Well, Chad predicted that Thor would not do well a while back. I will say this, I remember when Spider-Man 3 came out, opening Midnight showing, the theater was packed. Yup, but lots of disappointed people. Thor did not draw as big of a crowd (shhhh: Chad and I brought 13 of our closest friends) but I think they were a lot happier. I will say that the story of Thor was played out very well, that Loki and Odin both were believable to perfection. Someone who was with us wanted me to mention how Jane and Thor fell in love so deeply after only two days, but hey it’s love, no one can really control that. The only thing that was confusing was that Chad and I kept seeing the Trinity symbol, the The Triquetra on Thor’s Hammer. Several databases online it has some relationship with Nordic religions, maybe even Odin, so it’s not purely Celtic as Chad tried to suggest.
Speaking of purity, the cast was multicultural, as those white-supremacists decried, but it was not boorishly so, meaning these just were not tokens. One S.H.I.E.L.D. agent commented, upon seeing Thor’s friends, “We have Jackie Chan, Xena, and Robin Hood.” Overall, I would rate the movie pretty high on the list of comic book movies (that doesn’t take much), With Batman Begins as the pinnacle, The Dark Knight as #2, and Iron Man as the 3rd ranked, I would say Thor could possibly land in the top 7; how is this determined? I would say 1st, faithfulness to the original storyline in the comic, #2, believable acting performances, and #3, decent dialogue with as few cliches as possible but some memorable quotes that suggest an overarching theme
Here is a blessing for you…truth.
Satan has deceived the whole world Rev 12:9, until he is bruised by a woman Gen 3:15 who delivers the true word John 1:1 to the whole world Rev 12:5, 13 from the wilderness Rev 12:6 as a witness. The deception that God will put any child of his in a hell fire is a lie of the devil and is now proven by the word of God at http://minigoodtale.blogspot.com Satan’s lies are exposed not one child of God will go into a hell fire no matter what their sin. It has never entered the heart or mind of God to ever do such a thing Jer 7:31, Jer 19:5.
There is a punishment for the wicked but it isn’t death. Prophecy is fulfilled. Prove all things. Check out the bruising of Satan at the heel of time.
Looking forward to your review of Green Lantern.