Thor - The Dark World: Hard Forged Edition

Thor - The Dark World: Hard Forged Edition is a great example of how editing can change the pace of a movie.

Thor - The Dark World theatrical release was the first marvel movie that felt...off. The story flow was off, the jokes where off, and most glaringly obvious, the pacing was off. TM2YC has done a wonderful job picking up the pace of the film and making it more engaging. Removing the prologue was a great choice. It allowed us to immediately get on with the story that was left off at the end of the Avengers. This new beginning really sets the tone of the rest of the story.

The editing was pretty spot on. I only noticed one cut and that was probably because I was looking for cuts. And now that I'm talking about I can't even remember where it was so it wasn't that awful.

I hope Marvel/Disney asks TM2YC to take a look at their next Thor movie before it's released. It may just make all the difference.

I've seen the original a couple of times, once at the cinema and once at home. I enjoyed it but I did feel it dragged along a bit.
TM2YC's edit was certainly more enjoyable than my memory of the theatrical release, I haven't seen the original for a while which was good as I really didn't have much memory of the story line, so this was like viewing the movie for the first time.
Technically I feel the edit is pretty much flawless, no jarring cuts or audio mismatches that I could tell.
Regarding the narrative, it all flowed well, the pace was great and the whole feel of the movie felt better.
In all honesty, without reading the change list or re watching the original, I could not tell you exactly what was different. But to me that just shows how good the edit is, no thoughts of "well that didn't work" or "I wish he hadn't cut that bit out", I just sat and watched and enjoyed.

Great work TM2YC, thanks.

Very entertaining edit.
I liked that the original intro was moved to later in the movie.
I have only one minor issue with the edit and that is the ending, I like that Thor goes back to Jane but I would have preferred seeing Loki or adding the cut back to his "no, thank you" line a bit before Thor's lighting brings him back to Jane, making it seem that he transforms and says his line as Thor travels.. since it has the sense that it sets up the next Thor movie. Either way, the ending scene with Jane works very well, this edit is now my go to version of the movie.

Thanks!

I enjoyed the original THOR THE DARK WORLD immensely. It was solid, if predictable, comic book formula fun.

But I must admit, I enjoyed TM2YC's version equally. I think the reordered scenes play stronger, but at the same time I felt the first act was a bit too plot driven, I think I would have preferred one or two breather scenes (the hall or Thor with Frigga).

This is definitely a faster paced, roller coaster ride edit, and it is very fun.
Video quality is excellent and technically I could find no fault with any of the new scenes, cuts or new fx. The new subtitles are excellent and a vast improvement over the original.

Great entertainment and well worth watching!
Thumbs Up! :)

Very good edit. Agreed with all of the changes, and the picture quality/technical efforts were excellent. I would consider this a replacement version for any future viewings. I still don't love the movie, but the edit is solid and does what it claims to on the box. Well done!