The reaction to this movie seems to be love it or hate it. I think I fall just left of the middle. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins are iconic in their roles. Zach Levi won us over as Fandral and it was so good to have more time with the warriors four (with their borrowed UK accents) and Jaimie Alexander is the perfect Lady Sif. Idris Alba (a superb actor) was, finally, allowed more scope to personalize his role, and that was an improvement from the first movie. I am a huge fan of Natalie Portman, and believe her to be a fine actress, but there was just something missing between Jane and Thor (there was actually more chemistry between Thor and the woman on The Tube - which made me wonder if they had cast Chris' wife - and that scene was only 24 seconds long*). And, I can't leave a discussion about the acting without a shout out to Kat Dennings who just proves that the size of the part does not define the greatness of the performance. The movie had a heightened sense of grandeur (The Old Royal Naval College was a huge asset to the filming) giving us, almost, grand LORD OF THE RINGS moments in the battle scenes and, yet, I found the award worthy CGI was overused elsewhere in the movie, which causes a disconnect from the audience. Even on rewatching, I think it could have been superb, but I can only give this film a 7 (good) out of 10. [Marvel Action Adventure]
Review by Nancy L DraperVIP 8BlockedParent2019-03-18T17:23:42Z
The reaction to this movie seems to be love it or hate it. I think I fall just left of the middle. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins are iconic in their roles. Zach Levi won us over as Fandral and it was so good to have more time with the warriors four (with their borrowed UK accents) and Jaimie Alexander is the perfect Lady Sif. Idris Alba (a superb actor) was, finally, allowed more scope to personalize his role, and that was an improvement from the first movie. I am a huge fan of Natalie Portman, and believe her to be a fine actress, but there was just something missing between Jane and Thor (there was actually more chemistry between Thor and the woman on The Tube - which made me wonder if they had cast Chris' wife - and that scene was only 24 seconds long*). And, I can't leave a discussion about the acting without a shout out to Kat Dennings who just proves that the size of the part does not define the greatness of the performance. The movie had a heightened sense of grandeur (The Old Royal Naval College was a huge asset to the filming) giving us, almost, grand LORD OF THE RINGS moments in the battle scenes and, yet, I found the award worthy CGI was overused elsewhere in the movie, which causes a disconnect from the audience. Even on rewatching, I think it could have been superb, but I can only give this film a 7 (good) out of 10. [Marvel Action Adventure]
*https://youtu.be/10kkPoTal_A