Thor: The Dark World (2013)

If you would have told me in 2010, that a Shakesperean director, a hunky Australian, and a tall British TV actor would craft a hu ely popular and profita!le franchise centered around the "ordic ods###I would have asked what you were smokin # Today, it is clear that $arvel, under the lead of %evin &ei e, has crafted a winnin formula that clearly works# The keys to $arvel's !o( office success include their careful !uildin , relata!le characters, and the fact that they are not afraid to mi( enres, A") have fun while doin all of it# Thor 2* The )ark +orld follows this formula to a T ,a !i T, shaped like a hammer###-# But that doesn't matter, !ecause as I said !efore, the formula +./%S#

+ell, not A00 of it works# The scientific mum!o12um!o ,courtesy of 3ortman and Skars ard- is, 4uite frankly, em!arrassin , and while 5hristopher 6ccleston's $alekith may look like the !adass lovechild of "osferatu and 0e olas, he's far from a compellin villain# This is not to mention a certain )eu( e( $achina that rather sta ers dis!elief#

But enou h of cons7 Thor 2, headed !y the ritty sensi!ilities of Alan Taylor ,8ame of Thrones-, takes the world !uilt !y %enneth Brana h, and ups the stakes, the chemistry, and the characters to new hei hts7 It takes place in a fully reali9ed and visually stunnin world ,look out for Iceland dou!lin as the realm of the dark elves-, !ut never loses it's fantastic touch# 5hris :emsworth is ,4uite literally, erm- solid as Thor, !ut it is his supportin cast are the true scene stealers# Tom

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:iddleston's devilishly ood 0oki is a hi hli ht; schemin , trickin , and lyin his way throu h the movie, all with a lint in his reen eyes and an air of sarcasm# Thor 2 would not !e half of what it is without :iddleston#

Actors* 5hris :emsworth, "atalie 3ortman, Tom :iddleston, Anthony :opkins, /ene /usso &ormat* A51<, 5olor, )ol!y, )u!!ed, "TS5, Su!titled, +idescreen 0an ua e* 6n lish Su!titles* &rench )u!!ed* &rench /e ion* /e ion 1 ,=#S# and 5anada only# /ead more a!out )V) formats#"um!er of discs* 1 /ated* 3811< ,3arental 8uidance Su ested-

Studio* +alt )isney Studios :ome 6ntertainment )V) /elease )ate* &e!ruary 2>, 201? /un Time* 112 minutes

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