The plots of the Marvel movies follow a formulaic pattern without creativity

Marvel - and Disney - are movie-making machines. They churn out movie after movie to stay on top of the film industry. But machine-made products in any industry tend to all look the same. And the same goes for all the movies in the MCU. All of Marvel's movies follow the same basic formula. Their plots always loosely follow Joseph Campbell's "hero's journey:" the call to adventure, meeting a mentor, conflict with the foe, a "darkest hour," and eventual triumph. But there are also other similarities specific to Marvel movies. There's always an "emotionally-distant antihero," a dead mentor, a token "strong female character," an internal pep-talk revelation, and an anticlimactic final battle.^[1] Look past some of the specific aesthetics and character names and you'll see the same story told over and over again. Sure, it might be an entertaining watch in itself, the first time around. But such a surface-level hero story told over and over again just wears on an audience. It certainly doesn't merit praise as good cinema.