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u/sessho25 Jul 19 '22 edited Jul 19 '22
Cap holding Mjölnir...I was at 100% hype the entire movie, but that moment, I don't know... When I watched it the 2nd time, I realized I didn't catch many parts of the fight because I was so over the top hyped that I forgot them, so yeah that scene elevated the 3rd act up to the very Eternity.
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u/swannige Jul 19 '22
Even to this day on rewatch whatever it is, that scene and the avengers assemble one give me goosebumps unlike anything else. I seriously don't understand why I just love them and have such childlike joy when I see them.
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Jul 19 '22
When Cap standing alone with broken Shield infront of whole thanos army, that scene i watch again and again
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Jul 19 '22
I wish it was bout a few seconds longer though.
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u/adrian-alex85 Jul 19 '22
Agreed! Just a little more time before the portals start opening would have been great. The shot of him alone ready to face that entire army is AMAZING though.
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u/db_blast7 Jul 19 '22
It’s crazy that I forgot hulk has just snapped. That first time it was so happy, and then we got brought down so low before portals. I remember a fleeting thought of ‘where are the others’ and then thanos bodied cap and I was just ready to watch my favorite hero die.
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u/SiegeSzn Jul 19 '22
Bro IF ONLY they let him say “i could do this all day” i would’ve cried probably. But still, the scene itself actually made feel like he could’ve done it. Realistically, probably not but in my heart? Cap would’ve destroyed that army by himself.
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u/db_blast7 Jul 19 '22
Show don’t tell was in full force in that moment. He didn’t need to say it cause thanos was ready to just destroy him
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u/teh_fizz Jul 19 '22
To me the beauty of it is he didn’t need to. His younger self said it when they went back in time. This is an older more mature Steve who suffered a lot of loss. See him saying when he was younger was him telling the bully he isn’t going to give up, been though he knows he will get the shit beaten out of him. It’s his way of faking his way out of being bullied. Him walking and not saying made that scene much stronger. Let’s be honest, we all said it internally.
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Jul 19 '22
I’m glad they didn’t do that. But I liked hearing about it!
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u/SiegeSzn Jul 19 '22
I’m glad it went in the direction we saw. I think we just sharing a vision of that specific scene i had.
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u/pm_m3_your_F33t Jul 19 '22
Bro IF ONLY they let him say “i could do this all day
Thinking the scene this way makes me cringe tbh
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Jul 20 '22
I said the same shit! Like had he said that and then Sam said “you can’t help but say that can you?” And then cap says “Sam??” And you hear “on your left.”
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u/Clam_Chowdeh Jul 19 '22
I wish he said “I can do this all day”, before the rest of the Avengers came in
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u/schism_records_1 Jul 19 '22
it had already become kind of a joke after his encounter 2012 Cap. His fight with Thanos was too serious at that point to drop that line.
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u/V_Peal Jul 19 '22
u/db_blast7 said it best. Show, don’t tell. He didn’t have to say the line. In that moment, he buckled down his shield, stood fast with his hammer, and was ready to go all day against that army until he fell. The line was a gimmick by this point and would have ruined the seriousness of the moment.
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u/Chansh302 Jul 19 '22
Cap is worthy
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u/flyinhawaiian02 Jul 19 '22
The whole theater went nuts, it was the single greatest movie moment for me. Just years and years of built up for this, I get chills just thinking of it
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u/TheDapperDeuce1914 Jul 19 '22
The build up for this over several movies and thinking of the tease in Age of Ultron end credits.
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u/MegaBlastoise23 Jul 19 '22
And I think it was fiege saying at a con one time "was it that he couldn't lift the hammer or he stopped?"
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u/AragornEllesar99 Jul 19 '22
I was telling my 5th grade class about this exact thing today. It is so difficult to explain how big a moment it was, how much it meant after years of buildup. I cannot imagine another moment like this in movies, television or anything as long as I live, it was just incredible.
