I've just managed to see
Thor: The Dark World and I much preferred it to
Thor - which I wasn't that keen on (apart from the bits with Loki). I wish there'd been more Loki in it, but I guess you can't have everything, particularly in a film called "Thor"!
Whilst watching it, I wasn't convinced by Loki's betrayal at all - it was too obvious, and when he said all he wanted was a seat to watch, that was a big clue; Loki is too ambitious to just ask for that! I was gutted when Loki "died" (although I suspected that he wasn't dead, since he's an excellent villain) but I liked the way it was done. I do now wonder whether his remorse was genuine. I'd like to think it was, because it makes him a more complicated character. I certainly hope there's some explanation as to what happened to Loki and how he wasn't dead! It clearly wasn't a hologram, because you can't touch them without them disappearing, so it clearly was Loki that got stabbed. Perhaps Odin got his body brought back and then brought him back to life (I recall a scene in S.H.I.E.L.D. about something regarding Asgards bringing people back to life, and of course there's Coulson who was clearly dead and brought back by mysterious means.). I find it difficult to believe that Odin happily gave the throne to Loki, though. Does that mean Odin is also dead, Loki is pretending to be Odin whilst Odin is still wandering about, or Loki has done something to Odin and hidden him away? I agree that for Loki to remain a good antagonist, he's better off not on the throne.
Everyone who didn't wait until the very end credits did miss out on quite a funny little scene.

Hopefully you can find it online.
portia, I don't think Tom Hiddleston will have to worry about being typecast as Loki.

He's already shown his acting talent by appearing in
The Hollow Crown,
War Horse,
Midnight in Paris and
The Deep Blue Sea.

By the way, just for clarification, I am a Loki fangirl, but I have been since I read the Norse mythologies several years ago. He always seemed to be the most interesting of the Norse gods.

Of course, the Loki in the Avengers is not the same, but he's still an interesting character and of course Tom Hiddleston is a great actor.
I wish we could see the livecast of
Coriolanus but it doesn't appear to be on particularly close to us, and I've just checked the ticket price! Wow! Considering I'm not working at the moment, I'll pass, I think. (I don't mind paying that much money (or a bit more) for a theatre ticket, but not for a cinema ticket.) (Also, it's on a work night, and we'd be very late home.) Hopefully it'll come out on DVD and then I'll get a copy.
