Went to see Thor: The Dark World at a matinee yesterday. Overall, really dug it. It's different in a lot of ways than the original. In many ways this film could have been titled "Thor and Loki." Which is, I imagine, what most viewers will want. Loki's role is larger than I thought it would be but it's organic and logical. Still, the focus of the film is Thor and Jane, what their relationship means and how Thor is pulled in many direcions by the circumstances of his life. The baddies are suitably creepy and mysterious. Malakith is about the exact opposite of Loki as a bad guy; neither charming nor verbose, he is much colder but still effective. Effects were, as a whole, fantastic, including some great mixing of man-in-a-suit and CGI, especially on the character Kurse, who is one of the best evil henchmen characters I have seen in years. There's a much lighter touch in a lot of scenes. The returning human characters who are not Jane Foster (that is, Erik and Darcy) are played primarily for relief, but it's well done and enjoyable. There's a lot of fanstuff in there. SHIELD is mentioned a few times but does not appear. My friend Tom noticed on a chalkboard explaining the 9 worlds that Earth/Midgard was labeled as "616." Stan Lee gets a line during his cameo. We get a quick glimpse back to Yodenheim from the first film. There is a cameo from a fan-favorite character that no one will see coming which had the audience roaring. As far as stingers, there are two. The one midway through the credits is the big reveal one. The one at the end of the credits is related directly to the story of this film. I will spoil them if requested. For reference, the mid-credits one had myself and my nerd friends screaming various expletives of disbelief. Final verdict, go see this film, it's a fantastic adventure story with a lot of heart and a ton of fun. I rank the Thor films behind the Iron Man films just because of my personal pro-Iron Man bias, but this is a fantastic film. Bonus for the ladies: Chris Hemsworth has an extended scene with no shirt on which had one of my friends say out loud in the theater "I love you shirtless Thor!" Trailers: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Robocop, Delivery Man, Ride Along, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. (The scene from the Cap trailer where Winter Soldier catches Cap's shield brought an actual gasp from the audience.)
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