I love you 3000

The first Marvel movie I saw in theaters was Avengers back in 2012. I was 15. I actually didn’t even see it in a theater, I went to the drive in. I didn’t go to the movies a lot growing up, usually I just went to the library and rented new movies. Avengers changed all that. Since then I haven’t missed a single Marvel movie in theaters. That includes Deadpool or the X-men or anything in the MCU. I’ve seen them all.

I love the MCU for one reason, Iron Man.

Never before have I related on a fictional character as much as I do Tony Stark. It’s not because I’m wealthy or a super genius. Far from both. But just like him, over the past few years I’ve had the same character arc. From arrogant jerk to loving passionate defender.

The MCU has revolved around Tony Stark more than any other character. The first movie was Iron Man. The last of the Infinity Saga is his death. He was the star of the MCU and it’s not hard to see that.

In Iron Man we meet Tony Stark. He is a rich, arrogant, selfish, playboy who cares about no one. Throughout the eight movies we see him in we watch him lose his company, his health, his loved ones, his sanity, and more importantly himself. He struggles with it all. I haven’t suffered quite what he has but I understand in some small way what it’s like.

Avengers Endgame was by far the best MCU movie. Not only did it have obscure comic book references like Howard the Duck but it also had the humor that is quintessential of the MCU.

The special effects were vivid and lifelike. The dialogue was humorous yet depressing. The actors made you feel like you were there in every second.

It made me want more.

And in the end I watched my hero give it all for something else believed in.

The people he loves.

-RytheGeek

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