Just came back home from the Thor film.
It's hard to decide if I liked the movie or not. I kinda have mixed feelings.
On one hand, it was a very enjoyable ride. On the other hand, it was too much of a comedy film if you ask me.
Seriously, it was about the amount of comedy as in Iron Man 3 I'd say. To me, Iron Man 3 as a whole felt more serious though. I like films that have some lighthearted moments in them, but I feel it's getting too much now. The comedy was genuinely fun but I expect at least some more seriousness. It felt like they tried to be funny in pretty much every single scene.
As I said, it was still a good film, but twice in a row have Marvel films had extremely misleading and dishonest trailers. The trailers for IM3 and T2:TDW made me believe the films would be epic, emotional and tense.
This is starting to become a pretty serious problem in the MCU right now IMO. It's hard to take their films seriously if they keep going with this. There was a lot of comedy that made some scenes feel very unrealistic. Very much like the JJJ and kid scenes in the final battle in SM3 I'd say. Like, is that really how people would react and behave when there's a deadly battle right in front of them?
Another problem is the villains, Malekith and Kurse. They didn't have enough screen time and especially Malekith felt pretty lame. The ridiculous amount of comedy affects them as well. Not that any of them were involved in any comedy, but when the film tries to be funny all the time, it's also hard to take the threat seriously.
Loki was great though, and Jane was a bit more likeable this time. Thor was good too.
After having watched this film, I am even more thankful that X-Men is back on track at FOX right now, and that the film looks to be a very emotional and sad one. I need those now. It also makes me more worried at ASM2 given the light tone the SDCC clips showed, but I doubt it will be as goofy as this.
OK I think I know what I feel about the film now. Good, but at the same time a disappointment