***WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS***
Title: Thor: The Dark World
Directed By: Alan Taylor
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher Eccleston, Anthony Hopkins, and Natalie Portman
The plot for this movie is relatively simple. It revolves around the return of the Dark Elves and their leader Malekith, who decide to exact their revenge on the Asgardians by seizing the Aether now that The Nine Realms are about to converge. The problem with that plan?
Well, the Aether requires a host body and after stumbling upon it accidentally, Jane Foster (Portman) became the new host. After discovering this, a somewhat depressed Thor, who seems to have been doing a lot of soul searching since his return to Asgard, retrieves Foster from Earth and brings her to Asgard in an attempt to save her. So, naturally, Malekith turns up on Thor's doorstep with a whole army of Dark Elves and a fleet of spaceships that look strangely similar to Star Wars TIE Fighters.
In an attempt to save both Jane and Asgard, Thor turns to Loki for help and heads to The Dark World where he tries to lure Malekith into one final battle.
Now, the costumes and effects in this movie were great. I absolutely loved them. I also loved how much Thor seemed to have matured and developed as a character since the first movie. The direction and scripting in this movie was great as well. Alan Taylor did great and they did a great job choosing him as the director. All of that was great.
I do have some problems with this movie, though. My first problem with the movie would probably be that it sort of felt like this movie was more about Loki than Thor, which I would have totally been okay with if the movie had Loki's name in the title rather than his brother's.
I mean, yes, Thor got some character development, but it really felt like Loki was the only one with any real character. It felt like, at the end of the day, the cast and crew put more work into Loki's character than anyone else's. And that's not what I, personally, as a movie-goer wanted to see. I mean, yeah, I love Loki. He's a great villain. Everyone loves him, but I wanted to see Thor make new mistakes and learn new lessons, and kick some ass in the process. And, yeah, he did all of that, but the majority of learning and making of mistakes was done off-camera, so that Tom Hiddleston's fangirls could have more Loki screen time.
My second problem with the movie is that Natalie Portman's character didn't really seem to have a reason for existing other than being there to act as the host body for the Aether. I mean, I'm seriously pretty sure the comedic relief got more screen time than she did, which is disappointing because the other thing I was really looking forward to with this movie was seeing some sort of change or growth in her relationship with Thor.
And that didn't happen.
Pretty much as far as that aspect of the movie goes, all we found out was that yeah, they still like each other.
Taking all of that into consideration, I'm gonna have to give this movie a 7 out of 10, which I think is fair because despite its flaws, it is still an awesome movie that Marvel fans are sure to love. That being said, please be sure to make this your Saturday night movie one weekend while it's still in theaters because this is definitely one superhero movie you're not gonna want to miss.
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