Fan Review Thread SPOILERS INSIDE - Part 1

[BigThor]

Was the final battle really that comedic overall?

 

[GriffinSTatum]

The poll is closed...good grief.
8/10....probably 8.5

I know, and I was just going to vote in it as well.

I will give it a 9/10 after my second viewing. I was with a separate set of friends this time, a different theater, in 3D, and it just seemed on a whole different level from my previous viewing(The first theater I went to was a pretty crappy theater). The emotional moments in the movie really connected with me, and I would say the humor really helped. I watched Thor and the Avengers again before seeing The Dark World again, and I still have to say that I prefer The Dark World over Thor 1. After the second viewing, my ranking of the MCU has actually changed in an unexpected way. I need to see The Dark World another one or two times to see how my rankings lie for the MCU. Here is my current ranking without TDW:

1. The Avengers
2. Iron Man 3
3. Iron Man
4. Captain America: The First Avenger
5. Thor
6. Iron Man 2
7. The Incredible Hulk

Was the final battle really that comedic overall?

There was comedy strung throughout the final battle, but I wouldn't say it overshadowed the fighting or anything. Nevertheless there was a comedic presence.

 

[BigThor]

Similar to the New York battle in The Avenger?

 

[def28]

Was the final battle really that comedic overall?

It just kept interrupting the battle. It was fine the first two times but it didn't let up. Still some funny **** in there, but I really wanted it to stay on Thor for the main battle without having to cut to a joke every 10 sec. Its really my only complaint, but I was still having a good time. Up until that point I thought there was a great balance to the film. The comedy really helps with what could have been your typical downtime.

Just a damn good time overall. Really dug the flick.

 

[jmc]

Was the final battle really that comedic overall?

Throw in the scientific McGuffins and it kinda became a bit silly during the last act of the film.

 

[Harley2004]

Well Tom Hiddleston, was great. Literally every time he was on screen, the movie was better. Also Hemsworth, I think was the best here as Thor, as he has been yet, and he has been really good in all 3.

The movie itself was decent. The villain was weak, some of the humor did not work. Other than a few key scenes with Thor/Loki, it just seemed like another "safe" marvel studio movie. This is not a classic that will be remembered in 10 years.

That end credits scene was ridiculous, but the final scene was great.

I give 7/10.

 

[def28]

Thought the Mid credit scene was awesome. My audience seemed really creeped out by the collection on display during the cutaways to the leads. Love the vibe so far.

 

[jmc]

I had no idea WTF was going on during that mid-credit sequence.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

I had no idea WTF was going on during that mid-credit sequence.

My best guess, thanks to a quick run through of the Wikipedia page on [BLACKOUT]The Collector[/BLACKOUT]:

Spoiler

I'm guessing rather than actual gems the items to power the infinity gauntlet are powerful items. So the Tesseract is one, and the Aether was another. Asgard already has the Tesseract so they brought it to The Collector, a character known for collecting items and species to keep for later in case a major catastrophe should come to the universe, for safe keeping. In comics I guess his allegiances have switched around a few times, so his comment on 5 more, relating to the other Infinity Gems, might mean he has something to do with Thanos. In other words, I'm guessing this is more an Guardians of the Galaxy/ Avengers 3 tease more than anything else.

 

[Mr. Dent]

I had no idea WTF was going on during that mid-credit sequence.

awesomeness

 

[GriffinSTatum]

Similar to the New York battle in The Avenger?

I would probably say more, however the battle did not last as long as the one in The Avengers, so maybe since the battle lasted a little shorter it felt as though there were more comedic moments included.

 

[DCnightwing23]

Barely a 7 for me.

Almost too much comedy for me. Weak villain (the potential was there) that was poorly executed. Loki was refreshing this time around as Hiddleston seems to be the only one to have great chemistry w/ Hemsworth on screen outside of Hopkins. Far too much Natalie Portman in this film, every scene she shares w/ Thor just feels more and more forced its cringe-worthy. It's just sad HER character is the reason Thor gives a damn about Earth. While biased, i must admit i wanted more Sif (Alexander) and felt like many have said, that more of her scenes might have been cut out in post pro. Loved the action, felt like the last battle could have been better.

