Thor Reviews

Cayo: Thor is a movie of uneven proportions. Like what I keep telling my friends after seeing the film, the cast was superb! Hands down. I never could have picked a better cast to do the film. But on the other hand the movie itself lacked the “kick” that you’d come to expect from the God of Thunder. “Kulang sa action, kulang sa madyik madyik, kulang sa dating.”

In any case, I still enjoyed the movie. It was, what I would call, a teaser for the upcoming AVENGERS. The movie could understandably get poor ratings, but it did hype up the expectations for The Avengers (let’s just hope it lives up to all the expectations). Thor was more like a 60-minute trailer for The Avengers, an introduction of the God of thunder; and that’s it. No more.

So, should you watch the movie? Yes, because it still is entertaining, and for those who aren’t familiar with Thor, the movie gives a good enough backgrounder on our superhero. But DON’T watch it in 3D, its not going to be worth it.
And oh, one last thing, wait for the after credits. :D
“That’s very interesting…”

PS
Natalie Portman and Jamie Alexander are also enough of a reason to see the film :p

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PAM: This is an anticipated movie because it introduces one of the key characters in the much-awaited The Avengers.

As this is a popular comic book story made into a TV cartoon, and now a movie, most are familiar with the plot. What we wanted to see was how it was translated into a full feature film and how the director and actors breathed life into the characters.

Cayo posted on his Facebook page (http://on.fb.me/jv4YQn) that the casting was good because the physical attributes of the actors chosen for each character – from Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Frigga (Rene Russo), Loki (Tom Hiddleston), Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), Sif (Jaimie Alexander), Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgard) to Thor himself (Chris Hemsworth) – closely resembled those in the Marvel comic illustrations. I agree, especially with the casting of Hemsworth as Thor: buff body, the right amount of blond-blue eyes-beard combo, and the voice!

However, the high production values were not able to compensate for the lack of oomph in the telling of the story.  There were a lot of themes to go around with: good vs evil (of course), power and greed, revenge, war and peace (how to keep peace given that two races will never really be friends), identity, legends, myths and science (or magic as science we do not yet understand, and science as magic we use to subdue others); but all of these were not explored with much complexity. Hiddleston’s portrayal of Loki had more depth than Hemsworth’s  Thor.

It’s ok for an introductory movie, I guess that’s what Thor was for, to introduce The Avengers.

Don’t watch in 3D, it’s not worth it… oh and don’t leave yet when the credits start to roll.

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KEI: One of my guilty pleasures--to waste a good sum of money in this Hollywood flick to see Chris Hemsworth's abs. Such a pleasure indeed. Other than that, the film is nothing but a short episode in the long wait for 'The Avengers'. A lot of big names in the film, big stars parading for a short screen time: Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard. With little screen time not fit for their big names. So-so performances, save for Sir Anthony Hopkins, who managed to be stellar in that fatherly role even if his character died in the middle of the film. He was the only saving grace of this big-budget Hollywood film. And Thor's abs.