“Some believe that before the universe, there was nothing. They’re wrong. There was darkness… and it has survived.” – Odin
Number of Times Seen – 1 (3 Feb 2014)
Brief Synopsis – Thor is back and this time must save Jane Foster when she is possessed by a great power.
My Take on it – I must confess that of the Avenger standalone heroes, Thor is my least favorite. I wasn’t so enthralled with the original movie.
Perhaps because of this fact, I wasn’t really looking forward to seeing this one, but I had heard some great things about it (especially from my friend table9mutant from Cinema Parrot Disco).
I was actually quite surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It is better than the original and also better than The Incredible Hulk (2008), but still has a ways to go to reach The Iron Man trilogy, Captain America (2011) or The Avengers (2012).
This movie is action-packed and bringing Loki back to be the antagonist for the third time was a smart move, because Tom Hiddleston is perfect in that role.
This movie is definitely worthy of the series and I now will be looking forward to the next Thor movie in the series.
Bottom Line – A step up from the previous Thor movie. Action packed Superhero movie worthy of being part of the continuing Marvel Avengers series. Recommended!
Rating – Globe Worthy
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Agreed that this is a step up from the first Thor. And that it is always fun. It is far from classic cinema, of course, but it is still entertaining.
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yes, I’m a big superhero /comic book fan so I enjoyed this one eventhough Thor isn’t my favorite character.
They know how to balance the action and drama and keep both peppered with humor.
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Nice review Rob. It’s a fun movie, but I think what works best in this movie’s favor is that these characters are still fun and interesting to watch.
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Yes, I agree with that sentiment Dan. I did love that about this one.
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I really enjoyed this film. Much better than the first Thor. It’s one of my favorite Marvel movies, actually! Glad you enjoyed it, too! 🙂
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Nice to see you enjoyed it, but I still liked some of the other Marvel movies better than this one.
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Great review. I must look into this. To be honest, after The Avengers, I got so wary of the films and what not, and Iron Man 3 didn’t really help matters. Will get to all of them eventually again though.
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One at a time Zoe! there is never a rush when it comes to movie watching.
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I was pretty drunk when I saw it so I maybe need to write a new review of it! I agree that Loki was great though
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I can see how being drunk while watching this could give you a different perspective. 🙂
Loki is ALWAYS great!
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Hey – I totally missed this review! Thanks for the mention again!!! I did enjoy this one – I thought it was A LOT better than the first one. And, you know, Chris Hemsworth is kind of cute. Lol. ; ) WordPress is weird – if you link to someone’s main blog page, WordPress doesn’t send a notification. But if you link to a specific review, WordPress will sent that blogger a notification… Just in case you want people to know when you mention them – it may be just me, though, because I do ALL blogging on an iPhone app which doesn’t always work well! : )
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that’s why I started linking to your “about” page. not sure if that works also.
I don’t usually watch movie b/c of the “hotness” of the actors, but I did like this one better tha the first
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