Which would be pretty biting criticism, if it weren't also true of MOST Marvel movies.
I loved Thor 2 because it was almost the most striaght-up fun movie Marvel has made so far (the only that beats it in this category is Guardians of the Galaxy, which also suffers from a pathetic villain). It's like 90% cool derring-do.
Thor 2 is my favourite Marvel movie. I HAVE OPINIONS!
Malekith is bland but it's ok. Because in a Thor movie the antagonism is provided by the screwed up relationships between Thor, Loki and Odin.
The job of Malekith - or any other Thor villain - is to put pressure on that triangle and throw it off-balance. Then Loki and Odin will create ALL THE ADVERSITY IN THE WORLD.
A scene-stealing, Joker-like villain would draw attention off our three leads and their conflicts. We don't need it.
Basically every Thor movie already has three great villains - Loki, Odin, and the throne of Asgard.
Where did it all go wrong, Casey? I can’t pinpoint it, but it was already too late when they remade 3:10 to Yuma and took a movie that was mostly two men talking about morality in a hotel room and put in a Gatling gun.
This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
Very underrated in the Marvel canon, if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why this movie cops so much flack. My only crit is the villain is too disposable.
ReplyDeleteWhich would be pretty biting criticism, if it weren't also true of MOST Marvel movies.
ReplyDeleteI loved Thor 2 because it was almost the most striaght-up fun movie Marvel has made so far (the only that beats it in this category is Guardians of the Galaxy, which also suffers from a pathetic villain). It's like 90% cool derring-do.
Main villain boring, but the dark elf mooks design is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to watch it again now...
ReplyDeleteThor 2 is my favourite Marvel movie. I HAVE OPINIONS!
ReplyDeleteMalekith is bland but it's ok. Because in a Thor movie the antagonism is provided by the screwed up relationships between Thor, Loki and Odin.
The job of Malekith - or any other Thor villain - is to put pressure on that triangle and throw it off-balance. Then Loki and Odin will create ALL THE ADVERSITY IN THE WORLD.
A scene-stealing, Joker-like villain would draw attention off our three leads and their conflicts. We don't need it.
Basically every Thor movie already has three great villains - Loki, Odin, and the throne of Asgard.