That character-centric focus could’ve been intriguing and offered something different from usual Marvel Studios far, but Marvel wasn’t interested in going that route. Jenkins wanted to do a version of Thor: The Dark World that was more evocative of Romeo & Juliet and based around Thor and Jane Foster being worlds apart. The company may have been struggling to figure out what they wanted Thor 2 to be, but Marvel knew it didn’t want to explore ideas suggested by Jenkins. Instead, the problems lay with disputes between herself and Marvel Studios. Initially, it looked like Brian Kirk would be taking the reins of this project after getting on people's radars with his filmmaking chops on three episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones.Ĭonsidering that Jenkins had experience on TV shows like The Killing and Arrested Development, it’s clear this director was not incapable of working with pre-existing characters in a universe handled by countless creative hands. However, with Thor filmmaker Kenneth Branagh opting to sit out this sequel, a new filmmaker was needed to helm the Thor franchise. Less than two months after that original feature premiered in theaters, a second Thor was announced and set for a Jrelease. RELATED: The 10 Best Superhero Movies of 2022, Ranked Considering Thor cracked $448 million globally, it was inevitable that a new adventure would make its way to the silver screen. Unless Thor cratered at the box office, Marvel was going to make more solo outings for the God of Thunder. Even more divisive titles like The Punisher or Hulk got follow-ups that just went with new lead actors and directors. Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe was still in its infancy in 2011, there was already well over a decade of other Marvel movies establishing a precedent for these features always spawning sequels. I remember all his scenes.It was inevitable that Thor would receive a sequel. He carried the whole movie on his shoulders. This could have been the MCU movie I hated the most if it wouldn't have been for Loki. I think I really need to watch it one more time if I have to just get a basic idea of what it was. The talking scenes were a little too much and were barely audible. That's how slowly paced and boring it was. I actually fell asleep while watching Thor: The Dark World, something I have never done for any other movie before. As I'm writing this review I'm remembering what all happened in it, but still not very nicely. Also Thor hung his Mjolnir on a nail so that we could know it's not actually heavy. The whole 'intern of an intern' and punching Thor in the face to check if he's real (I don't remember if it was a slap or punch) wasn't even funny yet both the jokes happened twice. And what's the deal with the camera always being tilted sideways in many scenes? The characters were straight up terrible. Normally I prefer aliens having a bad CGI as in the case of Zack Snyder's Justice League since it gives a video game-like touch to it, but here it's just. The cinematography of this movie is pathetic, so is the CGI. I want to see how much I can review based on what I thought of it on my first watching. Normally if a movie is so forgettable like it was in the case of X-Men: Apocalypse or Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, I just watch the trailers, Honest Trailers, Pitch Meetings, Cinemasins etc to remember everything that happened in that movie. I remember Loki being upset because he had been imprisoned and was throwing tantrums but nothing after that. I remember a castle exploding in which Thor's mother died but nothing before or after that.

Thor: The Dark World is a movie that I only remember in fragments. That's not to say that this movie is bad. This one, however, I barely remembered anything, except for the scene where it was shown in the end that Odin was actually Loki. Since I was practically skimming through all the movies, I only remembered the ones that had something absolutely memorable to show. I hadn't watched any MCU movie until the release of Avengers: Infinity War, after which I had decided to bingewatch all the MCU movies so that I could catch up with everyone else before Endgame.

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