Comments on: ‘Thor’: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/ Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Devon https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98190 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98190 Why do you hate superhero movies so much, KJ?

]]> By: Andrew https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98189 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98189 I couldn\’t understand why Loki didn\’t crack wise, conspire, seduce, maim or even grin during the film\’s first half. He didn\’t even have a brotherly repartee with Thor. There was a tossed away line from one of the Warriors about his mischievous nature, but damned if the film had any designs on showing it. Not the portrayal I would have expected, even if, like you say, Hiddleston was excellent in it.

]]> By: Lincoln https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98188 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98188 A spoiler alert for those of us unaware of the cameo who hadn\’t seen it elsewhere would have been nice.

]]> By: cirkusfolk https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98187 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98187 Good job on this, even if I don\’t agree with everything.

I do agree with the first 30 minutes being listed as \”bad.\” I felt like I was watching Alexander all over again with Anthony Hopkins babbling on and on while we are subject to glimpses of wars etc. that we have no frame of reference to. Not knowing anything about Thor or his backstory, I spent the first 20 minutes asking a friend what the hell was Anthony Hopkins talking about and why do we care about ice giants.

Now I don\’t agree with the annoying Kat Dennings performance being listed as \”good.\” She played the same sarcastic character she always plays, and basically got on my nerves from the get go. Instead, you should\’ve listed Tom Hiddleston\’s performance because even though I can live with the divided charcter of Loki being in the \”ugly\” section, I thought Hiddleston was the best thing in the movie. I\’m kinda glad they\’ve chosen him to return in The Avengers.

]]> By: The Playlist https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98186 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98186 Kevin wrote this, but he included a lot of our thoughts in input. The team was torn on it. Katie and Jessica (our editors) seemed to like it, Drew said he woulda given it a B (the review is a B-) and I thought it was totally meh (not bad, but utterly forgettable C). So he basically just took all our thoughts about what worked and what didn\’t into a piece. It doesn\’t necessarily represent all of his thoughts. And I think he liked it more than I did too (i had very little overly positive to contribute to this). FYI.

]]> By: Magnus https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98185 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98185 Please tell me what other movie than Fast Five that opened better than Thor? Think you made a mistake…

]]> By: Lauren Champness https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98180 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98180 They better utilise only new villains in future Thor sequels. Loki should not be their equivalent of Lex Luthor or General Zod.

]]> By: Erik McClanahan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98184 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98184 You\’re right Magnus. It\’s been updated on the post.

]]> By: caro https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98183 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98183 almost agree except on Loki (he\’s very interesting at the end ,when he stops to whin) and i can\’t say Thor actor nails his character(Thor isn\’t an Aussie surfer) but he\’s very charismatic

]]> By: The Playlist https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98182 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98182 Second highest, my bad. I messed that in the edit. Thanks for the catch.

]]> By: Brendan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98181 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98181 You know, although the love story could have been executed better, I still found it fascinating to watch as there\’s a whole level to it you guys seemed to have missed: Thor isn\’t just a hot guy with superpowers that Jane has a little-girl crush on, he\’s a supernatural being who completely alters the way she, a scientist, thinks about her universe. The attraction is much more than superficial, she\’s essentially making out with the scientific find of the century, which I found amusing and pretty interesting. also we all <3 Natalie so get over it

]]> By: Dilara Kaplan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98170 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98170 Natalie Portman is one of the worst actresses ever so there is no way I\’m going to even consider watching this film.

]]> By: Danielle https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98179 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98179 I have to (mostly) disagree about the romance. Yes, it could have used more screen time to develop, but I found it completely believable and very charming. Chris and Natalie had great chemistry, and the movie certainly leaves room for their love to be more consummated in a sequel.

But then again, I am a girl.

]]> By: please https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98178 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98178 How was Loki that weak exactly? He killed plenty of Frost Giants on his own. He\’s not a brute like Thor is though. He\’s the God of Mischief, he uses manipulation and tricks. Hiddleston was great, by making him both sinister and sympathetic. The abrupt change is realizing he was never an equal in his father\’s eyes. The whole point was him trying to be Thor\’s equal (why he tried to pick up the hammer too). So if he destroyed the whole planet of Jotunheim, he would get rid of that part of himself.

Most of these things are nitpicks really. Like Hawkeye: if that were just a no-name soldier would you have had the complaint? Obviously we know his role in SHIELD, so it was just cool to see him. People complain when there\’s too many Avengers threads, but when they don\’t go that route they complain about it too.

The romance was fine, and they had great chemistry.

The action was very good. Loki-Thor\’s fight was perfectly coherent and the colors in it were magnificent. How can people complain about it, when most action these days is zoomed in shaky cam?

Asgard was the best part of the film, and is widely cited as such. Let\’s compare it to Phantom Menace. That\’s cool and topical jab.

The after credits scene is exactly that: after the movie. It has no bearing on what just happened, but what will. It\’s just a teaser for fans. If Loki showed up in the next movie no one would say anything, but because it\’s in an after credit scene it\’s a negative?

Loosen up.

]]> By: Kim https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98177 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98177 I thought the fish out of water thing for the merry four was funny. It wasn\’t bad. I was glad they made some of the absurd stuff (an alien dimension with magic!) literally funny where they showed it in kids books. Loki wasn\’t funny, and I felt like I needed to eat my whole bag of popcorn because he looked so hungry. Shirtless Thor made up for some of the \”ugly\” stuff.

]]> By: ken https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98176 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98176 As someone who has been critical of The Playlist\’s snark, this is actually a great article and it summed up my thoughts on the film perfectly. Nice work.

]]> By: Ian https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98175 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98175 Yeah, I totally disagree this time. Branagh did a stellar job of taking what could have been another tired & lame Marvel movie and made it seem fresh, funny, exciting, and all those other movie reviewer words. But I accede the 3D was superfluous & I hate wearing glasses over my glasses anyway.

]]> By: luckygirlmedia https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98174 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98174 Through no fault of his own, Tom Hiddleston looked and acted too much like DATA from STAR TREK:THE NEXT GENERATION for us to fully invest in his character at all. He better ramp up the emotional range and villainy for THE AVENGERS or all we can rely on will be Renner and Downey to pull that film through.

]]> By: please https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98173 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98173 He acted nothing like Data

]]> By: P862010 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98172 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98172 so the most epic part of the film – the opening with Asgard was bad LOL

play-list lost credibility a long time ago you just enforced it

]]> By: Kandi https://staging2.theplaylist.net/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-20110509/#comment-98171 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/thor-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-118750/#comment-98171 Good Point Kim on the shirtless thor part that was my fave part in the movie along with Jeremy\’s very wet cameo. lets see a very Shirtless thor and a very wet Hawkeye you can\’t chose of the two hotties. I say those two were my fave parts in the movie. If I Can rememeber Hawkeye was rooting for Thor.

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