Thor: The Dark World
The second Thor flick has widely become the default selection for worst Marvel movie in series rankings. The first two Thor movies are sauceless but the pieces are there for something great, as Thor: Ragnarok would prove six years after the original. The Dark World, however, utterly lacks the personality and zest that future installments would find. Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth have great chemistry as Loki and Thor and sell some of the film’s heavier subject matter, but they can only carry it so far when it’s weighed down by some of the least interesting lore in the series and a villain I couldn’t identify in a line-up. — Kenneth Shepard