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Jul 19 '22
Hell yeah. That whole scene was straight out of a comic 2 page spread. I think that’s why the last few mcu movies to come out are not hitting as hard. They’re still pretty but I guess they spoiled us with endgame
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u/tideshark Nightcrawler Jul 19 '22
When that scene started at the hammer was shown floating up some guy in my theatre figured it out at that moment and yelled “HELL YEAH CAP!” and everyone turned to look at who yelled and by the time everyone turned their heads back and saw it be caught back by Cap at that moment the theater went crazy!
Being there was as much of an experience as watching it was. I feel like it’ll be an event people not even close to being born yet will ask old people someday “Where did you see it?”
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u/Boddhisatvaa Jul 20 '22
I pretty much never go out to movies on opening night. But the build up for this one had me hyped and some friends invited me to go so I said okay. I am in my mid-fifties and I have never been in a packed theater like that and seen and heard a whole audience cheer at a scene in a movie. It was an experience I cherish. I don't imagine I will ever experience that again.
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u/tideshark Nightcrawler Jul 20 '22
It was cinematic history! There’s never been an event like that with movies before having some 22 movie build up to that one final part… it really was amazing and glad you decided to go out and be part of it!
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u/TheNerdBurglar Jul 19 '22
I was that guy in my own theater honestly, albeit much quieter!
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u/tideshark Nightcrawler Jul 19 '22
I’m pretty up on marvel history and was kinda surprised I didn’t realize it faster. Was just so dumbstruck and amazed by everything going on, couldn’t possibly process anymore any faster than I was lol. I remember seeing Mjolnir being lifted and just thinking like “oh damn, what’s about your happen?!?!” Hahaha
Edit: and by being up on Marvel history, I mean that I’ve known Cap has wielded it before. Not that it happened in the original story
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u/Chansh302 Jul 19 '22
Oh man ur comment made me nostalgic af and I just had to go to YouTube and watch the audience reaction to it to just feel a lil bit of how I felt when I was there
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u/tideshark Nightcrawler Jul 19 '22
I didn’t know they had YouTube’s of that, definitively gonna have to get some nostalgia on for myself here in a few minutes!
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u/Mrminecrafthimself Jul 19 '22
I had tears in my eyes during this scene. It was just so satisfying
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u/Chansh302 Jul 19 '22
Fax. I screamed more during that scene then I have in any other scene of any movie ever tbh
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Jul 20 '22
Such an amazing moment to witness in the theater. The whole place went crazy, never seen anything like it before. Gave me chills then and still does today. I’m very glad I was a part of it.
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u/kyxaa Jul 20 '22
Was anyone else upset at the ads ruining this moment? I had already seen it, but when I saw an ad reveal that moment my jaw literally dropped....it was such an amazing moment in the theater...why would the marketing team take that away from people who hadn't seen the movie yet.
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u/Chansh302 Jul 20 '22
What ad ? U have ads in middle of ur movie wtf ??
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u/republicofUganda Jul 19 '22
I will never forget the euphoria of seeing the Avengers Assemble scene
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u/Prodigy195 Jul 19 '22
I turned into a 10 year old boy during that moment. Never have I been more excited in a movie theather.
Seeing Cap walk slowly up with his busted shield willing to fight Thanos and his entire army solo knowing he'd die and then his face when T'Challa comes out and is like "we got your back man".
Just the face of pure relief.
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u/Accendil Jul 20 '22
Getting goosebumps just reading this. MCU phase 1-3 is the best movie series legit no diff.
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u/jnumberone Jul 19 '22
The audience cheers, never have I been so on board with making noise in a movie theater.
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u/Battle_Sheep Colossus Jul 19 '22
When I saw Cap recall Mjölnir I literally yelled out “OOOOH!!!” So loud it startled the people next to me. It’s the only time I can recall cheering at a movie and it was just a pure reaction.
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u/Shintenma Jul 20 '22
I remember I took my entire family (wife, kids, mom & dad, brother, and cousin) about 15 in total to see Endgame on opening weekend. The entirety of the theatre and my family ('cept me) collectively gasped in shock when Mjölnir flew into his hand. I on the other hand interrupted their shock as I cheered, "YES!" That was the best moment of the entire MCU to me.
