Thor: The Dark World (2013)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: Alan Taylor (Terminator: Genesis)
	Actors: Chris Hemsworth (The Cabin in the Woods, Red Dawn), Natalie Portman (Black Swan, Star Wars 1-3), Tom Hiddleston
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF
	Conditions of visioning: 27.03.2013, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: When Jane Foster (Portman) is possessed by a great power, Thor (Hemsworth) must protect her from a new threat of old times: the Dark Elves.
Review: Although I own most of the Avengers super-hero movies in Blu-ray, I preferred to watch this one in VOD, and I even settled for SD as I couldn't get it in HD. Standard Definition made me miss the details is the actions scenes, but anyway it was probably good enough to assess the quite poor quality of this movie. It is darker and less flashy than the first one, but it is still ridiculous in many aspects: the Asgardians, protector of the Nine Realms, still dress in flashy armor, fight with swords and drink beer in taverns (!). The coincidences are too much: among 6 Billion humans it is Jane Foster who gets possessed, and the next Realm convergence happens... in 2 days! I still prefer the way the nordic mythology of Thor was introduced in the Stargate SG-1 TV-series. During 15 minutes it looked like Star Wars II, especially the kiss scenes along the lake between Nathalie Portman and the would-be king of the galaxy. Deja Vu. Loki is present but fortunately he is not the main villain, that would have started to be redundant.
Rating: 4 /10