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Rating: 3.9/5
Review: "Thor: The Dark World movie review"

Thor: The Dark World is the latest movie from Marvel Comic and it seems that Marvel will furiously and constantly be putting superheroes on big screen. Next year will see popular franchise, Spider-Man and X-Men and as well as newcomer Guardians of the Galaxy. Do Marvel movies seem tired? That is the question since it has been churning out many movies. The good news of Thor: The Dark World is that although it has a generic plot, it is still entertaining with heck load of fun. I feel that it is even better than the first one.

The story: The movie starts with a short introduction of the Dark Elves fighting a war and we have come to know their motive of harming Thor and Asgard and Jane. It proceeds with Jane and her friend making a discovery of another world. Right from the start of the movie, this promises to be more action-packed than the first. While the first movie makes an establishment between Thor and the human world and sees Thor's character development. The sequel drives straight into the action. Thor is seen to be showing off more of his strength in the last third of the movie. There are some exciting set pieces including the destruction of Asgard and 'Switch-from-World-to-World' climax fight scene. Although the action is not impressive, it is well-shot and is an improvement over the first one which is more of like a child play. Music by Brian Tyler is suitably epic at times but sounds generic. Acting wise is not a problem.

Overall: It will definitely draw the fans and general audiences. I enjoyed it more than the first movie and hope that the third movie will be out soon. Unfortunately, we have to wait for the next movie of The Avengers before seeing another stand-alone Thor movie. With Marvel furiously churning out sequel after sequel, it is nice to see a newcomer which is Guardians of the Galaxy coming out next year.

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