Season of the Witch is a 2011 United states interval activity movie with paranormal components and instructed by Dominic Sena. The movie celebrities Nicolas Crate and Ron Perlman as knights in combat who come back from the Crusades to find their country damaged by the Dark Affect. A lady is charged of being a witch and resulting in the destruction. The movie will be launched on Jan 7, 2011.
Movie Details
Director : Dominic Sena
Producer : Alex Gartner, Charles Roven
Writer : Bragi F. Schut
Stars : Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy ,Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen, Robert Sheehan and Christopher Lee
Music : Atli Örvarsson
Studio : Atlas Entertainment
Country : United States
Language : English ,Latin
Running time : 98 minutes
Release date : 7 january 2011
MPAA : Rated [PG-13]
Season of the Witch (2011) Plot
Many decades have Behmen (Nicolas Cage) and Felson (Ron Perlman) lifestyles in fight. Considerably perfected intuition they have their intuition as a martial artist while also not be overlooked. Unfortunately, the two military of the Crusades was not conscious that they experience a process that would have shown far more dreadful than a fight they've ever knowledgeable. How frustrated Behmen and Felson when came back to their neighborhood and discovered their destroyed country ravaged, not by attacker but because of an occurrence that has taken the area. Hardly ever can endure the dangerous affect and the only wish remaining is Behmen and Felson. Cathedral and Felson Behmen requested to police arrest and carry a little lady known as Anna (Claire Foy), who was charged as the cause of the horrific affect to a monastery for this affect to an end. Anna should adhere to a washing habit that will end the surprise that has surrounded the loss of life of the whole Western region. Behmen and Felson not alone. There was a preacher known as Debelzaq (Stephen Campbell Moore), a knight known as Eckhardt (Ulrich Thomsen, a con man known as Hagamar (Stephen Graham), and a younger man known as Kay (Robert Sheehan). None of them are conscious of how much risk would they experience in providing Anna's trip into the distant monastery. And no one knows who the actual Anna.
47 Ronin is an upcoming 2013 American fantasy action film depicting a fictional account of the forty-seven ronin, a real-life group of samurai
in 18th-century Japan who avenge the murder of their master (stories,
plays and other dramatic performances of the 47 Ronin story are commonly
referred to as Chushingura in Japan).
Director : Carl Rinsch
Producers : Scott Stuber , Pamela Adby , Eric McLeod
Writers : Chris Morgan (screenplay),
Hossein Amini (screenplay)
Keanu Reeves made an acute return to action-adventure in 47 Ronin. After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their friendly, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honor to their people. Driven from their homes and dispersed across the land, this band of Ronin must seek the help of Kai (Reeves)a half-breed they once rejectedas they fight their way across a savage world of mythic beasts, shape-shifting witchcraft and wondrous terrors. As this exiled, enslaved outcast becomes their most deadly weapon, he will transform into the hero who inspires this band of outnumbered rebels to seize eternity.
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I, Frankenstein is an upcoming 2014 Australian/American fantasy action film written and directed by Stuart Beattie, based on the graphic novel .
Director : Stuart Beattie
Producers : Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Andrew Mason, Richard S. Wright
Writers : Stuart Beattie , Kevin Grevioux
Stars : Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto
Studio : Lakeshore Entertainment, Hopscotch Features, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Music : Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil
Country : United States , Australia
Language : English
Release Date : 24 January 2014
Plot
Frankenstein's monster Adam (Aaron Eckhart) gets swept up in a long-running battle between powerful gargoyles and infernal demons who seek the key to his immortality as director Stuart Beattie brings Kevin Grevioux's acclaimed graphic novel to the screen in this sweeping horror fantasy adventure. Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto and Jai Courtney co-star. by Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece "The Hobbit", by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin
Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan) and
thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an
epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
Director :Peter Jackson Producer : Peter Jackson
Studio:
New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Writers : Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, J.R.R. Tolkien
Stars :Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage Sequel : The Hobbit: There and Back Again Prequel : The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Music : Howard Shore
Country : New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Language : English
Release Date : 12 December 2013 (In Theaters)
Running Time : 170 minutes
Plot
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
Movie Review
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Maleficent is an upcoming 2014 dark fantasy film directed by Robert Stromberg and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, from a screenplay written by Paul Dini and Linda Woolverton.Starring Angelina Jolie as the titular Disney Villain character, the film is a prequel and remake of Walt Disney's 1959 animated adaptation of Sleeping Beauty, and portrays the story from the perspective of the antagonist, Maleficent. It began filming on June 18, 2012, and is scheduled for release on May 30, 2014.
