Thor: The Dark World.
Hopefully non-spoilery points:
- It turns out that the least ambitious Thor storyline you can tell is the origin story, which is a very good thing. I liked Kenneth Branagh's efforts, but there was something weirdly small about the first film that this one blows wide open.
- The not-cameo was both shameless cross-promotion and also brilliant.
- The budget for this film is $20m higher than the last one. Apparently, two years of computer upgrades and that much extra money buys you a shittonne more CGI, because Asgard looks fantastic in this.
- The premise of the film switches up the final battle. Great as The Avengers and Iron Man 3 climaxes are, it's good to see variations on them, rather than just an attempt to elevate things.
- I was told that Idris Elba (Heimdall) would have a bigger part in this film. Maybe he did, by a few seconds of screentime, but certainly not more. And now I'm picturing DCI Luther in Asgard, an idea which cannot go wrong.
- The trailer is basically a pack of lies (often in a good way - Odin's monologue is better in the film) except, ironically, regarding Loki, whose presence is at best a little over-emphasised but is otherwise fairly accurate.
- I'd call it as better than the first, overall.