Xander ,'Beneath You'
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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.
My top three:
Cap 2, Cap 1, GOTG
Worst:
IM2
But I haven't seen The Hulk.
I'd rate the top Marvelverse as:
1. Avengers 2. Iron Man 3 3. Guardians of the Galaxy
With an honorable mention: 4. Captain America
Last: Incredible Hulk
I'm inclined to rank Iron Man 1 pretty highly, because I think as an origin story, it totally nails it. I also have a soft spot for Thor 1, because it's so straightforward and structured really well. (And it surprised me with how much I liked it, having gone into it knowing nothing about Thor.)
I think Iron Man 2 and Thor 2 disappointed me so much because their predecessors were so good. And since Iron Man 2 and Thor 2 were so disappointing, I was braced for Cap 2 to be a letdown, but DAMN, was that killer.
Avengers is probably easily my #1. Though I haven't seen GotG yet.
I think I'd put Cap 2 very near the top because it builds so well on Cap 1 and the Avengers and the others. The past is significant, and the state of the world advances.