Thor? Phwaoar! :-p

Yep, watched Thor last night. Yep, am in love ;-) I've never gone for a blonde before. And I usually can't stand guys with long hair. I think it was the arms that did it, just look at them! 

Thor

But in all seriousness, I loved the movie. The trailer really doesn't do it justice at all. In fact, it made it look pretty dull and I'm not the only one who thought so. Quite a few of my friends were completely underwhelmed by the trailer and don't really believe me when I tell them what a fun movie it was.


As someone who knows next to nothing about the myths of Thor and Asgard, everything was surprisingly easy to understand and get into. It's also great to see a superhero/ fantasy movie that I don't know everything about for once! The story was a bit predictable at times but of course it would be, it's a superhero movie.


Meshing the world of Asgard with the real world can't have been easy and could have been a disaster but by some miracle, they pulled it off! Asgard was amazing to look at, especially the rainbow bridge (even though at first it reminded me of super mario kart [watch here] or Michael Jackson's 'the way you make me feel' video) and also the bifrost in action as it sent them to other worlds.


If, like me, you thought "what's so great about a hammer?" you will be amazed about just how great the hammer of Thor is. The action scenes were all enjoyable and it was great to see everyone's powers and how they use them. 


Natalie Portman was perfectly cast and did a great job. I loved how tiny she is because it made Thor look even bigger plus it made it easier to put myself in her shoes ;-). Kat Dennings was funny as usual, even though it was a small part. The good thing about the movie is that despite its extremely serious dramatic scenes there was still humour. And not the kind of puerile over the top humour that killed 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.' Actually, I think everyone was perfect and Idris Alba was especially awesome as Heimdall, the guardian of the worlds. 


A few things took me out of the movie though. The first was my own problem and nothing to do with the film-makers. Whenever they had slow music it sounded a lot like a children's song I'd just heard at work that day a billion times called "koala, koala" and it kept coming into my head during the movie. The second was during the final fight when the antagonist kept saying rather theatrically "haha!" which kinda spoiled it. Don't know what idiot told him that was a good idea. Also, during most of the closeups, it seemed to me that I could see the foundation and face powder on all the men's faces, especially Thor.


In line with the latest stupid movie fad, there is a scene after ALL of the credits which we stayed to see because someone told us we should stay and watch it. It so wasn't worth the wait. I don't get why they showed it at the end of the credits instead of just putting it at the end of the movie. If I was you, I'd wait till they show it on youtube or just ask me what happens and I'll tell you.


I regret not seeing it all in 3d but never mind, will just watch it in 3d next week when I get my contact lenses :-)