Clearly, I am NOT a member of the target audience for this one, so a lot of it went over my head. From the conversations overheard in the lobby as we exited the screening, the best-informed audience members were the ones who had read the graphic novels.
Directed by Alan Taylor ("Game of Thrones"), this jumbled slugfest had endless blowie uppie stuff, dismemberments to spare, plus thunderbolts, space ships and family tiffs among immortals. (Only two chaste little kisses though; it is, after all, PG-13.)
Here we go again!
- Chris Hemsworth ("Rush") is Thor, back to save the universe.
- Natalie Portman ("The Other Boleyn Girl") returns as Jane Foster, the scientist he left behind...once.
- Tom Hiddleston ("The Avengers") is resurrected as Loki, the bad brother nobody likes! Remember what The Hulk did to him? We LOVED that!
- Stellan Skarsgård ("Romeo and Juliet") is back as Dr. Eric Selvig, the man we first see running naked on a TV news broadcast. His lecture on the convergence of the planets is received by a singularly bored class ...of senior citizens.
- Idris Elba ("Prometheus" and "Luther") is Heimdall again, I'm glad he is on our side!
- Zachary Levi ("Tangled" and "Chuck") is the third spear carrier from the left...smile...
- Ray Stevenson ("Rome") is Thor's right-hand man.
- Kat Dennings ("Thor") is back as Darcy, who provides the too- scarce comic relief. I found myself looking forward to anything with her in it because I could relax a bit and laugh.
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Here is the International Trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3359090969/
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Here is the International Trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3359090969/
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