The Dark World — Pros and Cons

And unanswered questions

I think there has been enough standard reviews of this movie, so I won’t bother going through every detail here. What I plan to do for this movie and any future ones, is to simply list the pros, cons and then go through anything that was introduced yet not really fully explained.

Cons

The Entire Third Act — While the ending wasn’t awful by any stretch of the imagination, it did leave a lot to be desired. The way Malekith was defeated seemed like a cop out, and while the scenes with all of the portals look cool, they were more confusing than anything. Overall it just seemed rushed, I felt like they could’ve done with another 5-10 minutes of footage leading up to the final battle.

Malekith/Christopher Eccleston — Again, he wasn’t AWFUL by any means. I think the main issue here is during the scenes spoken in Elvish, the delivery just seems off and you get the feeling the actors have no idea what they are even saying. The scenes spoken in English seemed to have a much more menacing and believable tone.

Jane Foster+ Sif — I feel like a few scenes got left on the editing floor in terms of their dynamic. We get a couple early scenes where you are given the inclination that Sif feels something for Thor and that Odin would prefer him be with her as well. Then when Jane Foster is brought to Asgard we simply get an awkward glance at one another and it’s not mentioned again. They needed to either totally remove that scene, or add another which would hammer (ha) home what the writers obviously wanted to convey.

After-Credits Scene — After seeing the Previews for next weeks episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D which is intended to be a cross-over episode with Thor — The Dark World, I was highly disappointed to see that the Ice Beast that is shown running around on Earth will play no part in this episode. Since the episode hasn’t aired, I could be wrong but based on what they’ve shown us it will be a totally different type of cross-over episode. Which begs the question, whats the point of this scene? Was it just to show that Thor is coming back more frequently now?

Pros

Loki/Tom Hiddleston — Not that anyone is surprised here, he stole the show in Thor 1 and had a great part in The Avengers, but he really does make the most of his scenes in this movie and there is no wonder why he was billed second. Loki continues to make audiences keep guessing about his loyalty, even after you know what he’s capable of. The Death of Freyja was a perfect catalyst to push Loki’s motivations into a direction that would really open up the story to new possibilities.

Captain America Cameo — In the age of spoiler filled websites, it was a huge surprise to see Cap show up in Thor 2 seeing as we never got the slightest hint that it would happen. Good job Marvel!

Infinity Stones Backstory — We finally got confirmation that indeed the Infinity Stones would be playing a big part in the next 2 phases. This was all speculation up until The Aether’s introduction, backstory and the mid-credits scene.