Marvel has long been levied with claims
of weak villains, but across nearly 20 films (and several TV shows) they've crafted a few of cinema's finest antagonists.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has also faced criticism
for weak villains — something many comic book fans lambasted the studio for after Iron Man 3's fake - out antagonist.
Like many comic book movies, it wanes during the protracted, CGI - heavy climax, and — as with Marvel movies — it suffers
from weak villains.
The Mother F**ker is a
pretty weak villain, a lot of characters are totally underdeveloped, and some story elements were definitely a little messy.
Thanos might not have the physical intimidation of Christopher Nolan's Bane, the benchmark of physicality, but he is less of a pushover than Marvel's ensemble
of weak villains.
Aside from the romantic interlude, this movie is bogged down by
the weak villains, neither of whom are convincing or threatening in any manner (and this, like the comments made repeatedly about the virus and the cure, reflects on how the hero is perceived).
Sure, there were some interesting story choices (and Snoke turned out to be one of
the weakest villains in the series), but I still found the film exciting and a loving farewell to Carrie Fisher.
Other than
a weak villain, I thought the movie was a really solid western.
They put all this effort into their heroes and developing a cohesive framework for their universe and yet they continually put out
weak villains.
It also has
a weak villain, in the form of an underdeveloped Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), aka, Yellowjacket.
Fortunately, the conflict is executed skillfully enough to go mostly unaffected by
a weak villain.
Rorke is of course supposed to act as the face of the enemy, somebody we can focus our hatred on, but he's such
a weak villain that I honestly had no feelings toward him whatsoever, nor did I feel any dislike of the Federation because they didn't seem to be any different from the United States.