Thor: The Dark World does, admittedly, fail to reinvent the wheel. At no point does Alan Taylor’s direction suggest the Thor sequel will open up innovative new avenues of filmmaking, nor should any critics have felt the film had something new to say about the human condition.
But Thor: The Dark World is not a meditation on the absurdity of existence—it’s a Marvel superhero movie and as a Marvel superhero movie, it rocks!
Thor: The Dark World has more action than its predecessor and better visual effects. It’s also funnier than the first Thor, particularly with Stellan Skarsgård’s Erik Selvig rendered a bit nuttier after having his brain juggled around by the Mind Stone in Avengers.
And I will happily die on the hill that Thor quietly deciding to hang Mjolnir on Selvig’s coat rack is one of the funniest moments in the MCU.
The battle at the end of Thor: The Dark World between Thor and Malekith is fun and dynamic—certainly loads more fun that the one between Thor and Loki in the first film—with the combatants being transported all over the Nine Realms as they fight, and Mjolnir constantly needing to turn around to find its master.
We get to see more of Agard and the Nine Realms, along with getting more action from the Warriors Three, Sif, and Heimdall.
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