Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20161023204704/@comment-3347453-20161029221203

Killing off interesting villains isn't dissapointing if they do it well, for example Koba from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

As for Vanko, any way that he could have been interesting was prevented by how bad Mickey Rourke's performance was. Plus, Zemo and Kaecilius' tragic backstories were only briefly touched upon and not explored in any great detail.

Also, if you ask me having a villain die in a big flashy light show is something I find very cliched. One of my favourite villain deaths is that of Robert Angier in The Prestige, because it makes you understand why he did what he did and actually feel sorry for him despite the horrible things he has done.

Plus, giving a film a dark ending doesn't guarantee that it will be a bad ending. I know it's a completely different type of film from Star Wars, but Se7en has an amazing ending which is so dark and horrible and makes you question the existence of human decency.