Thor- Kenneth Branagh
Theme and director’s intention
"”Thor" begins in the New Mexico desert – ground zero for all things extraterrestrially spooky. Astrophysicist Jane Foster (Portman), her mentor Dr. Erik Sevig(Stellan Skarsgård), and sidekick Darcy (Kat Dennings) are investigating an atmospheric disturbance when a big, bearded stranger – that would be Thor, played by hunky Australian soap star Chris Hemsworth – knocks into their RV”- The Christian Monitor
“Kenneth Branagh’s take on the ancient sagas, and there is pleasure to be plundered from some of the battle scenes, especially when Thor is confronting ice monsters with blood-red eyes, and from the culture clash that resounds when he descends to present-day Earth and, as luck would have it, bumps into Jane (Natalie Portman)”-Anthony Lane
“"Thor" begins at the story level, with a screenplay that essentially links special effects. Some of the dialog is mock heroic ("You are unworthy of your title, and I'll take from you your power!") and some of it winks ironically ("You know, for a crazy homeless person... he's pretty cut.") It adapts the original Stan Lee strategy for Marvel, where characters sometimes spoke out of character”-Roger Ebert
Separate elements and their relationship to the whole
“Scholars of Norse mythology will be surprised to learn that when Thor (Chris Hemsworth), son of Odin (Anthony Hopkins), wields his mighty hammer, flinging it at his foes, he can get it to come back again like a boomerang. (The cheerful Hemsworth is Australian, which may help.)”-Anthony Lane
“Thor's brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is dark-haired, skinny, shifty-eyed and sadly lacking in charisma. He might as well be wearing a name tag: "Hi! I can't be trusted!" These villains lack adequate interest to supply a climactic battle, so the plot provides a Metal Giant, sends him to the New Mexico town, and has him blast fiery rays that blow up gas stations real good but always miss his targets” -Roger Ebert
Branagh seems to have confused the sequences involving Odin and Thor with Shakespeare at his most doomy. In most other respects, this $150 million epic is monumentally cheesy. The special effects in the Asgard scenes are scaled big, and the Earth scenes, by deliberate contrast, are rather plain. -The Cristian Monitor
Objective evaluation of the film
“High spirits, however, count for more than accuracy in Kenneth Branagh’s take on the ancient sagas, and there is pleasure to be plundered from some of the battle scenes, especially when Thor is confronting ice monsters with blood-red eyes, and from the culture clash that resounds when he descends to present-day Earth and, as luck would have it, bumps into Jane (Natalie Portman)” -Anthony Lane
“ It adapts the original Stan Lee strategy for Marvel, where characters sometimes spoke out of character. -Roger Ebert
“I prefer the goofier approach, which is why, even though Hemsworth isn't going to be cast in "King Lear" anytime soon, he's the best thing about "Thor." He's absorbed the central lesson of his musclehead movie forebears: Beefcake is best when it's making fun of itself” -The Cristian Monitor
Subjective evaluation of the film
“Where the movie falters and slumps is in a galaxy far, far away, where the set designs have a tacky golden gleam, and where the quarrels of the gods—basically, the dark-haired traitor versus the warm, impulsive blond—come across as an interminable snit. With Kat Dennings as a friend of Jane’s, who fires off a few smart lines and then almost fades from the picture”-Anthony Lane
“The director given this project, Kenneth Branagh, once obtained funding for a magnificent 70mm version of "Hamlet." Now he makes "Thor." I wonder with a dread fear if someone in Hollywood, stuck with a movie about a Norse god, said "Get Branagh. He deals with that Shakespeare shit."-Roger Ebert
“Branagh seems to have confused the sequences involving Odin and Thor with Shakespeare at his most doomy.-The Cristian Monitor
The film’s level of ambition
Anthony Lane states nothing!
“special effects”-Roger Ebert
“Grade: C+ (Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence.)”
Words you found interesting.
