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Movies to watch before Avengers?
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Finally seeing The Avengers on sat. What movies do I need to watch before then so I’ve got the whole story!
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Plus Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and The Incredible Hulk
I actually think you can leave out The Incredible Hulk now. I no longer class it as part of The Avengers canon due to how much better Mark Ruffalo's version was compared to Ed Norton's.
what about Eric Bana ??
Same applies. Bana's version is too depressing to fit in with the current Avengers series.
Ive heard Captain America, Thor and Iron man 2 have a crossover of sorts to link them together
Thor and Captain America practically set up the story for Avengers.
The "Marvel Cinematic Universe" (MCU) currently consists of these films *only*:
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Thor (2011)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- The Avengers (2012)
Character cross-overs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe#Recurring_cast_and_characters
The film that's probably most important to see before The Avengers is Thor, because it contains Thor's character development and especially because it sets up Loki (the villain in The Avengers). It also sets up Dr Selvig, a character who plays a role in The Avengers.
Next most important would be Captain America.
Both of these also feature the Tesseract, the alien device that plays a major part in The Avengers.
Iron Man 1 & 2 are both great, and I think Iron Man 1 is the best MCU film after The Avengers, but... you don't really need to have seen them beforehand, as pretty much everything you really need to know about Stark / Iron Man is covered in The Avengers.
The Incredible Hulk is pretty good, and much better than the unrelated 2003 film, but... again, you don't really need it. Everyone knows who the Hulk is, and the film wasn't a full-on origin story anyway. It helps, but you don't need it.
If you have time, I'd say watch all of them, in order of release.
If not, then watch Thor followed by Captain America... Or at least watch Thor.
Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America are probably the big ones to watch, but i'd say give The Incredible Hulk (2008) a watch too, it's enjoyable enough, although Ed Norton, while good, isn't anywhere near as good as Mark Ruffalo.