The poster for Thor (2011) next to Hawkeye in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
2011's Thor marked the first MCU appearance of Hawkeye, yet the film entirely wasted the character. The cast of the Thor movie was spearheaded by Chris Hemsworth, also marking his first role in the now-sprawling MCU. What I often forget, however, is that Clint Barton was introduced in this movie too, setting up his role in 2012's The Avengers.
Marvel diehards will have immediately known this was Hawkeye, but the film was well-directed and kept his face hidden. Hawkeye is then shown running and jumping into a lift, flying over the compound, and keeping his eyes on Thor. As Coulson refers to him as Barton, Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye is shown in full view for the first time, confidently asking if he should neutralize Thor before the latter takes down any more of SHIELD's men.
Although this somewhat makes sense due to the movie's focus on Thor, it is a disappointing ending to what could have been a perfect Hawkeye introduction. The movie is not overly long, meaning more of a focus could have been placed on Hawkeye, at least for that one scene before returning to tell Thor's origin story. As it is, though, Thor fails to capitalize on introducing another major Avenger, with even The Avengers having him be a robotic subject of Loki one year later.
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