get quite frequently on LIVEs and in my comments section. So today I am going to list out my top five favorite Marvel films! Here we go:

5. Ant-Man

Why it's on the list:
If you know me, you know how much I adore Scott Lang. His character is one of my comfort characters, and while making this list I just knew I had to add Ant-Man on here as one of my favorite movies. Everything about this film means so much to me. The humor is hilarious (Luis is the star of the show!) and the bond that Scott and Cassie have in this movie absolutely warms my heart. Whenever I'm sad or anxious I always throw this movie on in the back to cheer me up, it's just such a good one!

Favorite Quotes:
-"He's so ugly! I love him!"
-"My mom died, too...and my dad got deported...but I got the van!"
-"Baskin Robbins always finds out."
-"There was a rosé that saved the day!"

Favorite Scene:
I think my favorite scene in this movie definitely has to be the training sequence when Scott is learning how to use the suit with Hope and Hank. It's tied up there for me with my favorite Scott Lang moments, along with the scene in Ant-Man and the Wasp when he is toddler size 😂

4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Why it's on the list:
Shang-Chi has some of the most amazing visuals I have ever seen in a movie to date. The colors are so beautiful, Ta Lo is GORGEOUS, and the fight sequences were top notch. In terms of stunt choreography, this movie wins all the awards. And I also just feel like the pacing of the movie is so well done. None of the fight scenes seem out of place or forced, and all of it seemed so smooth to story tell. It's just so good.

Favorite Quotes: 
-"Yeah, we can do that, we can be responsible...or..."
-"You changed your name from Shang to Sean?"
-"...but a guy with a machete for an arm just tried to kill us, Sean!"
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​(As you can see, all of my favorite quotes are from Katy, hahah 😂)

Favorite Scene:
Oh gosh, there are so many amazing ones to choose from here! I really really love that bus fight scene SO much! It's the first time we really get to see Shang in action and he is SO awesome. Plus Katy's humor absolutely kills me as she is trying to drive the bus.

3. Iron Man 3

Why it's on the list:
As someone who struggles with anxiety, this movie meant so so much to me when it first came out, and still does to this day. Seeing one of my favorite characters also going through similar struggles as me and realizing that he, too, can make it through those tough moments has greatly helped me. Out of the entire Iron Man trilogy, this movie is my absolute favorite. It's the first time we really see Tony Stark humanized, working through both internal and external struggles, and portrays Tony in a light that we really have never seen before. Tony isn't just the genius billionaire playboy that we've seen in past films, but it really dives deep into his past, the toll it's taken on him, and how he's working to better himself. And that is something I am so so grateful for.

Favorite Quotes: 
-"...and then at the end of the sentence I say the wrong cranberry."
-"I loved you in A Christmas Story, by the way."
-"Forehead of security."

Favorite Scene:
It's really really hard for me to pick a favorite scene from this movie because I feel like every scene that is in the movie is so important in its own way. But if I had to pick a singular one to say was my favorite, I would probably choose the scene with him and Happy on the phone together. I know there are so many other significant scenes in the movie, but I just love how much of their friendship you can see in this one little clip and their little banter back and forth ♥️ I miss them so much 🙁

2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Why it's on the list:
God, everything about this movie is FANTASTIC. The pacing, the action, the storyline, the dialogue, the relationships, the characters, the character development, the costumes, the hair (more specifically Nat's hair), just everything. You can tell how much love went into this movie and how much time they spent to perfect it.

Favorite Quotes: 
-"I'm sorry. Did I step on your moment?"
-"Who the hell is Bucky?"
-"On your left."
-"I made breakfast, If you guys eat that sort of thing."
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Man, this movie is so quotable 😂

Favorite Scene:
Listen, there is no way I'm going to be able to pick one single scene from this movie as my favorite. So here are the ones that are all tied (in no particular order).
-The elevator fight scene
-The ending helicarrier scene with Steve and Bucky fighting one another
-Bucky grabbing the shield right out of the air
-Bucky and Steve fighting on the bridge
-The "I'm sorry, did I step on your moment?" scene
-The Nick Fury car chase scene

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home

Why it's on the list:
Yes oh yes folks, we are ending it out with a SMASH HIT of a movie. This entire film is a literal work of art. They did Peter Parker so much justice in this movie. And by Peter Parker, I mean all three of them. I still cannot even believe that this movie is real, and it's been out for almost a year now. It was so cool seeing the three Peter's come back as well as their respective villains, and we saw so much of our Peter's relationships with the people that he loves. I was so sad with how they ended it, but the entire film is just so good. An absolute 1000000/10 rating for this one.

Favorite Quotes: 
-"I'm magic now."
-"Wait wait wait wait! I love you guys!"
-"Uh...hi? Do I--do I know you?"
-"I have the tingle thing, just not for bread."
-"So are you gonna go into battle dressed as a cool youth pastor or...do you got your suit?"

(Yet another very quotable movie, and I feel like most of the best lines came from Peter 3 😂)

Favorite Scene:
The big swing. The big swing scene. It's my absolute favorite, the three of them "woooo"ing as they swing off the Statue of Liberty. It makes me SO happy. That, and the scene when Peter 3 catches MJ. It makes me tear up every time.

There are so many other movies that just didn't make the list that are some of my favorites to watch, it was so hard to pick my top five! But I mainly based it on what I like to put on in the background as my go-to movies when I'm having a tough day or just need to be with my comfort characters. What about you all? What are some of your favorite Marvel films?