Thor punches a dog

Sorry, had to get your attention. It has been two months, after all.

This blog post is rated mature for language and incredulous opinionated humor.

So as you can imagine, I have read alot of comics and seen a couple of comic movies since last we met. I'll be seeing Green Lantern tomorrow, which I have high hopes for, but that's probably because I don't read Green Lantern and won't have to pick apart any canonical discrepancies.

ONWARD

 Thor is a movie about magical god-beings from the realm of Asgard that enjoy indiscriminately beating blue people and taking relaxing jaunts up and down a sparkly rainbow bridge.

First of all, I don't give a shit about black Heimdall. It's not that critical that the character be white, it doesn't change anything or take away from the story in any way. I only feel compelled to mention this detail because of the klan meetings that have spotted every comment section of every trailer that was posted for this movie. Get over it. If Ultimate Nick Fury can be black, than shut up.

I really don't care about physicist Jane Foster, either. She isn't going to be in The Avengers movie, and the fact that she was changed from a nurse in the comics to a physicist in the movie doesn't really annoy me past the confusion as to why they even bothered to change it. It doesn't make much sense, but again, doesn't change a damn thing. I'm sad that Odin sent his son to Midgard(not Earth) to be humbled and didn't place him in the body of a disabled doctor. The only fan service that was paid to the Dr. Donald Blake alias was a crummy name tag. Also, where did Jane Foster get the fake ID with a picture of Thor on it, and why wouldn't S.H.I.E.L.D. notice?

That's another thing. Why does S.H.I.E.L.D. suck so much? This is America's, nay, the world's best defense against threats of planetary levels, and they can't spot a fake ID? I was glad to see a Hawkeye cameo, but it wasn't really elaborated on. One thing I would like to see in the Avengers is more Hawkeye and some Hank Pym. I mean, Pym is extremely important in Avengers canon. It seems kind of sad to think of him not being a part of the film or at least mentioned. No Ultron, I guess.

 One major minor gripe of mine is the way in which Thor holds his hammer while flying. This is something I was paying attention for and I was disappointed that he held Mjolnir by the handle and not by its strap. It's a minor complaint, but I see it as an important detail.

The cast was relatively well executed. Renee Russo has too much talent for as little of a role she played. Sir Hopkins was a good choice for Odin. I could see few other men commanding the presence of Odin in such a way.

As I've said I really thought Idris Elba played a great Heimdall.

The warriors three were good, but again, not used enough. I thought Fandral, in particular, seemed to be executed well. I think Cary Elwes circa Men in Tights was channeled for this role.

Jaimie Alexander was a good Sif. Another character that was robbed of screen time. She is beautiful, and can play the warrior well. I have to admit I like her a hell of a lot better than Natalie Portman. I used to love Natalie Portman. I don't know exactly where she fell off for me.

Tom Hiddleston was a convincing Loki and I feel he steals the show. This is almost more of a Loki movie than a Thor movie, and I'm fine with that. I love Loki and hope we see a ton of him in Avengers. Clearly *spoiler alert* he is coming back and plans of utilizing the Cosmic Cube.

I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. The gripes were few and didn't detract from the overall experience.

One thing I really can't forgive, however, is The Destroyer. In the comics, this thing has beaten the crap out of a fully empowered Thor time and time again. In the movie, once Thor gets his powers back, he takes it out in ONE HIT. This was pretty disappointing for us fans that were expecting a big Destroyer battle. Fell short.

I give this movie two flagons of mead up, and one weak-ass Destroyer to the side.

Oh, and here's this: