![]() ![]() Natalie Portman, normally a delightful, charming actress, is embarrassed here as Thor's girlfriend, playing a character devoid of plausible emotional responses and desires. There are fewer fish out of water jokes that I enjoyed in the first film. It makes Chris Hemsworth look like a boring actor when we've seen how charismatic he can be, like he was in Rush, with the right material and director. Thor (Hemsworth) is a blank slate who swings his hammer and growls at people. Little effort has been exhausted into humanising these characters. How many filmmakers today would crawl over broken glass for a cast featuring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, Chris O'Dowd and Stellan Skarsgard? With such talent it's not unreasonable then to ask for more than obligatory special effects and indistinguishable villains, who are included only to prop up pseudo- scientific plot points. ![]() Some even complained The Dark Knight Rises had too many story threads. While Christopher Nolan's Batman films have achieved financial success without succumbing to simplified narrative lines. ![]() Earlier this year, Iron Man 3 became one of the top five highest grossing films of all time. There is no financial risk to comic book adaptations anymore to justify this kind of dumbing down. ![]() What's confusing about the deliberate complacency in the script is that it's entirely unnecessary. Aside from less than a handful of funny self-referencing points, this is a hugely disappointing by the numbers blockbuster that under services its embarrassingly rich cast and offers its enormous fanbase too little that is challenging, inspired or even surprising. This sequel, following Kenneth Branagh's reasonably funny 2011 film, was written by no less than five writers, who between them have only mustered another dull, achingly generic story about saving the world. Thor: The Dark World left me wondering why for all its popularity and box office hype the superhero genre so regularly fails to ignite the faintest trace of excitement and imagination in its narrative and storytelling. It's a true joy and such a pleasant experience.Reviewed by Likes_Ninjas90 4 / 10 It's time that comic book fans started to demand more from these films before the entire genre evaporates into a disposable, commercialised heap like it does here I have to join the majority of people and even critics that are praising this film. The performances are top tier and the visual effects may be the best I've seen this year. If you want a movie with just dumb action and no plot then stay away from this exceptional film. You definitely need your brain and your heart turned on for this one, unlike other CGI mishmashes. Instead, I was shocked at the depth and complexity of this film. I was expecting to simply see crazy mythology with monsters destroying the landscape of the nine realms for two hours. Each frame is packed with action, heartfelt emotion, humor, drama or intensity. Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. During a sequence halfway through, I literally turned to my friend and said, "this is freakin' awesome". Without spoiling anything, the scale of this film is very Avengers-like in that the action pieces are amazing. If you're a fan of the first, this certainly won't disappoint at all. Loki is done perfectly and the dialogue between him and Thor is superb. Probably a much funnier movie than it had any right to be given the subject matter. There are a lot of extremely funny bits in it as well as some dark and moving moments. Thor The Dark World is brilliant and completely tops the first film. ![]()
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