.....and we enjoyed it, but I think I liked the first movie a little more.
The Link
Good action and acting in a fast paced and fairly complex story that viewers 13 and older should be able to follow fairly easily.
I thought my oldest grandkids, ages 8, 7 and 5, were a little young to understand it all, but they liked the super hero action/fantasy stuff and seemed unharmed by the rest of it.
I felt the interaction and passion between Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Jane (Natalie Portman) was underwritten and under expressed throughout the entire movie.
She's a beauty and he's a hunk, but IMHO their relationship goes "clunk."
Heck, Superman and Lois Lane had lots more romance and mystery going on.
This lack of sexual tension between Thor and Jane both surprised and disappointed this dirty old moviegoer.
"The Vikings" on TV was much better for me.
Of course, this is fantasy and that depicted reality.
I just remember how Robin Hood and Maid Marian, Tarzan and Jane and even King Kong and Fay Wray/Jessica Lange/Naomi Watts all had way more suggestive stuff going on.
In my fantasies, the heroes and heroines always go to pound town even if that's not graphically shown on the comic book's pulpy pages or up on the silver screen.
I realize that Thor genitally hammering Jane (even very, very, very gently) could not have been allowed with a PG-13 rating; but Odin and Frigga, Darcy Lewis (the intern) and Ian Boothby (the intern's intern), the folks in the Twilight trilogy and even heroic Thor and his evil brother Loki in this movie, "Thor: The Dark World," showed vengeful bromance and everyone else in this heavy-handed flick seemingly pulsed, pounced and pounded away with more sexual tension than did Hemsworth and Portman.
JMO.
Recommended for fans of the genre.
Be sure to see the extra scenes after the credits roll.
Your thoughts?
The Link
Good action and acting in a fast paced and fairly complex story that viewers 13 and older should be able to follow fairly easily.
I thought my oldest grandkids, ages 8, 7 and 5, were a little young to understand it all, but they liked the super hero action/fantasy stuff and seemed unharmed by the rest of it.
I felt the interaction and passion between Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Jane (Natalie Portman) was underwritten and under expressed throughout the entire movie.
She's a beauty and he's a hunk, but IMHO their relationship goes "clunk."
Heck, Superman and Lois Lane had lots more romance and mystery going on.
This lack of sexual tension between Thor and Jane both surprised and disappointed this dirty old moviegoer.
"The Vikings" on TV was much better for me.
Of course, this is fantasy and that depicted reality.
I just remember how Robin Hood and Maid Marian, Tarzan and Jane and even King Kong and Fay Wray/Jessica Lange/Naomi Watts all had way more suggestive stuff going on.
In my fantasies, the heroes and heroines always go to pound town even if that's not graphically shown on the comic book's pulpy pages or up on the silver screen.
I realize that Thor genitally hammering Jane (even very, very, very gently) could not have been allowed with a PG-13 rating; but Odin and Frigga, Darcy Lewis (the intern) and Ian Boothby (the intern's intern), the folks in the Twilight trilogy and even heroic Thor and his evil brother Loki in this movie, "Thor: The Dark World," showed vengeful bromance and everyone else in this heavy-handed flick seemingly pulsed, pounced and pounded away with more sexual tension than did Hemsworth and Portman.
JMO.
Recommended for fans of the genre.
Be sure to see the extra scenes after the credits roll.
Your thoughts?
