Thumbs up for THOR
I got to see THOR as a early birthday gift; 'twas grand!
I heard from a non-geek/fan who surprised me by seeing it and enjoyed it enough to see it 2nd time. I don't know if I will do that but I definitely enjoyed it as much as IRON MAN (the first) and SPIDER-MAN 2.
Going in - I had heard one negative review out of 20 positive - the negative said it was a 2 hour ad for the Avengers film - I didn't feel that way, though I guess they could have trimmed the "we are SHIELD" bit, although they did need to explain why the authorities hadn't picked up this dude!
Though Anthony Hopkins here was better than he was in BEOWULF(ug) and ALEXANDER (double UG). I even tolerated Natalie Portman being part of another franchise - I was getting sick of her enough not to go see BLACK SWAN. And the rest of the cast really good - glad they gave Stellan Skarsgard (whatever the name is) more to do, otherwise why cast him? People forget he was in the PIRATES movies, too.
It was nice to finally have a big-time movie worthy of summer blockbuster popcorn fun!
I heard from a non-geek/fan who surprised me by seeing it and enjoyed it enough to see it 2nd time. I don't know if I will do that but I definitely enjoyed it as much as IRON MAN (the first) and SPIDER-MAN 2.
Going in - I had heard one negative review out of 20 positive - the negative said it was a 2 hour ad for the Avengers film - I didn't feel that way, though I guess they could have trimmed the "we are SHIELD" bit, although they did need to explain why the authorities hadn't picked up this dude!
Though Anthony Hopkins here was better than he was in BEOWULF(ug) and ALEXANDER (double UG). I even tolerated Natalie Portman being part of another franchise - I was getting sick of her enough not to go see BLACK SWAN. And the rest of the cast really good - glad they gave Stellan Skarsgard (whatever the name is) more to do, otherwise why cast him? People forget he was in the PIRATES movies, too.
It was nice to finally have a big-time movie worthy of summer blockbuster popcorn fun!