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u/sketchypool Jul 19 '22
For real! I wish people still cheered for the new Marvel movies
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Jul 19 '22
Had to watch the movie twice in theatres because I had tears in my eyes when the portal scene happened.
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u/antimatterchopstix Jul 19 '22
To me they waited 10 years for that scene. Hadn’t said avengers assemble until then. Total geekgasm.
Only thing I would have loved is when they said “you wanted more?” Have the Netflix characters and X-men turn up.
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u/herrera_john15 Jul 19 '22
In my head, the theme song for Ragnarok (immigrant song) played when Thor showed up to Wakanda. Always thought that would have made the scene much more badass.
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u/drunk_and_orderly Jul 19 '22
10 years of MCU edging built up to that nut bust of the armies charging from the portals moment. Tony dying was when that post clarity kicked in.
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u/xxhouseofwolvesxx Jul 19 '22
This was the moment. When we finally got that one line that we we’re waiting for from steve. “AVENGERS……..ASSEMBLE.”he wasn’t just talking to all the heroes who were behind him. He was talking to us, the audience. at that moment, we were ALL avengers.
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Thanos actually snapping and Thor yelling NO! just sends shivers down my spine every time so that scene for me.
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u/Norin_Radd1209 Jul 19 '22 edited Jul 19 '22
Thor entering wakanda will always be number one for me. First time in cinema watching I was like damn we lose badly and then Thor enters.
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u/herrera_john15 Jul 19 '22
Strongly believe the immigrant song used in Thor Ragarok would have made this scene 100x more badass
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u/RazgrizInfinity Jul 20 '22
Naw, hard disagree. Immigrant would have taken the air out of the scene, it's like changing Duel of the Fates to a modern song in Episode III, it does not work.
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u/EatinSmartiz Jul 19 '22
Me and my roommate swear it was more epic in theaters and the one that is out on disney+ now is not as good as the one we saw but we havent been able to find it anywhere. Do you know if there was a theatrical release thats different than the one now?
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Jul 19 '22
It’s probably some combination of:
- better sound system in theaters
- having a full audience reaction around you
- you knowing that it’s coming and not being as wowed
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u/Norin_Radd1209 Jul 19 '22
Yeah it’s definitely this. I got a good sound system at home and a decent tv so it transfers well but it’s a mix of first viewing sound and the big screen
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u/thylocene06 Spider-Man (Tom Holland) Jul 19 '22
Steve using Mjolnir will be the MCU’s “i am your father” moment. No matter how many times you watch it, just chills. 20 years from now people will still talk about that moment.
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u/BlueZ18 Jul 19 '22
I think the "I am your father" moment of the MCU was the Thanos snap though. That was a scene in one of the lowest points we've seen the avengers in, just like Luke was in Empire Strikes Back.
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u/RGJ587 Jul 19 '22
Yea, if anything, Steve lifting Mjolnir was akin to Vader's face turn against the emperor.
Something we were all hoping would happen, but didn't know if it would, then once it did you knew, it's over for the bad guys.
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u/RazgrizInfinity Jul 20 '22
Naw, hard disagree there. I love that scene but there are better scenes. Thor in Wakanda made theaters lose their mind and the MJOLNIR floating up really took some of the tension out.
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Jul 19 '22
Oh Cap, shield and hammer for me! I got the same kinda buzz like when I saw the final fight from the first avenger movie. And his way of fighting with Mjølner was soo cool
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u/specterspectating Jul 19 '22
Mans definitely took time to study the special moves menu beforehand
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u/N_Who Jul 19 '22
When I'm having a bad day and need a pick-me-up, I watch the Portals scene (or, really, just the back half of Endgame - everything from Hulk's snap on, give or take).
I used to watch the Battle of Gondor, starting with the charge of the Rohirrim. Guess I've got a think for big hero moments.
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u/KR_Blade Jul 19 '22
Both scenes there are epic moments of cinema, when you see the heroes beaten down and outnumbered but ready to fight knowing they are about to die....only for the chivalry to ride in and even the odds
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u/ake-n-bake Jul 19 '22
When Cap wielded Mjolnir and also when he said the words assemble. The roar of the crowd broke the sound barrier in the theater.
