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Thor: The Dark World
"You just decapitated your grandfather."
Although it struggles massively in the first act, Thor's second venture manages to proves itself worthy via it's second and third act.
The Avengers has happened and peace has returned. Thor is protecting the realms and all seems to be well in Asgard, although, in typical plot fashion, something is about to go horribly wrong.
As you may recall, I mentioned problems. The main problem of course being the fact that the film throws 1000 things at you in the first 20 minutes, and sadly we have to swallow them whole with no explanation and nothing but a raised eyebrow. Okay, I'll just state the other big problem, although I can't name it. Something happens about three-quaters in the film and not only is it a massive event, it's delivered so poorly and made me consider leaving the theatre, because the thing I hold most dear in the Thor franchise was almost raped...almost. They fixed it later in the film. I'm still pissed though.
ALRIGHT! Now let's have some positives. I like positivity. The cast does a fine job. Chris Hemsworth makes me question my manhood, especially when his massive body appears on the screen and makes me wanna swap my popcorn for a protein bar. Natalie Portman is...well. Stellan Skarsgård is incredibly hysterical, despite his best joke being reused to too much of an extent throughout the movie. Christopher Eccleston knocks it out of the park as the sinister villain, and I almost forgot I was looking at The Doctor at points, and it wasn't because of the 27 layers of make-up he had on. But the show is yet again stolen by the one, the only...Tom Hiddleston. Tom Hiddleston's Loki is just so damn cool. You loathe him. You love him. You love to loathe him. He chews the scenery apart so much they had to lock him in a forcefield prison, and even then it's almost impossible to contain him. This is a big film for Loki, riddled with great character moments and memorable exchanges of dialogue and emotion...ah. Loki indeed.
With all the positives said though, the movie does fall apart once you try to remember it's plot. So, I recommend a healthy reminder that Captain America was equally as riddled, and yet it was a movie even better than this...Oh man...I wish this was Captain America...My favourite of The Avengers.
That aside, it's a fun flick with 2 post credits scenes for your inner-nerd to take from it what they will.
"You just decapitated your grandfather."
Although it struggles massively in the first act, Thor's second venture manages to proves itself worthy via it's second and third act.
The Avengers has happened and peace has returned. Thor is protecting the realms and all seems to be well in Asgard, although, in typical plot fashion, something is about to go horribly wrong.
As you may recall, I mentioned problems. The main problem of course being the fact that the film throws 1000 things at you in the first 20 minutes, and sadly we have to swallow them whole with no explanation and nothing but a raised eyebrow. Okay, I'll just state the other big problem, although I can't name it. Something happens about three-quaters in the film and not only is it a massive event, it's delivered so poorly and made me consider leaving the theatre, because the thing I hold most dear in the Thor franchise was almost raped...almost. They fixed it later in the film. I'm still pissed though.
ALRIGHT! Now let's have some positives. I like positivity. The cast does a fine job. Chris Hemsworth makes me question my manhood, especially when his massive body appears on the screen and makes me wanna swap my popcorn for a protein bar. Natalie Portman is...well. Stellan Skarsgård is incredibly hysterical, despite his best joke being reused to too much of an extent throughout the movie. Christopher Eccleston knocks it out of the park as the sinister villain, and I almost forgot I was looking at The Doctor at points, and it wasn't because of the 27 layers of make-up he had on. But the show is yet again stolen by the one, the only...Tom Hiddleston. Tom Hiddleston's Loki is just so damn cool. You loathe him. You love him. You love to loathe him. He chews the scenery apart so much they had to lock him in a forcefield prison, and even then it's almost impossible to contain him. This is a big film for Loki, riddled with great character moments and memorable exchanges of dialogue and emotion...ah. Loki indeed.
With all the positives said though, the movie does fall apart once you try to remember it's plot. So, I recommend a healthy reminder that Captain America was equally as riddled, and yet it was a movie even better than this...Oh man...I wish this was Captain America...My favourite of The Avengers.
That aside, it's a fun flick with 2 post credits scenes for your inner-nerd to take from it what they will.