Thor: The Dark World (2013) - Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Eccleston, Kat Dennings, Stellen Skarsgard, Jaime Alexander, Zachary Levi, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Rene Russo, Tadanobu Asano, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Written by Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely. Story by Don Payne and Robert Rodat. Directed by Alan Taylor. Rated PG-13. Now in Theaters.
I believe that one day that Marvel will get so big and have told so many stories that Marvel films will be completely terrible and ridiculous. But they haven't reached that point yet (though the mid-credits sequence seems like it might be heading that way). Thor: The Dark World is a great Marvel movie and a great superhero movie.
It has a lot more ambition than the first Thor film and it is a bit more compelling. The visual and directing style seem to be much better and closer to uniform with the other Marvel films. The characters are better defined, especially Loki, who continues to be one of the most, if not the most, interesting Marvel characters. Forcing him and Thor to work together in this film is a great direction for this film to take and their scenes together are some of the best in the film.
This film also continues Marvel's style of not taking itself too seriously and offering some great comedic relief. The action is pretty amazing and the acting is not bad at all. But that's to be expected with this great of cast. It's pretty interesting to see how many serious actors are choosing to go for superhero films now that they have been proven to be a viable genre of film. (Examples include Anthony Hopkins in this film and Robert Redford in the upcoming Captain America film.)
It has its problems, of course. Sometimes the logic doesn't make sense. Sometimes things in film feel contrived. But none of that really matters. It's a superhero movie and is just meant to be fun.
I would rank this movie as better than the first Thor and high up in the list of best Marvel movies. I recommend it. But I am a sucker for superhero movies after all.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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