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I hope you explained to your French friends the concept of a 'summer blockbuster'. Portman is there for some romantic scenes so the wives/girlfriends who were dragged to this can imagine themselves in her shoes. That and Thor minus shirt.  Your complaint about Thor's Big Day is a good one, didn't think of that. I guess getting run over four times makes you care about people more? Plus you gotta love Thor and his crew flying to Jotunheim just to kick some ass because there was un-kicked ass there. |
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My understanding is that the film studios take a high percentage of the door prices (I've heard of 90-100% rates for some hot films), so that the main way a theater makes money is off of the concession stand. This study seems to agree. That said, I get the jumbo popcorn myself and have it for a snack the next night or two when I go. This is pretty much how it is. The theaters don't make much the first few weeks of a new release so they have to make a profit by charging a lot for food and drinks. Thats why the theater owners love it when they get a movie that plays for weeks or , like Avatar, months. |
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They're fair criticisms and I don't think anyone would argue that the film didn't have some serious flaws if you want to start seriously analysing it. However it was fun and shit got blowed up without needing to disengage one's brain. They told an entertaining story, which already puts this head and shoulders above most summer blockbusters, combined with the fact that the flaws are more of the, 'Well that's kind of far fetched' variety rather than the 'THAT MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE!!' sort I'd say it was pretty great.
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I thought they were pretty obvious not making Natalie Portman a love interest, and rather just a chick who wanted to fuck Thor.
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Plus you gotta love Thor and his crew flying to Jotunheim just to kick some ass because there was un-kicked ass there. That's just what Asgardians do. It's like the Nordic middle east. |
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Wow. We must have seen different movies. Dunno why this has to be spoilered, but eh. |
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Wow. We must have seen different movies. Dunno why this has to be spoilered, but eh. Besides the fact that Dennings is fascinating by default  . It can be said Darcy was simply more fanscinating-er than Jane. Jane's character was just too bland and underdeveloped. Darcy was likewise underdeveloped, but at least she wasnt bland. The same can be said for Torvald (or whatever the f*ck his name is). Much more interesting character and dialog than Jane. Of course, something tells me that's the vibe the director wanted to portray - a bland, scientist-type chic... it's just Portman's style did it overkill. It was like watching Padme all over again. |
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As a sidenote, Natalie Portman lost a ton of weight for Black Swan (Mila Kunis did too for that matter) which I thought was awesome serious method acting. But it looked like she kept it off for Thor. Yuck. She looks creepy and I hope she starts eating again before she does another movie dammit!
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She could look worse.
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As a sidenote, Natalie Portman lost a ton of weight for Black Swan (Mila Kunis did too for that matter) which I thought was awesome serious method acting. But it looked like she kept it off for Thor. Yuck. She looks creepy and I hope she starts eating again before she does another movie dammit!
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Oh yeah, that's right. Yay! Fat tummy Natalie Portman!
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Just saw it.
Also, Heimdall was cool.
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Heimdall is just a rip-off of the wizard Tim imo.
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Just saw this in theaters, liked it a good deal. Anyone wanna explain the post-credits scene to me, since I know nothing of comics and might not have seen all the Marvel movies so far?
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Just saw this in theaters, liked it a good deal. Anyone wanna explain the post-credits scene to me, since I know nothing of comics and might not have seen all the Marvel movies so far?
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Thanks for reminding me why actual comics suck.
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Saw it.
Meh +.
Bad parts included lackadaisical romance between Jane and Thor yet in the end they are supposedly madly in love? And the warriors three were very "He Man"-ish and detracted from the movie.
Good parts were Asgard and Heimdall and Kat Denning (which should have had a much larger role in the movie.)
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Re: Kat Denning -- Her character was a dorkish, plainly dressed political science major serving the role of comic relief. She probably enjoyed a role that didn't rely on her breast size as her most attractive quality. That's not knowing a thing about her, though. She's quite a looker with the right lighting, camera, clothes, make-up, and expression.
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She's quite a looker.
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Bad parts included lackadaisical romance between Jane and Thor yet in the end they are supposedly madly in love? Not really, no. |
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She's quite a looker.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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What's an internet scale of beauty?
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He's saying you're accusing her of having sharp knees.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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I don't respond to sexy women the same way other men might. I blame low testosterone and emotional detachment.
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I don't respond to sexy women the same way other men might. I blame low testosterone and emotional detachment.
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I don't respond to sexy women the same way other men might. I blame low testosterone and emotional detachment.
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Portman is there for some romantic scenes so the wives/girlfriends who were dragged to this can imagine themselves in her shoes. That and Thor minus shirt. I may be weird compared to other ladies, but I would prefer they ditch the forced love interests. I don't put myself in her shoes but rather think BITCH GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM. I'll endure it if it's the best excuse they can come up with to get his shirt off, but generally the love interests just irritate me. |
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