I just saw Thor: The Dark World last October 30 and just what I expected, it was awesome! It is far better than the first. It had a much serious and dark theme but it didn't neglect humor in between. Here are the best moments:
- Odin, as usual, giving an introductory history lesson
In the first movie, Odin narrated the story of the Frost Giants. This time around, he explained how his father defeated Malekith and the dark elves from unleashing the Aether to put darkness in the universe.
- Odin giving the sentence to Loki
Loki who is shackeled, was being escorted by the guards and brings him to Odin. Odin talked to him of his crimes and sentenced him to be imprisoned in the dungeons.
- Jane Foster on a date
Jane having a terrible date in order to move-on with Thor. Then Darcy came to save her from her date.
- Playing with the portal
Darcy hired an intern making an intern's intern. They discovered a some kind of portal. They played with it by putting different stuff and it keeps coming back. However somethings just doesn't come back. Then the new intern dropped the car keys which didn't came back.
- Jane getting the Aether
Jane went into a dimension where the Aether was being hidden. When she touched the Aether, it so what possed her with it. That's why Malekith went after her.
- Thor joining the battle against the Marauders
- Thor swinging the hammer on the stone giant
- Odin giving a fatherly advice to Thor
Odin appreciated how much Thor has grown and matured and he got weary of Thor thinking about Jane. He told him that there are other who are far better in which he is referring to Sif.
- Thor leaving the celebration early
It was pretty unusual for Thor to leave the celebration early. He then talks to Sif and she said that he usually celebrates for weeks. They then talk about how Thor misses Jane.
- Frigga trying to talking sense into Loki
Frigga visited Loki in his prison and tries to comfort him. Loki then gets mad when Frigga mentioned about Odin and shouting: "He's not my father!". She then told him, "And I'm not your mother?". There was just this sadness in Frigga's face when looked into Loki.
- Malekith's awakening
- Thor coming back to Earth and brings Jane to Asgard
Heimdall can't see see Jane when Thor talked to him to check on her status. When Jane woke up, Darcy told her that she was gone for 5 hours and she called the police. It suddenly rains and with a few roars of thunder and after two years, Jane and Thor are finally reunited. Thor explained why he was gone for so long. The Aether within Jane releases a force when Jane is threatened. So Thor brought Jane to Asgard to be examined.
- Heimdall jumping over the dark elf ship
I don't get it why Heimdall didn't saw the dark elf ships coming. He has the power to foresee events even on other worlds. He senses the dark elf ship and he came running on the rainbow bridge and jumps over the ship and destroys it. He looks back and see more ships coming.
- Thor jump-and-fly sequence
This was just awesome. Thor showing off his flying skills with Mjolnir.
- Sif's glare over Jane
- Frigga bringing the fight to Malekith
Frigga hides Jane from Malekith since she has the Aethe within her. Frigga fights Malekith and disarms him but Kurse grabs her and stabs her from the back. We can also see where Loki got his magic when Frigga creates an illusion of Jane.
- Frigga's funeral
It was a dreadful death yet Frigga's funeral was a wonderful sight. Alan Taylor did bring some of "Game of Thrones" into this movie with arrows being shot at boats to burn the body. This was the same with what happened in Game of Thrones Season 3 when Catelyn Stark's father died.
- Thor asking for Loki's help
- Captain America cameo!
One of the funniest scenes is when Thor got Loki out of the dungeon then Loki was being playful with his magic. He first turn into of the guards to avoid getting caught. Then he turned Thor into Sif. Then the unexpected, Loki turned into Captain America giving a Chris Evans cameo.
It's good to see two of the prominent Avengers reunite even it was just a few seconds.
- Jane slapping Loki
Jane does a lot of slapping in this movie. He slaps Loki for the damage that he and the Chitauri did to New York.
- Sif, Volstagg and Fandrall threatening Loki
During the escape of Thor, Loki and Jane, there are sequences of threats from Sif, Volstagg and Fandral with the phrase: "If you betray him..."
