I loved this film :D You know, I've been thinking about Malekith a lot and I think I've actually found a way to see him in an almost sympathetic light. I mean, the movie suggests that the Dark Elves existed before the rest of the Nine Realms, right? That there was darkness and they existed in it. And then the Nine Realms. And the Dark Elves wanted to return to how it was before. So... from their perspective, the Nine Realms are like... like a patch of mold that appears in your house one day. So you try to destroy it, only it nearly kills you instead. So you back off and wait and then when you try to tackle it again, it's taken over half your house and you'll need something really special to destroy it. Except that it's not mold: it's nine whole realms of innocent lives.
I'm not trying to excuse what Malekith and the Dark Elves did, but I do like to try to work out the villain's motivations and where they're coming from. After all, every person is the hero of their own story, aren't they? And I just wanted to work out how Malekith was the hero in his.
In other news, I spent half the movie muttering "LOKI YOU LI'L SHIT" under my breath. XD
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Date: 2013-12-09 01:02 am (UTC)I'm not trying to excuse what Malekith and the Dark Elves did, but I do like to try to work out the villain's motivations and where they're coming from. After all, every person is the hero of their own story, aren't they? And I just wanted to work out how Malekith was the hero in his.
In other news, I spent half the movie muttering "LOKI YOU LI'L SHIT" under my breath. XD