A good follow-up that unfortunately suffers from pacing issues, annoying subplots and a wasted villain

Rating: 6/10 (26 October 2018)

This sequel does improve upon the first Thor film, but barely.
However the same pacing issues do apply to this film and the whole art direction and tone is just dark, ugly and plain dull.
The only things that save this film are the performances of Hemsworth, Portman, Hiddleston and Eccleston (although he is wasted in the film).
It's bogged down by subplots with annoying characters who are meant to be comic relief. The only one that actually worked was Selvig's who's mind had been warped by Loki's sceptre in the Avengers (good continuity!)
But the subplot with Chris O'Dowd as Jane's date, and Darcy along with her quirky intern, Ian, that was unnessary and tedious as Darcy was a character from the first Thor film who I never really cared for. Nothing against the actress playing her, though.
On the whole, this is one of Marvel's weakest movies and it was a huge slog to get through as the story didn't intrigue me. It's boring in places, trust me.