Captain America: The Winter Soldier by Anthony et Joe Russo, 2014 (PG-13)

Extending the saga of Marvel's The Avengers, this superhero sequel finds Steve Rogers living quietly in Washington but growing increasingly restless. So when a deadly new foe surfaces, he transforms into Captain America and allies with Black Widow.

I like superhero movies, but this one was effective, and somehow good, perhaps because Captain America is the only hero nowadays people make fun of, being so straight and old-fashioned, therefore you cannot take the movie too seriously. I guess it also explains the way people get to like him, in the movie and in real life, in a Clark Kent kind of way.

with Chris Evans (Captain America: First Avenger, Avengers, Puncture), Scarlett Johansson (Her, Hitchcock, We Brought a Zoo, The Avengers, Scoop, The Horse Whisperer), Sebastian Stan (Captain America: First Avenger, Black Swan), Anthony Mackie (The Adjustment Bureau, Man on a Ledge, The Hurt Locker), Cobie Smulders (Captain America: First Avenger), Frank Grillo (Disconnect, Zero Dark Thirty, The Grey, Warrior), Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell (Captain America: First Avenger), Robert Redford (The Company You Keep, The Horse Whisperer, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Out of Africa, The great Gatsby), Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained, Jackie Brown, The Avengers), Toby Jones (The Girl, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Hunger Games, Snow White and the Huntsman)

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X-Men: Days of Future Past by Bryan Singer, 2014 (PG-13)

Sequel of X-Men: First Class
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past - to save our future. The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.

No secret anymore, I love X-Men, not so much the side stories of Wolverine, but definitely have a soft spot for the whole gang. They are usually portrayed in a normal way, we're getting to know them more and more, one by one, and I love to get to know more about their youth, about their future... This one seemed to be compiling all of it. I enjoyed it, but honest, this is not the best X-Men. This one is lets say average. It has a good suspense as the future is pending on the past to be changed, the 70s is definitely a fascinating period in terms of societal changes and political agenda, but somehow it felt too long. Once the movie finished, it is a bit hard to think of anything to take off to make the movie shorter, it's just too dense a story perhaps. Anyway, now that the Future Past is changed, what next? I am looking forward to the new Future. More X-Men hopefully... X-Men: Apocalypse for 2016?

with Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine, Scoop), James McAvoy (Trance, The Conspirator), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave, Trance, Prometheus, Haywire, A Dangerous Method, Shame, X-Men: First Class, Fish Tank), Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games, Winter's Bone, Silver Linings Playbook, X-Men: First Class, The Beaver), Halle Berry (The Call, Cloud Atlas), Ellen Page (Juno, Inception, To Rome With Love), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men Trilogy), Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class, A Single Man, About A Boy), Peter Dinklage (Game of Throne), Ian McKellen (X-Men Trilogy, The Lord of the Ring), Patrick Stewart (X-Men Trilogy, Star Trek)

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Thor 2: The Dark World by Alan Taylor, 2013 (PG-13)

with Chris Hemsworth (Snow White and the Huntsman, Marvel's Avengers, Thor), Natalie Portman (Paris Je T'aime, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (The Other Woman), Black Swan, Thor), Tom Hiddleston (The Deep Blue Sea, Marvel's Avengers, War Horse), Anthony Hopkins (RED 2, Hitchcock, Thor, 360), Christopher Eccleston (Amelia), Jaimie Alexander, Zachary Levi (Tangled), Ray Stevenson, Kat Dennings, Idris Elba (Prometheus), Stellan Skarsgård (Marvel's Avengers, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Melancholia), Rene Russo (The Thomas Crown Affair), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Sequel of Thor and Marvel's Avengers

The God of Thunder strikes again as he fights to save the Nine Realms from mysterious villain Malekith, who plans to make the entire universe go dark. Meanwhile, Thor must find Jane Foster, who's been targeted by the evil denizens of Svartalfheim.

Ok Thor isn't my favorite series, but somehow, I almost liked this one better than the first. Thanks to the role of Kat Dennings, I was able to laugh. Then, the script is quite predictable, it definitely lakes of imagination, and thank gods Thor doesn't take himself too seriously, if not it would really be unbearable to watch...

