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I'm Mighty Thor
14 years ago
"You're Thor, honey, i'm thodding thattered!"
Hehe, oh lisp jokes...
Anyway, got get that birthday journal off my front page and avoid confusion, i thought i'd put up a journal about that new superhero flick, Thor. I managed to catch it today, and i gotta say, it was good fun. It was a lot more fantastical than the other avengers movies so far (and that is saying something for a superhero franchise) but it was pretty good fun to watch. It didnt really do anything unexpected - the plot is fairly simplistic and predictable, and most of the characters are just cookie cutter style - but it's pretty good fun. The fights are all pretty spectacular, and it's fun to see some of the dialog and special effects they came up with for the scenes in Asgaurd.
The film does suffer a little, however, for having a very... boring main character. Not to say that Marvel's Thor is boring, but in this incarnation he is. He starts off the film being brash and kind of unlikable, eager to rush into combat with the frost giants and generally acting like a bit of a child. When he enevitably gets stranded on earth by his pissed off dad, he just goes around being generally predictable. It's never really that beleivable, and it's kind of hard to connect with him as a character. I know it's a movie, but it's obvious that all of Thor's stuff is very scripted and he just seems to go through the motions, really. A fair few characters are completley unmemorable, too - the group of misfits that Thor hangs out with on Earth and his Band of Warriors back on Asgaurd in particular here. The movie seems desperate for us to care about them, and its really kind of hard. The warriors especially here; i get the feeling they were in the comics and needed to be included, but the writers wasnt sure what to do with them.
A lot of characters come out really well, though. Hawkeye has a fun little cameo working with S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Gatekeeper on Asgaurd is particularly badass. He gets characterised more than Thor's buddies, weirdly enough. But Loki really steals the show - he shows a lot more emotion and gets a lot more emotional development than Thor himself. When Thor overcomes his emotional "hurdles" to become a new man we're just kind of told it and expected to just swallow it, but with Loki you actually see it all come to the surface and watch him change for ourselves. The guy playing him was a VERY good actor, and even at the end of the movie i found myself liking him a heck of a lot more than our supposed hero. Not that I didnt like Thor - he didnt really emote enough for me to NOT like him - but I found myself just liking Loki a lot more. Heck, i even thought his plan was pretty sound, even if it was a little.. evil =p
All in all, not a bad film, but not as good as the others. And as always, stay after the credits - Nick Fury is back again with a nod towards an upcomming Avengers film...
Hehe, oh lisp jokes...
Anyway, got get that birthday journal off my front page and avoid confusion, i thought i'd put up a journal about that new superhero flick, Thor. I managed to catch it today, and i gotta say, it was good fun. It was a lot more fantastical than the other avengers movies so far (and that is saying something for a superhero franchise) but it was pretty good fun to watch. It didnt really do anything unexpected - the plot is fairly simplistic and predictable, and most of the characters are just cookie cutter style - but it's pretty good fun. The fights are all pretty spectacular, and it's fun to see some of the dialog and special effects they came up with for the scenes in Asgaurd.
The film does suffer a little, however, for having a very... boring main character. Not to say that Marvel's Thor is boring, but in this incarnation he is. He starts off the film being brash and kind of unlikable, eager to rush into combat with the frost giants and generally acting like a bit of a child. When he enevitably gets stranded on earth by his pissed off dad, he just goes around being generally predictable. It's never really that beleivable, and it's kind of hard to connect with him as a character. I know it's a movie, but it's obvious that all of Thor's stuff is very scripted and he just seems to go through the motions, really. A fair few characters are completley unmemorable, too - the group of misfits that Thor hangs out with on Earth and his Band of Warriors back on Asgaurd in particular here. The movie seems desperate for us to care about them, and its really kind of hard. The warriors especially here; i get the feeling they were in the comics and needed to be included, but the writers wasnt sure what to do with them.
A lot of characters come out really well, though. Hawkeye has a fun little cameo working with S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Gatekeeper on Asgaurd is particularly badass. He gets characterised more than Thor's buddies, weirdly enough. But Loki really steals the show - he shows a lot more emotion and gets a lot more emotional development than Thor himself. When Thor overcomes his emotional "hurdles" to become a new man we're just kind of told it and expected to just swallow it, but with Loki you actually see it all come to the surface and watch him change for ourselves. The guy playing him was a VERY good actor, and even at the end of the movie i found myself liking him a heck of a lot more than our supposed hero. Not that I didnt like Thor - he didnt really emote enough for me to NOT like him - but I found myself just liking Loki a lot more. Heck, i even thought his plan was pretty sound, even if it was a little.. evil =p
All in all, not a bad film, but not as good as the others. And as always, stay after the credits - Nick Fury is back again with a nod towards an upcomming Avengers film...
