THOOOOOR!
Or, more accurately, Loki! His name just looked weird spelled like that.
We finally got around to seeing the movie on Friday, but I couldn't get online to squee about it, because a friend of ours was staying over for the weekend.
We had the perfect set up for the film. Usually we go just go to whatever Cineworld is the closest in the city centre, and they're basically all really crappy. Peeling paint, ancient and uncomfortable seats, persistent rumours about rats. The usual.
This time, though, we decided to go to the one at Wembley, because it was relatively close and brand spanking new. N's not working on Fridays and I had taken the day off, so we figured we'd beat the usual crowds and go early.
We got there around noon and the place was deserted. They had nine screens in total and we saw maybe five other customers the whole time we were there. For Thor, it was just us three and one guy on his own! Totally crazy, I've never been to the cinema where it's that quiet.
Fan-wise, the movie was pretty much everything I'd hoped for. As a movie it kind of sucked (did anyone take Malekith seriously - really?), but I'm concentrating on the positives.
(I'm a Loki and Tom Hiddleston fangirl, by the way, so read at your own risk. I don't know the Marvel canon, only the old Norse one, and I don't particularly care how many people Loki killed in the Avangers movie. I just really love the character.)
It may have come last, but the ending deserves the first mention! Loki's SMIRK. I'm a little bit proud that I immediately knew that it was really Loki and not Odin that Thor spoke to, because I'm usually so bad at these things. But the way the "guard" looked up at Odin right there at the end when he came to report Loki's "death", there was just no way it was anyone else but Loki sitting on that throne.
I've read some posts from people who thought that Loki really died on Svartalfheim, which is quite curious. I mean, the "guard" did appear on the planet in that green glow Loki is so fond of. It was a very quick scene, though, so people could've easily missed it.
I'm really glad they didn't g for the stupid love triangle route with Thor, Jane, and Sif. Sure, there were some feelings from Sif but they kept is mostly neutral. I just wish Jane would've had a much more active role in the film. Now she was mainly a plot device being dragged around.
Tom Hiddleston's FACE. I swear, there is nothing hotter in this world than Tom Hiddleston dressed as Loki and SMIRKING at you. I'm very sad that he's not going to be in the next Avengers movie but with that ending, they're surely planning something for the future?
Oh, and by the way? YOU CAN'T GET FROM CHARING CROSS TO GREENWICH IN THREE STOPS. And not directly, either. You either take the southbound Northern line, change at Waterloo and take the eastbound Jubilee line to North Greenwich, OR you have the script writers drop you off at Bermondsey to save a million Londoners from apoplexy.
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We finally got around to seeing the movie on Friday, but I couldn't get online to squee about it, because a friend of ours was staying over for the weekend.
We had the perfect set up for the film. Usually we go just go to whatever Cineworld is the closest in the city centre, and they're basically all really crappy. Peeling paint, ancient and uncomfortable seats, persistent rumours about rats. The usual.
This time, though, we decided to go to the one at Wembley, because it was relatively close and brand spanking new. N's not working on Fridays and I had taken the day off, so we figured we'd beat the usual crowds and go early.
We got there around noon and the place was deserted. They had nine screens in total and we saw maybe five other customers the whole time we were there. For Thor, it was just us three and one guy on his own! Totally crazy, I've never been to the cinema where it's that quiet.
Fan-wise, the movie was pretty much everything I'd hoped for. As a movie it kind of sucked (did anyone take Malekith seriously - really?), but I'm concentrating on the positives.
(I'm a Loki and Tom Hiddleston fangirl, by the way, so read at your own risk. I don't know the Marvel canon, only the old Norse one, and I don't particularly care how many people Loki killed in the Avangers movie. I just really love the character.)
It may have come last, but the ending deserves the first mention! Loki's SMIRK. I'm a little bit proud that I immediately knew that it was really Loki and not Odin that Thor spoke to, because I'm usually so bad at these things. But the way the "guard" looked up at Odin right there at the end when he came to report Loki's "death", there was just no way it was anyone else but Loki sitting on that throne.
I've read some posts from people who thought that Loki really died on Svartalfheim, which is quite curious. I mean, the "guard" did appear on the planet in that green glow Loki is so fond of. It was a very quick scene, though, so people could've easily missed it.
I'm really glad they didn't g for the stupid love triangle route with Thor, Jane, and Sif. Sure, there were some feelings from Sif but they kept is mostly neutral. I just wish Jane would've had a much more active role in the film. Now she was mainly a plot device being dragged around.
Tom Hiddleston's FACE. I swear, there is nothing hotter in this world than Tom Hiddleston dressed as Loki and SMIRKING at you. I'm very sad that he's not going to be in the next Avengers movie but with that ending, they're surely planning something for the future?
Oh, and by the way? YOU CAN'T GET FROM CHARING CROSS TO GREENWICH IN THREE STOPS. And not directly, either. You either take the southbound Northern line, change at Waterloo and take the eastbound Jubilee line to North Greenwich, OR you have the script writers drop you off at Bermondsey to save a million Londoners from apoplexy.
Originally posted at Dreamwidth. You can also comment there using OpenID.