It needs to be better than Batman v Superman and Deadpool

Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe have a reputation to uphold – that is, they produce the best comic book movies in the world right now. With Fox’s Deadpool already a box office smash this year, and DC/Warner Brothers’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice set to be released at the end of March, Marvel could have a rivalry.

It needs to be better than both of those movies. How will it ever be considered great if it’s only considered to be the second or third best comic book movie of the year, especially when the year will only be five months old?

The MCU finally has some serious competition, and if it wants to remain top dog, it needs to rise to the challenge.

Whether or not it can do it – given how good Deadpool was and how good Batman v Superman looks – is another story entirely.