Unfavorable Thor 2 Review

Rating: 4/10 (8 January 2014)

This movie's only saving grace was every scene with Loki, who sadly isn't going to be in Avengers 2 according to Joss Whedon. This film spent way too much time with Natalie Portman and her throw-away friend characters trying to dish out quirky comedic relief, which resulted in painfully unfunny scenes that dragged and dragged and dragged... I'm not sure what it is about Natalie Portman's acting but for me it was excruciatingly reminiscent of her Queen Amidala performance. Her acting tends to be pretty hit or miss for me but these Thor movies just haven't been doing her any favors. The relationship she has with Thor is so unconvincing and bland that the movie can't even be bothered to tack on a little farewell scene for the both of them when Chris Hemsworth goes back to Asgard at the end. It cares that little.
Also, generic evil bad guy is more undefined than any other super villain the Marvel movie universe has come up with so far. Why is it so difficult to write a memorable antagonist in these movies?