Thor: The Dark World (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #40 extract: Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Thor: The Dark World is... ok. 

The direction, in comparison to the first Thor, has improved greatly. However, the comedy is in places it needn't be and all the minor characters are still very weak. What's more, I care less for the main characters in this film - mainly because we're not given too much of a reason to like them. This comes down to the unnecessary focus on minor characters (Portman's character is played and acted worst of all), and the journey we see characters go on. Whilst this journey has some nice moments of action, it feels weightless. And where there is weight and drama, it is quite cliched and predictable. This doesn't stop this being watchable, but this is quite a throw-away movie. See it once and you'll have seen it plenty.