Lilah ,'Destiny'
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I have to totally agree with Matt, in re Lee Pace in that role.
I've enjoyed/been impressed with nearly every role I've ever seen him in, but this performance sort of threw me out of the story.
I did not see Hobbitts 2: Electric Boogaloo, so maybe my assessment would be different, but I just don't see him as a bad guy...much less a super-world-killing monster.
It's his voice. Just doesn't have that kind of gravitas. Even as a cartoony villain.
6, 9 and 1. But I haven't seen GotG yet.
IM2 was godawful.
The character in the after-credits scene? Voiced by Seth Green.
That's great.
Thor 2 was a cavalcade of idiocy that no one owned up to. It made me hiss and spit. And, as noted, it doesn't have an RDJ. Hemsworth showed zero charisma, did one cute thing.
I liked Lee Pace! It certainly feels like the season of Pace, what with Hobbits and Halt and Catch Fire and this. He was suitably angry and threatening for me.
I thought Thor 2 was a lot of fun. Not as good as the first one, but still enjoyable.
Then again, I like Iron Man 2 better than most folks (though it's not great like the original.) Haven't seen 3 yet.
The two Hulks are at the bottom of my list, though i'd still give the Norton Hulk a 3/5.
Thor 2 should have been subtitled "Thor and Loki re awesome together, and Frigga kicks ass."
I own Iron Man 2, and I fast forward through the birthday party. I love the particle accelerator parts. "We're back in hardware mode!"
I loved Iron Man 3 and The Incredible Hulk isn't bad, just mediocre in comparison to all the others.
He was suitably angry and threatening for me.
Me too.
Thor 2 should have been subtitled "Thor and Loki re awesome together, and Frigga kicks ass."
"And everything that can go wrong does"
I did not see Hobbitts 2: Electric Boogaloo, so maybe my assessment would be different, but I just don't see him as a bad guy...much less a super-world-killing monster.
I thought he did a good job as Thranduil, bringing some depth to his character's expectations of Legolas, grudge against the dwarves, etc. He can do a good cold antagonist that's hiding seething anger under a noble facade. Thuggish bruiser, not so much.
I think there was a similar error of approach for Michael Rooker's character. He did a great backwoods psycho on The Walking Dead, but playing Yondu as Redneck Smurf felt really out of place.