Director : Robert Stromberg
Producers : Joe Roth , Richard D. Zanuck, D
Writers : Paul DiniLinda Wolverton
Stars : Angelina Jolie , Elle Fanning, Jude Law, Shartlo Copley Music : James Newton Howard Country : United States Language : English
Release Date : 30 May 2014
Running Time : 135 minutes
Plot
Maleficent is a sorceress and the main antagonist in Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty. She takes offense at not being invited to the christening of Princess Aurora, and attempts revenge on King Stefan and the Queen by cursing Aurora. Like Chernabog,
Maleficent is an incarnation of pure evil, responsible for all
misfortune in King Stefan's kingdom. She appears to be particularly
unfond of the three good fairies Flora, Fauna and Merryweather,
her polar opposites, who do all in their power to keep Maleficent's
overwhelming evil magic at bay. Maleficent is also famous for her role
as one of the primary antagonists of the Kingdom Hearts series.
With her Gothic, elegant design, dramatic and flamboyant animation and
unlimited arsenal of magic powers, Maleficent is currently one of the
most recognizable and most popular Disney Villains in addition to being one of the franchise's official members.
Percy Jackson : Sea Of Monsters is a 2013 american fantasy-adventure film based on the Rick Riordan novel of the same name.
Director : Thor Freudenthal Producers : Micheal Barnathan, Chris Columbus, karen Rosenfelt
Writer : Marc Guggenheim
Stars : Logan Lerman , Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson Country : United States Language : English
Release Date : 7 August 2013 (USA) Running Time : 106 minutes
Plot Summary
In this retelling of Rick Riordans book, "The Sea of Monsters", Percy Jackson, accompanied by his friends Annabeth Chase, Clarisse La Rue and Tyson, his half brother, goes on a journey to the Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save Camp Half-Blood.
Movie Review
Following the almost $226.5 million box office of the first Percy Jackson movie, the hero (Logan Lerman) has returned to save Camp Half-Blood, the training ground for Greek demigods and employer of the teacher-centaur Chiron (Anthony Head of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,”
at his Watcher-ly best, replacing Pierce Brosnan). When the magical
tree that protects the camp is poisoned, Percy must retrieve the Golden
Fleece to heal it.
Tagging along with Percy’s buds Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and the satyr Grover (Brandon T. Jackson)
is Percy’s half-brother, Tyson (an appealing Douglas Smith), a shaggy
Cyclops mocked by his peers. (Given the proclivities of their father,
Poseidon, Percy and Tyson must have countless half-siblings.)
Also chasing the fleece are Clarisse (Leven
Rambin, lending welcome astringency), the daughter of Ares, and Luke
(Jack Abel), the embittered son of Hermes, back from the first
installment, who intends to use the fleece to revive the dreaded Kronos,
long-dormant leader of the Titans. The demis must traverse the Sea of
Monsters (the Bermuda Triangle, that is) to reach an abandoned amusement
park, the giant Cyclops Polyphemus and a Kronos resembling the walking
volcano from “Wrath of the Titans.”
Regrettably absent here is Catherine Keener
(as Percy’s mother), though Nathan Fillion (another “Buffy” alum), as
Hermes, has amusing moments. “Sea of Monsters” is diverting enough — the director, Thor Freudenthal (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid”),
is savvy with effects and keeps his young cast on point — but it
doesn’t begin to approach the biting adolescent tension of the Harry Potter movies. Are there hints of another sequel? You bet your gorgon.
