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amphigoury ([personal profile] amphigoury) wrote2013-10-30 11:12 pm
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Thor 2

I watched it. Spoilers may be below, but I'll cut them as best I can!

So I didn't know anything about the movie going into it. I saw the first one, I saw Avengers - but yeah I followed along great and I thought it was a fine movie. Good times!

I have to say, I had a bit of a surreal experience though. There are many scenes that take place here in London, so I was watching with the hometown crowd, lol. I've never had that before. I've never watched a movie in a city that was actually part of a movie. So when all the little nods to London happened, everyone laughed and got the in-joke (like, yeah, every Londoner has done THAT lol), and I don't think you'd get that same sort of reaction from audiences in other cities. I was glad to have experienced that.

Okay so, what was the deal with themid-credit scene? I thought maybe it was a joke and I was watching an old episode of Doctor Who or something. The set and props looked very cheap, the pink painted lady was very green lady from Star Trek - even the frame rate looked like I was watching on a PAL tv or something. I'm pretty sure the Aether was just a black box with red tape on it. I did a bit of research and read that a different director shot it and it was included against the film director's wishes. But nothing ever seems to mention the lack of quality in this scene. I'm sure I didn't imagine it....

If anyone here watches it and notices this too, let me know that I'm not crazy, please.

[identity profile] enkanowen.livejournal.com 2013-10-31 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
the scene has a more comic feel than the movie, I think. It looks like it's straight out of comic book pages. The mid-credit scenes usually aren't shot by the same director (Joss for example did the end scene of the first Thor movie). I loved it because it is such a strong nod to the comics and set-up for the overall arc of Phase 2 and 3

[identity profile] amphigoury.livejournal.com 2013-10-31 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
yeah I totally get what they're doing with the leading in to the GotG and the Gauntlet and all that... it was jsut the execution.. seemed so ... low budget

[identity profile] enkanowen.livejournal.com 2013-10-31 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
it probably was. MarvelDisney is notoriously stingy with budget

[identity profile] enkanowen.livejournal.com 2013-10-31 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought as much but yeah James Gunn did it and it's a not to Guardians of the Galaxy which has awesomely snazzy things like racoons with rockets

[identity profile] leviathans-moon.livejournal.com 2013-11-01 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought it was a bit strange as well, but as the others said, it did have a more comic-y feel to it.
Anyway, I liked the movie, have to see it again in English and from further away to appreciate it even more^^.

anyway nr. 2, how are you? Where are you? long time no see.

[identity profile] amphigoury.livejournal.com 2013-11-02 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Still kicking in London, lol! **HUGS** How are you?!