Official: 8. Thor: The Dark World (2013)

[Hollywood Heidi]

Thor: The Dark World

Release Date: November 8, 2013
Director: Alan Taylor
Summary: When Dr. Jane Foster gets cursed with a powerful entity known as the Aether, Thor is heralded of the cosmic event known as the Convergence and the genocidal Dark Elves.
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What expectations or theories did you have that either ended up right or wrong? 

Who was your favorite character and why?  Least favorite?

What scenes or situations did you like best?  Least? 

What were some of your favorite quotes?

How do you rate this movie compared to the rest in the MCU?

Where's Stan Lee?  Every Marvel film has a cameo by the great Stan Lee.  Where was it, what did he play, and how did you like it?

Stingers!  The MCU is famous for putting a couple of stingers into each of their films, usually one in the middle of the credits and after all the credits have rolled.  How did you like the stingers and did you understand them?  Many of them are hints toward future movies or characters we'll be seeing soon and sometimes only those who have read the comics know the full meaning behind them.  If you're one of those people or you researched after, definitely let us know what they meant!  I personally never read the comics but I LOVE learning about Marvel!

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[Hollywood Heidi]

4 stars from me!

MCU is back on track for me after a little slip with Iron Man 3. Like I said in that review, not bad but not MCU good. Here on out, the MCU is amazing!

Oh man, Thor's mom. I shed a few tears. Seeing how even Loki handled it was so sad.

Didn't know if you noticed that one of the actors changed. The Robin Hood looking guy who was played by the same actor who plays Prince Charming on OUaT was now played by Zachary Levi, who was the voice of Flynn on Tangled. I like Zachary better in the role! Plus I'm a huge Chuck fan and Zachary is a huge geek himself so I was happy to think how happy he probably was to be in a Marvel movie!

I'm also a huge Doctor Who fan (only seasons 1-4 of the reboot) and the first Doctor I was introduced to was played by Christopher Eccleston who played the leader of the Dark Elves so I was geeking out over that as well!

Great to see that the Rainbow Bridge is rebuilt. It's beautiful! That means that Thor could have come back for awhile now to see Jane but he only came back after his brother that one time. I don't blame Jane for smacking him when she finally saw him. XD She did spend two years trying to find him again. He did have one hell of an excuse though. But in the end, he came back. Sad thing is that it just won't end happy if you think about it. Like Loki said, they live about 5,000 years and humans are gone in what feels like a heartbeat for them.

Erik's mental state was hilarious. Sad, but hilarious. I'm glad he got his wits back though.

All the anomalies happening on Earth were really neat. They did a great job with all the wormhole hoping, especially during the fight scene with Thor and the Dark Elf.

Loki changing between different characters was hilarious! My fav was as Captain America when he said "I can feel the righteousness surging through me." XD

Omg, Loki. He actually redeemed himself to me. I thought he sacrificed himself to save Jane and Thor. Nope! Just up to his old tricks again and at the end, we see it's him sitting on the throne. What did he do with Odin??

Stan sighting: Lol, he was in the mental hospital with Eric! "Can I have my shoe back?"

Stinger: We learn about the stones officially for the first time! The Collector brings up the fact that there are six of them. One down, five to go, he said. So we know that right now, the Tesseract, which is the Space Stone, is being held at Asgard. In the stinger, we see the Aether, which is the Reality Stone, being given to the Collector for safe keeping. The Aether is not in solid form though so that's interesting. I'm sure Thanos or someone will find a way to lock it within a stone so that it can be put onto the gauntlet.

Alrighty, I'm keeping this one fairly short so I can watch the next one!

[DarkSideCookie]

5 stars! Like I said before, there should be more than 5 stars to give, as I don't know what will come next in the MCU. So far it gets better and better!!

I really enjoyed Thor 2! It was better than the first one I think. And Loki totally raised up on my list of fav characters! XD He's so damn great in manupulating, and the writers are so damn great in misleading us again and again!

I totally loved to see how hurt Loki was because of his mother's death. That has shown a new side of him. I think one of my favourite scenes during this movie was when Thor said he could give up the illusion now and suddenly we saw Loki sitting depressed in the corner, the whole cell a total mess. Also I liked the fact, that the two brothers actually know each other much better, than they probably think.

Another of my favourite scenes was of course Loki's changing between the other MCU characters! So hilarious! And yes, the Captain America change was the best!! XD Actually all Loki scenes were great! <3 Isn't he adorable?

Oh actually didn't notice the character change. ^^' But it's always neat to see actors from characters you love on other movies or shows in another movie or show you love! On a side note, I still haven't watched Doctor Who. Shame one me, lol.

After this movie I like Thor better btw. All the characters are developing a lot in every further movie.

Agree as for Erik's mental state. Kinda sad, though hilarious! XD

I loved the fact Loki wasn't betraying Thor in that fight scene, like it first looked. I know in the end everything seemed to have been a plan though, but then, I'm not completely sure about it. I think it could also be Loki actually WAS helping his brother, but used the chance later to get on the throne. Also, I don't really believe he could have killed Odin. But then, who can be sure as for Loki lol. However, I love manipulating characters, but adore manipulating characters with a heart deep inside, just not able to show it. So I've still hope he wouldn't kill his family.

It's cool to see GOTG characters, which I already know, appearing on a stinger! And cool to see they really are all connected, as I didn't know about that before.

[Hollywood Heidi]

I have no doubt Loki would kill Odin. We saw in the first Thor how much he hated Odin by the end. Odin pretty much admitted that he took Loki to use as an object to unite the people he came from and Odin's people.

Loki may not have had it in mind to take over the throne right when Thor talked him into helping but I'm sure that his mind quickly worked it out! He is a very clever god of mischief.

And yay for seeing Thanos, though I don't believe he's really a GOTG character. He's more like a villain for the whole MCU as his goal is to control all of existence with the gauntlet and the six infinity stones!

[DarkSideCookie]

I think I have not really doubts as for that either. It's probably just hope. Well, if has killed Odin, okay, still will be one of my favs in the MCU Universe lmao. I would forgive him. XD

A clever god of mischief indeed! That's what we love about it, isn't it? Or at least me! XD

True. But at least I did know Thanos only from Guardians. ;-) I'm curious though to learn more about him and his plans. Also that is what is so special about the MCU! They are having one main villain!