First up, something that I'm waiting desperately to see:
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| He's...he's beautiful. |
Thank you,
Marvel. Thank you for giving
me us this. I just (*whimper*) I just wanna (*sob*) believe that, oh god- hold it together...keep it together you moron...I mean, I saw the Thor
trailer and I got scared...Just...please, please, please don't let
me us down.
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| Everything about this picture is a sham. |
On the other hand, and this is gonna get awkward, you have...Thor. Dude, I just don't get it. Don't get me wrong, I loved the Avengers- I thought they took it to the X-Men, (*cough*
fuckingfanboynerd*cough*), and when Iron Man came out in theaters- I said a tear-filled-pillow-whispering-prayer that Thor and the Captain would be on the way. Hell, I'd love to see what modern twist there could be for Vision and Scarlett Witch- you just know there'd be some awesome tech/mystic effects that Hollywood would love to get their greasy hands on.
To get back on track- Thor looks terrible. I just don't understand how you can have Natalie Portman, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Chris Hemsworth (who fucking killed it, in Star Trek), Stellan Skarsgard and Idris Elba...and make this look so...I can't really put my finger on it- they just look like everyone is going for DRAMATIC POSE-HEROIC DIALOG-POSE-ACTION. Blegh.
Last thing: I know that a lot of people have been upset about Idris playing a black Norse deity, and really I think it's kind of childish to get upset, but within the cannon of the comic story- it's...kind of tough to call. I don't know exactly who he's playing other than a "norse god", but I think I may have opted to give him another role. Meh, whatever, the shame is that he's in a terrible looking movie.
Finally, Spiderman.
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| Don't know why you're look down, YOU don't have to kiss Kirsten Dunst. |
I have to say that Andrew Garfield, at first, did not have my attention as Peter Parker. As a matter of fact, I did, and have all but written off Spiderman movies after the last disaster, and more certainly so soon after they chose to do a reboot of the franchise. But I unknowingly, (meaning I have a short attention span), saw him in The Social Network and suddenly got the connection.
For me Peter Parker is
supposed to be a skinny, dorky looking guy. Even though Tobey Maguire
was convincing as Peter Parker, I only really believed it when he had the suit on because he seemed like an athletic fit. Spiderman is a strong guy, he's cut, just because he can lift a car- doesn't mean he has to look like a meat-head.
I guess I'm looking forward to what comes from this- I guess if its a reboot, they can do whatever they want; but the public doesn't want to see Doc Oc again- they wanna see something new...you have the entire Marvel Universe at your hands...X-Men was successful and so was Iron Man. I would totally believe that implanting any
one of those characters in this movie, if only for a second, will not only help it stand out on its own but begin to ready an audience of people who aren't familiar with comic book cross-overs, to
become ready.
Plus it would be badass. (or just have Phoenix Jones as Luke Cage...fucking yeah.)
