Marvel's Thor: The Dark World - The Art of the Movie Author: Visit Amazon's Marie Javins Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0785168125 | Format: EPUB
Marvel's Thor: The Dark World - The Art of the Movie Description
- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Marvel; First Edition edition (November 19, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785168125
- ISBN-13: 978-0785168126
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 11.7 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The Art of Thor the Dark World is a major improvement over "The Art of Thor the Movie", which had far too many pages of abstract designs for Jotunheim, and too few of the main characters and Asgard. TDW has more visually stimulating settings, and the Dark Elves are also more interesting than Jotuns. And here, the text enhances and expands upon the art in a meaningful way.
The book is laid out in a logical progression that mostly mirrors the film's narrative. All of the main characters have an updated look, but rather than just running through them all at once, they are covered as it relates to the story and settings. The movie opens with backstory narrative of the Dark Elves, and the Art book opens (after the introduction) with an overview of the Book of Yggdrasil, and how its design was based on illuminated texts. The film then jumps to our hero, Sif and the Warriors Three, engaged in battle. Thus, the book runs through their costume updates, as well as the development of Vanaheim, the look of its people and of the Marauders who are attacking them. The prose helps put the images in perspective by explaining the artists/filmmakers choices, and even how they tie back to the comic source. One of my favorite pages in this section is the evolution of Mjolnir, with a picture of each incarnation from the three films laid side by side. This made it much easier to see the subtle, but effective, differences.
The book then devotes a hefty section to the development of the Dark Elves, their technology and ships. It was time well spent. I thought the ships in the film were visually stunning and very creative, and it was interesting to see how they evolved and from where the artists drew inspiration.
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