The Worst Thing About Every MCU Film

20. A Lot Of Characters Are Wasted - Thor

Thor The Dark World
Marvel Studios

Movies like The Avengers and Civil War illustrated Marvel's ability to juggle tons of characters simultaneously. However, the earlier films struggled to do this as they had to focus on world-building to set up future movies. Although this was necessary for the shared universe to work, a lot of significant and iconic characters are given thankless roles.

In Thor, The Warriors Three have no bearing on the plot. Anthony Hopkins is fantastic as Odin... but he's asleep for half the movie. Rene Russo doesn't get a chance to do much as Frigga. Idris Elba is wasted as Heimdall. Natalie Portman is good as Jane Foster but she's given a generic role. And does anyone even remember what Sif did in this movie?

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