Thor The Dark World: roller coaster ride with mix of fantasy and Sci-Fi

I did not enjoy the first Thor movie. Heck, I even did not know much of Thor comic except that he hold Mjolnir, the hammer. Give me X Men anytime or maybe The Avengers. However, the fact that Marvel Studio is much improved over the last few movies is a promising fact. The trailer looks promising as well. Therefore, I would not want to miss Thor: The Dark World.

a two face Elf: he looks like villain from Star Trek

Most of the original cast returns for this sequel. Chris Hemsworth, with his deep voice, looks really good as Thor. He began to be synonymous with Thor as Robert Downey Jr with Iron Man. He did look more comfortable in The Dark World as well. Natalie Portman resumed her role as Jane Foster, although her chemistry with Thor is still lacking, but fairly acceptable in this movie compare to the first. Expect the rest of the cast such as Anthony Hopkins as Odin and the earlier controversial Idris Elba as Heimdall. Each of them play their role well and hold the screen on their own. The one most impressive character has to be Tom Hiddleston as Loki. He may made Loki into one of my favourite villain after Joker. Not the fact that he is evil, Loki is never evil; after all, Loki is the God of Mischief, but the fact of his manipulative ways and distortion of the truth remains unbeatable.

The main attraction of the whole movie is the CGI, but for any of summer blockbuster (though it is October even in US), it is the norm rather than the exception. Expect the awesome Asgard brought to life or the incredible space ship chase.

elves in space armor: how cool is that?!

The story is simple. Cliche, actually, with a "important" element that the villain is looking for which will destroy the world as we know it. The villain will somehow manage to get the weapon and by some method the good guys save the day. Here in this movie, the Dark Elf ( now we sound like Tolkien) forge a weapon, Aether which can bring ultimate darkness to all the 9 worlds. Asgardian manage to wrestle the weapon in a war long long time ago. The weapon remained hidden for centuries until Jane Foster found it. Dark Elves awaken from their long slumber and chase after the weapon. Thor enlisted Loki help to fight off the elves but did not succeed. Without revealing too much, it is suffice to say that finally both Thor and Jane saved the world. There are some twist involving Loki but many can see it coming. The sound of Elves makes it look like Mid Earth from all the Tolkien based fantasy story. The elves even have pointy ears, but they are not as nice as the woodies cousins. The weapons they hold looks like laser guns and even the staff used by Asgardians army looks like the light saber from Star Wars. The way Dark Elves travel in their hidden ship and the huge battle armada looks like an episode from Star Trek. It ended up as a mix and mash of elements, but it did work well. In the end, it felt like a roller coaster ride, fun and fast, with not much room to breathe. The script was nicely done with just the right amount of humour, the whole movie felt quirky instead of funny though.

Loki, looking as cool as ever, even in pri

Overall, it is a very very enjoyable movie. But, as with the rest of the Marvel Studio movies so far, it is not memorable as yet. It is a correct move in the correct direction though.

ratings: 3 half poink!
comments: wait for the teaser scene after the credits, it is a teaser for Infinity Gauntlet. Apparently there is another teaser after the whole credits but we missed that one.