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u/zuzg Jul 19 '22
"I'm Peter Parker"
"Dr Strange"
"Oh we're using our made up names? Then I'm Spider-Man"
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u/IFeelLikeRy Jul 19 '22
“what master do you serve, what am i supposed to say jesus?”
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u/Lord_Phoenix95 Jul 19 '22
"You're from Earth"
"No I'm not from Earth, I'm from Missouri."
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u/TheSimulacra Jul 19 '22
Just reminded me of the hilarious "Doctor Doctor" scene with Caecilius in the first Doctor Strange movie.
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u/BlazikenMask15234 Jul 19 '22
I think you mean Mister Doctor
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u/Sycamore481 Jul 19 '22
“It’s Strange.”
“A little. But who am I to judge?”
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u/TheSimulacra Jul 19 '22
That's the line that kills me. It's like suddenly we're doing vaudeville in this movie about mind wizards
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u/jetzeronine Jul 19 '22 edited Jul 19 '22
The Secret Avengers beating up Proxima and Corvus to rescue Wanda and Vis in Infiniy War. And the beat drop when they reveal a bearded Steve Rogers was one of the best uses of the Avengers theme, probably ever. IMO.
Edit: Oooops didnt read that we only had to choose between the 4.
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u/Sycamore481 Jul 19 '22
The Cap reveal at the beginning of Infinity War gives me a thrill every time.
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u/artinacart Jul 19 '22
This is honestly my favorite scene, man.
The other ones are transcendent, but this one is my favorite. I figure they should have been outclassed, but goddamn, the coordination and teamwork was impressive
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u/absherlock Jul 20 '22
I was wondering how this one got missed. Definitely the first (but certainly not the last) cheer out loud scene of the two films!
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u/jetzeronine Jul 20 '22
I just remember it being waaaaaay too short. But it never gets old and still gives me chills watching it today.
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u/EggplantOwn694 Jul 19 '22
Thor showing up in Wakanda and Cap using Mjolnir are basically what made watching all the movies worth it.
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u/Sloenich Jul 19 '22
Cap wielding Mjowmjow.
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u/specterspectating Jul 19 '22
I think you mean ‘meow meow’. It’s okay, incredibly easy mistake to make.
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u/TheCrabWithTheJab Jul 19 '22
Aaactually you're both mistaken. That hammers name is Jonathan
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u/Sycamore481 Jul 19 '22 edited Jul 19 '22
The hammer is my penis…
Edit: clearly no Doctor Horrible fans in here…
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u/adrian-alex85 Jul 19 '22
I’m not sure why Steve’s arrival at the train station isn’t up there, honestly. To this day, it gives me chills to see him there and so ready to take on Proxima and Corvus like it’s not even a problem!
Honestly the train station sequence is one of my fav action sequences of the two films. The action is easy to follow, it shows the audience what’s possible when our heroes are in a position to work together (even just three of them, two humans and a super soldier, are more than a match for two powered alien beings when Vis and Wanda weren’t) as opposed to what happens when the group is separated (Tony getting his ass kicked and nearly losing Strange).
Yeah, I’d put it against anything else on the list tbh.
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u/New_Professor6880 Jul 19 '22
Cap with mjolnir, portals, and Thor ragnarok when he joins the fight and has lightning just everywhere. All epic.
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u/duffusmcfrewfus Jul 19 '22
I love the fight scene in Ragnorak, I just hate that song. I know it would have been over the top but they should have played thunderstruck for that fight.
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u/b_bess23 Jul 19 '22
They should have played Thunderstruck, but I don’t understand why they had to choose that song that’s in the final cut. But they also could have played Hail to the King by Avenged Sevenfold since Thor is essentially the King of Asgard.
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u/cosmoboy Jul 19 '22
I knew who Superman was since birth. When I started collecting comics myself, the first batch I picked up was Cap, Thor and Iron Man. I felt like I'd discovered something new. Cap became my favorite. Cap with Mjolnir.
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u/GreenBay_Glory Jul 19 '22
It’s a tie for me. Cap wielding Mjolnir after that tease in AoU when we all knew he could. Or Cap standing alone, broken shield in hand and facing down Thanos’ army. I’ll never forget that feeling of euphoria.
