Natalie Portman's voice grates on me.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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Sue - May 06, 2011 11:57:35 am PDT #14376 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Gris - May 06, 2011 11:58:58 am PDT #14377 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I like every movie I've ever seen Portman in except the Star Wars films. I haven't seen V for Vendetta or a lot of the ones that look pretty crap (No Strings Attached, The Other Boleyn Girl, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium) so perhaps I'm just choosing good movies for her. I've never seen a movie that made me think "I didn't know she could do THAT!" the way Rachel's Getting Married did for Anne Hathaway, (I didn't see Black Swan ), but I find her generally quite enjoyable to watch. And look at.
Toddson - May 06, 2011 12:12:01 pm PDT #14378 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I clicked on ita's link - and I'm not sorry!
("she's just a girl" ... yes, a heavily armed girl)
smonster - May 06, 2011 2:40:11 pm PDT #14379 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I will always and continually forgive Natalie Portman becauase of Leon.
ita is me. Hmmm, I could watch that right now.
I clicked on ita's link - and I'm not sorry!
Heh. Am waiting for clip to load but I suspect it's going to make me wish I had The Losers to watch. I do have Transporter 3... ita, have you seen that?
Matt the Bruins fan - May 06, 2011 3:25:02 pm PDT #14380 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Zoe Saldana kills people and has sex with Michael Vartan.
Live the dream, baby, live the dream.
No fair picking my dream to live, though!
Hayden - May 06, 2011 3:49:00 pm PDT #14381 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I hear you on IO9, ita. I don't read the site regulary myself, but it sure seems that most of the reviews I've seen linked have been of the masterpiece/failure dichotomy. But those are the ones that people are more likely to post.
smonster - May 06, 2011 3:50:27 pm PDT #14382 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I clicked on ita's link - and I'm not sorry!
Whoa. Good link.
Amy - May 06, 2011 4:28:11 pm PDT #14383 of 30000
Because books.
Not movies, but the io9 recapper is pretty balanced about Supernatural.
§ ita § - May 07, 2011 11:31:22 am PDT #14384 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Thor was pretty successful. I have no prior investment in the character, just general familiarity of how Asgard fits into Marvel, and have seen him in a few guest shots.
But I got pretty caught up in the movie considering I'm still convinced Johann should be Thor over Chris (although for a moment there Idris won out over all). The love interest part was largely mumbo jumbo, although Natalie Portman was just fine. Kat Dennings was cooler.
Oh, and STAY PAST THE CREDITS. That's probably the most post-credit action I've seen in a while, and it definitely looks like it has plot in it for the Avengers movie.
One thing I don't understand. Obviously Loki had another way to get to Earth--he visits Thor that way, and who knows how he gets there for the post-credit sequence--I'm not entirely sure what that was all about. He told Heimdall there were other ways. Why didn't Heimdall tell Thor?
SailAweigh - May 07, 2011 11:50:24 am PDT #14385 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Well, you guys have decided me; I'm going to see Thor for Mother's Day tomorrow. But not in 3D.