THOR

How perfect to have walked out of "THOR" to a lightning storm. The kind where the clouds are almost black and the lightning bolts are visible. Just poetic. It was like walking out of a porn theater to a blowjob.

The movie was good. I had no issues with it. It's not a movie that I would want to watch over and over, but the action, visuals and performances were very satisfying. And let me say, that is something for everyone involved to be proud of because by all means this movie should have sucked. It's based on a relatively uninteresting comic book character with a stereotypical backstory. The only reason most comic readers know about Thor is because he happens to pop up in stories about characters they actually care about. I've never met somebody who had this guy in their list of favorite comic book characters beside the girl from Adventures in Babysitting. So to take a character and story with which there isn't a significant amount of support from the fanbase and make a movie that is genuinely entertaining in all aspects - they deserve a reward.

Marvel studios does a good job at wedging in little things for the fans without causing head scratchers for the average movie goer and they dropped a few shiny nuggets in this one that made me smile. Like all of their movies so far, you can wait through the credits for a post script scene. They chose to further THOR's story with this moment rather than just show the ear hair of some character that might show up in a new movie down the road. I found that to be bittersweet, but it was worth holding my pee for a few extra minutes.

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I found the rape scene between Thor and the frost Giant to be in poor taste. It was extremely graphic and I have no idea how they got away with a PG-13. I almost left the theater when he pulled a gun on the frost giant afterward and said "Thor forgot to wear a condom. Thor doesn't want any kids" then proceeded to shoot the giant in the stomach. Messed up. What was he even doing with a gun on Asgard?


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No matter who you are, comic fan or not, as long as you're up for a big fun action adventure film, you will enjoy this one. Definitely give it a shot.

Next up we have X-Men and Captain America to look forward to. I have hopes for Captain America and I would be shocked if X-Men didn't pick me up and punch me in the chest right in front of my mom. (That means I think it's gonna be awesome)