And in this movie you will see... everything you have seen many and many times before

Rating: 5/10 (1 February 2014)

My opinion about this movie will be clearly opposite from the most of the rest viewers. Not because I hate comics, neither because I love them so much that I can't take any deviations in the movies from the printed original versions of the stories. It is because this movie was dull, boring and full of almost painful clichés. If you have seen previous Marvel movies, here you won't find nothing new, except, of course, new villains.
A very huge flaw is the plot as it is duplicate of the casual superheroes saving planet Earth movies. There is an exiled great evil - the ark Elf Malekith who lost against Asgardians and for some reason waited eons of years for revenge, his seemingly unbeatable (of course, falling because of cheesy trick at the end of the movie) sidekick for dirty work Kurse, lots of not so clever minions made to be beaten buy the good guys. Most of the movie is about how they have their vengeance and obtain the all-powerful universe destroying weapon Aether. Then there are some good guys who help hero just before the culmination of the action, over concerned father Odin, a hated traitor Loki who, of course, sacrifices at the time of need, a hero's girlfriend Jane Foster who is to be saved. And naturally almighty hero Thor who suffers from personal life problems. In this movie they even have a demented scientist and incapable of performing everyday cares Jane's friends but who also happen to be extremely helpful than the Earth is attacked by super powerful evil entity. The villains to destroy the universe yet again will have to attack the poor Earth where they lose (though after winning in Asgard against gods). Despite all this sarcasm I can say that the last scene of the movie was great and was the only part not according to the usual superhero film script plan. By the way, there is additional extra scene just after the credits...
Acting, in my opinion, was average. It could be because of the fact that in such type of movies there are only few characters who have development. Cast was good but exceptional performances were made by those who played the bad guys - Christopher Eccleston (Malekith) and, Tom Hiddleston as Loki. Chris Hemsworth is probably the best possible actor as Thor. Others, however, did not shine so bright. Even Academy Awards winners Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman did not looked so perfect as they always do.
Most people enjoy screening of comic book based movies because greatly executed special effects and entertaining fight scenes, especially if it is in 3D. More than a half of movie consists action scenes, so you will get both heaped. However, fight scenes are boring and predictable since you can tell before even they start whose time has come to lose and die. Fight scenes look messy although both inventive as creators mash up medieval, modern warfare and Star Wars like weaponry at the same time. Landscapes seem much improved form Thor 1. Soundtrack and cinematography? There reason why people usually don't talk about them in comic book based movies... There are a lot of jokes, some of which are cheesy one liners and some are fairly descent. This slows down the tension.
In overall it is not a bad movie. Had great potential with strong cast, great visual effects, great director Alan Taylor and astronomical budget. However, its predictability, lack of creativity and clichés kill the interest in the movie for those who are not Marvel movie fans.