Endgame Directors Respond To Marvel Fan Complaints About MCU Phase 4
Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo have responded to fan complaints about Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU began in 2008 with Jon Favreau's Iron Man, and has since expanded to include 29 films and 16 television series, with even more on the way. The MCU is currently the biggest film franchise in the world, and the ninth largest media franchise.
With so much content having been released across nearly 15 years, the MCU is divided into several 'phases,' demarcated by different Marvel films. The first 3 phases encompassed the Infinity Saga and built up to the massive Avengers: Endgame. Since then, the MCU has settled into a vastly different era as it works out its path forward after Endgame. Phase 4 has been comprised of new genres, styles, and characters. It has also welcomed the arrival of some very divisive projects, with movies like Eternals and Thor: Love and Thunder sparking some of the lowest Rotten Tomatoes scores in the entire MCU. Some Marvel fans have heavily criticized Phase 4's content, saying that it doesn't live up to the high standards created by the first three phases.
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In an interview with NBC, the Russo Brothers respond to the Phase 4 criticisms and come to the MCU's defense. Anthony Russo takes the lead and praises the MCU's ambition, suggesting that even as it tries out new things in Phase 4, it still retains its creative spirit. Read Russo's full comment below:
«Here’s the thing. The entire life of the MCU has seen ups and downs, there’s going to naturally be an ebb and flow to how people are feeling about it based on the latest offering. But I think — look, at the end of the day, they’re still being very
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