Thor: When Dark Elves Attack

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Again, I would like to thank you all for sitting on this and using spoiler cuts. Certain things were completely surprising to me, and that was truly excellent.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, I loved this movie so much. It had everything I loved about the first one, and then CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON. I was very pleased.

I loved the structure of the story, and how you could kind of figure things out and how everything was tied together. It was very well written, and almost everything, from Jane's date to the car keys, ended up being important later. I will watch that kind of attention to detail all. day. long.

I loved spending more time with the characters that we met in the first THOR installment (even though it was kind of The Warriors Two and a Half this time around), and getting some of their motivations and skills closer to the plot. I was a bit miffed that Frigga died, but at least she chose her death, and it was only kind of a fridging.

I loved all the Earth bits (except Selvig. Lord, I am SO OVER Selvig). Darcy was basically the Continuity Fairy, and I don't even care! It was funny and I loved it.

THE CAPTAIN AMERICA CAMEO, OH MY GOD. I laughed so hard I cried. It was beautiful.

ALSO, THE BORG QUEEN! I LOVE HER SO MUCH, even though I spent the first few minutes being all "Wait, she's NOT Tilda Swinton...who is she?" and then she said "soul" and I had her. :)

I loved the finale SO MUCH. The fight sequence, with everyone/everything falling through all the dimensions was just fantastic. I really, really hope there's a "Marvel Extra" that just follows the hammer around. THAT WOULD BE FUNNY.

I am a bit sad that Thor is an effective planner now that he is no longer trying to hug it out with everyone, but I suppose that was inevitable.

Jane Foster, I love you. You are perfect. NEVER CHANGE.

If someone wants to make me an icon with Thor hanging his hammer on the coat rack, I will totally love you forever. HE'S SO DAMN POLITE.

I loved the ending (um, the extra ending. Obviously I didn't care much for how the movie ended), because SCIENCE WITH BENEFITS!!!!!

OH, and also the Captain America trailer we got was LOVELY. Good evening all around. And no more painful than anything else I do, which bodes well for THE HOBBIT!

Comments

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing it tomorrow... so happy to not be spoiled!

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

It was so, so worth not being spoiled! I have the best friends for that!

[shadadukal]

I so loved Thor hanging Mjolnir on the coat rack. So so perfect. And it goes against the fanon idea that he just leaves it lying around anywhere.

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

HEE. I wondered if it would, like, break the wall, but then it didn't. And then I wondered if there would be a scene of New Guy trying to pick it up, but then there wasn't. It was just lovely and understated and adorable.

[cincoflex.livejournal.com]

You DID it! Got an entire review in without a single mention of Loki. Well played!

I loved Heimdall and the fact that they showed him outside of his gate duties, and the fact that he occasionally gets to get into town. That he takes his helmet off once in a while!

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OH YOU NOTICED! ;)

(I just wanted to be HAPPY. That's all.)

UGH, HEIMDALL. I love him so much.

[cincoflex.livejournal.com]

Of course I noticed--and totally respected your reasons for doing it, it's all good, truly.

Oh, and the colors besides gold in Asgard. Seriously, putting Frigga in blue and having some rich autumns for Jane? Brilliant!

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

OH GOD, IT WAS SO PRETTY. I saw it in 3D and I regret nothing. The funeral scene was so gorgeous I could hardly even be SAD.

[hiddencait.livejournal.com]

Oh man I just saw it last night too and it was so freaking awesome! Totally loved it so much more than the original. The first movie was almost too slapstick for my taste where as this actually had drama and thought and oh dear Asgard visuals!!!

Plus all the "side" characters were so freaking fantastic. We actually got to see the Warriors Three and Sif as characters as opposed to comic relief. Plus their badassery levels were all sorts of dialed up. As I love Ray Stevenson I can only approve of this. I am finally excited about the fact that three movies were planned!

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

THOR remains my favourite Marvel movie to date, but this one will probably surpass it when I calm down and can think rationally. ;)

UGH, so pretty. And so well written. AND ZAC LEVI'S HAIR. VBG

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

This was totally the best of the sequels. Which I guess doesn't give it a lot of competition. But still, very good. A better mix of comedy and action than the original, I think, which was a little too slapstick for my tastes. And the Cap cameo... OMG so much love. Although I would have thought that Loki would have rather mocked Tony...

This was my first time seeing the Cap 2 trailer. I thought it was interesting how most of the conflict is portrayed as being between Steve and SHIELD/Fury, with Bucky kind of relegated to a couple of scenes. But NATAAAASHA. *sigh* I just wish there had been a way to get Renner involved also...

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

I was just a bit concerned, and then it was AWESOME.

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

I'm just going to live in a happy place where Natasha/Bucky doesn't exist. At least until April...