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I am going to watch "The Avengers", and I was wondering do I need to have watched any of the films such as Thor, Iron Man, Captain America etc to understand Avengers?

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    The Sci-Fi site had this question a few weeks ago. Which films should I see before “The Avengers”?
    – Bill the Lizard
    Jun 2, 2012 at 19:41
  • I actualy like this question a little bit more than the sci-fi one. The sci-fi one just asks "should i watch any of the other movies?", this question asks "Which ones should I watch in order to understand what's going on in Avengers?"
    – DForck42
    Jun 7, 2012 at 15:46
  • You need to read the comic books first. I am surprised nobody suggested that.
    – Daniel
    Nov 7, 2018 at 3:38

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Blatantly lifted from the linked Sci-fi & Fantasy.SE question's answer:

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  • Iron Man and Iron Man 2 are, IMO, the best movies in the current Marvel film universe. They are also not very important to understand what's going on in The Avengers - if you understand that Tony Stark is a brilliant jerk and has a robot suit, that's about all you need to know. 2 has Black Widow, but she's not really introduced until The Avengers.
  • The Incredible Hulk is completely missable if you're even slightly familiar with the Hulk character. It's an average action movie, hardly alluded to during The Avengers, and it's not even the same actor between the two.

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  • Captain America's backstory is used often for humor and occasionally for drama. If you don't see it you'll probably miss or barely catch a lot of the jokes in the first half.

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  • Thor is mandatory - The Avengers is almost Thor 2. The main antagonist of The Avengers is the antagonist in Thor. A scientist in Thor is also a character in The Avengers and is given absolutely no introduction or explanation; if you want to understand the character dynamics in any of the scenes with him, you'll have to see Thor.
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    +1 Good answer (even if not yours). I also think they're all worth watching because of being good and entertaining movies (yes, I really liked Captain America), The Incredible Hulk maybe to a lesser degree.
    – Napoleon Wilson ♦
    Jun 8, 2012 at 7:34
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Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Thor are definitely mandatory see as their the starting point for too of the Avengers and the main villain Loki.

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