The MCU has always delivered great spectacles. That was true in Captain America: Brave New World. But plenty of meaningless movies and forgettable franchises can deliver that, too. A great cinematic universe can only continue telling stories if it continuously makes us care about the people in them. That’s what keeps us coming back.

Brave New World for this specifically, but it’s another headline that is not terribly positive, though part of a recent trend with this current phase of Marvel movies. While Captain America: Brave New World was still #1 at the box office this weekend with $28.