And Film School Rejects points out the movie’s waste of the talented Doctor Who actor and how his lines are reduced to “synthetic garble” thanks to his mask and heavy use of Elvish.
When the movie came out IndieWire expressed that Malekith was the biggest issue, calling it a “disaster.”
There’s an idea out there that “a movie is only as good as its villain,” and most of the time it tracks for MCU movies.
Eccleston didn’t enjoy playing the part either, likening it to “just gun in your mouth.”