The Dark World wasn't better than the first Thor, and certainly not better than Ragnarok. But there were positive elements in furthering Asgard's design, Thor got his best looking battle armour, and Infinity Stones were mentioned for the first time.
Justice League was this Frankenstein-like patchwork mediocre movie. It was as underwhelming as the first Avengers was awesome.
Originally posted by BackFire
I also hate black people.
I actually thought The Dark World was near the top of the MCU film rankings when it was released:
- The intro with Bor vs the Dark Elves was cool
- Hemsworth and Hiddleston shines as usual, as did the Idris Elba
- Kurse remains one of the MCU's best henchmen
- The Star Wars-esque Dark Elves Starfighter battle on Asgard
- The final portal battle in throughout London and the nine realms was a great time
I understand all the criticisms:
- I actually was emotionally invested from the start in Jane and Thor's relationship, but I understand why the MCU head honchos dropped it by Ragnarok completely
- Chris Eccleston was wasted, and Malekith remains one of the worst MCU villains
- Sometimes the comedy fell flat or was forced too much. Compare this to Ragnarok where every joke and gag hits on the money nearly everytime.
However, I saw it opening weekend twice, once with a great group of my guy friends and once with my wife, and both viewings are still fond memories for me, even though it is near the bottom of the MCU pile these days. That is a testimony to how strong Marvel has been since Winter Soldier/GotG 1 and onwards, though, not that Phase 1 and 2 were lackluster.
I've mentioned this a few times on KMC: Justice League could be the most disappointing movie I've ever seen in my life. Grew up with Reeves. Grew up with Keaton, Kilmer, and Clooney. Grew up watching the Timm/Dini DC animated universe, and they remain my favorite cartoons. Loved TDK trilogy, though some of it seems too melodramatic and gritty now in retrospect.
Justice League is perhaps the greatest cinematic failure I've seen. It performed the deathblow on the DCEU in my mind: generic plot and villain, ended Superman's 3-movie arc like trash, effects were horrid, the final color palette/correcting left me with a headache, even Danny Elfman utilizing Reeves' Superman theme and Keaton's Batman theme from the Burton Batman films - my favorite theme in the history of cinema - just gave me the only taste of what could have been. It was utter garbage that I had to split into two viewings.
TDW beats JL by ten Asgardian country miles.