And is it just me, or did A LOT of this film feel like the Star Wars prequels? Particularly Episode 1. And that's not a good thing. From the scene on asgard w/ the dark elve ships incoming. And the scene when they land inside the building on asgard and attack (very similar to the hallway sequence in episode 1) to the Thor and Foster kiss (that actually looked like attack of the clones) and Sif wielding a sword only to have it turn into a double bladed sword (darth maul) There were LOTS of shots that looked like the Star wars prequels. Ugh, i can't say enough of how much i loathe Natalie Portman. Who did she screw at Marvel to get more screen time, it literally felt like she had more screen time then Thor himself. Absolutely annoying, and the end credit scene was just pointless, absolutely POINTLESS.

Again 7/10 but could easily be a 6/10 honestly.

 

[DCnightwing23]

I will give the movie this, that funeral scene was absolutely beautiful!

 

[LostSon88]

Overall, I liked it a lot. I definitely understand the comedic complaints some have but it really didn't bother me at all. I loved the different vibes in terms of genre as well. Star Wars, LOTR even a little bit of Harry Potter was in there for me.

The beginning as they were laying out the story went a tad long. Just a little too much exposition but once Asgard is attacked the movie reached its stride.

Overall I'd give it an 8 and slightly over the original. I honestly see myself watching this one more than the first one.

Oh and the Captain America gag was AWESOME. Did not see that coming.

 

[Repulsor Blast]

It was okay, just not great. It was definitely entertaining, but there was just no gravity to it. And the character arc for Thor was really weak in this, almost to the point of there not being one. It was supposed to be about him being reluctant to accept his role as king, but they really didn't flesh that out well at all. Honestly, the movie almost didn't even feel like a Thor movie, it just felt like a movie with Thor in it. It felt more or less by the end just like a set up for GotG and getting Thor on Earth for Avengers 2.

It also felt like an incomplete movie and seemed almost like a prologue to the real movie they want to tell. Funny how Joss said one of the cardinal sins of filmmaking is not ending the film an that's exactly what they did here. Speaking of Joss, is it me, or is it really easy to tell which scene he helped out on that Taylor was talking about? It was obviously that train scene and the whole hopping through realms. That felt extremely Joss and was ****ing hilarious.

Anyway, with where this movie ended, I'm more excited for Thor 3. It's pretty clear Thor 3 is going to be the movie they really want to tell and they have it set up to be really awesome. Also, anyone notice the easter egg for Surtur and Muspelheim when they were montaging through the convergence? Underneath Earth they showed a fire realm. Super looking forward to Thor 3. Fire demons, Surtur, and seeing the repercussions of Loki impersonating Odin.

I'd give it a 6.5/10.

i agree with this very much. in fact, you raise literally the same points i did on my rantview a week and a half ago, lol.

 

[TheVileOne]

Kurse did kind of outshine Malekith since he had a little more to do before the climax.

 

[Moonwing]

It was okay, just not great. It was definitely entertaining, but there was just no gravity to it. And the character arc for Thor was really weak in this, almost to the point of there not being one. It was supposed to be about him being reluctant to accept his role as king, but they really didn't flesh that out well at all. Honestly, the movie almost didn't even feel like a Thor movie, it just felt like a movie with Thor in it. It felt more or less by the end just like a set up for GotG and getting Thor on Earth for Avengers 2.

It also felt like an incomplete movie and seemed almost like a prologue to the real movie they want to tell. Funny how Joss said one of the cardinal sins of filmmaking is not ending the film an that's exactly what they did here. Speaking of Joss, is it me, or is it really easy to tell which scene he helped out on that Taylor was talking about? It was obviously that train scene and the whole hopping through realms. That felt extremely Joss and was ****ing hilarious.

