May 6, 2011 Thor
Its been a loooong time since my last review. Lots of movies seen. Lots deleted. Lots lost over crashed hard drives.
Thor was what I hoped would be a great reason to write again. I wish.
High expectations from this flick, which continues the year for Marvel and takes off from the one stray scene in Iron Man 2 where Thor’s Hammer could be seen. Enough hints to know that this flick was expected to land heavy this year.
Being my first 3D movie (yes, believe it!), I had a lot of expectations. Unfortunately, I guess in India, a working late night show gets step motherly treatment at most places. 6 people in the theatre, 3D glasses with fingerprints, frequent cuts between scenes, and just the front speakers running.
But then, all that still does not account for what already seemed to be a very packed in & unemotionally made action extravaganza, which unfortunately seemed to be just a hurried attempt to cover as much story as possible before setting the scene up.
Chris Hemsworth, as Thor, looks like a God. Natalie Portman is wasted with hardly any time to develop any real connection.
I did read comparisons of this movie with other films like “Iron Man”, “The Dark Knight”, “The Lord of the Rings”. And I strongly disagree with all those fankids who think this movie measures up to any of those.
All throughout totally chaotic fight scenes, Zack Snyder was terribly missed. A repeat viewing is in the backburner before I catch Source Code (which I skipped in favor for this dud).
Rating: 5 / 10
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