The Marvel franchise has existed since 1939, starting with the first comic, “Marvel Comics #1.” However, the first Marvel movie, “Iron Man,” was released in May 2008. This movie started the famous Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which now has 37 movies. When the creator of Marvel, Stan Lee, died in 2018, the quality of the franchise soon began to decline, leading many fans to drop the franchise after the 2019 movie, “Avengers: Endgame.”

The Marvel Cinematic Universe, known for its incredible action and iconic casting, has a new movie coming out in December called “Avengers: Doomsday.” This movie has mixed emotions ahead of its release, with some fans excited for Robert Downey Jr’s return and some fans are worried about the quality.

A great number of fans are concerned about the upcoming movie since MCU movies have fallen off after Stan Lee’s passing. Some fans are worried about different aspects of the movie, like acting, visuals, plot, etc. 

Like many fans, Jude Webster (9) is concerned about the movie.

“I think the newest Marvel movie is probably gonna suck because the other one really sucks and I think they’re just gonna keep getting worse and worse until it eventually falls off the face of the Earth,” Webster (9) said.

Anticipation and audience expectations can make or break a movie. Even for a bad movie, if the franchise is popular enough or the movie is hyped up enough, it can make that bad movie look like a good movie.

Hayden Williams (9) believes that hype and expectations can affect how people judge a movie.

“If people don’t hype it up as much, people won’t want to go to see it as much. So if it’s not hyped up as much, then people won’t want to go see it,” Williams (9) said.

Crimes in superhero movies are the sole reason the superheroes in those movies exist. The bigger the crime, the bigger the dramatization in the movie. These crimes can sometimes determine the quality of the movie, due to how the crimes can affect things like plot or theme. 

Bryce Armstrong (9) has opinions on what makes a superhero movie good or bad.

“Whatever the crime is. If the crime’s good, then it’s a good movie,” Armstrong (9) said.

Lots of fans like to make predictions or theories about movies or shows before they come out. Occasionally, these theories come true, but when the predictions are incorrect, sometimes fans are upset.

“I think that when people come up with those theories and expectations and they don’t actually happen in the movie, people can get upset or they judge it,” Addison Traylor (12) said.

Money means a lot in a movie. Budget determines the quality of CGI in a movie, which greatly determines whether or not it’s viewed as a good movie. Some movies can have bad CGI, but still be decent movies. However, CGI still means a lot. Chimdindu Nwachukwu (9) provided an opinion on recent CGI.

“Honestly, CGI is just getting worse and worse over the years. They were much better back then,” Nwachukwu (9) said.

In many superhero movies, there is a seemingly unstoppable villain the hero needs to beat, whether it’s through outsmarting or outmuscling them. 

In some fans’ eyes, having a practically indestructible character in a movie can be harmful to the movie. 

“I think most superhero movies are bad when you introduce an almost indestructible character. You put two invincible objects against each other. Neither of them will win,” Webster (9) said.

Many fans are worried about this upcoming movie, since the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies made up their childhood, and they loved these movies. Whether excited or nervous, fans anticipate the release of Avengers: Doomsday on Dec. 18.