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UCM fans are attempting a contradictory task: choosing the most realistic film in the franchise.
Unrealism is the MCU’s MO, which made Redditor Skallager0252’s proclamation that Captain America: The Winter Soldier is “the most realistic MCU movie” hard for Marvel fans to digest.
“Absolutely not,” the_boogiemane replied before citing a “self-aware AI” and “three hovering airships about to destroy the world” as insufficiently real. However, they recognized that winter welding may be the “most identifiable [MCU movie] to moviegoers outside of the comics genre.” They compared it to a James Bond movie.
Despite the debunking of_boogiemane Winter Soldier‘s realism, fans still found a way to praise their favorite MCU movie:
As for possibly better answers, TheAbominableLegend chose Iron Man, which was seconded by NrFive. “The only thing ‘not real’ in the movie is the arc reactor,” said the latter. “Everything else already exists or is possible if you have that source of energy.” Many others agree:
Another of the best options is spider-man: homecoming if only for the scene with “Spider-Man just down for Queens, just stopping a bike thief and helping an old lady and getting some free food.”
“Nothing in the MCU has felt so everyday in that sequence,” added ASDirect.
Some Redditors cited the MCU series, in particular The Punisher Y agent carterbecause many of the main characters don’t have superpowers.
So even among superheroes, gods, and monsters, some realism has been able to shine through in the MCU.
