20. (Middle-aged) Groot Of the three iterations of Groot we see in the MCU, the OG middle-aged Groot is the biggest drag. Sure, this Groot gives up his life to save his frens. But he doesn’t even register on the Baby Yoda Cuteness Scale, like his tiny counterpart, Baby Groot. Nor does he have the endlessly entertaining sass of Teenage Groot. This Groot is just kind of Vin Diesel making weird noises through a microphone.—B.L. 19. Dr. Maya Hansen Wow, what a real dummy. Rebecca Hall deserved better when she was cast as Maya Jensen, a Tony Stark one-night-stand whose scientific prowess helped give way to Extremis and Aldrich Killian’s plan to arm super-soldiers to take over the U.S. Not only is her presence in the movie an unnecessary hurtle for Iron Man to cross, but she makes matters worse most of the time. She died a dumb, inconsequential death, too. In short, Iron Man 3 probably couldn’t have skated in under two hours if we had just edited Maya out.—J.K. 18. Thanos Before you rage: Think about antagonists—if you can even call them that—like Erik Killmonger and John Walker. Those guys have legit reasons to mess with our heroes! A good Marvel villain should have you scratching your head, wondering how evil they actually are. Thanos… is not that kind of villain. His first few cameos feature him grumbling about doing it himself, whatever that means. His Infitnity War and Engdame arcs? Thanos is mostly choking Avengers out and… Click below to read the full story from Esquire
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