What four movies are on the MCU Mount Rushmore? +TIEBREAKER

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Which of these dog breeds deserves the fourth spot on the Dog Breeds Mount Rushmore? - Results (47 votes)
Chihuahua
31.91% (15 votes)
15
Shiba Inu
68.09% (32 votes)
32
This poll is now closed.
Discussion Topic: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80708068 (if you want to complain about this topic series do it here and not in the current topic)

Rules: If you list more than 4 things I'm gonna just tally the first 4 you say. If you list the same character multiple times it won't count. Be nice. Don't shove your personal definition of "Mount Rushmore" down others' throats. Have fun. If you're going to majorly change a vote please quote your old vote to make it easier for me.

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MCU-specific-rules: Must be an OFFICIAL part of the MCU, not any of Amy Pascal's weird Spider-Man-adjacent bullshit like Venom or Madame Web.

MOVIES ONLY, TV SHOWS CAN BE A DIFFERENT RUSHMORE! (if enough of you nominate it). Additionally, none of the short films are eligible, although I doubt anyone would be voting for them if they were.

Also, movie has to have actually been released, so no votes for Deadpool 3

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Reference Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_films
https://tiermaker.com/categories/marvel-dc/all-marvel-movies-mcu-2021-183266
www.imdb.com/list/ls089724644/?sort=user_rating,desc
https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm/list/marvel-cinematic-universe-ranked/by/rating/

PREVIOUS RESULTS:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uCR-viOTP-yKhRZnTyvaoXj7teKRA12gz7m-1rfmhoY/ (Sheet 1)
Contest Upsets: Cloud > Link, Knuckles > Magus, Starcraft > Halo, Vivi > Mario
Game Shows: Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right, Millionaire
Non-Political Americans: Michael Jordan,Tony Hawk, Jim Henson, Fred Rogers
Least Horny Video Games: The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe, DOA X-Treme Beach Volleyball, Pong, Solitaire
Video Game Hub Worlds: Peach's Castle, The Normandy, Gruntilda's Lair, Station Square
Pixar: Toy Story, Incredibles, WALL-E, Finding Nemo
Beatles Songs: Hey Jude, Yesterday, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Let It Be
Video Game Consoles: NES, PS2, PS1, SNES
Hot Sandwich: Cheesesteak, Grilled Cheese, Cheese/burger, Meatball Sub
Difficult Boss Battles: Mike Tyson, Sans, Malenia, Sephiroth (KH)
Non-American Movie Directors: Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Bergman, del Toro
Dog Breeds: Golden Retriever, German Shepherd, Labrador Retriever, TIEBREAKER GO VOTE

YESTERDAY: WHO'S A GOOD BOY? WHO'S A GOOD BOY? Literally every dog that got a vote yesterday!

I don't know if we will ever have a Rushmore where literally everything voted for would be fine making the top 4 because they are all good, good boys

Golden actually was behind Lab for the first chunk of the topic before zooming ahead to a comfortable first.

Go vote for the tiebreaker!

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No AI stuff until tie is broken! Go vote!

UPCOMING RUSHMORES (nominations welcome):
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5/2/24 Classic Arcade Games
5/3/24 Fighting Games
5/4/24 Visual Novels
5/5/24 Mexican Foods (Cinco de Mayo Special)
5/6/24 Board 8 Projects
5/7/24 Fictional Teachers (Teacher Appreciation Day Special)
5/8/24 Point-and-Click Adventure Games
5/9/24 American Chain Restaurants
5/10/24 Sitcom Moms (Mother's Day Special)
5/11/24 ZEN IS VISTING HIS MOM
5/12/24 ZEN IS VISTING HIS MOM
5/13/24 SBAllen's Many Crimes
5/14/24 Video Game Commercials
5/15/24 Family Guy Episodes (Int'l Family Day)
5/16/24 Metroidvanias
5/17/24 Webcomics
5/18/24 Horror Movie Villains
5/19/24 Games that Didn't Hold Up
5/20/24 Roguelike Games
5/21/24 Bad Songs
5/22/24 Celebrity Chefs
5/23/24 Disney Movies (Canon)
5/24/24 Video Games (4-day long special)
5/25/24 ZEN'S BIRTHDAY BREAK
5/26/24 ZEN'S BIRTHDAY BREAK
5/27/24 ZEN'S BIRTHDAY BREAK
5/28/24 Sonic the Hedgehog Games (Zen's Birthday Present)
5/29/24 Fictional Evil Companies
5/30/24 Looney Tunes
5/31/24 Video Game Controllers
6/1/24 Fictional Queer Couples (Pride Month special)
6/2/24 Mega Man Robot Masters
6/3/24 Fictional Detectives
6/4/24 Ubisoft Games
6/5/24 Nick Jr. Shows
6/6/24 Shonen Jump Protagonists (lmao)
Nominations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uCR-viOTP-yKhRZnTyvaoXj7teKRA12gz7m-1rfmhoY/ (Sheet 2)

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Iron Man
GotG
Avengers
Endgame

Leaving Winter Soldier off was difficult.
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Three of these are absolute locks:

Iron Man - The original and still widely regarded as one of the best.

