The earlier movies like Iron Man were kind of okay plot-wise. Definitely sometimes I didn't fully connect with the character's motivations but it was fine. They've really gone downhill now I feel. Whatever little plot there is feels like it's treated as an afterthought. Things just kind of... happen. It makes the characters lose identity, I think.

> They have plots, and they're very well made.

Were really well made. Kevin Feige just turned 50, and it shows. He lost his edge.

I honestly feel like the plot is fighting. They're movies about fighting after all. There are two types of movies - movies about fighting and other movies.

I'm going to exaggerate a bit but not much. I have "that friend", I'm sure we all do, who insists there's a reason to watch whichever 5 movie before this one. But it's a movie about fighting. Those 2 minutes of development matters so little to anything that makes the movie what it is. And it was designed for people to be able to follow without having watched anything before it.

So sure they have plot. But it's completely inconsequential. Because fighting.