Ahhhh. Who doesn't love the smell of a sequel? One so action packed, witty, and even a little bit cute? Well, the truth is most sequels bear a scent of decay when compared to their predecessors. Not Thor 2. It still fell into some movie cliches, masking hard to understand logic with "alien technology" and "infinity stones", an overly dramatic and dark antagonist. Now I'm sure if I'd read every single comic then I would've understood what was happening with both our main villain and the mysterious power he wielded. But sadly I am like most movie goers and coming in with a blank slate.
Now, the movie itself is very entertaining. Great characters, wondrous visuals, and only one or two spots where I could tell there was a green screen. Loki is sassy and sharp tongued as always, irritating Thor and keeping him on his toes, Darcy is quirky and stubbornly independent and... crazy, Jane has more or less accepted her role as a "damsel in distress" (which isn't a bad thing I could go on all day about this), and Eric provides some zany humor that's never out of place.
Thor 2 is an improvement of the first movie in my eyes, in both Thor's eyebrows and character portrayals. Even location. Having half of the first movie on Earth was uproaringly boring. With traditional cameos from some of our favourite old geezers, you wouldn't be wrong to go see this beauty in theaters before it's too late.
xoxo, Momma Love
