And the thing is, I really WANTED to like it. I was totes excite.
I just really disliked it. Which is sad, because I liked the hot mess that was Iron Man 2.
I've yet to figure out what makes some movies click, and some not. I mean, I have an unholy fucking affection for some films that are probably not very good. Do you have any idea how many times I have seen Push? Many. Many times. In whole and in part. (It was a movie I went into with the expectation of, "this is $7, and I know from the gifsets it will be pretty, and I can always just put it in on mute while I sort my socks" and now I have it in multiple formats.)
That said, Paul also disliked it, as did my sister and brother-in-law, both of whom were huge fans of Thor from the comics.
Maybe the comics were the problem? The Thor run by Walter Simonson was just so good, that the film had a really high bar to clear? Also, the Lord of the Rings also set such a high bar for fantasy films in general?
Yeah but
Push
is great and totally underrated!
I really enjoyed
Thor,
which I didn't have much interest in beyond "Another MCU movie, plus Natalie Portman."
Yeah but Push is great and totally underrated!
::high fives::
Maybe the comics were the problem? The Thor run by Walter Simonson was just so good, that the film had a really high bar to clear? Also, the Lord of the Rings also set such a high bar for fantasy films in general?
Maybe for sis and BiL, but for me, it really was pacing and dialogue.
I floved Thor when I saw it originally, but I knew it was at least 75% being in a movie theater on a movie theater on a 100 degree day plus The Hems. Plus being an enjoyable, sunny movie after The Dark Knight had already (in my memory) started things trending darker. So I watched it again recently, and thought it was fine, but not as great as my memory.
I loved the first Thor but I only saw it once in the theaters and I now realize that I remember absolutely nothing about the movie. I don't know what the storyline was. I don't remember one single thing that happened. It was very pretty, though. I remember that much.
I've found both Thor movies to be a lot of fun. They've managed to strike the right balance between serious and goofy for movies about an alien space viking with a magic hammer who fights crime.
2nd Thor has a cameo by Captain America! ish.
Which was absolutely fantastic.
I also don't 100% agree with that Sady Doyle piece, but it's got a lot of good points. You almost can't evaluate the movie as a standalone work, except for the part where it's a movie and it kind of has to stand on its own.
