10 Legitimate Criticisms Of The Avengers

1. Use The Lightning More, Thor!

Thor_The_Dark_World_37786 There comes a moment during the battle of New York when Thor vaults to the top of a skyscraper and uses his position to blast electrical fury at the Chitauri-filled hole. Of all the cool moments in The Avengers (and they are legion) this ranks up here with my favourites €“ the actual God of Thunder, standing atop an immensely tall building, channelling his fury into an alien-infested hole in reality. If that moment was a mental song, it would melt your face, eardrums and have sex with your women-folk €“ it's just that damn good. Then, he just stops doing it, and continues smacking people with a magical hammer. Being honest, this baffles me €“ I know Thor's a dab hand at hitting stuff, but he's of far better use on that skyscraper, obliterating the oncoming hordes. By my count, he vanquishes at least two thirds of his targeted wave doing this, something which would require a lot more time and hammer-work to do up-close and personally. It's not like he's Iron Man, who despite attempting exactly the same would eventually run out of missiles €“ he's the actual god of thunder. Wielding lightning is sort of his remit, like a Chippendale-shaped battery. You can't tell me the man who embodies the damn stuff will run out of juice? Look, I know spamming lightning at the enemies spawn-point (to go gamer on it) is hardly cricket, but when looked at objectively, you've got to figure it was possibly the easiest and safest option, excitement be damned. So that's what I think. What do you think? Feel free to comment!
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