{"id":187167,"date":"2025-12-16T07:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/187167\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T07:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:43:13","slug":"the-single-best-frame-in-every-mcu-movie-phase-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/187167\/","title":{"rendered":"The Single Best Frame In Every MCU Movie (Phase 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Largely seen as the best phase of the entire MCU<\/a>, Marvel Studios’ Phase 3 is full of some incredible visuals. Across the eleven films released between 2016-2019, fans received some of the best MCU moments of all time.<\/p>\n

Naturally, there’s more than one great frame in each of these Marvel movies. That said, here’s our best shot at picking a single favorite from each movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s third phase of movies, from Captain America: Civil War to Spider-Man: Far From Home (and why each still hits so dang hard).<\/p>\n

Captain America: Civil War (2016) – Spider-Man Steals Cap\u2019s Shield<\/p>\n

\"Spider-Man
\n Spider-Man making his entrance with Captain America’s shield in Captain America Civil War<\/p>\n

There are few Marvel moments as exciting as Spider-Man\u2019s MCU debut, and the exact frame of Spider-Man landing with Captain America\u2019s shield<\/a> at the airport is absolutely iconic. It’s pure comic-book joy, and the perfect way to show that the Webslinger was finally joining the greater cinematic universe of heroes, kicking off one of the best MCU hero journeys we’ve seen yet.<\/p>\n

Doctor Strange (2016) – The Mirror Dimension Folds Reality<\/p>\n

\"Doctor
\n Doctor Strange and Mordo in the Mirror Dimension in Doctor Strange<\/p>\n

This particular shot of Doctor Strange standing still while the city twists and collapses around him very much redefined what MCU visuals could be. <\/p>\n

The entire sequence is all kinds of surreal, and one of the coolest methods of debuting the more magical side of the MCU with the entire cityscape of New York folding around the new sorcerer as he seeks to stop Kaecilius from unleashing the Dark Dimension’s Dormammu upon the world.<\/p>\n

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) – Baby Groot Dances to \u201cMr. Blue Sky\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Baby
\n Baby Groot feeling the music in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/p>\n

While there are more than a few great shots in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, you can’t go wrong with the movie’s opener with Baby Groot dancing to “Mr. Blue Sky” in the foreground while chaos erupts behind him. It’s comedic perfection that ends perfectly with the single freeze-frame with Baby Groot and the movie’s title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – Vulture Learns Peter Parker’s Secret<\/p>\n

\"Michael
\n Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes a.k.a. Vulture realizes Peter Parker is Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/p>\n

The frame of the Vulture\u2019s face being lit green by the traffic light as he realizes Peter is Spider-Man will never not be chilling. It’s one of the movie’s best and most tense moments, as Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes is literally driving Peter and his daughter to the homecoming dance.<\/p>\n

Thor: Ragnarok (2017) – Thor vs. Hulk in the Arena<\/p>\n

\"Thor
\n Thor fighting the Hulk as gladiators in Thor Ragnarok<\/p>\n

Thor and Hulk charging at each other in the Grandmaster’s arena on Sakaar is so dang cool, one of the very best moments in the MCU where it literally looks like a comics book splash page come to life. <\/p>\n

Seeing the Jade Giant embodying his classic World War Hulk<\/a> look from the comics is perfect, as is Thor’s gladiator makeover in the what’s largely considered to be the MCU’s best Thor movie.<\/p>\n

Black Panther (2018) – T\u2019Challa’s Vibranium Kinetic Shockwave<\/p>\n

\"T'Challa
\n T’Challa using his kinetic suit in Black Panther<\/p>\n

The moment T’Challa’s Black Panther lands and releases all the stored vibranium energy is all kinds epic, the coolest way to announce his survival and mission to reclaim his throne from Erik Killmonger in the 2018 MCU film. His foes are thrown back with incredible force, and it certainly gets Killmonger’s attention.<\/p>\n

Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – “Bring Me Thanos!”<\/p>\n

\"Thor,
\n Thor, Groot and Rocket arriving in Wakanda in Avengers Infinity War<\/p>\n

Thor, Rocket, and Groot arriving at the Battle of Wakanda in Avengers: Infinity War still gets the excitement and adrenaline pumping. Backed by Alan Silvestri’s iconic Avengers Theme, the tide turns in the heroes’ favor the moment Thor and his cosmic allies land, complete with a brand-new look for the God of Thunder and his newly forged Thanos-killing weapon named Stormbreaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although it happens right before the inevitable victory of Thanos with The Snap, you can’t help but get excited and cheer at Thor’s arrival, especially after he runs directly at the Mad Titan’s legions of Outriders, demanding that Thanos be brought to him.<\/p>\n

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) – Giant-Man Towers Over the Ferry<\/p>\n

\"Giant-Man
\n Giant-Man emerged from the sea in Ant-Man and the Wasp<\/p>\n

Although we did get the first debut of Giant-Man in 2016’s Civil War, there’s something special about Scott Lang getting bigger than ever before in 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp as he pursues Walton Goggin’s Sonny Burch, who stole Hank Pyn’s lab. <\/p>\n

It’s a great hero moment, while also being one of the movie’s funniest, as he’s initially mistaken for a whale by the ferry riders (and also passes out immediately after getting the lab back).<\/p>\n

Captain Marvel (2019) – Carol Fully Unleashes Her Powers<\/p>\n

\"Carol
\n Carol Danvers getting full power in Captain Marvel<\/p>\n

At the end of the 2019 MCU film, we see Carol Danvers glowing, eyes blazing, and ready to completely waste the Kree Starforce, finally embracing her full power received from the Space Stone that had long been restrained by the Kree Empire. It’s easily one of Captain Marvel’s best MCU moments<\/a> of all time.<\/p>\n

Avengers: Endgame (2019) – “Avengers…Assemble”<\/p>\n

\"Portal
\n Portal scene in the Battle of Earth in Avengers Endgame<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, all the portals opening behind Captain America at the end of Avengers: Endgame is the monumental moment of the entire MCU, and easily the best frame of the entire movie right before Steve Rogers finally says what we had all been wanting him to say for years: “Avengers…Assemble.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Largely seen as the best phase of the entire MCU, Marvel Studios’ Phase 3 is full of some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-187167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}