Tacky, pitiful, Beefcake
Reviewer Citation:
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2011/0506/Thor-movie-review
"”Thor" begins in the New Mexico desert – ground zero for all things extraterrestrially spooky. Astrophysicist Jane Foster (Portman), her mentor Dr. Erik Sevig(Stellan Skarsgård), and sidekick Darcy (Kat Dennings) are investigating an atmospheric disturbance when a big, bearded stranger – that would be Thor, played by hunky Australian soap star Chris Hemsworth – knocks into their RV”- The Christian Monitor
“Kenneth Branagh’s take on the ancient sagas, and there is pleasure to be plundered from some of the battle scenes, especially when Thor is confronting ice monsters with blood-red eyes, and from the culture clash that resounds when he descends to present-day Earth and, as luck would have it, bumps into Jane (Natalie Portman)”-Anthony Lane
“"Thor" begins at the story level, with a screenplay that essentially links special effects. Some of the dialog is mock heroic ("You are unworthy of your title, and I'll take from you your power!") and some of it winks ironically ("You know, for a crazy homeless person... he's pretty cut.") It adapts the original Stan Lee strategy for Marvel, where characters sometimes spoke out of character”-Roger Ebert
Separate elements and their relationship to the whole
“Scholars of Norse mythology will be surprised to learn that when Thor (Chris Hemsworth), son of Odin (Anthony Hopkins), wields his mighty hammer, flinging it at his foes, he can get it to come back again like a boomerang. (The cheerful Hemsworth is Australian, which may help.)”-Anthony Lane
“Thor's brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is dark-haired, skinny, shifty-eyed and sadly lacking in charisma. He might as well be wearing a name tag: "Hi! I can't be trusted!" These villains lack adequate interest to supply a climactic battle, so the plot provides a Metal Giant, sends him to the New Mexico town, and has him blast fiery rays that blow up gas stations real good but always miss his targets” -Roger Ebert
Branagh seems to have confused the sequences involving Odin and Thor with Shakespeare at his most doomy. In most other respects, this $150 million epic is monumentally cheesy. The special effects in the Asgard scenes are scaled big, and the Earth scenes, by deliberate contrast, are rather plain. -The Cristian Monitor
Objective evaluation of the film
“High spirits, however, count for more than accuracy in Kenneth Branagh’s take on the ancient sagas, and there is pleasure to be plundered from some of the battle scenes, especially when Thor is confronting ice monsters with blood-red eyes, and from the culture clash that resounds when he descends to present-day Earth and, as luck would have it, bumps into Jane (Natalie Portman)” -Anthony Lane
“ It adapts the original Stan Lee strategy for Marvel, where characters sometimes spoke out of character. -Roger Ebert
“I prefer the goofier approach, which is why, even though Hemsworth isn't going to be cast in "King Lear" anytime soon, he's the best thing about "Thor." He's absorbed the central lesson of his musclehead movie forebears: Beefcake is best when it's making fun of itself” -The Cristian Monitor
Subjective evaluation of the film
“Where the movie falters and slumps is in a galaxy far, far away, where the set designs have a tacky golden gleam, and where the quarrels of the gods—basically, the dark-haired traitor versus the warm, impulsive blond—come across as an interminable snit. With Kat Dennings as a friend of Jane’s, who fires off a few smart lines and then almost fades from the picture”-Anthony Lane
“The director given this project, Kenneth Branagh, once obtained funding for a magnificent 70mm version of "Hamlet." Now he makes "Thor." I wonder with a dread fear if someone in Hollywood, stuck with a movie about a Norse god, said "Get Branagh. He deals with that Shakespeare shit."-Roger Ebert
“Branagh seems to have confused the sequences involving Odin and Thor with Shakespeare at his most doomy.-The Cristian Monitor
The film’s level of ambition
Anthony Lane states nothing!
“special effects”-Roger Ebert
“Grade: C+ (Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence.)”
Words you found interesting.
Tacky, pitiful, Beefcake
Reviewer Citation:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/05/_i_didnt_attend_the.html
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/thor_branagh 2011http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2011/0506/Thor-movie-review
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