THOR
I went and seen THOR the weekend it came out because I was thoroughly excited not only for the character but also for the obvious Avenger's movie tie-in it would deliver us. On the other hand I was very nervous about how a character from Asgard would translate in a world where comic book characters are balancing keeping comic nerds like myself happy yet have you believe this could happen in reality. Of all the Avengers tie-in films I personally felt this would probably be the weakest of link. I wanted all tie-in movies to do well leading into The Avengers. In a world where the latest Batman trilogy would have you believe he exists how do you make the audience believe a mythological GOD exists? Well in short they did an excellent job at that. Explaining that what we call science and magic is where he comes from, they are one and the same. Chris Hemsworth did an amazing job portraying the cocky GOD of Thunder and on the flip side a humble man. Anthony Hopkins as always steals the screen whenever he is present as Odin. He is just such a wonderful actor to watch. Natalie Portman was decent in her role as scientist Jane Foster. Tom Hiddleston as Loki was worth watching. He was so manipulative you sometimes believed him. They kept many things from the comics and throughout the film I found myself searching for things that THOR did in the comics. He flew with one arm holding the hammer (Mjolnir) outwards, he hovered using Mjolnir as a helicopter blade substitute twirling above his head, his GOD like anger. The suit they used for him was beautifully crafted and was just stunning the way his color scheme looked against the desert background. Also we get our first brief look at Hawkeye who will not get a solo movie before the Avenger's movie. Plus the post credits Avengers tie-in sent a chill down my spine. All in all I give it 4 gamma bombs outta 5.
I think the story was a bit lame. But the actors were all pretty good and I will deffo see it again :)
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