***This Movie Review Contains Major Spoilers. The Whole Movie IS Basically A Giant Spoiler. BEWARE***
'Thor: The Dark World pounds Iron Man 3 into the ground. This is how Phase 2 of the M.C.U. (Marvel Cinematic Universe) should have started. It's easy to consider it Marvel's 'Man of Steel'. The Movie is smart, yet dark, while remaining funny and clever. I was really pleased with how the movie turned out. Christopher Eccleston was the perfect Malekith. The Dark Elves make What's-his-name and the frost giant look like wimps. I'm just getting started. It may be hard to realize this, considering your just reading a review, but I am trying to contain everything that's stirring around in my brain.
This may seem strange, but I am actually going to start with the end credit scene. I didn't stay for the very end, so i don't know what if there was an end credit scene or what it was. However, I saw the mid-credit scene. Which left me very pleased and my brain screaming.
For starters, The Collector, who happens to be one of the villains in 2014's 'Guardians of the Galaxy', makes an appearance. My guess is that he works for Thanos, but I'm not going there yet. The Collector was trusted by Lady Sif and Volstagg to keep one of the Infinity stones safe. The Infinity stone happens to be the Aether. No, not the Aether mod as in Minecraft, but the darkness consumed by Malekith, making him the gruesome dark figure that he is near the end of the film. The Aether also possesses Jane Foster for a portion of the movie. When The Collector calls the Aether "An Infinity Stone", he is referencing to the Infinity Gems from the Infinity Gauntlet Marvel Comics series. There are six gems/stones, as claimed by The Collector. The Stones consist of the following,
- Soul Gem
- Power Gem
- Time Gem
- Space Gem
- Reality Gem
- Mind Gem
Also, The Tesseract, (from The Avengers) is an Infinity Gem. I am unsure which one is which, But my guess is that the Aether is the Soul Gem and the Tesseract is the Space Gem. Once again, I am not entirely sure. If you've read what is now the five out of six issues of Marvel's Infinity, this probably makes a lot of sense right now.
Next topic, trash. Yep, trash. In pretty much every science fiction movie I watch these days, the super-villain and/or the superhero trashes some really large city. In Man of Steel it's Metropolis, in Captain America: The First Avenger, it's Berlin & New York. In The Avengers, it's New York again. Thor: The Dark World is another '&'. Malekith and Thor ruin Asgard and London. Most of the property damages in Asgard were Malekith's fault, but Thor added to the mess.
Another thing to point out, under the funny category is Chris Evans' cameo as Captain America. The scene was pretty funny even without Cap. Captain America made it better. Thor broke out Loki in order to help defeat Malekith. Loki was bugging the crap out of Thor when they were pretty much walking to treason. Loki was shape-shifting into random people. He later said, "How about one of your new friends?" and then he turned into Captain America. Just the things he was saying were funny. It was great to see Captain America as Captain America. Not like Iron Man 3 where Bruce Banner was Bruce Banner.
Apperently, Loki Dies in this movie, but in the end yo can see that he faked his death. He even turned into Odin and talked to Thor. Which I'm guessing will be a big Mistake in The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The question is, where is the real Odin? Thor 3?
Loki wasn't the only one who died. Queen Frigga was killed by one of Malekith's monsters, Kurse. She's actually dead. But I must say, she put up a really good fight against Malekith. She had more hand-to-hand combat skills than Thor. She even pinned him down and held a sword to his throat for a good 10 seconds. I'm sure all the women in the audience were proud.
In conclusion, Thor: The Dark World was extremely satisfying and so much better than Iron Man 3. This time, the main villain was a real villain. Not some German actor. I was really happy with how it turned out. I had some hope for Kenneth I-Can't-Pronounce-His-Last-Name-Or-Type-It's return as the the director, but I actually like Alan Taylor much better. That wasn't normal for Whatever his name is to direct a superhero movie. I am really excited to see how it links together the rest of the Phase 2 movies. The Collector is going to be a villain in Guardian of the Galaxy, reprised by Benicio del Toro. Along with Thanos, the other villain, who will also be the "mini-villain" In The Avengers: Age of Ultron, the vmain villain will be Ultron. Not that hard. Ultron will be played be James Spader. Not sure if its a spoiler but, If Thanos dies in Guardians of the Galaxy, he wouldn't be an active villain in The Avengers Age of Ultron. Though he could be one of those "in the shadows" type of guys like he was in The Avengers. Like I said, The Collector probably works for Thanos. I do want to see Corvus Glaive return. Maybe even more of the Black Order/The Cull Obsidian. Maybe, Proxima Midnight, or Ebony Maw? I don't know. This is all pretty distant.
Overall, Thor The Dark World was really good and entertaining. I give it 10.8, I would give it lower but some of those extra points are for making up for Iron Man 3's lack of any logical sense. Subtract that and I give it a 9.6
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