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LOKI. also jack sparrow but whatever.
So I have seen some movies! Specifically, the new Pirates and Thor.
On Stranger Tides: It was all right? I went in expecting ridiculous chase or fight scenes, supernatural shenanigans, gorgeous scenery, and lots of Jack Sparrow, and it certainly delivered on all those counts. But that was really all there was to it. The hunting-the-mermaids section was quite legitimately good, and I enjoyed everything Jack did, but ... mostly it gave me an overwhelming desire to rewatch Curse of the Black Pearl: that has all the ridiculous shenanigans and gorgeousness and roughly the same amount of excellent Jack-and-Barbossa with bonus Zoe Saldana and Jack Davenport and genuinely interesting plot. Ah well. If they make more I'm always up for the Adventures of Jack. Oh, and they didn't kill Barbossa! This is excellent, and relevant to all my interests.
Thor: THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, by which I mean Asgard. And by Asgard I mean the gorgeous rainbow bridge, and Idris Elba, and Loki's faaaace. I didn't mind any of the bits that took place on Earth, because I am decently fond of Natalie Portman and her Jodi-Foster-in-Contact impression, but Thor's whole arc was veeeery predictable. I kind of cared about him by the end anyway? But really, even though Loki's plan to get his dad to love him was a bit terrible, I would much prefer him over Thor for the succession.
Speaking of, I would have happily watched a whole movie about Odin's family politics, because -- look, give Frigga a bigger role and suddenly you've got basically SUPERPOWERED LION IN WINTER ON THE MOST GORGEOUS SET EVER. (According to the wiki page, incidentally, Tom Hiddleson says he played Loki with an eye to O'Toole's King Henry; I may have melted a little with love here.) I just love Loki a lot, okay. NO ONE IS SURPRISED. I have no idea why anyone in the film is surprised about Loki either, since they could have just read up on their human mythology and realized that Loki is often the baddie. Oh well! He dropped off the edge of the world and now hangs around in reflections in the post-film tag, which was delightful.
I have no idea how coherent any of that was. In conclusion LOKI.
On Stranger Tides: It was all right? I went in expecting ridiculous chase or fight scenes, supernatural shenanigans, gorgeous scenery, and lots of Jack Sparrow, and it certainly delivered on all those counts. But that was really all there was to it. The hunting-the-mermaids section was quite legitimately good, and I enjoyed everything Jack did, but ... mostly it gave me an overwhelming desire to rewatch Curse of the Black Pearl: that has all the ridiculous shenanigans and gorgeousness and roughly the same amount of excellent Jack-and-Barbossa with bonus Zoe Saldana and Jack Davenport and genuinely interesting plot. Ah well. If they make more I'm always up for the Adventures of Jack. Oh, and they didn't kill Barbossa! This is excellent, and relevant to all my interests.
Thor: THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, by which I mean Asgard. And by Asgard I mean the gorgeous rainbow bridge, and Idris Elba, and Loki's faaaace. I didn't mind any of the bits that took place on Earth, because I am decently fond of Natalie Portman and her Jodi-Foster-in-Contact impression, but Thor's whole arc was veeeery predictable. I kind of cared about him by the end anyway? But really, even though Loki's plan to get his dad to love him was a bit terrible, I would much prefer him over Thor for the succession.
Speaking of, I would have happily watched a whole movie about Odin's family politics, because -- look, give Frigga a bigger role and suddenly you've got basically SUPERPOWERED LION IN WINTER ON THE MOST GORGEOUS SET EVER. (According to the wiki page, incidentally, Tom Hiddleson says he played Loki with an eye to O'Toole's King Henry; I may have melted a little with love here.) I just love Loki a lot, okay. NO ONE IS SURPRISED. I have no idea why anyone in the film is surprised about Loki either, since they could have just read up on their human mythology and realized that Loki is often the baddie. Oh well! He dropped off the edge of the world and now hangs around in reflections in the post-film tag, which was delightful.
I have no idea how coherent any of that was. In conclusion LOKI.
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