8 Moments That Made You Hate The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Who knew such a beloved franchise could cause so much anger and resentment?

On the whole, the endlessly expanding entity that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a great - and beloved - source of entertainment. There's no denying that Marvel Studios have done a rather terrific job when it comes to conjuring what is essentially cinema's first proper cinematic universe - a big screen rendering of what the company spent decades perfecting in comic book form; thousands of iconic characters existing in one, interconnected world with widespread repercussions. But there have been dark times, too - times when fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been forced to subject themselves to the tyranny of bad narrative decisions, ill-judged character moments and questionable lapses in logic that have slowly, one by one, inspired varying levels of resentment, disillusionment and - at their worst - outright hatred. Which brings us to the following article - one which attempts to highlight those key instances at which the Marvel Cinematic Universe took things too far; those plainly dire moments when even the most loyal fan had no choice but to throw their hands up in the air and say something along the lines of: "Screw this." Everybody will have their own versions of this list, of course, but these are the ones that hurt the collective fanbase on the whole...

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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.