THOR (2011)

"Whosoever Holds This Hammer,
If He Be Worthy, Shall Possess
The Power Of THOR"

I honestly never thought I would ever see a
movie baised on Thor.
Nor did I thought I would see one so
excilently crasted and amazingly done.

Personally this film was for a lack of
a better term amazing! I can't say I'm the
biggest Thor fan, but I have read my fair
share of Thor comics and stories and true
I have always enjoyed the character.
He has always been and fun and interesting
character to read or watch (Mostly in animated form) and
I have to say that this movie does so much justice to the
character it was unbelivable.

They did everthing that Thor should do. I loved the look
of Asguard complete with Rainbow brige. All the characters
looked like they were pretty much ripped from the comic pages.

I was kind of concerned about the Helmets, being alot of the
production pictures you seen Loki and Thor weren't wearing them
but you see Thor in his and of course Loki wearing his with the horns
so that made me very happy that they didn't neglect that part of the
costumes. I know it is a very minor thing but you have to please
the fan like me and we do enjoy the minor little things.

As I said they looked like their characters, when I think of Thor
what I picture was up on the screen. Same with all the other
characters I think this was due to the brilliant casting.
Anthony Hopkins was very good as Odin as was Natalie Portman
as Jane Foster she was pretty wonderful in this part.

I would have to say I did like her interaction and
chemistry with Chris Hemsworth's Thor who also did
a very impressive job as his character. I can't really picture
anyone else that character now, He truely nailed it.
but as I was saying about the couples interaction
it was loose, flirty and fun.

Speaking of fun, This film for an action movie had plenty
of humor there were some good laughs especially when Thor
arrives on Midgard (Earth) some of the jokes had me laughing
many of them are "fish out of water" things as Thor adjusts
to live on Earth. There is also a couple of running
gags as well as the dry humor that is brought with
the character of Agent Coulson (played by Clark Gregg)

Now like i said this was an action movie and there
was plenty of it. The fights on Earth when Thor tries
to reclaim the Hammer ( Mjölnir) were excilent and the
the battles when he was fully powered were spectlar!
and I didn't expect anything less. Also the amazing
superheroics were aided alot by the impressive
Visual Effects.

When the Hammer was used or thrown
it moved and reacted just how I imagened it would
and just how it is done in the comics.
The Frost Giants both effects wise and make-up
were very cool and very well done as was the
mechnical monster "The Destroyer"

I can't say enough good things about this movie
I compleatly loved it, every second of it!
I this is what we have in store for the rest of the
Marvel films then I can't wait!

Also stay tuned after the credits for and
extra scene!

Captain America (1990)

In antisapation of going to see Captain America: The First Avenger.
I thought I would sit down and watch the original Captain America Movie.

I know what you are thinking right now, "What are you talking about?
there was never a Captain America movie.." sure there was and as you can
see to the left that is the actual case for it. Yes there has been a Captain America before this came out in 1990 and here is a link to the actual movie poster! Movie Poster! Now I would have to say I have view this movie
many times and I think it is great for the time it was made.
It stars Matt Salinger as Captain America and Scott Paulin as The Red Skull
Now I thought and have always thought that the make-up effects used in this were quite excellent for the very early 90s to pull this off.
Long before what we can do now with digital technology.
I also thought the the costume that was used in this for Captain America looked pretty close to what was see in the comics at the time.
Here is a picture for what both characters looked like in the 90s Film:














True it doesn't or didn't have the coolness that the new film will have and like I said it was
great for the time it was made. There were some nice action scenes and a pretty good story.
The main story quickly hits on the key points of the two characters origins.
Sadly this doesn't take things slow and explain alot of Where Captain America
gets the shield and the uniform. It runs under the assumption that you already know this
which is something I'm looking forward to in the new Film as you can see from the trailers
they show all this which is good. With this movie you do expect more from it but
you don't get what your expecting. Also yes the characters look like their comic counter
parts but only for a short time. The actor only wears the "Red Skull make-up" for about
5 mins or so which is disappointing, becasue after he sends Cap to an icy grave he gets
plastic surgery and looks like a regular guy throughout the rest of the film and is played off as
some type of second rate Lex Luthor/Wilson Fisk.
Also Captain America himself spends more screen time out of the suit then in it.
I hope these things are not the same in the Newer movie you want to see Captain America and
the Red Skull not Steve Rodgers and second rate villain with plastic surgery.

But like I said I can't truly complain becasue back in 1990 Super Hero movies like we
have today were just a dream... One thing I was wondering about the new film is now that they
are linking all the films together (like they should be, being all these characters live in the same
space and see each other regularly) Is how they are going to explain why Johnny Storm
aka the Human Torch and Steve Rodgers aka Captain America look identical!
(being that both were played by Chris Evans) Which is funny in itself
Because in this film they mention the character of the Human Torch which Evans played
in Fantastic Four and this is a movie about a character he ends up portraying as well.

Now like I have said in the prelude to Thor I mentioned that Chris Hemsworth was
not the first to play Thor and the same goes for Chris Evans as well as Matt Salinger
when it comes to Captain America there was this guy!













Yes that is actually Captain America from the 70s TV Movies.
he was played by Reb Brown And surprising enough he wasn't the first either
The very first Captain America was actually This guy!























The Very first Captain America was Dick Purcell
from the 1940 serials , Now true Chris Evans is going to go down in history
as Captain America but like the many who played Batman over the years
there have been many who have been Captain America.

In closing I'm going to leave you with the trailer for the 1990 Captain America
Captain America!

Thor and the Hulk

Now, while getting some stuff ready for more updates I thought I would take a breakand have something to eat and in anticipation of Marvel Studios big budget Thor I would watch the original Live action Thor.




Now i know what your thinking "There wasn't a Live Action Movie about Thor before?!?"
and that is true, but that doesn't mean there wasn't a Live Action Thor.
Way back in 1988 in "The Incredible Hulk Returns" Thor was a guest star and Teamed up in classic Marvel style with the Lou Ferrigno Hulk.

You can see him to your left. Yes that is Thor. Now as a kid I thought that was
a pretty good version of Thor and I still do think for the time it was a good Thor.
Now of course this New Thor is more comic book inspired and be able to do things
that Thor can actually do thanks to the achievements in digital technology.

Speaking of which I do thank Odin for the achievements in digital technology.
especially when it come to the Hulk, I so enjoy the Digital Hulk from say
The Incredible Hulk (2008) so much more then watching a green painted Lou Ferrigno
snarl and flex and cower from bullets and who doesn't seem to be able to pull down
one helicopter. The Hulk doesn't cower and could actually throw that Helicopter to the
Moon! That is why the Digital Hulk will always be superior to Ferrigno simply becasue
you can have the Digital Hulk rip apart tanks with his bare hands, demolish buildings
and leap great distances in a single bound and do things the Hulk actually does.

But of course this isn't about the Hulk he is just part of it, this is more about Thor
and yes Chris Hemsworth will be the one who will be recognized as Thor
but he was not the first, not the original Eric Kramer was.

Also as a side note Ben Affleck wasn't the First Daredevil
Rex Smith appeared in The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
as the Blind Lawyer Matt Murdock and Super Hero Daredevil.
also John Rhys Davies appeared as Wilson Fisk aka The Kingpin if you can
believe that.