| Rating: | ★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Jotunheim could use a bit more work. I mean, yeah, it's suppose to be a frozen place not meant for vacationing tourists, but it totally lacked showing the Frost Giant as having a civilisation in their own right.
The storyline though, is a bit weak, and lacking in direction.
I can accept that this is not meant to take place in Marvel universe 616, so Sif didn't try to take Jane Porter's head for kissing Thor.
The character that actually stole the show was Loki.
His was the best developed character in the show, and by the time the show came to the climatic confrontation between Loki and Thor, I was not sure which of them the cinema-goers were supposed to support.
I commented to Snowylady that the female cast of the show were little more than "flower vases" and she agreed.
Cheesy dialog, predictable plot, and overly choppy fight scenes to boot. The only good point is the use of visual effects.
ReplyDeleteI gave up on fighting scenes since they started using CGI to do it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I'm giving this 4 stars because of Chris Hemsworth and *that* scene. Any living breathing straight female will have the same reaction as Natalie Portman.
ReplyDeleteBut by far, yes, I agree with you, my favourite character and my sympathies were with Loki. Thor was eye candy but Loki was the one I feel for.
The film was in fact fairly accurate about Loki's origins. I knew that he was a jotunn (kind of a Norse equivalent of Prometheus in Greek mythology), but I missed predicting that plot twist in the film - probably because I never expected them to actually stick to the real Norse mythology to that extent.
ReplyDeleteHmmm ... okay ... my wife never let me forget my reaction to the scene in Zorro when Catherine Zeta Jones' dress shoulders were snipped off ...
ReplyDeleteLol You should have also observed your wife's reaction to that scene (the memory of it still brings a smile :)); after all these years, it was your chance to call it even.
ReplyDeleteNo point ... all these while, she and my sis-in-law have been shamelessly drooling over shows with Takeshi Kaneshiro.
ReplyDeleteI concur. She has good taste :)
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