Directors : Chris Buck , Jennifer Lee Producers : Peter Del Vecho , John Lasseter Writers : Chris Buck (story) , Jennifer Lee(screenplay) Stars : Kristen Bell ,Josh Gad , Idina Menzel Initial release: In Theatres November 27 Running Time : 108 minutes
Summary
Josh Gad (The Internship) delivers his humorousness and his unique character to Olaf, a fun and vibrant snowman who connects Ould - and Kristoff on their trip to preserve australia.Santino Fontana (Broadway’s Cinderella) provides the speech of Anna’s attractive suitor Hendes, who actions in to regulate Arendelle when Ould - requires off to find her sis.Alan Tudyk (Wreck-It Ralph), who gives speech to a popular fight it out viewing Arendelle for a coronation wedding, profits to the Wally Walt disney Movement Companies documenting studio room following an Annie Award-winning performance as the speech of Master Sweets in Wreck-It Rob.This skilled number of stars connects Kristen Gong, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff in the impressive experience, instructed by Frank Money (Tarzan) and Jennifer Lee (screenwriter, Wreck-It Ralph), and created by Chris Del Vecho (Winnie the Winnie the pooh, The Queen and the Frog).
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With a awesome, contemporary rotate on a fairy-tale traditional, a amazing Nordic scenery animated in wonderful storybook design and Broadway investigates belting out energy ballads, "Frozen" is an icy boost of fun from the very first skip out. A certain scene-stealing snowman known as Olaf primary among them. Directors Frank Money and Jennifer Lee make a wonderful 3-D winter time wonderland in "Frozen." A sisterhood story generally depending on Hendes Religious Andersen's "The Snow Master," it is loaded with center and heart-stopping activity. It is a much required unfreeze after a very lengthy winter here we are at Disney's famous animated product. Last seasons "Wreck-It Ralph" was a hoot — the video-arcade fight between outstanding and wicked very present in story and design. But "Ralph" never sensed like it belonged to the same members of the family as Disney's modern-day oldies such as "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Monster," "Aladdin" and "The Lion Master." The in-between years have been noticeable by a lot of awesome, but not especially popular films. Meanwhile Pixar walked in and took the organization's animated display with "Up," "Cars," "Toy Story" and "Wall-E," to name a few. But "Frozen" is fantastic. Its excitement and chills are taken to lifestyle by an outstanding collection of comments led by Kristen Gong and Idina Menzel. As Ould - and Elsa, respectively, they are siblings and the princesses of the famous Scandinavian empire of Arendelle where the story is set. The movie symbolizes a combination of old and new both on-screen and behind it. Lee, who co-wrote "Wreck-It Ralph" (with Phil Johnston) and has only credit for "Frozen," is also the first women to sit in a Disney movement guiding seat. She is done a bang-up job dressed in both caps. For Money, who's been in Disney's movement ditches since 1981's "The Fox and the Chase," "Frozen" is his third function — and his best — as a home. Despite the blizzard circumstances, there is nary a slide or drop from beginning to end. As with the best of Disney musicals, "Frozen's" music increase. The unique items come from Kristen Anderson-Lopez and John Lopez, who has a number of Tonys on his display for co-writing "Avenue Q" and "The Guide of Mormon," the latter with those "South Park" renegades, Trey Parker and He Stone. Which creates you wonder whether "Frozen" might be Broadway limited. You'd anticipate Menzel, who gained a Tony morrison a2z for making Elphaba so pleasantly "Wicked," to grind all those increasing notices. But Gong is the elegance. "Frozen" starts when the princesses are younger and hoping for the seasons first snowfall. Elsa creates it occur, conjuring up a blizzard — in the home — with wonderful abilities she's just finding. But the fun soon finishes when a slide and a drop places Anna's lifestyle in danger. Though Ould - gets back, Elsa doesn't. Worry of harming her little sis with her abilities delivers the queen nowadays, splitting the ladies whole time they are increasing up and introducing the most ideal chance of one of the film's show-stoppers. A very appealing variety known as "Love Is an Start Entrance," it is among the most unforgettable, in part for the wonderful door-slamming manoeuvres that accompanies it. The activity really gets ongoing when Elsa comes of age and comes out of privacy for her coronation. Really like is in the air. Anna's already swooning over Royal prince Hendes (Santino Fontana), and a variety of suitors are competing for Elsa's side — glove-covered always to keep her key secret. Her abilities make for some of the film's most amazing movement as snow and ice fly and type into amazing forms, from deadly shards to massive ice mansions. At the center of the movie is the fight between love and fear. Quality becomes a lengthy trip when Elsa flees Arendelle, making australia kept in winter's intense hold and Ould - looking for her. This is also where the movie produces its very lively humorousness. Anna's something of a tomboy, permanently getting into scratches, which Bell's comedian moment creates definitely wonderful. But the whole movie is booming by figures who invest significant amounts of your energy and effort proposition and pranking. There is the attractive, reclusive hill man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his reindeer friend Sven. By changes fascinated and incensed by the headstrong Ould -, he's soon recruited in the look for. There are rock trolls combined out to help figure out concerns of miracle led by Pabbie (Ciarán Hinds). One of the primary bad guys is the talking Fight it out of Weselton (Alan Tudyk), a name that always gets a have a good laugh. And then there is Olaf. The snowman is an movement amazing, developed to keep arriving apart and jumping back together. His extensive grin, buck tooth and extensive sight are the very embodiment of purity and appreciation. Josh Gad, who comments Olaf, is so captivating you really do want to just hug him — understanding Disney, I'm sure there's a luxurious toy in the performs. Gad's been developing an amazing profession for a while with a Tony morrison a2z nomination this year for his star-turn in "The Guide of Mormon." And he was the only purpose to look at NBC's short-lived 2013 White-colored Home funny "1600 Penn." Fortunately, he is far from the only purpose to go see "Frozen." Actually, there are so many outstanding ones, I can't start to depend them all — type of like snowflakes, a quantity of them.
