i'm currently in phase two of my marvel journey my first time watching
all of the marvel films and when i watched the first thor film i really liked it so i
was understandably really quite excited to check out the second one and see what it was all about
and i'm really pleased to say that i also really enjoyed this one maybe more than i did the first
one i'm not a i'm not 100 sure but certainly i really liked it i'm not going to give any spoilers
but i will give some thoughts on some things that happened while kind of pussyfooting around
the spoiler aspects um if you don't want to know absolutely anything about it i will just say i
enjoyed it and like much every marvel fan at least from what i've googled definitely recommend it so
thor 2 also known as thor the dark world was released in 2013 and is directed by alan taylor
starring of course chris hemsworth as thor we also have natalie portman as jane foster
and tom middleton as loki brilliant cast um christopher eccleston anthony hopkins
uh idris elba really have no complaints about any of the casting at all the narrative itself
i thought was pretty good um i really liked it
i'm trying to find a way to describe it that doesn't ruin it but basically jane foster
gets a lot of power inside of her accidentally because of a portal that's been left open
and thor must bring her back to his world to try and work out how to extract this meanwhile there
are other things going on in terms of big battles rebuilding of bridges i really don't want to go
into too much detail partly because it's very complex and there are a lot of different things
going on here but also because i don't want to spoil anything i think it's better to go in
relatively blind if you've seen the first film if you haven't seen the first film there will be
aspects that make no sense so i definitely think from my perspective these need to be watched
in order at least the thor films but i liked you know in the first film jane foster is a character
um i wasn't that bothered about i wasn't really taken by her i didn't dislike her
but i just didn't care but in this film i actually have a newfound appreciation for her
i like the way she interacted with thor and you know the other world
it was really fascinating to see one thing the two things about this actually i like the first
is the level of unpredictability i didn't know how they were going to solve x or y problem there
was a lot going on which means that when you're watching it there's a lot to pay attention to
and i do think it's one of those films where i've probably missed some things i definitely think
i would need to watch it a second time to kind of fully make sure i've engaged
with every aspect of it it's very busy i've almost definitely missed something interesting
but because there's a lot going on it means that thor's mind is in all kinds of different places
and it's very fast-paced and it's unpredictable and you kind of don't know what's going to
happen next and that includes the development of certain characters there are certain characters um
without spoiling this certain characters have a much bigger character development than others
and while i may have not liked the characters in the past it doesn't mean that i like them now
but i do appreciate that they had a moment i might explain what i mean by that at the very end of
the spoilers i'm not sure if that's very clear but either way the characters across the board
had some great character development from who they were in the previous film and where applicable in
the avengers as well the other thing i like about this is how realistic it is one thing
that i've found with my marvel journey is that the characters are so genuine the characters
go through these fantastic scenarios for example if you take the previous iron man film i won't
go into too much deal i won't spoil it but i feel like iron man was explaining
was displaying genuine emotion and post-traumatic stress from these colossal events that had
happened during the avengers most of their superhero films the superheroes go through these
mind-boggling things particularly when they're just humans in a suit and then they never kind
of have any knock-on effects they never have any effective mental health because of it but marvel
really do this very well there's a scene near the beginning of this film where there's a police
officer and something happens with jane foster i won't say too much but it's an explosive scene and
really very well directed i really enjoyed it and the police officer's response was genuine
and just everything that happened seemed like what would happen if that happened in real life
and that's marvel does that very well the way that people engage with these scenes
on screen they're believable you know the primary characters are believable but even
the supporting cast and the extras as well everything just seems realistic
and it's so easy to be immersive to be immersed in this immersive experience and to feel like it
is actually happening and that i think marvel does better than pretty much
any other studio or production that i have seen and thor is a shining example of that
the development of the narrative i really enjoyed i thought it worked really well as i said very
busy a lot going on with just a one-time view and i almost definitely have missed some things
but i would happily go back and watch it again and i probably will but i'm really thoroughly
enjoying my first you know my marvel experience my marvel journey i am doing it chronologically
and so far i've had a lot of fun with it there have been no real weak links but there have been
some films that have stood out more than others and thor the dark world is one of those um captain
america winter soldier next looking forward to it definitely feeling very positive about this