MCU: 15 Marvel Movie Moments That Pissed Off Every Fan

Surprisingly this isn't just a list about Thor: The Dark World.

Mandarin Iron Man 3
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The movie industry laughed at those nerds over at Marvel Studios when they proposed their plan for something called a “Cinematic Universe”, where they'd make solo adventures for their most famous heroes, and occasionally team them up in a big event movie. It sounded like madness, and if just one of those solo entries had bombed it could have brought it all crashing down.

Nearly a decade later they’re bathing in swimming pools literally made of cash, and other studios are frantically trying to adopt their cinematic universe blueprint. While they’ve got a track record of providing solid, crowd-pleasing entertainment, they’ve also made quite a few mistakes with the movies too. It could major continuity errors or plot holes, an unlikable character or an unbelievable story twist; and these are the moments that piss fans off in a major way.

With fourteen movies - to date - behind them these kind of mistakes are unavoidable, but they seem to be getting better at ironing them out. So for prosperity, here are fifteen moments that really annoy MCU fans, and the reasons why.

15. The Mandarin Twist - Iron Man 3

Mandarin Iron Man 3
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It just wouldn’t be a list about moments that pissed off MCU fans without this classic, where it’s revealed Ben Kingsley’s sinister Mandarin is actually a drunken British actor. Now The Mandarin was always a touchy subject within the Iron Man films since the character – let’s be honest – is a racial stereotype from a different era.

A straight adaptation wouldn’t have worked, but the character is such a big part of Iron Man lore he had to appear in some form. Shane Black's solution was to make the character a front designed by the real villain Killian, who created this mystical terrorist to draw attention away from himself. While some thought the twist was hilarious and a clever subversion, some fans were absolutely outraged.

They felt it was an insult to a classic villain, and the hate got so intense Marvel commissioned short film All Hail The King to let fans know the real Mandarin still exists somewhere.

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