That's the skinny on the big-budget Thor: The Dark World, a sequel to 2011's surprisingly passable Thor and 2012's surprisingly better The Avengers (thanks, Joss Whedon), featuring a large chunk of Marvel superheroes. The new Thor just has Thor (and one surprise cameo).

Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth, who proved he could do more than just pose in Rush, is back – hair flowing, muscles rippling, hammer at the ready – as that flying Norse god from the planet Asgard, dodging plot bullets from a trio of screenwriters from the planet Familiar.