Most Useless Scene in an MCU Movie

[Frontier]

Tony Stark blowing up his armored suits at the end of Iron Man 3. "But it's like, symbolic or something!"

We all knew he was still slated to appear in several Avengers and Captain America movies. It had zero impact on the film series. He didn't quit being Iron Man for Pepper Potts, and the destruction of the armored suits wasn't a plot point that would bite him in the ass in later installments, etc. Heck, he was still suffering from PTSD in the end credits, so it wasn't even some kind of therapeutic relief of whatever. It's just meaningless spectacle.

I miss the Hall of Armor...

I don't disagree with you, and I did like that scene for levity, but it's interesting to note that James Gunn himself wrote almost the entire Guardians arc for the movie. I'm glad he's back for Vol. 3 and that he loves these characters, but maybe that love is kind of restraining his own sense of restrain, ironically.

I think Gunn is a big reason people love the current Guardians but I also think he's gone a little more overboard in portraying them (especially Drax) the more he's written them.

[Powerboy]

I would also argue that, after "Hulk" and "The Incredible Hulk" movie, they realized that a Bruce Banner that was a quiet introvert- you know, someone who was actually Bruce Banner- just wasn't popular- yeah because, generally, quiet introverts are not the popular lives of the party- so they switched him out for a funny, likeable wisecracking quiet introvert who is nothing like the Bruce Banner of the comics because even Bruce Banner must be constantly cracking jokes. And just to prove them right, people talk about how great this Banner is (the furthest from the comic character) and how horrible the "Hulk" version of Banner was (y'know, the one who, physique aside, was the closest to the comic book character).

[Emperor-of-Dragons]

Also, airport fight and elevator fight? Really? By that logic, almost every single fight scene ever is useless. Come on!

For me, it might be because I didn't like how the airport fight scene was depicted. I loved the final battle between Cap and Stark tho.

[AJBopp]

For me, the key is whether the movie works without the scene. You remove all references to the dead boy from Ultron, and not one line of dialog, or one new scene, is necessary for the movie to still make as much sense as it already does. Tony keeps trying to do the right thing, and ultimately always does the wrong thing. That's the nature of the character.

He doesn't need Alfre to make the choice he makes.

[Jabare]

I think you fundamentally miss the point of that scene. This is a linchpin point in the film for the audience that perfectly symbolizes the heart of the upcoming struggle and the overlying debate throughout that film. Additionally, by that vague standard, half the scenes in most MCU films could be removed for the movie to "work."

[wjowski]

Pretty much all the jokes in Ragnarok.

[Jokerz79]

For me, the key is whether the movie works without the scene. You remove all references to the dead boy from Ultron, and not one line of dialog, or one new scene, is necessary for the movie to still make as much sense as it already does. Tony keeps trying to do the right thing, and ultimately always does the wrong thing. That's the nature of the character.

He doesn't need Alfre to make the choice he makes.

What Ultron? Wrong movie the scene is from Civil War.

[ZeroBG82]

The elevator fight scene in Winter Soldier. Take it out, he still escapes on the run.

But its an awesome fight scene. I'm glad its in there.

The elevator isn't about Cap. It's about Rumlow. Not just that he's a traitor, but that he absolutely believes he can beat Steve Rogers in a fight.

Brock Rumlow is not a bright man. Mean, skilled. But not bright.

[Midvillian1322]

What Ultron? Wrong movie the scene is from Civil War.

He means the boy died in AoU and his mom yelled at stark IN civil war

[CliffHanger2]

The scene in AOU where Rhodey tries to tell his superhero story and gets clowned by the team. Like what was the point of that just to make him look like a dweeb.

[Flash Gordon]

Pretty much all the jokes in Ragnarok.

The whole movie tbh.

[AJBopp]

I think you fundamentally miss the point of that scene. This is a linchpin point in the film for the audience that perfectly symbolizes the heart of the upcoming struggle and the overlying debate throughout that film. Additionally, by that vague standard, half the scenes in most MCU films could be removed for the movie to "work."

I get what they are going for, I just don't think it works well. I suspect there was more to this storyline that was edited out, leaving what remains pretty pointless. Like I said, if you remove all references to this from the movie, the whole thing works just as well. There's no head-scratching "huh? What did I miss" moment as a result.

[MindofShadow]

Crazy Selvig in TDW

There were better, less time consuming ways, to show that Loki being in his brain messed him up a bit.

But going with the "crazy naked man" just resulted in eating screen time that was better spent on fleshing out Malekith.

Especially since it was all cured in 2 seconds.

[David Walton]

Crazy Selvig in TDW

There were better, less time consuming ways, to show that Loki being in his brain messed him up a bit.

But going with the "crazy naked man" just resulted in eating screen time that was better spent on fleshing out Malekith.

Especially since it was all cured in 2 seconds.

Crazy Selvig was great. The scene where he looks as though he's teaching class but he's in the asylum is funny stuff.

I don't think the film was particularly interested in Malekith's personality. He's more a relentless force of nature trying to revert creation back to its default state. I think they could have made him a bit more charismatic, but I'm okay with the direction they went. It's not really about him so much as the problems he creates. Loki makes up for his lack of personality.

I just re-watched TDW recently and liked it better the second time around. I don't know, I think going in the first time I was too wrapped up in expectations based off Walt Simonson's work and the Casket of Winters story arc. But I just enjoyed it for what it was, and man, it's a fun film because of bits like Selvig's insanity (and the intern having an intern). Most of the jokes land. And the emotional bits are great, too, like Loki's relationship with Frigga.

[David Walton]

I would also argue that, after "Hulk" and "The Incredible Hulk" movie, they realized that a Bruce Banner that was a quiet introvert- you know, someone who was actually Bruce Banner- just wasn't popular- yeah because, generally, quiet introverts are not the popular lives of the party- so they switched him out for a funny, likeable wisecracking quiet introvert who is nothing like the Bruce Banner of the comics because even Bruce Banner must be constantly cracking jokes. And just to prove them right, people talk about how great this Banner is (the furthest from the comic character) and how horrible the "Hulk" version of Banner was (y'know, the one who, physique aside, was the closest to the comic book character).

Bruce Banner and Peter Parker are the biggest departures from their comic versions IMO. Both characters lost their intensity and anti-social tendencies.