10 Most Hated Storylines In MCU History

10. The Mandarin Twist (Iron Man 3)

In the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, back when Iron Man became the first franchise to hit three movies before any other reached two, Tony Stark’s rivals had been hit and miss. Obadiah Stane was a strong villain, while Whiplash is still to this day one of the MCU’s weakest.

For the third instalment of the franchise, Marvel Studios brought in The Mandarin, and from the trailers it looked like Ben Kingsley was about to knock it out of the park. He looked terrifying, intimidating, and compelling; everything he actually wasn’t in the end.

This was because the Mandarin, one of Stark’s greatest ever rivals from the comics, wasn’t the Mandarin at all. Instead, he was a stoned actor named Trevor. Ben Kingsley still put in a great performance, but this was easily one of the most divisive decisions in MCU history.

Those that were on board with the plot twist were only there for the comedy value, and found themselves having to justify it at every turn. Those that weren’t on board, the majority of the people that saw this movie, utterly hated it.