Ronan the Accuser (Marvel Cinematic Universe)



Ronan the Accuser is a major antagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, serving as the main antagonist of Guardians of the Galaxy, a minor antagonist in Captain Marvel and a mentioned character in Avengers: Endgame.

He was portrayed by Lee Pace.

Why He's Loathsome

 * 1) He is yet another generic Marvel film villain, who only exists for the heroes to have a foe, similar to Malekith the Accursed.
 * 2) His schemes and personality are super generic and cartoon-like to the point where Ronan feels like another servant of Thanos, rather than a stand-alone super-villain worthy of his own movie.
 * 3) Then there's the constant monologuing he utters.
 * 4) For some reason, his hammer (which carries the Power Stone) is his sole weakness where he's invincible in every other format.
 * 5) For some reason his past version didn't appear among Thanos' forces in Avengers: Endgame.
 * 6) He's just as bad in Captain Marvel where the Kree were focused on, and he didn't even care about his own people, showing nothing but show disrespect, threatening and berating the Kree Starforce for their failures, and even Yon-Rogg despises Ronan for nuking planets indiscriminately.
 * 7) In the comics, Ronan was shown to had various anti-villainous traits, it's unclear why they didn't carry his traits onto this version.
 * 8) There are brief hints that he does have a somewhat legitimate grudge against the Xandarians, and has been mistreated more than a little by Thanos in their various dealings. If they had explored on this a bit more, it could have made him a more interesting character.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The fact this version of Ronan is more evil than his comics counterpart might surprise a couple viewers.
 * 2) Some may find his reaction to Quill's dancing funny.