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Topic	Biscuit watches, briefly reviews, and eventually ranks the MCU spoilers
Mr_Biscuit 05/19/18 12:23:05 AM #51:	Thor: The Dark World That was supposed to be the bad one? Damn, the MCU must be better than I thought. While certainly not a classic in any regard, I found this entertaining, funny, and at times even moving, and my initial impression would be that it was stronger than the original Thor flick. What doesnt work is another vague existential darkness threat and a villain fairly devoid of personality, who I wont remember in a week. The convergence and Stonehenge stuff was also kinda just babble, admittedly. Those being the driving factors of the overall plot do hold back the movie from being truly memorable, and I gotta say, Darcy has had two movies to make me give a single shit, and she so far remains a big waste of screen time. Its not so much that she is so terrible, but another critique I have of both these movies is that I want Thor and Jane to have more time talking and establishing their relationship. I look at what could be cut for a little more time spent with our hero/heroine, and... That said, to kick off strengths I should mention I do still really like Jane (possibly a bias towards Natalie Portman, but you cant blame me) and I think she plays well off of Thor, especially given not a ton to work with. Truly, though, the relationship you come to see here isnt Thor and Jane, its the brotherly relationship of Thor and Loki, and BOY does that work. Their entire buddy cop adventure was tremendous, and they truly got me with the fake betrayal. I almost bought his death, but I did have my doubts (though Im hoping we get an explanation later, because Lokis illusions tend to be holograms. Loki tangibly died in Thors arms). Loki is a great character and, selfish as he is, I cant help but feel a little of his affection for Thor is genuine. The ultimate twist with him on the throne didnt do much for me, but Im still excited to see where that leads. Additional props are due to Thors mom (the real MVP) and that beautiful Viking funeral scene. Dragonheart vibes. That mostly sums up my thoughts, but Id be remiss if I didnt mention how much I loved the interplanetary battle at the end, complete with Frost Giant Monster cameo. That was really great fun. All in all, not my favorite MCU film for sure but not nearly as bad as Id feared. P.S. Was that a boxed up Aether at the end? Think thats the first mention of infinity stones, cool to hear the Tesseract is one too. If the Aether is basically an infinity stone, Im... confused but intrigued. --- https://www.bigplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_6703.jpg <cite>Mr_Biscuit posted [p:901607990] in Biscuit wa... [t:76613732]...</cite> <quote>Thor: The Dark World That was supposed to be the bad one? Damn, the MCU must be better than I thought. While certainly not a classic in any regard, I found this entertaining, funny, and at times even moving, and my initial impression would be that it was stronger than the original Thor flick. What doesnt work is another vague existential darkness threat and a villain fairly devoid of personality, who I wont remember in a week. The convergence and Stonehenge stuff was also kinda just babble, admittedly. Those being the driving factors of the overall plot do hold back the movie from being truly memorable, and I gotta say, Darcy has had two movies to make me give a single shit, and she so far remains a big waste of screen time. Its not so much that she is so terrible, but another critique I have of both these movies is that I want Thor and Jane to have more time talking and establishing their relationship. I look at what could be cut for a little more time spent with our hero/heroine, and... That said, to kick off strengths I should mention I do still really like Jane (possibly a bias towards Natalie Portman, but you cant blame me) and I think she plays well off of Thor, especially given not a ton to work with. Truly, though, the relationship you come to see here isnt Thor and Jane, its the brotherly relationship of Thor and Loki, and BOY does that work. Their entire buddy cop adventure was tremendous, and they truly got me with the fake betrayal. I almost bought his death, but I did have my doubts (though Im hoping we get an explanation later, because Lokis illusions tend to be holograms. Loki tangibly died in Thors arms). Loki is a great character and, selfish as he is, I cant help but feel a little of his affection for Thor is genuine. The ultimate twist with him on the throne didnt do much for me, but Im still excited to see where that leads. Additional props are due to Thors mom (the real MVP) and that beautiful Viking funeral scene. Dragonheart vibes. That mostly sums up my thoughts, but Id be remiss if I didnt mention how much I loved the interplanetary battle at the end, complete with Frost Giant Monster cameo. That was really great fun. All in all, not my favorite MCU film for sure but not nearly as bad as Id feared. P.S. Was that a boxed up Aether at the end? Think thats the first mention of infinity stones, cool to hear the Tesseract is one too. If the Aether is basically an infinity stone, Im... confused but intrigued. --- https://www.bigplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_6703.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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