Tom Hiddleston | Spanky's Movie Review

Spanks – 5

Director – Alan Taylor

Writers – Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely

Starring – Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Eccleston, Jaimie Alexander, Zachary Levi, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Rene Russo, Kat Dennings & Stellan Skarsgård

Release Date – 8 November 2013

MPAA Rating – PG-13

Run time – 112 Minutes

Thor: The Dark World is a great sequel. Since Thor and Asgard have been established in Thor and The Avengers, this movie gets going straight away. The film is about a Dark Elf called Malekith who wants to destroy the universe when the nine realms. He failed eons ago when Odin’s father defeated his armies and he escapes. He returns unintentionally by Jane Foster and wants to destroy the worlds once again.

This film is better then the first Thor film. There is better action, it is funnier, and has a much better and complex story. Loki continues to be one of the best characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The effects team did an awesome job of making Asgard look like a real place. I don’t want to say much more because I don’t want to give anything away.

Spanks – 5

Director – Joss Whedon

Writer – Joss Whedon

Starring – Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson

Release Date – 4 May 2012

MPAA Rating – PG-13

Runtime – 142 Minutes

If you are a fan of superhero movies, then The Avengers is the movie for you. Joss Whedon did a perfect job of putting this group of heroes into one movie. It even felt like a team-up comic book crossover the way it was executed. That isn’t surprising since Marvel hired a writer/director who has written comic books in the past.

The movie uses plot points introduced in last years’ Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. If you did not see the other movies from the Marvel Cinematic Universe you don’t have to worry about being lost. You might not get a few jokes and little details, but you will be satisfied and entertained.

The Avengers are assembled for the first time after Loki uses an energy devise called the Tesseract to travel back to Earth. He then takes control of agents and scientist and steals the device. Nick Fury then calls the heroes to activate the Avengers Initiative to save the planet.

Avengers is in the top three comic book movies ever made with The Dark Knight and X-Men 2.