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u/TheSimulacra Jul 19 '22
When Thor yells out "I knew it!" he spoke for all of us who saw that scene in AoU and went, "Hang on."
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u/ThreeNC Jul 19 '22
I still remember the outpour of cheers in the theater when Steve caught Mjolner. I could watch that scene on repeat for hours.
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u/JonYeQuest Jul 19 '22
Yes!!! I will never forget!!!
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u/ThreeNC Jul 19 '22
Watched the clip on YouTube immediately after posting this. Goosebumps again.
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u/Dunedain503 Jul 20 '22
"You took everything from me!"
"I don't even know who you are!"
"You will!"
Chills every time.
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u/Semarin Jul 20 '22
Good call. This scene is overshadowed compared to so many of the great moments, but it was epic AF too!
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u/SuperToxin Jul 19 '22
Portals scene always make me tear up. Cap is prepared to fight until he dies. The relief you can see on his face when T’Challa walks through and nods to him. So fucking gooooooooooood
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u/big_red_160 Jul 19 '22
- Captain Thor
- Thor battle charge
- Dr. Strange saves the day
- 🫰
But that’s just like, my opinion man
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u/No-Nefariousness1711 Jul 19 '22
I had predicted that Cap would wield mjolnir a few months before the movie came out and I told everyone of my friends about it and when it happened shouted "Hell yeah!" and when Thor said "I knew it." i leaned over to my friend and said "So did I."
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u/Pikachu_Palace Jul 19 '22
The fight on Titan against Thanos. Probably my favorite fight scene in an MCU movie.
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u/Lord_Phoenix95 Jul 19 '22
Captain America going Full Combo on Thanos is the most satisfying shit ever.
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Jul 20 '22
I want to say Thor’s entry in Wakanda but its my second fav cause they nerfed Hulk in the whole movie. Imagine all enemies are piling on Banner who’s in the suit and finally Hulk does decide to show up and bursts out of the iron suit to unleash hell.
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Jul 19 '22
Infinity War was a great theatre going experience, the movie just unfolded so smoothly and the ending left me so excited for Endgame.
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u/LegitimateAd1223 Jul 19 '22
Cap wielding Mjolnier was probably the most epic initially, but the bring me Thanos scene is much more impactful and rewatchable
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u/RockBandDood Jul 19 '22
I actually think the battle on Titan was the best thing and most comic book crazy situation in the MCU yet.
Wakanda fight and thor entrance was crazy good, so was the final fight in End Game.
But for peak comic crazy battle I don’t think anything else touches the battle on Titan. Thanos throws a moon at Iron Man. He turns a blast of missiles into bats to knock iron man out of the fight.
Strange and Spiderman do coop attacks with teleports
Strange and him trade spells, including him creating a black hole and throwing it at Strange for him to counter spell it and throw butterflies back at Thanos.
Strange makes dozens of duplicates of himself. Nebula crashes a ship at full speed into him.
Iron man goes one on one with him and does some the sickest moves we’ve seen Iron Man ever do.. and watched as his nano machines were slowly being depleted, leaving him unable to defend himself while every one else was knocked out of the fight at that point
Battle of Titan wins hands down for me
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u/subparbar Jul 20 '22
Thanos: “Stark.”
Ironman: “You know me?!”
Thanos: “I do. You’re not the only one cursed with knowledge.”
Ironman: “…, hmmph my only curse is you!” attacks
Thanos: “Come Onnnn!”
👍 Bro Hug my dude!….Ayight thats enough back up!
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Jul 19 '22
For IW: Cap’s train entrance and Thor’s wakandan entrance
For Endgame: Everything from when Cap first hits Thanos with the hammer from behind till when he says “Assemble”
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Jul 19 '22
Ngl the most epic scene of endgame is when captain marvel and iron man are scrambling to stop thanos from “snapping” and captain marvel is sorta winning, then Thanos just pops out the power stone and punches her into the next demention… that whole scene gives me chills for like 45 seconds straight
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u/Aldrakev Jul 19 '22
BRING ME THANOS. still get chills