Let's think of Marvel's phases like albums. If Phase One is a game-changing debut album, and Phase Two is the sophomore slump beater, Phase Three makes the MCU pop royalty -- it's been at the top of the charts for years. By this point, Marvel feels too big to fail. Then, enter Phase Four.
Phase Four finds the MCU's messy imperialist pop mode. At this stage, it has nothing left to lose, so it throws out all sorts of tones and approaches to see what sticks because it can. That makes it torn...