Black Panther - Massive commercial and critical hit that was nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture and drew a whole new audience into the MCU and to a certain degree theaters in general.

Avengers: Endgame - The second-highest grossing film of all time (was #1 at one point) and the finale to a generation of superhero films.

So I have one spot left, I'll give it to...

Guardians of the Galaxy - My personal favorite film in the canon and not an unreasonable pick for a fourth spot. It's often cited as one of the best and introduced this relatively obscure team to the public at large, spawning a very successful subseries and a pretty stellar video game.
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Iron Man
Avengers
Winter Soldier
Infinity War
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Avengers
Endgame

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Winter Soldier and Infinity War are both in my personal top 4 quality wise, but thats not the whole story when it comes to a Rushmore.
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Iron Man
Avengers: Endgame
Black Panther
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Black Panther
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No Way Home was a gigantic event, especially in the context of the pandemic. It was nearly as big as Endgame which is incredible.
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Snake5555555555 posted...
Iron Man
Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Infinity War

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Iron Man
Guardians of the Galaxy
Black Panther
Infinity War

Feel like there's only 8 movies really in the discussion here.
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Iron Man
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Black Panther

Iron Man should be the first pick. It was the first, made Iron Man go from B-lister to putting him right into one of the most popular comic book characters ever, and is still one of the most highly lauded movies in the entire franchise.

Second, The Avengers. Though MCU movies were popular beforehand, The Avengers is around the point everything really came together as a franchise, as buildup, and it was stupidly popular. I remember when it came out I was in high school at the time and it was the only thing anyone was talking about for two weeks. That movie to me felt bigger than Infinity War or Endgame did even though those made more money because nothing like it had been done before. An argument exists (though I will not be the one to make it!) for it to be one of the most important movies of the entire 21st century.

Guardians of the Galaxy set major trends for the rest of the franchise in terms of writing, and took things to space. It was the first movie to take a truly unproven, almost unknown Marvel series, make it into a MCU movie, and it went over big.

I went with Black Panther in that last slot for its pivotal importance in representation and critical acclaim; even though it didn't win, a Marvel movie getting nominated for Best Picture was a giant deal. I think when it comes to "MCU movies people will still be talking about 30 years from now", Black Panther will probably be one of them. That movie is a big deal, in the MCU and otherwise.

Yes I realize Infinity War and Endgame made the most money and were the giant events everything was building up to, but I have one problem: I see them as a two-part movie and feel like you can't just have one of them, and Avengers is too essential to boot off. So that would be a rushmore that's Iron Man and three Avengers movies. I feel that's not entirely accurate to represent the whole thing!
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The Avengers
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Chihuahuas are barely dogs, don't allow them on this Rushmore
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Iron Man
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Black Panther
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It's Reyn Time.
Iron Man - Started it all off
The Avengers - Cemented the success
Guardians of the Galaxy - Proved the power of the MCU
Endgame - Amazing capstone
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Iron Man
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redrocket posted...
Winter Soldier and Infinity War are both in my personal top 4 quality wise, but thats not the whole story when it comes to a Rushmore.

I agree

But I still included them.

Notably
- Winter Soldier is really cool because I believe it's the first MCU movie that meaningfully uses characters from different series that isn't an "everybody in the pool" movie. I think that type of interaction is a key to the MCU working.
- Infinity War on the other hand is what made the fairly run of the mill Endgame the hype filled spectacle it is. Endgame is only made what it is with Infinity War-- otherwise it's just Avengers again.

I do like them both quite a lot but it's not just "they're in my top 4" (my top 4 is Avengers, Winter Soldier, Civil War, and Thor Ragnarok)
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Iron Man
Black Panther
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Endgame
Iron Man
Black Panther
The Avengers
Endgame

As much as I wanted to include Winter Soldier since it's my personal favorite of the MCU, you can't deny the everlasting cultural impact of the four films listed. They're solidified Rushmore picks.
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Iron Man
The Avengers
Black Panther
The Avengers: Endgame
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Avengers: Infinity War
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Black Panther
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Infinity War
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Iron Man
Avengers
Winter Soldier
Endgame

Winter Soldier is when I think the overall quality really started to bump up

endgame over infinity war just because of the payoff
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Avengers
Avengers: Endgame
Guardians of the Galaxy

GotG over Black Panther because I think GotG was kind of a turning point, in that it took something way more niche and weird than everything that came before it into a billion-dollar franchise. I think it helped give audiences a kind of "faith" in the MCU that's only now faded

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Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers (2012)
Deadpool & Wolverine
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Iron Man: The original, no one thought it was gonna be so good and kickstart a whole big universe.
The Avengers: It fulfilled Iron Man's promise and kicked the MCU into high gear.
Winter Soldier: The peak, probably never to be surpassed.
Infinity War: Personally I think it was dissapointing, but it was the climax and where they had intended to lead to in the first place. Road has been patchy and uncertain from there on, including Endgame.
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Black Panther
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Endgame
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Iron Man
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Black Panther
Avengers Endgame

HMs to Winter Soldier and the original Avengers
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