It was a while since the premier of the first Marvel movie on Thor. This is the second movie with the same cast Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo and so on.
It follows the story of how Thor enlisted the help of his imprisoned half-brother Loki to combine their forces to fight the battle against the dark elf Malekith, who was woken up from a deep slumber in outer space by his secret weapon the Aether, whose sole purpose was to destroy the entire universe made up of the nine realms.
With his deep voice, Chris was as usual his hunky macho self as the Asgardian thunder god Thor who wielded the weapon Mjolnir. However, it was Tom who stole the thunder from him by putting up an excellent performance as his sneaky and untrustworthy brother Loki who stopped at nothing to betray his Asgardian race and heritage. There was a brief few seconds cameo by Stan Lee as a patient in a mental asylum and by Chris Evans as Captain America.
Overall, this movie didn't disappoint although I wasn't thrilled by the storyline or special effects. This could be attributed to the fact that I have watched too many such movies for it to have an impressionable impact on me. Anyway, I am so looking forward to the next Captain America movie which would premiere in April 2014.
I don't think this is a popular movie, judging from the small audience in the cinema. But it stars two of my favourite actor Chris Evans and actress Anna Faris and there was no way I was going to miss it.
Ally, the protagonist in this movie, realized from a magazine that she was sexually very promiscuous compared to the average women i.e. sister, girl friends, in her life. She already had 19 sex partners and according to the survey, women were unlikely going to be married once they have more than 20 sexual partners. Hence, she vowed to stay celibate until she meets the final one in her life. Therein began her search for ex-boyfriends or past partners in her attempt not to cross the magical number. Colin, the next door neighbour and a playboy who has a different sex partner every night, agreed to help her track down her past partners but ended up falling in love with her.
Compared to heavy 'Real Steel', this is a light-hearted comedy of sorts. I love Anna Faris, who always plays bimbo but likeable characters with a sweet voice in movies, such as 'Scary Movie' and 'The House Bunny'. Sadly, I feel she seems to have aged quite a bit since her role in the latter, which was shown in the cinemas not too long ago. I hope she won't disappear from the big screen any time soon.
As for Chris Evans, I feel such roles are most suitable for him although these roles would never bring him any fame. In my view, his cheerful and playful demeanour and personality suit such characters perfectly, unlike the round peg in a square hole role in 'Captain America'.
It is interesting how both of them were willing to bare all in some scenes in this non-critically acclaimed movie. Call me weird, but I at least had some peace between the ears after the very noisy 'Real Steel'.
I was waiting in anticipation when I knew they were going to make Marvel Comics' Captain America into a movie. Just like Green Lantern, I looked forward to who they were going to cast as the lead character. When I read that Chris Evans was finally chosen to play this comic hero, I was even more eager to wait for the release of this movie.
However, somehow I felt Chris is a miscast for the role. The Chris I know and grew to love from earlier movies e.g. The Cell, Fantastic Four's Human Torch, is a very sunny, cheeky and fun-loving guy. Captain America's conventional and solemn Steve Rogers appears to be everything he is not. No doubt this is the first big break for him as the leading man since he came onto the scene, and if this is a success, it will spawn at least 4 more sequels. In terms of career, it is very good for him. But I see him more fitting as other superhero characters such as Flash.
Recent newspaper reports of him suffering almost a mental breakdown was testament of the tremendous stress he was under. He bulked up so much for the role that it was simply unbelievable. Anyway, I will just enjoy the movie and wait for the upcoming series featuring Iron Man, Thor and Captain America in summer 2012 next year.
Coming back to the movie, I have always not been a fan of the Nazi war setting but I am sometimes amazed by how movie makers weaved history into the script, like in X-Men: First Class and this movie. What really got me amused and chuckling all the way to the end was how they made Chris looked like this scrawny, anorexic, geeky kid who wanted desperately to join the army, before he underwent the lab experiment that transformed him into the tall hunky soldier who later became Captain America. The costume was not as cool as Green Lantern but the shield is a classic.
By the way, I am looking forward to 'Final Destination 5', after watching the trailer shown before this movie screening. I am a huge fan of this cult series and watched every single one of the movies. The thought of a horrible death looming in your face and trying desperately to evade it at all costs is both extremely scary and nerve-wrecking.
