Chris Hemsworth played Thor across nearly a decade, and the character was widely considered the least interesting Avenger until Taika Waititi discovered he could be funny.
Ragnarok is the turning point and Hemsworth is very good in it, playing enormous confidence undercut constantly, which is a harder register than the earlier solemn version.
Rush is the dramatic performance worth seeking, as James Hunt, and Extraction gave him a serious action vehicle with a long single-take sequence.
He is Australian, came from a soap opera, and has been candid that the physical maintenance the role required was punishing over ten years.
Bradley WhitfordDrew Goddard and Joss Whedon's meta-horror about college students at a remote cabin who discover their ordeal is engineered. The Cabin in the Woods is Drew Goddard's 2011 American meta-horror film depicting college students at a remote cabin who discover…
Chris HemsworthMen in Black: International is the franchise reboot that replaced Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. Art Marcum and Matt Holloway wrote.
Andy GarciaThe script came from Feig and Katie Dippold. Kristen Wiig plays Erin Gilbert, a Columbia physics professor.
Chris HemsworthThe completion of Thor's degradation from Shakespearean prince to comedic buffoon. Mjolnir transfers to Jane Build, Christian Bale's Gorr wasted.
Anthony MackieThe most contrived blockbuster of the decade. The 4 reflects honest evaluation of one of the most commercially successful films in cinema history.
Benedict CumberbatchTwo billion dollars on the strength of accumulated franchise capital. Forty characters, the Snap that wasn't depicted, and structural failures.
Anthony HopkinsThe MCU mythological foundation. The 8 reflects honest evaluation of the film that gave the MCU its mythological foundation and the entry that Kenneth Branagh directed with sustained Shakespearean theatrical attention.
Anthony HopkinsChristopher Eccleston wasted as Malekith. The first MCU film that feels like industrial franchise routine.
Aaron Taylor-JohnsonJames Spader's exceptional voice performance carrying an uneven ensemble film. The Vision's introduction and Sokovia's destruction.
Chris EvansJoss Whedon's ensemble breakthrough, Tom Hiddleston's Loki, and the film that proved interconnected superhero cinema could function at scale. The 8.5 reflects honest evaluation of the film that proved interconnected superhero cinema could function at scale and the entry that…
Anthony HopkinsTaika Waititi's tonal pivot that broke the Thor character and signaled the MCU's slide into decorative comedy. The 6 reflects honest evaluation of a film that is funny in its individual moments but represents a structural betrayal of the Thor…
Annette BeningFlat performance, press tour damage, decorative feminism, and the protagonist who is actually the villain. The film does not reward straight-through viewing.
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