However, as Malekith absorbed the Aether, Thor revealed that Loki's betrayal had been a ruse, and blasted the Aether with lighting. Malekith turned to Thor, and told him to watch as he summoned the Aether out of Jane. Loki then threw Jane to Malekith's feet, and offered a bargain: he would give Jane to them, but Malekith must spare him, "to give him a seat where he can watch Asgard burn." Malekith agreed after Algrim told him that Loki had been a prisoner in Asgard. Thor retaliated, but Loki cut his hand off, preventing him from grasping Mjolnir. They watched a scuffle that ended with Loki stabbing Thor, and then Loki delivered Thor and Jane to them. Algrim insisted that they must strike Asgard now, but Malekith replied that the Aether had returned to Svartalfheim.Ī few hours later, in Svartalfheim, Malekith, Algrim, and a group of other Dark Elves saw Thor, Loki, and Jane atop a cliff. The next day, Malekith awakened with half of his face ruined with burn scars. Enraged, the Asgardian blasted Malekith's face, and then Algrim carried Malekith to the safety of the invaders' warship. Frigga was then stabbed by Algrim, and this was witnessed by Thor, who had also just arrived on the scene. He defeated Frigga when she attacked him, but when he turned on Jane he found that her form was merely an illusion of Frigga's. To that end, he made his way to Frigga's chambers while his people fell upon the Asgardians in the thrown room behind him. He sought to extract the Aether from Jane Foster, who had become the Aether's host, and who had taken refuge with Frigga. Once Asgard's shields had been disrupted, the Dark Elves invaded in force, and after a few aerial battles, Malekith's ship crashed into the throne room. Sensing the Aether in Asgard, Malekith sent his second-in-command, Algrim to infiltrate Asgard and disable Asgard's defensive measures. Malekith, having felt the call of the Aether, awoke and announced to his remaining kin as they awoke that the Convergence had returned. They escaped Svartalfheim on a Dark Elf warship to somewhere deep in space, where they remained in hibernation for another five millennia. On the verge of defeat, Malekith sacrificed his own army so that he, Algrim, and other Dark Elves may escape. Thus, a battle with the Dark Elves began. However, before Malekith could achieve his goal, Asgardians led by All-Father Bor intervened, and took the Aether.
Malekith's goal was to plunge the Nine Realms into an eternal darkness. Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves at the time, sought to use this event to release the Aether, a force of extreme power from before the universe existed.
I do believe that sooner or later, my son needs to understand evil for what it is, but that time is not in a movie theater.Five thousand years ago, a cosmic event known as the "Convergence" occurred. At that moment, I was quite glad I had not brought my pre-teen along. Can I recommend Thor: The Dark World as a family-friendly movie? No, I cannot. Navy submariner, felt very uncomfortable. There were a few minutes during the film that I, as an ex-U.S. The darkness itself is a character in the film. The Dark Elves live in a world that was dark to the point of being opposite of everything we hold dear-think matter and anti-matter. Lots of action, destruction and beautiful 3-D computer graphics. To do so will take courage, good fortune and the aid of his brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who was locked up at the end of The Avengers. Thor must keep the Aether out the hands of Malekith and the Dark Elves. What Thor doesn’t know is that Jane has unknowingly released the Aether, not only waking Malekith from his slumber but jeopardizing the survival of the Nine Realms as well. Heimdall (Idris Elba), the all-seeing, all-hearing Guardian of Asgard discovers he can no longer see Jane and alerts Thor, who returns to Earth in search of her.
Thor has been trying to return to Earth, but he has been a bit preoccupied with the task of bringing lasting peace to the Nine Realms. While investigating the odd occurrence, she finds a wormhole and is sucked into it, eventually crossing paths with the Aether. Thousands of years later, in present day, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who has been waiting for the return of Thor (Chris Hemsworth), discovers an anomaly similar to the one that brought him to Earth in the first movie. The leader of the Dark Elves, Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), escaped into the darkness to await the call of the indestructible Aether. Truth be told, it was put somewhere thought to be inaccessible and forgotten.