Why Kaecilius is one of the most under-rated villains in the MCU

Why Kaecilius is one of the most under-rated villains in the MCU

In my opinion Mads Micklesons character: Keacilius is vastly under rated. He has motivations, pathos, and is a dark reflection of Steven Strange, physically and psychologically. Allow me to explain.

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By noahthegreater - Mar 16, 2017 12:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Doctor Strange
Source: ComicBookMovie.com

In my opinion Mads Micklesons character: Keacilius is vastly under rated. He has motivations, pathos, and is a dark reflection of Steven Strange, physically and psychologically. Allow me to explain. 

The film Dr. Strange is really about time, life, and control. While Strange begins the film with a collection of expensive watches, by the end the only one he owns is a broken keepsake with only sentimental value. This reflects his change from a man who is cynical and in control, to a more sentimental person, who through his adventures in the movie understands he cannot control time. 

The character of Keacilius is a character who something bad happened to in the past, which led to his turn to the dark side. It is hinted his entire family may have died. This causes him to search for control. He joined the sorcerers to learn how to prevent death. That is his goal throughout the movie. Preventing death, and creating unending life. He is taught Dormammu is evil but when he learns the ancient one draws her power to live forever from him, Keacilius feels betrayed and goes rogue. He believes sorcerers keep world changing power for themselves, instead of allowing it into the world to save everyone, and prevent death. In the end though, the life without end promised by Dornammu is revealed to be a fate worse than death. Keacilius and the Zealots are transformed into Mindless Ones. These are servents of Dormammu who lack minds, souls, and individuality. Kaecilius gains his wish for immortality, but it is at the cost of humanity, individuality, and everything that makes him human. He would be better off dead, but he can't die. 


 

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WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 3/16/2017, 1:35 PM
Dormammu could bring him back if he wants to. So not necessarily the last we'll see of him.
ossie85
ossie85 - 3/16/2017, 5:09 PM

Great read!

Villains in the MCU get too harshly treated by the fans IMO. These movies have to be about the heroes. Don't get me wrong, there's room from improvement, but villains like Ultron, Zemo and Keacilius serve the purpose of the story very well IMO.

These are movies - which have to be somewhat contained - which makes it difficult to build up villains for a continuing story AND give a satisfying conclusion to a movie. Unlike TV, where you can build back story over time (MCU have excelled in TV villains - Grant Ward, Kingpin, Dottie, Kilgrave, Mr Hyde, AIDA, Cottonmouth...)
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 3/16/2017, 7:29 PM
@ossie85 - Right on. And not to mention if more villains survived, you would have that constant expectation of them getting used again down the line. That doesn't happen much in movies because they're afraid the audience won't want to see the same stuff. Loki and Megatron seem to get away with this though.
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 3/16/2017, 7:30 PM
But that still doesn't mean there's any excuse for Malekith. They just botched him. Imo.
ossie85
ossie85 - 3/16/2017, 7:46 PM
@WYLEEJAY - Yup. Malekith was very boring. No personality
kong
kong - 3/16/2017, 8:31 PM
Kaecilius sucked.

Mordo was meh.

Ronan sucked.

Pierce was the worst part of Winter Soldier.

Whoever Corey Stoll played in Ant-Man was a knock off Iron Man villain.

Iron Man hasn't had a good villain yet.

Red Skull wasn't for me.

Malekith was ass water.

Ultron was disappointing.


Sooooo Loki was good....
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