Line #56 Awesome/ThorTheDarkWorld


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9	* The battle thousands of years ago between Bor and Malekith's armies has all the trappings of an epic legend. This is Thor's grandfather leading an invasion to save the universe.
10	** Malekith effortlessly wiping the floor with a squad of Asgardians that materialized (via Bifrost) behind him
11	** Bor [[DungeonBypass teleporting the Aether to Asgard]]. The look on Malekith's face says "OutGambitted".
12	** A few Asgardian warriors get this retroactively. Algrim Kurse beats the holy hell out of Thor and takes Loki with him before dying. A trio of Asgardian warriors in the flashback turn one of the Kursed into a HumanPincushion before a fourth one does a Black Widow-esque neck snap on him.
13	* During the battle of Vanaheim, Sif saves Thor from getting hit by an arrow by intercepting it with her shield. She ''barely even looked''.
14	--> '''Sif:''' You're welcome.
15	* A large [[RockMonster Kronan]] appears to challenge the God of Thunder. Thor's response: "I accept your surrender." He then reduces it to rubble. The enemy promptly surrender.
16	** When the Kronan first shows up, every soldier in the battle stops fighting and looks at it suitably intimidated. Then one single Asgardian warrior tries to attack it with his sword. He's instantly beaten, but hey, he tried.
17	* The first time the Aether protects itself, it blasts back several British policemen. This exchange happens:
18	-->'''Policeman:''' Get away from her! She's dangerous! \
19	'''Thor:''' ''[warning glare]'' So am ''I''.
20	* Ehen Thor summons the Bifrost and teleports away in front of the speechless police officers. We now actually see how it looks like when you are traveling by Bifrost. And it's awesome.
21	* At first the Asgardian healer is annoyed with Jane asking questions about the instrument they're scanning her with, until Jane correctly guesses what it is and explains how it works, causing the healer to briefly look stunned and give her a noticeable look of approval. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}} as Jane then proceeds to snark at the Asgardian's insistence of giving their technology grandiose names.
22	--> '''Jane:''' That's a Quantum Field Generator, isn't it?\
23	'''Healer:''' It's a ''[[{{Magitek}} Soul Forge]]''.\
24	'''Jane:''' Does the "Soul Forge" transfer the molecular energy from one place to another?\
25	'''Healer:''' ''[stunned]'' Yes?\
26	'''Jane:''' ''[smugly whispering to Thor] [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic Quantum Field Generator]]''.
27	* Jane dressed in Asgardian attire is pretty awesome (and sexy, let's be honest). Especially as, for a modern-day gal, she seems to take to it quite well.
28	* Frigga fighting Malekith.
29	** She disarms him and ''elbows him in the face''. ''Hard''. Had Kurse not shown up, she probably would have defeated him then and there.
30	** The reveal that Jane is actually an illusion. Loki takes after his mother.
31	** Once Malekith realizes it's an illusion, he asks Frigga where Jane is. Her answer?
32	--->'''Frigga:''' I will never tell you.
33	** Thor gets points for nailing Malekith in the face with his lightning despite being emotionally distraught from Frigga's death.
34	* Kurse gets a point for, after an extremely painful transformation, tearing open the prison and ripping through the guards. He gets many more for taking the moment to pause as he approaches Loki's cell - this is a prisoner who's dangerous enough to command a cell all of his own, and despite not being particularly bulky, he just looks amused by the show and stares at him, daring him to let him out. Kurse very quickly decides that ''maybe this guy should stay in his cell''.
35	* Heimdall brings down a Dark Elf ship ''by himself''. With nothing but ''two daggers and his sword.'' He's not the first line of defence in Asgard for nothing.
36	** Even better when it's revealed that even Heimdall can't see the ships. He managed to track it by ''sound,'' follow it a quarter of the way back to Asgard, outrun it, leap onto it, and take it down.
37	** We know RockBeatsLaser, but... dagger beats starfighter? That's scary.
