Thor: The Dark World (2013) review

Thor: The Dark World (2013) IMDB

Rotten Tomatoes 66% (Rotten Tomatoes)

Movie Info:

Actors: Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Natalie Portman (Jane Foster), Tom Hiddleston (Lokie), Anthony Hopkins (Odin), Christopher Eccleston (Malekith), Jaimie Alexander (Sif), Zachary Levi (Fandral), Ray Stevenson (Volstagg), Tadanobu Asano (Hogun), Idris Elba (Heimdall), Rene Russo (Frigga), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Algrim/Kurse), Kat Dennings (Darcy Lewis), Stellan Skarsgård (Erik Selvig), Alice Krige (Eir), Clive Russell (Tyr), & Jonathan Howard (Ian Boothby)

Directors: Alan Taylor

Writers: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, Stephan McFeely, Don Payne, Robert Rodat, Stan Lee, Larry lieber, and Jack Kirby

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Super Hero

Movie Release Date: November 8 2013

DVD Release Date: Estimated March 2014

Sequel to Thor (2011) IMDB

This movie picks up after the whole New York crisis with Jane and her science crew in London. Jane then accidentally stumbles upon the power source that the dark elves and their leader Malekith are looking for to plunge the world back intro darkness. Thor must attempt to not only rescue his love, but also the nine realms.

I feel that if I talk about Thor, I need to talk about how much I love Tom Hiddleston as Loki. The character has so many facites and different emotions, and somehow Tom Hiddleston manages to keep up with all of them flawlessly. There is no one else that I would want to see playing the whole. (Also if you haven't figured out, Loki is my favorite character of this series!)

I did find it rather odd that the movie takes place in London, but only because Jane and her crew were magically in the right location. There just wasn't enough thought put into why they came to London to me. It just didn't seem right to me. The special effects were also nicely done in my opinion. They didn't overuse them, and just added them where it was needed which I appreciated. Nothing is worse than a movie that overdoes the CGI. The main thing that threw me off about the movie were some of the fighting sequences. They just felt over thought and over done. Random shots happened that just broke the action sequences, and made it feel kind of jumpy. It would have been a lot better if they kept the angles to a smaller number, and less jump shots to random face reactions.

Overall, I wasn't overly impressed with the movie. I would have been okay not seeing the film in theaters, and just waiting till I got in on DVD. Mostly because, I felt like the movie's plot line was rather predictable. My favorite moments in the movie was when Loki and Thor are walking down a hallway, and Loki keeps changing himself and his brother into random characters. The random cameo that happens had me laughing so hard. The scene at the end of the credits is also really funny. Everyone in my theater was laughing at it as well! (So wait for the credits to finish rolling!)

My least favorite moment is probably the fight scene between Thor and Algrim/Kurse. That was the scene that had the weirdest shots to me. The one that stood out most in the fight scene was a reaction shot of Thor just before he gets hit with a rock. It was literally like a few seconds and wasn't needed!  Just wish the fight was cleaner shot so that it would have flowed better. Overall, the movie has a decent amount of action and comical moments. I'd probably give it like a 6 out of 10. So let me know what you thought of the movie and your favorite or least favorite moments of the movie.

(Also side note! I was really excited that Zachary Levi was in this movie! Took me a while to figure out which character was him, because they made him a blond. I was a little taken back, but I think he makes a pretty decent blond. What do y'all think?)

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