Do you recall what Marvel movies were like before Disney took over? Let’s look at it this way.
Critical reception to the latest MCU release, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, has been average at best, currently rocking a Rotten 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Even a low score like that tops pre-Disney Marvel films like Howard the Duck (14%) or 2003’s Daredevil (43%).
Generally speaking, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania‘s critical reception is not the norm for the MCU, with the derided Eternals the only MCU film to score worse, so it can safely be said that Disney righted the ship for Marvel.
Before Disney, Marvel movies varied radically in quality.
So, with apologies to Sergio Leone, let’s look at the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of pre-Disney Marvel movies, and how Disney can do a course correct for characters in those films who have yet to join the MCU.
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