Every family has a black sheep. Now being a black sheep is not a bad
thing, it just means that you don’t seem to fit in with everyone else. That is
what I felt Thor must be to The Avenger family after watching “Thor” in 2011.
It seemed to me that “Thor” was only made so you would know who he was in “The
Avengers” and to give S.H.I.E.L.D. some more face time. The first film felt
rushed as they tried to explain to everyone just who this “Thor” guy is. Well
here we are with another go around, and after “The Avengers”, it can only get
better right?
It seems like if you were a family of Gods that
you would have everything worked out. Well Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is back from
saving Earth and has locked up his troublesome brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) so
that he cannot cause any more trouble. In the time between the first film and
now, it has been over two years, and Thor has been a busy guy. Not only did he
save Earth, but he has also been bringing peace to the Nine Realms. Meanwhile
back on Earth, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) is still waiting for Thor to come
back for her. Jane though is not sitting in her room eating ice cream; no she
is still discovering new things in the name of science. One discovery takes her
to another planet, where something attaches itself to Jane. Like a knight in
shining armor, Thor comes and takes her to Asgard, so that they can learn what
inhabits Jane’s body. What they find is an evil long thought to have been
destroyed with a power that can rip apart the universe.
You have to hand it to these superheroes nowadays,
because the one thing they are is consistent.
Everywhere they go the leave a trail of destruction. Yeah I know they
save the day, but how many buildings have to be destroyed before that happens? Thor
this time helps make a mess of a part on London, at least New York gets a break
this time. The screenplay was written by Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus,
and Stephen McFreely, who also are responsible for the Captain America sequel.
Well if this movie is any indication of what is to come all I can say is that
it is not good. The story is just not exciting. It is like; we have to make
these “Thor” movies so we can put him in “The Avengers”. I for one think Thor
deserves better. There is nothing wrong with Chris Hemsworth, it is just the
material he’s been given, I mean can’t we come up with better stories for the
God of Thunder? (after hundreds of issues of comic book stories). In the end
everything will be OK this film will make two hundred million, and they will
talk about “Thor 3”. Let’s just hope that by then Thor will not get the movie
he needs, but the movie he deserves.
Brian Taylor
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