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OldBoy 11-04-13 02:38 PM
Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Please continue pre-release discussion here.

Movie:
"Thor: The Dark World" (Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgεr, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Anthony Hopkins)

Release Date:
11/8/2013

Rating:
PG-13 (for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some suggestive content throughout.)

Running Time:
112min. (1h. 52m.)

Budget:
$150 million (estimated)

IMDb Synopsis:
Spoiler:
Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.


IMDb Info and Rating:
7.7 (25,175 votes as of 11/7/13)

Rotten Tomatoes:
Fresh:70 Rotten:30 (70% as of 11/7/13)

Metacritic:
58 metascore ('Mixed or average reviews' as of 11/7/13)

Trailer:
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Poster Art:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...-2-650x332.jpg

**ATTENTION:

dan30oly, Arpeggi (current status: Banned), Spottedfeather & PenguinJoe please do not enter your "traditional" star review in these threads any longer. Whether intentional or not, it is a troll move to always vote 0 or 1.0 stars, whether you've seen the movie or not, and no longer appreciated in these, somewhat, legitimate reviews threads.

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The Antipodean 11-04-13 03:03 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Well I posted this in the other thread last week as we non-Americans are lucky, so here it is again:

Saw it last night, and quite liked it, although it's not perfect. It takes way too long to get out of first gear it feels like, but once it does it rallies for a pretty awesome conclusion. There's a lot of cool stuff in it, but also I'm kind of getting a "been there, done that" feeling and hope some of these other Marvel movies take chances. Feel like they're settling into a bit of a formula.

The cast are pretty great - Hiddleston steals the movie yet again (part of me really wants that LOKI spin-off) in every scene he's in, while Hemsworth's Thor shows nice growth from the first movie. Glad to see folks like Idris Elba and Rene Russo get a bit more to do as well. I felt a bit let down by the "main" villains - Chris Eccleston gives it his all with a woefully underwritten character.

Some specifics with major SPOILERS, read not if you want surprises:
Spoiler:
I kind of wish they'd gone with other villains than the Dark Elves, who just looked vaguely silly to me despite lots of attempts to pump up their menace. I did love their tech design, which looked quite alien and creepy, and in the few scenes where they let Eccleston speak English he was great, but Malkeith just lacked depth compared to Loki - he wants to destroy everything, got it, but need a bit more character than that. Kurse was fun but the movie design looked WAY too much like Predator.

There are a few (kind of) major deaths and the biggest one had a really nice emotional funeral scene I thought, a good break from the constant smashing and crashing about.

Loved the Chris Evans cameo and getting to see more of the Nine Realms. The ending battle was tremendously fun, with the characters bouncing between realms and all that. But the opening 45 minutes or so seemed a little too dead and full of exposition.

As for the end credits scene -- hmm. Benecio Del Toro is an expert at scenery chewing and he's certainly doing that as a green (why no blue?) Collector, but yeah, the scene felt a bit odd and out of place to me. Kind of wish we'd seen a few of the actual Guardians of the Galaxy rather than one of the villains from it who just came off rather campy.

SPiRAL 11-05-13 12:15 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
My brother was with Loki all day yesterday. Press, Chelsea Lately, and the premiere. I was there too and liked it better than the first. I don't know much about the Marvel universe, so I cannot give broader opinions like Antipodean. Just under 2 hrs if that helps ;)

OldBoy 11-07-13 12:43 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
seeing this Sat. hope it is on par or surpasses the first...

Dr. DVD 11-07-13 12:56 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Hopefully going tomorrow afternoon. While I thought the first one was good overall, I felt it lacked the epic nature required for such a story and the Thor character. The Asgard scenes were good, but the rainbow bridge looked like something out of Mario Cart, and the stuff in the small town seemed more like a ploy to not have to spend any more money on elaborate sets. Hell, Thor spent most of his time dressed in jeans and a flannel shirt!
This one seems to give a lot of time to Asgard, so at least the epic part seems to be present.

Solid Snake 11-07-13 01:05 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Yeah. I don't think it'd take much to surpass the first one. I fucking hated most of the Midgard bits. Asgard was cool.

RocShemp 11-07-13 01:07 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Started here today but I'll be going tomorrow.

TomOpus 11-07-13 01:15 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Planning on hitting the 8pm show tonight.

Lt Ripley 11-07-13 11:12 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Was pretty good. Liked it more than the first.

Spoiler:
The Captain America cameo was funny.

Mike86 11-07-13 11:55 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 11900022)
Yeah. I don't think it'd take much to surpass the first one. I fucking hated most of the Midgard bits. Asgard was cool.
I actually really liked Thor to be honest. Thought it was one of the more underrated Phase One films personally and enjoyed it more than Captain America: The First Avenger and The Incredible Hulk. Probably going to see this either tomorrow or Saturday and am looking forward to it quite a bit!

Dr. DVD 11-08-13 12:27 AM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Saw it. Definitely better than the first outing. Loki stole the show, which was to be expected. Malekith was drastically under written.

