Thor’s casual banter and enthusiasm is so juxtaposed with the grim tone of the movie that it feels borderline absurd. Ragnarok made it clear that Thor had low-key become the funniest character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and he continued to use his matter-of-fact optimism and adorable ignorance to get bigger laughs than Stark, Star-Lord, and Spider-Man combined.

While Thor isn’t quite able to down Thanos - he should have aimed for the head - it seems logical that if any of the remaining Avengers are going to kill the Titan in the next film, it’s going to be the king of Asgard.īut there’s a lot more that’s propelled Thor to the top of his super-powered class. He shows up during the Avengers’ last stand in Wakanda to destroy most of the oncoming monsters and do what the rest of his super buddies couldn’t: Prove Thanos isn’t unbeatable. He casually recruits the Peter Quill and crew with pure charisma and then heads to Nidavellir with Groot and Rocket to get Peter Dinklage’s help channeling the power of a literal star (the gate of which he opened using his biceps) to create, Stormbreaker, an enchanted battle axe that is essentially the Avengers’ only shot at stopping Thanos from wiping out half the earth’s population.Īnd it turns out everyone’s favorite swaggering Norse god was only getting started. But, from the moment he is scooped up by the Guardians of the Galaxy, he’s all charm and bicep-flexing. He gets his ass kicked by Thanos, witnesses some pretty shocking deaths, and is marooned in space.

Thor starts out in a pretty dark place in Infinity War.

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