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Thor: The Dark World

I watched this movie yesterday, and somehow I like it even less this time.  As always there are spoilers below.


Pluses:

There are a few characters I like.  Heimdall is so awesome that he should have his own movie.  Odin: "Why did you call me here?"  Heimdall: "Treason my lord."  Odin: "Whose?"  Heimdall: "Mine."  That is my favorite dialogue in the whole movie.  This movie needs less Thor and more Heimdall.  I also like Darcy and her intern.  Loki is a plus too, as always.  That's about it.

This is the first time we really have the infinity stones explained to us in any way, which makes this movie important for continuity reasons.

I liked all of the messed physics caused by the convergence, like the floating cars and stuff.


Minuses:

I originally thought all the weird physics was caused by the Aether, the reality stone.  Now that I've rewatched the film, they clearly say it was the convergence causing this.  So now I have no idea what the reality stone does.  It's just like this weird misty stuff that infects people or something.  I mistakenly thought it was a lot cooler than it really is, so now I am disappointed.

My biggest gripe is that I really do not care a thing about this movie.  There is just no reason for me to give a damn.  I don't care about the plot or most of the characters.  I remember getting an hour in and thinking, "I think this is when the good part is finally going to start."  Nope.  There is no good part.  I just keep waiting for the movie to get good and it never does.

Overall, Thor: The Dark World is important to the continuity of the MCU, but as a standalone film it is totally skippable.

4/10