I mostly enjoyed it as well! I'm really glad a lot of sad, dramatic things happened, but it still felt like it didn't take itself too seriously. I was also pretty pleased with the ways it expanded on the mythos.
...and I cannot stress how much I loved the scene after Frigga's death were we see that Loki is just sitting depressed against the wall in his wrecked cell.
That's probably one of my favorite scenes in the movie. It was just really perfect. Plus, I was talking with someone about how that is the first time we've seen Loki experience any consequences that matter to him and be forced to experience real guilt. I think he has religiously repressed his feelings about 90% of the things he's done (That's what you do with feelings, right? You repress them and then they go away!); Frigga was probably the only loss that could have still meant anything to him, which I think says a lot about how much he cared about her since his freedom and his life were both things he didn't seem to care about much.
Also, just in general, I loved the parallels between Loki and Frigga. There were a lot of subtle textual cues about how much she had influenced him and how important their relationship was. A+ on that.
I'm really pleased that this didn't ruin my desire/ability to ship Loki/Sif (especially considering Loki called her form... what was it, ravishing?)
And we got one good eye fuck moment! I'll settle for that!
Also, gotta say, if Loki stabbed Odin in the back off-screen, I'm pretty sure I'd be okay with that.
My issues with the movie mostly amount to "Was that absolutely necessary?" mostly in relation to Jane literally being limp and immobile so Thor and Loki could have their big dramatic conversation (which is not to say I didn't love their big dramatic convo, but it felt like Jane was just kind of there). HOWEVER I do cut the movie some slack for that damseling because she played such an active role in the finale!
Agreed that it should have been Darcy who swung the car at the dark elves!
Selvig...I might have been okay with the scenes he had if there were more pants involved. As it was, I just felt a lot of second-hand embarrassment for everyone around him. Mostly, every time he was on-screen, I was just thinking "There are so many things I would rather be looking at and feeling with this screen time".
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...and I cannot stress how much I loved the scene after Frigga's death were we see that Loki is just sitting depressed against the wall in his wrecked cell.
That's probably one of my favorite scenes in the movie. It was just really perfect. Plus, I was talking with someone about how that is the first time we've seen Loki experience any consequences that matter to him and be forced to experience real guilt. I think he has religiously repressed his feelings about 90% of the things he's done (That's what you do with feelings, right? You repress them and then they go away!); Frigga was probably the only loss that could have still meant anything to him, which I think says a lot about how much he cared about her since his freedom and his life were both things he didn't seem to care about much.
Also, just in general, I loved the parallels between Loki and Frigga. There were a lot of subtle textual cues about how much she had influenced him and how important their relationship was. A+ on that.
I'm really pleased that this didn't ruin my desire/ability to ship Loki/Sif (especially considering Loki called her form... what was it, ravishing?)
And we got one good eye fuck moment! I'll settle for that!
Also, gotta say, if Loki stabbed Odin in the back off-screen, I'm pretty sure I'd be okay with that.
My issues with the movie mostly amount to "Was that absolutely necessary?" mostly in relation to Jane literally being limp and immobile so Thor and Loki could have their big dramatic conversation (which is not to say I didn't love their big dramatic convo, but it felt like Jane was just kind of there). HOWEVER I do cut the movie some slack for that damseling because she played such an active role in the finale!
Agreed that it should have been Darcy who swung the car at the dark elves!
Selvig...I might have been okay with the scenes he had if there were more pants involved. As it was, I just felt a lot of second-hand embarrassment for everyone around him. Mostly, every time he was on-screen, I was just thinking "There are so many things I would rather be looking at and feeling with this screen time".