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine by Gavin Hood, 2009 (PG-13)

with Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine, Scoop), Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds (Fireflies in the Garden, Buried), Danny Huston (Hitchcock, You Don't Know Jack, Robin Hood, The Conspirator), Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch (The Bang Bang Club), will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan (Lost), Daniel Henney, Julia Blake, Max Cullen, Kevin Durand (Cosmopolis), Scott Adkins (Zero Dark Thirty), Tim Pocock, William Fichtner

This action-packed prequel to the popular X-Men films explores Marvel Comics character Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman) past and the events that influenced the mutant before the Weapon X program bonded his skeleton with the powerfully strong metal alloy adamantium. After the death of his girlfriend, Wolverine seeks vengeance against supervillain Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber).

Ah, the missing piece of the puzzle, which makes the trilogy of X-Men make sense. What happened to Logan, that made him loose his memory and get that spectacular metal structure. Perhaps I lost my memory, but that makes "The Wolverine" completely illogical, since there is no loss of memory, did he retrieve it in X-Men trilogy. I guess I have to watch it again... So, aside from explaining a few facts about Logan's past, the movie isn't that interesting, but if you are an X-Men fan, definitely, you have to see it.

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The Wolverine by James Mangold, 2013 (PG-13)

with Hugh Jackman (Scoop), Will Yun Lee (Total Recall), Tao Okamoto, Brian Tee, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rila Fukushima, Hal Yamanouchi, Famke Janssen

Enigmatic superhero Wolverine travels to the Land of the Rising Sun in this kaleidoscopic battle epic based on the Marvel Comics character. There, Wolverine confronts his long-time adversary Logan in a spectacular battle that rattles the universe.

First thing is I am a huge fan of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), so the fact that she was in it was The motive. But, on the other hand, because she is some sort of ghost in it, it kind of lost my interest. Aside from that, the story is a little bit interesting, not really in the style of X-Men, so don't expect to see another X-men. The good news is the ending, I believe also looking into IMDB that we will soon have another X-men (X‑Men: Days of Future Past). Oh, and I think they want to merge both X-men and X-men First Class so it might be a blast... July 8th, 2014!



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Man of Steel by Zack Snyder, 2013 (PG-13)

with Henry Cavill (Immortals), Amy Adams (Julie and Julia, The Master, Trouble with the Curve, The Fighter), Michael Shannon (Take Shelter, Mud), Diane Lane (The Legend of Bagger Vance), Russell Crowe (Robin Hood, American Gangster, The Next Three Days, Broken City), Antje Traue (Pandorum), Harry J. Lennix, Richard Schiff (Solitary Man), Christopher Meloni (True Blood), Kevin Costner (The Bodyguard), Ayelet Zurer, Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, Contagion), Dylan Sprayberry, Cooper Timberline, Richard Cetrone, Mackenzie Gray, Julian Richings, Mary Black, Samantha Jo, Michael Kelly (Now You See Me, Did you Hear About The Morgans?, The Adjustment Bureau, House of Cards - season 1), Rebecca Buller, Christina Wren, David Lewis, Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica), Doug Abrahams, Brad Kelly, Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica), Mike Dopud (Battlestar Galactica)
From the director of "300"

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

Man of steel is the symbol of a new generation of movies made to make us feed from violence, special effect and faked induced essential emotions, such as fear, nostalgia, loss, love. Everything is shifting from one combat of extraordinary destruction to a tiny moment of dialogue, summarizing a pretending relationship we are supposed to bound to, or a very intelligent strategy we cannot understand so there is no need to expand on, then back to violence, back and forth, with no sense of storytelling, nor humor. It is not a drama, it is not a comedy, it is definitely not intelligent, and it doesn't make anyone feel better about humans, or superheroes, it is a useless cold made movie from templates. It is an action movie. Or perhaps action is good enough, destruction movie might do then. Terrible and tiring.
Oh, and worst of all, the cast is amazing, which makes it even more of a waste...

