It was a really fun movie, and to me it was easily better than the first Thor. Felt like it should have been a summer popcorn movie; it would have been better than a lot of the releases then. On a side note I’m really looking forward to Robocop; I loved the original and the trailer for the new version looks fantastic. The trailer for the Hobbit somewhat less so- why do filmmakers feel that they need to change source material so much? Do we really *need* a Legolas forbidden love story? Wasn’t the Aragorn love triangle enough? On Nov 11, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> Went to see Thor: The Dark World at a matinee yesterday. > > Overall, really dug it. It's different in a lot of ways than the original. > In many ways this film could have been titled "Thor and Loki." Which is, I > imagine, what most viewers will want. Loki's role is larger than I thought > it would be but it's organic and logical. Still, the focus of the film is > Thor and Jane, what their relationship means and how Thor is pulled in many > direcions by the circumstances of his life. The baddies are suitably creepy > and mysterious. Malakith is about the exact opposite of Loki as a bad guy; > neither charming nor verbose, he is much colder but still effective. Effects > were, as a whole, fantastic, including some great mixing of man-in-a-suit and > CGI, especially on the character Kurse, who is one of the best evil henchmen > characters I have seen in years. > > There's a much lighter touch in a lot of scenes. The returning human > characters who are not Jane Foster (that is, Erik and Darcy) are played > primarily for relief, but it's well done and enjoyable. > > There's a lot of fanstuff in there. SHIELD is mentioned a few times but does > not appear. My friend Tom noticed on a chalkboard explaining the 9 worlds > that Earth/Midgard was labeled as "616." Stan Lee gets a line during his > cameo. We get a quick glimpse back to Yodenheim from the first film. There > is a cameo from a fan-favorite character that no one will see coming which > had the audience roaring. > > As far as stingers, there are two. The one midway through the credits is the > big reveal one. The one at the end of the credits is related directly to the > story of this film. I will spoil them if requested. For reference, the > mid-credits one had myself and my nerd friends screaming various expletives > of disbelief. > > Final verdict, go see this film, it's a fantastic adventure story with a lot > of heart and a ton of fun. I rank the Thor films behind the Iron Man films > just because of my personal pro-Iron Man bias, but this is a fantastic film. > > Bonus for the ladies: Chris Hemsworth has an extended scene with no shirt on > which had one of my friends say out loud in the theater "I love you shirtless > Thor!" > > Trailers: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Robocop, Delivery Man, Ride > Along, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and > Captain America: The Winter Soldier. (The scene from the Cap trailer where > Winter Soldier catches Cap's shield brought an actual gasp from the audience.) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
