Mjölnir;27343121 said:
You liked one and not the other. I can't think of any reason to judge the villains with such vastly different measuring sticks than that you're actively trying to reinforce your opinion.
I liked one and not the other?
Thor-9/10
Thor: TDW: 8/10
I dont mean to offend, but that statement is ridiculous, I liked both movies, as I have stated repeatedly, and their ratings are not hugely different. I am not biased and I am not trying to reinforce my opinion, I am STATING my opinion. Malekith was a bad villain, Loki was a good one IMO.
Mjölnir;27343121 said:
If what I'm saying is true, in what way does Loki accomplish a lot and Malekith does nothing? That makes no sense.
By the end of Thor 1, Loki's actions effected many people in a negative way, His Father, Mother, Brother, his brothers love and her friends, the whole of Asgard couldnt travel anywere due to the bifrost being down, there are more, but you get my point.
Malekith's actions dont really effect anyone in a negative way by the end of the movie, hell Darcy and co were even making jokes during his attempted distruction. Loki caused more pain in this movie than Malekith did.
Mjölnir;27343121 said:
Frigga says that they weren't prepared, which would be odd if they expected him to enter it. That's of course on top of that Odin is wandering about and not making preparations for what is to happen while he's sleeping, which is pretty necessary since what he had expected a day earlier was for Thor to be king.
Thor's coronation and him going to Jotunheim and then getting banished all happened in one day, the next day Odin fell into the Odin sleep, He didnt really have a lot of time to make plans, and as you said yourself, Thor WAS going to be king, Odin didnt have anything prepared in case that didnt come to pass as it was unexpected it wouldnt.
Mjölnir;27343121 said:
Kurse is just an instrument for Malekith, not unlike what the Destroyer is for Loki. Kurse kills Frigga on Malekith's order and generally just does what Malekith tells him to do. Malekith also puts up a lot more struggle than Loki in the two respective final battles. As for Kurse's time he's around more than half the movie. It's not that long between the fight on Svartalfheim and the final battle.
But he didnt become Kurse until about 10/15 mins in either, so he hardly had any screen time, and yet still came across as more of a threat that Malekith. Loki was closer to achieving his goals than Malekith was as well. Thor had to make a big sacrifice to stop Loki, he didnt to stop Malekith.
Mjölnir;27343121 said:
I disagree about grieving. Thor and Odin get sad when Loki lets go but after that there's not that much shown as it's mixed with Thor longing to get to Midgard. In TDW there's a longer dwelling on Frigga's immediate death, there's a pretty special funeral, we get Loki reacting to the news and tearing up his room and himself and Odin just loses it. That's far, far more than what was in Thor.
I disagree back
, Loki's actions had big implications for the 9 realms and that was even before his death. Thor states in Avengers many people mourned Loki's death, I didnt see anyone mourning Frigga for more than 5 mins. Again this may be down to the director, but Loki's actions seemed to have a much bigger impact than Malekith's.
Mjölnir;27343121 said:
That's because it's not an opinion that Thor has an arc, it actually is a fact.
At the beginning of the movie Thor has accepted his role and his responsibilities as successor to the throne (fighting to secure the realms, staying in Asgard, not seeking out Jane). During the course of the movie he realizes what ruling does to you and that it's not what he really wants, which ends with him declining the Throne and leaving Asgard, seemingly only to return as a protector. That's an arc.
Well I wouldnt say its a fact because IMO he has no arc. At the start when talking to Odin he basically says he doesnt want to be king, then he says the same at the end, to me, thats no arc.
Mjölnir;27343121 said:
That wasn't very clear as you quoted everything and didn't make any other remarks. I don't find it very logical either. The post says Malekith is a bad villain because he ultimately fails (disregarding some permanent effects he brought). That logic makes pretty much every villain in any CBM ever a bad villain. Except of course a villain in the very movie that's being criticized; Loki (and as said, it's only in TDW he succeeds).
See Sams next post, he states why Malekith is a bad villain. I was originally agreeing with Sam not because he states Malekith doesnt succeed, but because he says he's bad villain. I didnt state that because I was responding to him and not you.