Thor: The Dark World (November 2013)
Primary Characters
Times viewed: 3
- Thor
- Jane Foster
- Loki
- Odin
- Malekith
Secondary Characters
- Heimdall
- Frigga
- Algrim/Kurse
- Erik Selvig
- Lady Sif
- The Warriors Three
- The Collector
Notable Story Elements
- The 9 Realms
- Yggdrasil
- Dark Elves
- Kursed
- Bifrost/The Rainbow Bridge
- Convergence
- The Aether/Reality Stone
- Sometime, somewhere after the theatrical release - I am pretty sure I missed this one
- Friday Family Movie Night sometime in the past year
- 23 Days of Marvel - March 25th, 2020
Easter Eggs
- The stone giant Thor defeats in Vanaheim is similar in design to Korg, who appears in Ragnarok
- Odin is accompanied by a raven in one scene; Huginn and Muninn are his messengers to and from Midgard/Earth in Norse myths
- Odin wields a spear, which is called Gungnir in Norse myths
As we sat down as a family for this one, Melanie asked, "Is this the one that has the awesome song at the beginning?"
"No, sorry. That's Ragnarok. That's the Funvee. This one is the Humdrumvee."
Her post to Facebook later that night:
She will, if the press on Thor: Love and Thunder is to be believed. As detailed in an earlier post, the Jane Foster Lady Thor was one of my favorite Marvel heroes of recent years. Polygon nicely summarized her character origins and her time swinging Mjolnir. The hammer actually receives a fair amount of characterization (not a typo) and she, too, has more chemistry with it than she does when Odinson is inevitably reintroduced to the comic and elevated to the leading role. It's one of numerous editorial decisions that led me to prune my Marvel reading down to a single regular title and just new limited series of past favorite characters and teams.
This movie drags. I agree with my wife that Jane Foster is a weak link, but Malekith is dull in every way, too. We agree that the "science" overtakes the "fantasy" in the science fantasy to an uncomfortable point. Her best quip - in addition to, "Jane Foster is not observing proper social distancing from The Aether" - came when the Dark Elves attack Asgard: "Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!" In her rankings of the MCU, she rates this one dead last with the tag, "Banished to the DCU."
It's a toss-up as to what gets the trophy for Most Convenient Location of a MacGuffin: the locations of Convergence points between Asgard, Earth, and other Realms, or the absurd map-dagger below the quicksand caves in The Rise of Skywalker.
Loki is excellent again, and Heimdall's costume is one of the sharpest in all of these films.
Otherwise, I wouldn't watch this one again, even if we experience another pandemic quarantine.
"No, sorry. That's Ragnarok. That's the Funvee. This one is the Humdrumvee."
Her post to Facebook later that night:
Jane Foster is the most boring named character in the MCU. Natalie Portman is the worst named actor in the MCU. Thor has more chemistry with his hammer. Prove me wrong!There were two replies: "You're not wrong" with a shrug emoji, and, "She'll be the next Thor, though!"
She will, if the press on Thor: Love and Thunder is to be believed. As detailed in an earlier post, the Jane Foster Lady Thor was one of my favorite Marvel heroes of recent years. Polygon nicely summarized her character origins and her time swinging Mjolnir. The hammer actually receives a fair amount of characterization (not a typo) and she, too, has more chemistry with it than she does when Odinson is inevitably reintroduced to the comic and elevated to the leading role. It's one of numerous editorial decisions that led me to prune my Marvel reading down to a single regular title and just new limited series of past favorite characters and teams.
This movie drags. I agree with my wife that Jane Foster is a weak link, but Malekith is dull in every way, too. We agree that the "science" overtakes the "fantasy" in the science fantasy to an uncomfortable point. Her best quip - in addition to, "Jane Foster is not observing proper social distancing from The Aether" - came when the Dark Elves attack Asgard: "Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!" In her rankings of the MCU, she rates this one dead last with the tag, "Banished to the DCU."
It's a toss-up as to what gets the trophy for Most Convenient Location of a MacGuffin: the locations of Convergence points between Asgard, Earth, and other Realms, or the absurd map-dagger below the quicksand caves in The Rise of Skywalker.
Loki is excellent again, and Heimdall's costume is one of the sharpest in all of these films.
Otherwise, I wouldn't watch this one again, even if we experience another pandemic quarantine.
Ranking
- The Avengers
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 3
- Iron Man 2
- Captain Marvel
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Thor
- Thor: The Dark World
- The Incredible Hulk
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