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| Sif making the first threat putting her sword on Loki's throat |
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| Volstagg going for the second threat |
- Thor and Loki's escape on Asgard
- The inevitable Stan Lee cameo
We see Dr. Erik Selvig explaining the convergence in a room from a home of the aged. He explained that two worlds are aligned with two different shoes then we see Stan Lee and he asks if he can get his shoe back.
- Loki cutting off Thor's hand
When Loki and Thor landed on Svartalfheim and had a sight of Malekith, Loki pushes Thor down the ravine and kicks him. Thor tries to get Mjolnir and Loki instantly cuts Thor's hand. Loki told Malekith that he brings a gift, the Aether within Jane. He has one condition, a sure seat to watch Asgard burn.
- Loki was helping after all
After the Aether was extracted from Jane and thinking that Loki finally betrayed Thor, Loki removes the illusion of Thor's amputated hands. Thor immediately struck lightning to the Aether in an attempt to destroy it.
- Thor vs Kurse
Malekith finally have the Aether and he left Kurse to finish of Thor. Kurse who is like a super soldier of the dark elves, gave Thor a difficult time.
- Loki dies
Just when Kurse is pounding Thor, Loki stabs him with one of the dark elf blades. As soon as you think the fight is finished, Kurse dragged Loki into him and got stabbed. However Loki implanted one of those black hole grenades into Kurse's back leading to his demise.
We see this precious face of Thor when Loki was stabbed by Kurse. We can see that Loki was turning into his natural blueish frost giant skin. He told Thor that he didn't do it for Odin.
- Jane and Thor's journey back to Earth
Jane discovered a portal that leads Svartalfheim to Earth, when her phone rings when his date earlier in the movie called her. She then finds the keys that the intern lost. They were back on Earth and Thor hardly fit in Jane's car. When they arrived, Thor hanged Mjolnir and it didn't fall.
- Erik Selvig happy about Loki's death and apologizes
Erik Selvig was happy to see Thor again but he was worried that Loki was back on Earth.
Selvig: "Is your brother here?"Thor: "He's dead"Selvig: "Oh, thank God
- Final battle between Thor and Malekith
With the convergence taking place, the battle between Thor and Malekith reached new heights by taking place in Greenwich and into to other worlds. Thor countering Malekith's Aether with his Mjolnir.
- Thor riding the subway
With the Mjolnir on the other dimension, Thor don't have a mode to fly. So he had no choice but to take the subway back to Greenwich.
- Odin turns into Loki
After the battle, Odin and Thor talked about the throne and Loki's sacrifice. Thor told Odin that He would rather be a better man than a better king and swore to protect the 9 realms. As soon as Thor walked out, Odin turned into Loki. This was the greatest twist in the movie, knowing that Loki didn't actually die. Loki must have killed the guard who checked the events that happened in Svartalfheim then he transformed into that guard and reported to Odin what happened. With this big revelation, we must expect a Thor 3 for the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3.
- The Guardians of the Galaxy mid-credits reference
Sif and Volstagg bring the Aether to the intergalactic museum of none other than The Collector, played by Benicio del Toro . The reason for this is that the Tesseract is already on Asgard and they should have no two Infinity Stones in their possession.
The collector then said, "One down, five to go". This is a reference to the gems that can be found in Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet. Thanos was featured in the Avenger's end credits and will have some part in Marvel's upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy which will be released on July 2014.
- Thor going back to Earth in the end-credits
Thor returns to Earth and into the arms of Jane Foster and they share a passionate kiss. Then we can see the beast from Jotunheim, who came to Earth through the portal in the convergence.
Over all it was a great movie. For me, I think it has the same level with Iron Man 3. Chris Hemsworth did a great job portraying Thor but I gotta say that Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, carried the movie from his hatred to his playful side. I strongly believe that there will be Thor 3 but I'm not sure with Loki's stand alone movie. We'll see more of Thor in the Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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