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Director : Shane Black Writer: Drew Pearce (screenplay) ,Shane Black (screenplay) Stars : Robert Downey Jr. , Guy Pearce , Gwyneth Paltrow Initial Release: 14thApril 2013 (Paris) Running time : 130 minutes
Iron Man 3 is the seventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first in "Phase 2", as well as the third film in a proposed Iron Man trilogy and the first film since the crossover film The Avengers. The film was released May 3, 2013, and was made available in 3D. Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, and Jon Favreau all reprise their roles in the film. Joining the cast are Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, James Badge Dale and William Sadler.
Plot Summary
In a flashback to New Year's Eve 1999 in Bern, Switzerland, Tony Stark gives a lecture on integrated circuits. After his presentation, he is approached by a crippled scientist, Aldrich Killian, who seeks Stark's aid in his endeavor, Advanced Idea Mechanics. Stark tells Killian to meet him on the roof in five minutes. The desperate Killian waits for hours, but Stark himself fails to show. Stark andMaya Hansen spend the night together. In addition, we see the fatal flaw of the extremis virus, the host is violently exploded. Sometime after the events of The Avengers, a haunted Stark has obsessively built several Iron Man suits in his mansion. This causes friction with his girlfriend, new Stark Industries chief Pepper Potts.
In present-day America, a string of bombings by the terrorist known as The Mandarin has left intelligence agencies bewildered at the lack of forensic evidence. When Stark Industries security chief Happy Hogan is caught in one such attack, Stark revives himself from his stupor and issues a televised threat to the Mandarin, who responds by destroying Stark's home with helicopter gunships. Hansen arrives at Stark's house to warn him about the Mandarin, but she arrives to late and Stark's mansion is attacked. Stark mentally summons the Mark XLII to Pepper to protect her. After Pepper brings Hansen to safety, Stark summons the armor to himself. Although the suit is not combat ready, Stark manages to take down 2 helicopters and escape. Stark falls unconscious mid-flight but awakens afterJ.A.R.V.I.S. desperately warns Stark that the suit is running out of power. Stark crash lands in rural Tennessee and has no way of returning to California.
Stark drags his suit around until he finds and breaks into a garage, in an attempt to repair his suit. Harley Keenergoes to investigate the noise and finds Stark, whom he befriends after seeing his armor. Teaming with Harley, Stark investigates the remains of a local explosion bearing the hallmarks of a Mandarin attack. He discovers the explosions were triggered by soldiers from the Extremis program, an experimental treatment intended to allow its users to recover from crippling injuries. However, if a user's body cannot properly metabolize Extremis, the user heats up and explodes. After veterans started growing unstable and exploding, their deaths were used to cover up Extremis' flaws by manufacturing a terrorist plot. Stark witnesses Extremis first hand when Mandarin agents Ellen Brandt and Eric Savin attack him.
