Thor: The Dark World

"Delve into the darkness."

2013 1h 52m EN

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6.5

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67%

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6.7

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★6.5TMDB · 18,816🍅67%Rotten Tomatoes●54Metacritic★6.7IMDB · 776,160

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Synopsis

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Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

“Delve into the darkness.”

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Cast

Chris Hemsworth
Thor
Natalie Portman
Jane Foster
Tom Hiddleston
Loki
Christopher Eccleston
Malekith
Anthony Hopkins
Odin
Jaimie Alexander
Sif
Zachary Levi
Fandral
Ray Stevenson
Volstagg

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alan Taylor
Writers: Stephen McFeely, Don Payne, Christopher Markus
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$170M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.8× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Thor Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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423+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alan Taylor, shot by Kramer Morgenthau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Brian Tyler. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Dan Lebental shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Alan Taylor directs. Kramer Morgenthau behind the camera. Brian Tyler scores. Dan Lebental cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1$170M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 3.8× over at the box office.
3Released 13 years ago.
4Part of the "Thor Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5423+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Alan Taylor, shot by Kramer Morgenthau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Brian Tyler. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Dan Lebental shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Delve into the darkness.".
11IMDB entry: tt1981115 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1218,816 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 9 themes, including "superhero", "based on comic", "sequel", "hostile takeover".
14Released under 22 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kramer Morgenthau
Original score: Brian Tyler
Editing: Dan Lebental
Production design: Charles Wood
Costume design: Wendy Partridge
Makeup / hair: Tania Couper
VFX supervisor: Jake Morrison
Sound: Shannon Mills
Stunt coordinator: Philip J. Silvera
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $170,000,000
Box office: $644,783,140
Return: 379% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 54/100
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 776,160 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

4 wins & 21 nominations total

Part of

Thor Collection

A superhero film series based on the comic book character of the same name published by Marvel Comics, and part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film series. The series centers on Thor, the crown prince of Asgard.

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Dark Jedi2014-03-30
★ 9/10
There have been plenty of movies based on classical cartoon superheroes that have been poorly implemented and with a lousy story. Luckily this one is not one of those. This was really a very enjoyable movie and I liked this movie a lot better than the first Thor movie which I felt was mostly silly. This one has a story which was rather okay and held somewhat together. You have to remember that this is a comic book hero and the story is on that level of course. The special effects and the scenery is really nice as well. The views of Asgard is cool, almost breathtaking. Anthony Hopkins was excellent as Odin or Oden has he is called in Sweden, my country of birth. Tom Hiddleston is also very good in his role although I have to say that I really do not like his role but then he is supposed to be one of the bad guys so… Chris Hemsworth is good enough in his role but I would say that he is really the weakest ones in terms of acting. The movie is liberally sprinkled with jokes as well and, thankfully, most of them are not too bad. Although a bit silly I have to say that I did laugh when Thor politely hung Mjölnir on the clothes rack in the apartment with Darcy and Dr. Selvig. On the whole I enjoyed this movie tremendously.
Andres Gomez2014-11-09
★ 6/10
More of the same. Predecible non elaborated script and with a total lack of sense of humor. The FX are, again, OK, but the feeling of swords, axes, armors and helmets is of cheap plastic.
DoryDarko2017-02-21
★ 9/10
Watching Thor: The Dark World tonight, I got the feeling that Hollywood might have finally figured it out. In theory, a sequel should always surpass its predecessor, although as we all know, many have tried and famously failed. But a new trend seems to finally be breaking through. X2 was better than X-Men. Spider-Man 2 was better than the first. And now that I've seen it, I can tell you Thor: The Dark World… is better than Thor. (And the fact that these are all Marvel productions, that's food for anther discussion.) I thoroughly enjoyed Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh, when I only saw it for the first time just this spring. In fact, I watched it again the same week. Which is saying enough to imply that my hopes were high for the sequel. So I was really looking forward to tonight and I was not disappointed. Thor 2 was helmed by a different director, Alan Taylor, which typically always spells trouble in my book when they change the director, but I take my hat off to him. What I admire is that he managed to capture the tone that Branagh set in the first film flawlessly – even perfected it in a way. He brings to the table a duality which almost never works successfully in any film, but here, does so perfectly: Taylor made Thor 2 notably darker, yet at the same time more humorous. I take my hat off to the writers as well – they put in a ton of great jokes, all at the exactly right moment. Had this been done even a fraction less tactfully, the film would have sunk like a bag of bricks, like so many others have. I found myself (and the audience) laughing my butt off one moment, and feeling very serious and engaged with the on-screen emotions the next. Even when it happened abruptly, it still never felt inappropriate. Now that's good entertainment. Two thumbs up. The actors all wear their roles like a custom-made suit. It's obvious that Chris Hemsworth has really grown into his character, third time around. This guy IS Thor, hands down. The same goes for all the other actors, they were all perfectly comfortable in their roles and respective environments. The one that intrigued me most, however, was Loki – personified absolutely magnificently by Tom Hiddleston. Much like Hemsworth, it seems he was born to play this role. He captures all the slyness, all the arrogance and all the torment of a man almost unable to bear the weight of his own ego in a single flicker in his eyes. And then that grin… Perfection. The way Hiddleston plays Loki is strangely captivating. You know he's totally wicked and cannot be trusted, yet at the same time you can't help but really like him – you might even end up rooting for this guy, and I'm not sure many other actors would have managed this. All the special effects were as good as one should expect them to be these days. I have nothing much to say there, except that it was all terrifically eye-pleasing, and Asgard looked even more beautiful than before. It was all convincing and very well done. Still, I have not completely explained why T:TDW is better than the first. Actually, I might not fully be able to. It's mostly a feeling. As much as I was entertained the first time, I was even more entertained now. It was more action-packed, more exciting, darker and it just had a great deal more adrenaline. The only thing that I think was weaker in this film, was the character of Jane Foster. Her character was just less interesting, kind of blank. I actually don't remember much of her at all, except that she slapped Thor a couple of times and she had all this creepy stuff coming out of her… Also she was somewhat of a damsel-in-distress most of the time with the look of a scared kitten on her face, and that's not exactly how we like to see our ladies nowadays. It's so common to see women being perfectly independent now, that it's a little weird to see a grown woman with "three degrees in physics" (as Darcy so poignantly points out) scared and shivering like a little girl. Most of the time, Natalie Portman just didn't carry her scenes very strongly, and that's strange coming from such a fine actress. So maybe one of the actors was actually a little out of place after all, thinking about it. Having said that, that's pretty much my only complaint. Every other element in this film was very solid, the story was very good and they absolutely nailed the pacing. Those two hours went by in the blink of a eye. Thor: The Dark World is wonderfully entertaining and a definite must-see for every Marvel fan. In fact – at the risk of enraging the Marvel Gods – this might just be pretty stiff competition to X-Men… Watch out Wolverine, I think I have a new favorite superhero. (November 2013)