This movie was quite the disappointment to me. not because its bad, its not. i'd give it a 7/10.
The problem is it was at least a 9/10 up until after the Loki death scene.
Immediately after that scene the tone shifts wildly to goofy comedy. His death is not given much importance at all. The film instead switches to dumb laughs 10 seconds after.
then the rest of the movie keeps that tone. So far Avengers is the only MCU movie that was actually ELEVATED by its climax.
TTDW maintains the trend of a weak 3rd act.
I have to agree with you on your review. Just got back from seeing it. Movie was awesome up until that final act where Thor goes to Earth.
A solid 7/10 for me. I really hope they come back stronger and lower the comedy levels for the upcoming MCU films. because when there is that much funny in a movie, I never feel the hero(s) are in any danger, so my care factor turns down.
I agree with you guys about a 7/10 rating, but I'm giving it that for the *opposite* reason from you guys: it's because it takes itself too *seriously.* Honestly, the jokes were the only time the movie felt alive at all to not only myself, but to my family and everyone else in the half-empty theater today. Otherwise, it was a total snoozefest of overly earnest and grim cardboard fantasy stereotypes wading through the same dull-ass storyline we've heard a billion times in movies and video games --- ancient evil awakens and threatens to destroy the universe, unless the chosen one can stop it. *zzzzzzzz*
Gotta admit, several months ago, I was worried when they announced this film was going to clock in under 2 hours.....didn't feel that there'd be enough time to convey an epic feel to it. In hindsight, I'm glad as hell it *wasn't* over two hours, because I seriously couldn't last another half hour or more.
Really disappointing to me....I was expecting a whole lot more from this. At least it did well at the box office, though, and will probably keep the franchise afloat....I just hope to hell we get Branagh back in the future, or someone other than Taylor. And a villain who's a helluva lot more interesting than Malekith.
To balance out some of the negative, I'll list a few positives I liked:
*Loki. Hiddleston continues to be a whole lot more interesting of a character and actor than Thor/Hemsworth. Only memorable character in the whole movie for me.
*Kurse. A pretty kickass look, and a decent but short fight.
*The plane-shifting climactic battle. Great concept and execution. Wish it was against a villain who had more than one dimension to his look and persona.
*Loki-Thor banter. It felt forced, in light of the situations that they found themselves in, but it made for some fun dialogue and exchanges. Particularly the body swaps, of course.
*The mid-credits scene. GOTG looks sooooo much more interesting and retro-stylish than this generic fantasy movie.
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