With Harley's help, Stark traces the Mandarin to Miami. Stark infiltrates the headquarters using a variety of home-made weapons where he discovers the Mandarin is actually a British actor named Trevor Slattery , who is oblivious to the acts the Mandarin has carried out. The Mandarin is a creation of Killian, who appropriated Hansen's Extremis research as a cure for his own disability and expanded the program to include injured war veterans. Killian reveals he has kidnapped Potts and subjected her to Extremis, intending to infuse her with superhuman abilities and turn her against Stark as leverage to gain Stark's aid in fixing Extremis' flaws.
Killian has also manipulated American intelligence agencies regarding the Mandarin's location, luring James Rhodes — the former War Machine, now rebranded as the Iron Patriot — into a trap to steal the armor. Stark escapes his captivity by summoning his armor and reunites with Rhodes, discovering Killian intends to attack President Ellis aboard Air Force One. Remotely controlling his Iron Man armor, Stark saves the surviving passengers and crew after a bomb was detonated but cannot stop Killian from abducting Ellis. They trace Killian to an impounded oil drilling platform where Killian intends to kill Ellis (wearing the Iron Patriot armor) on live television. The Vice President will become a puppet leader, following Killian's orders in exchange for Extremis to cure a little girl's disability.
On the platform, Stark goes to save Potts, and Rhodes the President. Stark summons each of his Iron Man suits, controlled remotely by JARVIS, to provide air support. Rhodes secures the President and leads him to safety, while Stark discovers Potts has survived the Extremis procedure. However, before he can save her, a rig collapses around them and she falls 200 feet to her apparent death. Stark, forced into confronting Killian, traps Killian in an Iron Man suit that self-destructs. Potts, whose Extremis powers allowed her to survive her fall, kills Killian, who had survived the exploding armor.
After the battle, Stark orders J.A.R.V.I.S. to remotely destroy each Iron Man suit, as a sign of his intention to devote more time to Potts. Both the Vice President and Slattery are arrested. Potts undergoes surgery to remove Extremis, and Stark to remove the shrapnel embedded near his heart; the latter of which was performed by Dr. Wu, the very man Tony's ally Ho Yinsen had attempted to introduce in Bern, Switzerland all those years ago. Tony then returns to the ruins of his Malibu home and pitches his obsolete chest arc reactor into the sea, musing he will always be Iron Man, even without his armor.
In a post-credit scene, it is revealed that Stark's narration of the film has actually been him relating the story to Dr. Bruce Banner. He awakens after having fallen asleep during Stark's narration. When Stark asks when he lost him, Banner replies, "The elevator in 1999."
Writer : Simon Kinberg, Jane Goldman , Mathew Vaughn
Prequels: X-Men : the Last Stand ,X-Man : First Class
Screenplay : Jane Goldman , Mathew Vaughn, Simon Kinberg
Initial Release : 23 May 2014
Characters from : X-Men , X2 : X-Men United , X-Men : The Last stand , X-Men Origin : Wolverine And X-Men : First class
X-Men : Days of Future Past (2014) is sequal to both The Wolverine and
X-Man : First Class that is currently flaming.
Plot Summary
The ultimate X-Men ensamble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men : Days of Future Past .The beloved characters from the original X-Man : First Class , in an epic battle that must change the past - to save our future.
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Thor: The Dark World is a 2013 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character. Thor, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Director :Alan Taylor Producer :Kevin Feige
Studio: Marvel Studio
Writers : Christopher Yost (screenplay), Christopher Markus (screenplay)
Stars :Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston Sequel : The Hobbit: There and Back Again Prequel : The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Music :Brian Tyler
Country :United States
Language : English
Release Date : 8 november 2013 (USA)
Running Time : 112 minutes
Plot
Thousands of years ago, a race of beings known as Dark Elves tried to
send the universe into darkness by using a weapon known as the Aether.
But warriors from Asgard stop them but their leader Malekith escapes to
wait for another opportunity. The warriors find the Aether and since it
can't be destroyed, they try to hide it. In the present day, Jane Foster
awaits the return of Thor but it's been two years. He's trying to bring
peace to the nine realms. Jane discovers an anomaly similar to the one
that brought Thor to Earth. She goes to investigate and finds a wormhole
and is sucked into it. Thor wishes to return to Earth but his father,
Odin refuses to let him. Thor learns from Heimdall, the one who can see
into all of the realms that Jane disappeared. Thor then returns to Earth
just as Jane returns. But when some policemen try to arrest her, some
kind of energy repulses them. Thor then brings her to Asgard to find out
what happened to her. When it happens again, they discovered that while
Jane disappeared, she crossed paths with the Aether and it entered her.