Liked:
-More Asgard and otherworldly action
-Loki
-Much better pace and story than the first movie

Spoiler:
"Captain America" cameo. Hilarious!


Disliked:
-Kat Dennings- there is no reason for her or her character to appear in this movie. Classic case of "she's on a hit TV show, we need her to make an appearance no matter how irrelevant."
-Dr. Selvig used only for comic relief.
-Unevenness. Movie went from serious/dark stuff to screwy comedy quite rapidly.

Still, I found it entertaining and will definitely add it to the collection. See it in 2D as I did. The 3D will most likely add nothing but maybe a clearer picture.

About the credits stuff:
Spoiler:
I have yet to read any Guardians of the Galaxy, so I am presuming that is what the bit with Sif and Volstagg was about. Thought I recognized the actor, didn't know until I got on here it was Benicio Del Toro. Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks!

redrum 11-08-13 02:19 AM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
First Thor was better than Cap 1 and Iron Man 2

Seeing this tomorrow, not really that excited though

anomynous 11-08-13 11:07 AM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Did anybody see it in 3D? Is the "extended" Captain America preview any good?

Deftones 11-08-13 12:40 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Wow. This was good. Really good. Infinitely better than the 1st.

the one cameo in the movie is fucking hilarious in the context of the scene. It does start out slowly but picks up steam midway. Well worth seeing.

Yavin 11-08-13 12:45 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
IMO, the 3D didn't really add that much to the film, so it's not necessary to see it in 3D. I'm comparing it to The Avengers, though, which I found to be a very immersive 3D experience.

Here's my official review of the film, which includes comments about the 3D presentation.

As for the film itself, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by all of the humor that was present throughout the film. For some reason, the humor in The Avengers caught me off guard, so either I was more prepared for it here or it was better handled. Either way, it made the film that much more enjoyable.

The thing that really struck me about the film as well was how much it seemed like a mashup of LOTR and Star Wars. Just the whole aesthetic of this film is probably a good indicator of what to expect from Guardians of the Galaxy.

OldBoy 11-08-13 02:33 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by anomynous (Post 11901376)
Did anybody see it in 3D? Is the "extended" Captain America preview any good?
i did and the preview is nothing more than what has already been shown.



yes, this was bigger, louder, more action, but didn't click with me. i think i liked the first a little more. this was ok, but nothing too great or that entertaining to me.

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Solid Snake 11-08-13 02:49 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Mind going into more detail?

Why So Blu? 11-08-13 03:42 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Just came back from it and thought was great fun! It buries the first one, in my opinion, and not because Alan Taylor is a better director than Kenneth Branagh, because he's not. It helps that there's an already established universe and that we see more Asgardians and folk that belong to that realm than the first. The first Thor film felt very unpopulated. Dark World has scope. The action is legit, the drama is great, and it's hell lot of fun.

I shouldn't even spoiler these, but fuck it, I will:

Spoiler:
Heimdall taking down one of those Dark Elf space ships by himself was BADASS.

Frigga's death was very emotional and her funeral scene was a stellar piece of filmmaking.

I think Malekith and Kurse looked awesome.

I did like this prologue that showed Odin's father even before the war with the frost giants - we go way back!


Loki was awesome as always.

I did think it was neat that they used the star wars sound effects for all of the dark elves speed ships and the asgardian vessels. Nice little bit of crossover in terms of Disney properties.

Spoiler:
I like that Benicio del Toro used his Frankie Four Fingers voice for The Collector.
;)


Oh, and Kat Dennings is still extremely fuckable.

OldBoy 11-08-13 04:00 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Deftones (Post 11901515)
the one cameo in the movie is fucking hilarious in the context of the scene.
i did really like that cameo. very well done!

Hokeyboy 11-08-13 04:06 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
I wasn't big on the first Thor. The Asgard scenes were great, the Earth scenes were abysmally bad. The fact that most people are saying it crushes the original is a good sign :up:

The RT at 65% is troublesome though... is that the lowest rated Marvel movie thus far?

Solid Snake 11-08-13 04:09 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Maybe. What was IM2 and TIH at?

OldBoy 11-08-13 04:09 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy (Post 11901958)
I wasn't big on the first Thor. The Asgard scenes were great, the Earth scenes were abysmally bad. The fact that most people are saying it crushes the original is a good sign :up:

The RT at 65% is troublesome though... is that the lowest rated Marvel movie thus far?
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1030887-punisher/

Solid Snake 11-08-13 04:13 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
That's not exactly a Marvel film though.

redrum 11-08-13 04:15 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Pretty damn cool

Way more epic than the first one

Mid-credits scene siiiiick

musick 11-08-13 04:17 PM
Re: Thor: The Dark World (Taylor, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
saw it this afternoon and loved it

going in Thor was probably my least anticipated of the Marvel Studios releases and thus far both movies have been aces and possibly my favorite of the bunch

infinitely better than IM3


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