
While Malekith ( Christopher Eccelston) is among the dullest villains in the entire franchise, the main issue with Thor: The Dark World is it's not entirely sure what to do with its main character. Thor’s forced breakout of Loki from prison is actually a pretty great set piece with some killer one-liners (“you just decapitated your grandfather!”). The relationship between Thor ( Chris Hemsworth) and Loki ( Tom Hiddleston) adds a fun dynamic to the boring Asgardian politics, and both Hemsworth and Hiddleston elevate some of the weaker writing. Thor: The Dark World is often seen as the laughing stock of the MCU, but the film is hardly the disaster that some would claim it to be. RELATED: 7 Best Characters Created For the Marvel Cinematic Universe Here are all six Phase Two films ranked worst to best.

Like Phase One, Phase Two features some of the MCU’s greatest successes, but also some weaker moments.

It was important to see the Avengers adjusting and responding to their roles before they are fractured apart by the time of Thanos’s arrival. While this created increased excitement for the eventual conclusion in Phase Three, Phase Two allowed the characters to develop their relationships now that their origin stories were told. Phase Two was a fascinating Marvel era, as the eventual threat of Thanos looms over the events. Both Scott Lang ( Paul Rudd) and the Guardians of the Galaxy team were introduced in the build-up to the battle with Ultron. Now that the heroes were united for the first time, the MCU could expand as a connected universe with increased crossovers between the individual franchises.


The second phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe saw the universe expanding in the wake of The Avengers.
