Possibly MCU's worst?

Rating: 6/10 (31 May 2020)

SYNOPSIS:
Jane (Natalie Portman) has been infected with a powerful elixir that causes Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) and the Dark Elves to return to Asgard in an attempt to retrieve the elixir.
REVIEW:
This film isn't terrible, but when comparing it to a lot of the other MCU films, it falls a little flat. The whole "Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård) is crazy" bit that they play for a lot of the film came off quite random and wasn't necessary. Then this film really made me realize that the character of Darcy (Kat Dennings) is completely pointless. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Denning is bad as Darcy and there are even a few moments that I fount quite funny with her, however, absolutely doesn't help the story in any way. As a sorta kinda mannish character that doesn't work. It's also very clear in this film that despite being in a science group, she knows absolutely nothing about science. At least make the character worth something in that realm. Aside from that, I felt that we didn't see any progressive character arc for Thor (Chris Hemsworth) We had a less funny version of himself separate from his other film and The Avengers. Honestly, I felt there was much more to Loki (Tom Hiddleston) than Thor. I found myself wanting to get to the scenes with Loki. Other than that, I think the film was serviceable. The action was decent, good amount of conflict and some entertaining moments. I didn't mind the film as much as I was dreading watching it. 6.0/10.