Malekith upon sensing that the time to strike is now seeks out the
Aether. So he attacks Asgard and Thor's mother is killed protecting
Jane. Odin wants to keep Jane on Asgard so Malekith will come. But Thor
disagrees with his plan so with his cohorts, he decides to take Jane
away. And he enlists the aid of his brother, Loki. Problem is can Thor
trust Loki.
Movie Review
Is it a Quantum Field Generator or a a Soul Forge? It’s both, and
that’s why ‘Thor: The Dark World,’ like ‘Thor’ before it, is one of the
best films that blends sci-fi and fantasy. Add the humor, star charisma
and nods to the wider Marvel Movie Universe and you’ve got 120 minutes
of straight-up nerdy glee. If dorky blood flows through your veins, you
will love this movie.
Something called the Aether is flowing
within Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), the left-behind gal pal of the
chiseled, blonde Norse legend/space creature Thor (Chris Hemsworth) –
he who swings a mighty hammer and melts hearts with a smile. The Aether
is a gooey plasma of evil, or something, which is hidden “between the
realms,” but winds up getting absorbed by our curiosity-prone scientist.
If nefarious Malekith and his Dark Elves get ahold of Jane and the
Aether at the right time (now, wouldn’t you know) and the right place
(Earth, naturally) it will mean doom for everyone.
Thus Thor must
take Jane to Asgard. While getting checked out by an other-worldly
physician (played by Alice Krige, the Borg Queen, my fellow
nerdlingers!) a crazy 3D projection of sparkly cells hovers above Jane’s
body. The Earther and Alien share a little banter over what to call it
(even when facing a grave medical threat, Portman’s Foster sticks to her
guns and says it is a Quantum Field Generator) but no matter what you
call it, it’s a great deal of fun.
The special effect – to linger
on this one perfect moment from the film a bit longer – resembles the
silvery projections that were all over Krypton in this summer’s ‘Man of
Steel.’ It’s hard not to compare the two films, as they are so similar
and yet so different. The DC movies are big and brooding. ‘Thor: The
Dark World,’ despite equally high stakes (and even the sacrifice of a
supporting character) manages to stay light. The conclusion of ‘Man of
Steel’ rained death from above. The conclusion of ‘Thor: The Dark World’
features funny, anarchic zips between parallel universes and
near-madcap one-liners. Both styles have their merit.
The
Hemsworth-Portman scenes work best. As in the first film these lovers
from two worlds are blazing with an unquantifiable X-factor. There is no
finer love story, which usually feels shoehorned, in any recent
superhero movie. Kat Dennings as Dr. Foster’s assistant (and Jonathan
Howard as the assistant’s assistant) are terrific as comic relief,
though the big spectacle of this all is already pretty goofy. The Dark
Elves’ siege of Asgard is a well-executed display of crazy-looking
ships, warriors in helmets, lasers blasting out of staffs and hand
grenades that suck its victims into miniature black holes. It is
top-shelf lunacy. The action kinda resembles ‘The Phantom Menace’ a
little bit, but I mean that completely in a good way.
Not
everything is perfect. Malekith is a bit flat as a villain, but I think
this is in service of keeping Loki front and center. The two brothers
work side-by-side (part of an elaborate escape, which is edited together
like a caper film) and Tom Hiddleston once again sinks his teeth into
the role. Also, Sif and the Warriors Three really take a back seat this
time. As anecdotal evidence I took a guest to ‘Thor: The Dark World’ who
had not seen the first one, and she did not pick up that Volstagg was
all that important to the Thor mythos.
The trade-off, however, is
a film packed with other cool stuff. There are rock creatures and quick
trips to lands like Vanaheim and Svartalfheim and Natalie Portman
wearing a cloak. Plus the Aether and Nine Realms Convergence, which I’ll
need a moment with the Marvel Wiki to fully understand, looks pretty
damn cool.
For every lovably turgid, portentous moment that
Anthony Hopkins’ Odin babbles about destiny, trickster Loki presents a
secret passageway with a “ta-da!” ‘Thor: The Dark World’ is everything I
want out of a movie starring a handsome God in a red cape.
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