38	** Heimdall once again using LoopholeAbuse to help the heroes. After informing Thor that he's [[HonourBeforeReason duty-bound]] to report any act of treason against Asgard, we cut to a scene of him summoning Odin and his War Council to inform them about what he's discovered.
39	--->'''Odin:''' You have called me here on an urgent matter. What is it?\
40	'''Heimdall:''' Treason, my lord.\
41	'''Odin:''' Whose?\
42	'''Heimdall:''' ''[draws his {{BFS}}]'' ''Mine!''
43	** Subverted as this is [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome immediately interrupted]] with the news that Thor is escaping.
44	*** Though it should be noted that Odin himself does not take his eye off Heimdall or move to leave, even as his men do so themselves. Heimdall may indeed have dueled the Allfather himself offscreen to keep him from personally interfering in Thor's escape.
45	* ''Alien elves '''in spaceships''''' VS Space-Vikings in flying longboats '''with lasers'''. it's like Star Wars meets Lord of the Rings!
46	** The scene in the throne room is [[SpiritualLicensee extremely close to a live-action version]] of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjhJcm-lpjc "Deceived"]] trailer for ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''.
47	* Thor visits Loki in his cell to [[RecruitingTheCriminal ask for his help]] in leaving Asgard. For the first time, he instantly sees through one of Loki's illusions. Not because Loki's illusion had flaws, but because even after everything that happened, Thor knows his brother too well to fall for his attempt to pretend to be fine after their mother's death.
48	* Thor's words to Loki are harsh and cruel, and he most likely doesn't mean them. But he delivers them with such a fierceness that it almost seems like he does. Already now, Thor gets that the best way to keep Loki under control is via BreakThemByTalking.
49	-->'''Thor:''' You should know, when we fought in the past, I did so with a glimmer of hope that my brother is still in there somewhere. That hope no longer exists to protect you. You betray me, and I'll kill you.
50	* The attempt to get Loki out of prison gives Fandral, Sif, and Volstagg moments to shine. Sif stands ready to hold off soldiers; sadly, due to the actress' injury, the action is only an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome. Volstagg pulls his own YouShallNotPass and knocks down half a dozen warriors. Fandrall takes care of Thor's pursuers with just his fists and hijacks the vessel.
51	** Even better, the reason that they don't hold them off for longer is because [[ThouShaltNotKill they refuse to take down innocents]] and therefore were holding back. One dare not imagine their power had they chosen to cut loose.
52	** Thor walking Loki out of his cell also has a fantastic moment. Loki, too busy being agitated by his dependency on Thor (he spends time complaining about the guards and harassing his brother), tries to get Thor to furnish him with a weapon. Thor reaches over to Loki's outstretched hand... and suddenly the God of Mischief is in handcuffs.
53	--->'''Thor:''' But I thought you liked tricks.
54	** Jane's reaction when she first meets Loki during the break-out is to hit him in the face [[AndThisIsFor for]] [[Film/TheAvengers2012 New York]].
55	* Loki's piloting skills. After evading laser fire, he successfully guided an Asgardian skiff, rocketing at full speed, through a tiny crack in the cliff barely wider than the boat itself. He had done it in the past, sneaking past the all-seeing Heimdall in the process.
56	-->'''Loki:''' If it were easy, everyone would do it.
57	* While also funny, it must have taken guts for Jane to slap Loki. He even gives her props for her audacity! Sif is also [[FunnyBackgroundEvent shown looking both surprised and impressed in the background.]]
58	* Thor and Loki's plan to trick Malekith: They pretend that Loki is betraying Thor, and wait until after the Aether is removed from Jane before striking back. Again, OutGambitted.
59	* Loki heroically throws himself on top of Jane to protect her from the explosion of Aether. Sure, it was AllAccordingToPlan, but that doesn't make the action any less awesome.
