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XIII Rocks
Dutch angles
Dutch angles everywhere
So many dutch angles.
Apart from that I like how they got Kenneth Brannagh to do what is prooooobably the most "Shakespearean" MCU movie - Brannagh compared it to Henry IV/V pre-release but there's obvious very broad comparisons to be made with the fantasies too. Couple that with hiring Hopkins, who obviously nails it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEs4lUlqc6I) and you have a movie with strong acting... credibility. Props to Hemsworth and Hiddleston for doing a great job as relative unknowns. In terms of the plot, Thor's arc in the movie is obvious, but ultimately satisfying. The way Loki is handled is excellent, creating sympathy from the start for probably the MCU's greatest villain. But the movie is short on satisfying action and Thor kind of looks...weird here. Like go back and look at him. Look at his eyebrows. wtf?

HanOfTheNekos
Good action, good world building. Most of the characters, including side characters, were well-developed and heavily appreciated. I LOVED how they did Hawkeye... just a little taste of him... and he doesn't even do anything.

Coulson... the guy gets a LOT better in Avengers. But to this point, he's shown in every movie but Hulk... and Captain America? So he's basically the guy. It's nice seeing how SHIELD develops and everything, bit by bit.

I didn't really like the romance aspect of Thor. It felt cheap. Like, let's use Natalie Portman's star power, and write in a typical love story just cuz a hero needs a love story. It gives him a little bit more heroism to destroy the bridge in the end cutting her off. That said, Loki specifically told Heimdall there were other ways to travel the realms, so...

It was solid. A little more enjoyable than being completely neutral.

Inviso
As a character, Thor is great for throwing into a fish out of water storyline, because hes powerful enough to make that sort of thing funny. And in broader terms, I like his storyline over the course of the film. His character in the first quarter is basically the spoiled villain prince we see all the time in high fantasy stories, and yet he immediately gets smacked down to Earth (literally) and has to work to EARN his heroism, rather than just assuming it by way of his natural strength. Living amongst the mortals is a great way to teach him humility, and in theory, it makes his eventual resurrection feel EARNED. Similarly, I like Lokis characterization for the most part. We understand why he feels like a second fiddle to Thor, and why that might drive him to make rash and dangerous decisions. Unfortunately, I feel like having two major characters, each with their own major stories, waters down each individual story. Thors redemption is basically him being told his dad is dead, and realizing he needs to be a better person because of this. Lokis backstory is a bit cobbled together with just a LITTLE too little of a narrative through line. Its all still good, but it could have been better with a little more time (given how short the movie is.)

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Inviso