Thor - The Dark World

I had enjoyed Thor and had been looking forward to this film. I was not disappointed.

This is in fact a much better film than the original for the following reasons:

1.       Lots of action

2.       Lots of funny lines

3.       Lots of ancient world and magic

4.       Great scene of Thor washing with a bare chest!

The story is a good one. The dark elves want the worlds to be dark. It is an ancient story of revenge and a familiar one to many other films.  Thousands of years ago Asgard won the fight against evil and hid their dangerous weapon, The Aether.

The fight between the Asgard and the dark elves is inevitable but there are a few twists and turns in this story which are unexpected.

The dark elves look like cybermen in their war costumes and some of the magic ‘tricks’ are stolen from Star Trek, but none of this takes away from the enjoyment of the film.

Chris Hemsworth is Thor and what a phoorrr he is!  With Anthony Hopkins as Odin you know this will be a well-acted film. The outstanding star of the show and the one with the best lines is Tom Hiddleston who plays Loki.

I don’t need to convince you to watch this – if you love Marvel films you will love it. If you like fantasy adventure you will love it. If you like Chris Hemsworth (also in Rush) you will love it.

Call me a geek – but I loved this film!

It might not be film of the year (my personal vote for that goes to ‘Now you see me’) but this is a very pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon.