Thor: The Dark World (2013) Movie Review

Director: Alan Taylor

Writer: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, Stephen Mcfeely

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston

The first Thor movie is definitely one of my favourite superhero movies ever and Thor is by far my favourite superhero ever but I didn’t manage to watch the sequel until a couple days ago.

The Dark World is a far more ambitious movie than the first Thor movie. The first was very enclosed. Broadly, there were about three locations in the entire movie. The sequel however has numerous realms and locations in Britain. The added ambition with this movie makes the movie rather confusing. I think that there was a creature called the Kursed One, which the rules of where never even mentioned (and I know there are rules because they said there could only be one more). Also, the main villain, Malekith, was completely confused in every way. In the generic opening narration, it is mentioned that he wants to plunge the Earth realm into darkness. The disembodied voice doesn’t explain why or really even how (they do mention a weapon called the Aether but not how it works or why). So much was left unexplained.

However, this film is almost solely brought back from the gripping hands of Valhalla by Tom Hiddleston as Loki. Everyone has said for a while that Loki is an amazing character but I had never really believed them. Having not seen this movie before, I know understand why he is so brilliant. He never struck me as the mischief god in Thor and The Avengers but the Dark World perfectly shows his constant mischief. He is just so enjoyable to watch. Also the fight scenes with Thor are great.

The second Thor movie is the more confusing and grander version of its older brother. A lot of things are left unexplained and are just generally unclear. Loki steps into the light and is fantastic from 

beginning to end and the fight scenes are delectable. Definitely worth a watch.

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