1998 Blade Astonishing
2000 X-Men Excellent
2002 Blade II BADASS
Spider-Man Great
2003 Daredevil Occurred
X2 Solid
Hulk Ang
2004 The Punisher unseen
Spider-Man 2 Stellar
Blade: Trinity Lame
2005 Elektra unknown (but really, someone greenlighted this?)
Fantastic Four Alba
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand If I hyphenate soul-crushing...is that one word?
2007 Ghost Rider Ugh (or the sound of being kicked in the crotch/face)
Spider-Man 3 Shrug
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Non-existent
2008 Iron Man Resurgence/Favs
The Incredible Hulk Okay
Punisher: War Zone Curious (I friggin' own this and haven't seen it)
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine unfinished (I've seen parts)
2010 Iron Man 2 Letdown
I saw ‘Thor’ last night and was very impressed. I thought that Kenneth Branagh + Thor was an equation that should never be solved, but I was surprised by how much I liked it. The dude who played Thor, Chris Hemsworth, was awesome. Natalie Portman continued her reign as ultra-hot goddess of fanboy-cinema (completely factual). And the action was very cool (initial ice-battle was pretty kickass). I also loved the big dude who played the guardian/teleport operator of Asgard. Intense.
Only minuses were the lame crew that Thor rolled with (Xena, Jackie Chan and Robin Hood) and the post-credits scene was not as boner-inducing as I would have preferred. Nitpickery aside, check this one out. It's the best Marvel flick since Iron Man, hands down. Oh, and any film featuring Anthony Hopkins gets a B+ out of the gate (unless it’s Hannibal).
Okay, so I know that I'm approximately 376 days late on this post, but I'm commenting anyway. We redboxed this one last night to watch with my brother and his girlfriend, but it got late so we didn't put it in. We almost scrapped it again tonight, but decided to go ahead and give it a whirl. And I must say, I'm really glad we did! I'm not much of a comic book buff, and after not being super impressed with Captain America a few weeks ago (sorry), I didn't have my hopes up too high. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this one! It was totally not what I was expecting. I think a huge part of why I liked it so much was the actors - I'm a big Anthony Hopkins/Stellan Skaarsgard/Natalie Portman fan, and it would be very hard not to like Chris Hemsworth in this role. Obviously it's not a comedy, but I had a few laugh-out-loud moments at his interactions with the mortals of earth (ie. your title for this blog post). I also laughed when I read your review, as I had the exact same feelings about Thor's group of friends - lame. Anyway, you're probably racking your brain just to remember the movie, as it has been a year, so I'll wrap this up. In a nutshell, I thought it was a great flick, and definitely worth the 1 hour 55 minutes I put into it. And you're right - that guy who was the guardian/teleport operator of Asgard rocked.
ReplyDeleteWhile nothing holds a candle to the collective awesomeness of The Avengers, I recall having a blast with Thor.
ReplyDeleteI've only rewatched the scene where the Destroyer beats the crap out of Thor.
Matty loves that part.