Monday, December 30, 2013

NOKW - Thor

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series where I point out things in a movie I can tolerate and then one thing I just couldn't (if you want, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  Thor

Basic Plot:  This is the origin story of Marvel's superhero Thor.  That should wrap it up.

I'm Okay With:  The fact that I actually thought this movie wasn't half bad.  The fact that I've always found it weird that an old Norse god is a Marvel superhero.  The fact that Thor wears his signature winged helmet for roughly three seconds in this movie.  The fact that I'm not ashamed to say that Chris Hemsworth is one good looking dude.  The fact that one of the Norse gods is Asian.  The fact that the frost giant race doesn't really seem to be a threat whatsoever considering they can't leave their shitty frozen planet without outside help, so why bother fighting them.  The fact that Thor and his pals thought it would be a good idea to go to the frost giant world by themselves and start a fight.  The fact that the robot used in this movie seems to be a rip-off of the one from The Day the Earth Stood Still.  The fact that SHIELD stealing all of Natalie Portman's research makes sense, but stealing all of her research equipment makes little sense.  The fact that the funniest two lines in the movie were Hawkeye's only two lines in the movie.  The fact that the movie ends with Thor not being able to go back to Earth and see Natalie Portman, but he has no troubles showing up on Earth in The Avengers.

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that Loki is supposed to be a frost giant and yet he is the smallest person in Asgard.  It's right there in his people's name.  Giant.  Every time they show a frost giant, it is huge.  And yet, Loki is tiny compared to them even though he is one of them.  On top of that, he is not only a frost giant, but the son of the king of frost giants.  So, is Loki big and strong like his dad?  Nope.  He is small and fairly puny despite being a full grown adult   He's even smaller than all of the women in Asgard..  Sure, he isn't blue like his brethren, but that is probably because he doesn't live in a frozen wasteland of a planet.  However, that doesn't explain why he isn't at least taller than everyone else in Asgard.  I am not okay with that.

"The fact that this guy was the best character in the movie (other than Loki) and he didn't get enough screen time."

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