60	** And then less than five minutes later, after the ruse has been revealed, he pushes her out of harm's way when Kurse throws a black hole grenade at them, nearly at the cost of his own life. That ''wasn't'' part of the plan, that was Loki rescuing her of his own volition!
61	* Although it was brief, seeing Loki take on a squad of dark elves with only a ''dagger'', and a small one at that. Up until this point, we haven't really seen Loki in much combat, and seeing him effortlessly take out a squad of dark elves proves that he's just as deadly with a weapon as he is with his mind.
62	* For the villains, we have Kurse vs. Thor. Thor managed to put up a decent fight against Hulk, but Kurse literally pounds him into the dirt with absolutely no trouble, not to mention that Thor's Hammer, which has shown to be able to knock back the Hulk, destroy the Bifrost, take out an entire forest, and pretty much crush everything (except Captain America's shield), literally ''bounces off his shoulder'', and he was able to bat it aside as if it was a fly during their fight.
63	* Loki's defeat of Kurse. He uses his own weapon against him, but Kurse doesn't realize that until after he's been impaled.
64	-->'''Loki:''' [[SeeYouInHell See you in Hel]], monster.
65	** It's awesome because he's killing TheDragon, avenging his mother and saving his brother all with one strike. ''While faking his death so he can usurp the throne of Asgard.'' '''''On the fly.'''''
66	* Malekith with the Aether. The difference in power and effectiveness is great enough to be a match for Thor.
67	* The entire final battle sequence:
68	** Fighting while zapping between realms.
69	** Ian, the film's comic relief, gets one when he saves Darcy from a squad of Dark Elves by snatching up a levitating car and smashing the elves into the ground with it. Not only a moment of awesome, but also a moment of FridgeBrilliance, as he realizes that while the car is floating because its weight has changed (because of the gravity problems), its ''mass'' is still the same.
70	** Jane trying to save an an unconscious Thor from being crushed by a giant falling spaceship. Extra points because it's not possible to do it in time and she realizes that, but she still keeps dragging him away till the last moment, putting her own life in danger too.
71	** Then Erik saves them both by triggering one last portal and sending the ship back to Svartalfheim... coincidentally [[DeathByLookingUp dropping it on top of Malekith]]. Which means ''Dr. Selvig'' technically got the kill on the villain.
72	** ThePlan with the portals in general -- countering Dark Elf {{Magitek}} with human super-science and using the very universal imbalance Malekith intended to use to ravage all creation to instead wreak havoc against his troops, literally break apart the eldritch power that made him so powerful and -- as said above -- teleporting him and his gigantic spaceship to a lonely end all the way across the universe -- not to mention triggering a ton of SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome. It's this moment, if anything, that counters all of the Asgardians' condescension toward Jane and humans throughout the movie, and proves what Nick Fury was trying to prove in ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'': that, if given the chance, humanity can hold its own.
73	*** Bonus points for Jane taking Selvig's equipment, which was supposed to only ''sense'' the anomalies, and turning it into a battle-changing defensive ''weapon'' on the spur of the moment. She's not one of the brightest in her field for nothing!
74	* Thor's PreMortemOneLiner towards Malekith;
75	-->'''Malekith:''' [[EvilGloating Darkness returns, Asgardian! Have you come to witness the end of your universe?]]\
76	'''Thor''': I've come to accept your surrender!\
77	'''Malekith''': You think you can stop ''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt this]]''?! The aether cannot be destroyed!\
78	'''Thor:''' ''But you can.''
79	* Thor telling Odin who is Loki in disguise that he has chosen to reject the offer of being a king, feeling that he would do more good as a defender of the realms. Thor has truly become a wiser man.
80	* The awesomeness that is Loki sitting on the throne of Asgard. In the span of a single movie he switched from a permanent jail cell to the throne. He even achieved it without breaking his word and actively betraying Thor.
81	* Infinity Stones. Specifically, that the Tesseract that was so important in Phase 1 and the Aether from this film are two of them.

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