10 Biggest Controversies In The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Its movies may be great, but the MCU has drawn a lot of negative attention.
Given how broad a reach the Marvel Cinematic Universe actually has, it would be almost impossible for it to please every single person who watches one or all of its movies.
Enormous popularity breeds a massively diverse pool of fans, each with their own values, beliefs and individual ways of looking at movies, meaning that the person sat next to you could view a certain character, plot point or line of dialogue in a completely different light than you do.
This means that certain parts of the MCU have rubbed some people the wrong way, though that won't have been the aim of the filmmakers. Whether it's a specific scene in a film upsetting fans of the comic-books, or the simple studio politics of the franchise itself, it's been an eventful nine years for Iron Man and friends, and a journey that's packed more than a couple of highly controversial moments.
Whether you agree that the following ten instances warranted any controversy or not is entirely up to you, but it's impossible to deny that they caused a stir, and it's important to appreciate that there are always two sides to every coin.
10. James Gunn Spoils Guardians Vol. 2
As it turns out, the knowledge that Kurt Russell was playing Ego The Living Planet - Star-Lord's father - didn't really make a huge dent in how much you were able to enjoy Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 2, but when it was first announced (well before the movie opened), it definitely caused a bit of anger within the fan community.
How do we know it caused said anger? Well, director James Gunn was forced to take to Facebook and write a lengthy post just to explain why this knowledge wasn't a spoiler. Damage control, anyone?
The identity of Peter Quill's daddy had been teased throughout the first Guardians movie and was the single biggest talking point coming out of it, so when our years of speculation were ended out of leftfield during 2016's San Diego Comic-Con, it wasn't surprising that many people became upset.
It wasn't just the information itself that caused an uproar, it was the fact that Marvel were essentially telling us what was and wasn't a spoiler. For many people, this reveal was trivial, but for many others, this ruined a good portion of the movie - and that stung more than anything.