Better than I expected

Rating: 5/10 (20 November 2013)

Having seen the first Thor film I knew not to expect too much - lots of action, plenty of nonsense, Anthony Hopkins looking a little worn, moderately thin plot. All of these were delivered. Surprisingly the acting was not too bad at all in places, although the Darcy Lewis character is one of the most irritating that I have had the misfortune to experience on screen.
There was some confusion early on as there were references made to events that weren't in the first film, so I must have missed another Thor film at some point, but I can only find one other on IMDb. This also detracted from my enjoyment.
In a nutshell, after a promising start, the film nose-dived considerably, but then managed to claw its way back up from being "awful" to simply being "mediocre". As brainless sequels go this was a reasonable effort, but I won't bother watching it when it is eventually on the telly.