Anyway, with where this movie ended, I'm more excited for Thor 3. It's pretty clear Thor 3 is going to be the movie they really want to tell and they have it set up to be really awesome. Also, anyone notice the easter egg for Surtur and Muspelheim when they were montaging through the convergence? Underneath Earth they showed a fire realm. Super looking forward to Thor 3. Fire demons, Surtur, and seeing the repercussions of Loki impersonating Odin.

I'd give it a 6.5/10.

Agree, this movie felt like the infamous "unnecessary second part". It`s when you have the beginning of the story and the ending -and have no idea how to get from one to another. You just make an ultimately necessary outline and than trow something on it to take vacant space. With this being not only trilogy, but a part of MCU, situation is even worse- they have to leave Thor on earth and keep Jane plot dragging just to ensure that Thor-Earth connection, they have to let Loki slide back to villain in the end to make the last battle between brothers in Thor 3. So basically all character development were put on hold.

And yep, I am exited for Thor 3 because they clearly know what they want there.

 

[jmc]

^ I don't know if I agree with that. I'd kinda like to see someone other than Loki be the villain. Frankly, he's becoming a crutch for not just Thor but the MCU. It's almost reminds me of Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, an over reliance on the actor and a fear of expanding beyond that.

 

[Moonwing]

^ I don't know if I agree with that. I'd kinda like to see someone other than Loki be the villain. Frankly, he's becoming a crutch for not just Thor but the MCU. It's almost reminds me of Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, an over reliance on the actor and a fear of expanding beyond that.

Yep, yep- like they have their "sure thing" and afraid to go anywhere else. Here they have H&H duo and more than happy to capitalize on it.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

so people would get tired of the joker in several batman movies??? main antagonist like loki is?
you know how i feel about most of the discussions sometimes?
that it must be like this when producers sit together..
saying: we pay for that, so i wanna see this in there and throw that away, this works in other movies so we need something like this as well.
like childrens ranting in the supermarket. i wanna wanna wanna

 

[jmc]

Batman has the best rogues gallery in comics, that's pretty much indisputable, as such he's almost got an embarrassment of riches when it comes to enemies to choose from. I'd like to see Marvel actually try and elevate their bad guys more. The Mandarin was where I thought they here finally going to do it....then they yanked the rug out from underneath us, which is a shame because that character was being set up to be awesome.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

yup manadarin was a big disappointment...but if they would start to throw in new enemys all the time then others would complain why they dont keep one of them when he was well portrayed. who should loki be replaced with for an entire movie? i mean no loki at all. yes batman works without jokers involvement...

 

[jmc]

Well, it means there's room to evolve what's available. The complaints will come when they use the same villain again, and again, and again. I always hear that Marvel characters don't have the same level of villains available to be used as what Batman and Superman have - to me that's a cop out, if anything it gives them an excuse to virtually work off a blank page. Look at what Nolan did with Bane, took a C-grade villain and elevated him to a top tier level - he was the closet thing to an original villain we got and it worked. Now you hear people constantly imitating the Bane voice and it won't be too long before that reinterpreted version of the character makes its way in some part back into the comics. Same principle can be applied here.

 

[Adamantium]

One more day and I get to read through all these spoiler threads.

 

[HUMANIMAL]

so the reason for not using c-list villains as main antagonists is because they are playing safe? what about whiplash? im2 only worked with hammer cause it would be like beating a dead horse just havin whiplash as main villain...and malekith comes in and wants to destroy all of goth...i mean asgard...it has not that huge impact without any psychological explanation behind it(a monologue and a short montage wont do the same job)like evolving the antagonist through out the movie... same thing with redskull thats why there was the whole becoming a supersoldier in the foreground...to portray such villains in a appealing manner is hard to deal with when you want to establish new characters and creating a tie in to a bigger universe as well. the build up to the other movies is theyr goal. t'ill lokis story isn't told he has to be a part of thor movies and its a solid base they built up...i dont think its getting tyiring. should they just move on in each movie? like the two batman and robin and forever movies? i personally like to see a series where the episodes tye in to a whole story...they can moveforward...cang go back reveal new things...someday we will have enough of the superhero movies at once but they are not overdoing it yet...instead they try new things like gotg and antman those are risks they dont fear to make.