Topic: Movies
So I just saw THOR this weekend and enjoyed the crap out of it. This is a movie that for many reasons should have sucked. It had all the ingredients of an embarrassingly bad turd of a movie, and yet it wasn't. Not only did it not bomb, it was a lot of fun. I could tell the audience was loving it too. In some movies you have to suffer through the slow parts to get to the good stuff. Every minute of THOR was entertaining. Just watching him drink beer or eat breakfast was fun. It all worked because of the characters. Thor, played by that-dude-who-played-Kirk's-father-in-the-new-Star-Trek-movie was what would make or break the film. He nailed it. Just the right balance of corny superhero and believable Viking warrior. Not the greatest epic of our time, but if thats what you're expecting form most movies, you've got the wrong frame of mind. Sometimes you've just got to go with it. Not to spoil too much for those who haven't seen it yet, but clearly Thor and Loki will be key players in next year's Avengers movie. I think Loki will be manipulating things from behind the scenes. First the Hulk will go on a rampage, and the other heroes will join together to stop him. Bruce Banner will join them, and by the end they'll be fighting Loki's army of ogres and trolls from Asgard. Thats my prediction. Marvel's Ultimates and Ultimates 2 should be the playbook for the script. (Pick this up in trade paperback if you haven't by now) If its anything close, it will be an explosion of awesome that will echo through the halls of nerd-dom. But I may have to adjust my expectations a little. Regardless, any movie with Samuel Jackson, Scarlett Johanson, Robet Downey Jr/Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye (look for his cameo in Thor) and Captian America (can't wait to see that next ) has already won in my book.
DH
