Guardians: A Foundational Movie for the MCU

"I had a very tough time because I knew that you were going to pick this," he said. "What Guardians represents going forward for the MCU is exactly what in 2014 it was kind of starting to depart from." The movie came out two months after Winter Soldier, and both movies were like a pinnacle of what the MCU could be. It's hard pressed to call this a 12 only because we see so many things at the MCU can have done just immediately before.