Geek Syndicate Issue 8 | Page 115

Image © Marvel Comics, 2013

Geek Syndicate

The Dark Elves are an interesting and foreboding enemy
and Christopher Eccleston
dives into the role of playing
Malekith, really making the
character his own. The scenes
set on Asgard were beautiful
and brilliantly imagined and it
was wonderful to have a film
with scenes shot in London
and Greenwich, even if some
of it was blown up – those
naughty Elves!

I do have some niggles with
the film: Natalie Portman
just seemed to be playing the
damsel in distress for a lot of
the film and only became useful right near the end which
was frustrating. I also felt that
Hiddleston’s Loki was sorely
underused, as was Skarsgard’s
Dr Selvig. Both are brilliant
characters who I felt could
have been utilised more, especially Selvig who started off
a strong character but turned
into a big joke in this movie.

Image © Marvel Comics, 2013

seem very at ease in their respective roles.

That aside I really did enjoy
this movie but maybe not
quite as much as I thought
I would have. I think a lot of
this is due to the legacy of The
Avengers, which was such a
brilliant film that anything after it doesn’t seem to be able
to compete (Iron Man 3 for
example was good, but I think
Stark was better in The Avengers). I do wonder if I would
have loved Thor: The Dark
World more had it not been
for The Avengers. Also a couple of parts which should have
had me blubbering didn’t, not
even a little bit and I’m seven
months pregnant!
However all in all another good
addition to the Marvel universe and one that you should
definitely go and see on the
big screen – kids and adults
alike……Oh and make sure you
stay past the credits too.

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