Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In the aftermath of Thor and The Avengers, 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.

Thor has managed to surprise me yet again.  I liked this movie a lot and I actually think its one of the better Marvel era sequels.  It didn't just redo the original story.  It expanded Thor's world and used all the characters to make you hooked into what was a VERY sci-fi movie.  Loki was of course back and was once again the best part of the movie.  He stole every scene he was in and the movie picked up tremendously when he was on screen.  The story, tempo and side characters were all great.  And even though the new villains were basically explained by the opening narration, I still thought that they were great too.

I would absolutely recommend any Marvel fans checking this out.  It's a great continuation of the Thor and Marvel universe stories.