7. Thor: The Dark World
Game of Thrones director Alan Taylor took over the THOR franchise for the sequel, and proved to be the perfect choice to make the world of Asgard feel more like a real place than a CGI backdrop.
Picking up after the events of Avengers Assemble, Thor: The Dark World smartly gave Loki a starring role, and his story would end up being as interesting as that of the lead character’s. This movie helped to flesh out Thor and his relationship with Jane and his family, while placing it in London led to it having a much fresher feel than many other superhero movies.
Malekith was a pretty weak villain, though the murder of Thor’s mother and the superb final battle helped him stand out somewhat, especially with Christopher Eccleston in the role. This was a solid sequel which improved on the first movie in many ways, and the third will hopefully be the best yet, especially after that fantastic cliffhanger ending.
How was Red Skull NOT a former member of the Nazi party? He broke away from them meaning his roots were IN the Nazi party. Were you watching the same movie?
G of G and Captain America 2 were both overall stronger movies than the Avengers. No offense to that very good movie, but it felt as if there was very little at stake and does not stand very well as a movie all on it’s own.
As much as I love all of Joss’ other work, I think Avengers Assemble is horribly overrated. It’s good, sure, but it’s not THAT good.
Plus, for me, the first Captain America is the weakest Marvel Studios movie to date. Again, it’s not bad, but it mishandled too many emotional beats and didn’t flat-out entertain in the way that every other Marvel movie did.
I like the list. I’d say…
1. Captain America: Winter Soldier
2. Avengers
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. Iron Man
5. Everything else tied at 5.
The first 4 stand out. The others are all kinda mediocre. The idea of how they all come together though made them all worth watching.
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed Iron Man 2 and 3, Thor, and the Hulk, but they all had their flaws.
I quite enjoyed the Avengers, I just prefer the Winter Soldier and GotG, because they felt a bit more… cinematic in feel and quality.