Nice production design, but the attempts at character-driven plot fail due to lack of characters.
It's going for this Shakespearian epic - princes, family rivalries and deceit, etc - but the script just isn't up to it. It's nowhere near sophisticated enough so it comes across like the Cliff's Notes version. Plus they're also trying to introduce a whole new mythology/galactic political structure *and* do a duck out of water story; everything feels rushed. It would have worked much better if they'd made it 3 hours long and really developed all the characters, their motivations and plans properly, maybe got Tom Stoppard in. On the other side of the coin, the action scenes aren't particularly interesting - a murky battle scene or two, Thor shoulder-flips some SHIELD dudes, and a robot blows up some buildings (but poses no threat to most of its opponents even when it does shoot straight).
On the upside, it looks great and the end fight with Loki was good.
Rating: Bad
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