Most relevant reviews read afterwards:
"The movie consists of endless declamation, endless violence."
- David Denby, New Yorker, July 1, 2013

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Superman Returns by Bryan Singer, 2006 (PG-13)

with Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella (All Good Things), Eva Marie Saint, Parker Posey, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington, Kevin Spacey (House of Cards (season 1), Margin Call) Marlon Brando (Superman: The Movie), Tristan Lake Leabu, David Fabrizio, Ian Roberts, Vincent Stone, Jack Larson, Noel Neill

The Man of Steel returns to the big screen with this continuation of the icon's film legacy that picks up after the events of the first two Christopher Reeve films. Some time has passed since the events of Superman II and the world has gotten used to life without Superman (Brandon Routh) ever since his puzzling disappearance years earlier. Upon his return, he finds a Metropolis that doesn't need him anymore, while Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has moved on with another young suitor Richard White (James Marsden) in the meantime. As the hero begins to tackle the fact that life on Earth has continued without him, he is forced to face his old arch-nemesis Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) and restore the life that was once his.

I was surprised, as this is so close to the four original Reeve's Superman. Same story, a few years later with technology moving to TV. Same characters, different actors... And I never noticed our similar Gene Hackman could be to Kevin Spacey. Excellent Lex Luthor! Anyway, even Kate Bosworth who looks so radically different from Margot Kidder felt like a Lois Lane after a while. The story is a bit predictable, but we love so much the characters it is ok. Nothing else but a sequel, with a touch of nostalgia.

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Superman 4: The Quest for Peace by Sidney J. Furie, 1987 (PG)

with Christopher Reeve (Superman: The Movie, Superman 2, Superman 3), Gene Hackman (Enemy of the State, Superman: The Movie, Superman 2), Jackie Cooper (Superman: The Movie, Superman 2, Superman 3), Marc McClure (Superman: The Movie, Superman 2, Superman 3), Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mark Pillow, Mariel Hemingway (Deconstructing Harry), Margot Kidder (Superman: The Movie, Superman 2, Superman 3), Damien McLawhorn, William Hootkins, Jim Broadbent (Another Year, The Iron Lady, Cloud Atlas), Stanley Lebor, Don Fellows, Robert Beatty (Superman 3)

With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman (Christopher Reeve) leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman), recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow) and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.

There is one what wasn't necessary either. The bad guys are too much of the same, and not that interesting. Perhaps the only point of originality, and fun is the change of management of the Daily Planet, and the sudden infatuation of the new boss's daughter for Clark Kent, creating awkward situations for him and the superman relationship with Lois.

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Superman 3 by Richard Lester, 1983 (PG)

with Christopher Reeve (Superman: The Movie, Superman 2), Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper (Superman: The Movie), Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder (Superman: The Movie, Superman 2), Gavan O'Herlihy

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve), wealthy executive Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn) hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart (Annette O'Toole) and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.

This one is perhaps the stupidest Superman Movie. I honestly found Richard Pryor most irritating. But well, he has his moments, such as skying. Anyway, it was an interesting trip to time to see how computer looked like and were manipulated back then, and how complicated it seemed to be.

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Superman 2 by Richard Lester and Richard Donner, 1981 (PG)

with Christopher Reeve (Superman: The Movie), Gene Hackman (Enemy of the State, Superman: The Movie), Terence Stamp (Superman: The Movie, Get Smart), Margot Kidder (Superman: The Movie), Ned Beatty (Rango, Superman: The Movie), Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran (Superman: The Movie), Jackie Cooper (Superman: The Movie), Valerie Perrine (Superman: The Movie), Susannah York, John Ratzenberger (Cars)

Following Superman: The Movie
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle in this hit sequel. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world.

Now that I have seen the four Reeve's Superman, my favorite is definitely this one! General Zod (Terence Stamp) has the most amazing lines, my best being: [looking at the Presidential Seal on the floor of the Oval Office] "I see you are practiced in worshiping things that fly. Good. Now, rise before Zod." I think also the plot went in an interesting direction, where Lois and Clark are now together... Yes, call me a romantic :) Anyway, this is probably the wittiest one, with the ping pong between Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) and Zod.

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Iron Man 3 by Shane Black, 2013 (PG-13)

Nominated for the Oscars 2014 for the following category: Visual Effects

with Robert Downey Jr. (Avengers, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Gwyneth Paltrow (Avengers), Don Cheadle (Out of Sight, Traffic, Flight), Ben Kingsley (Hugo, Shutter Island), Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce, The King's Speech, The Hurt Locker, Prometheus), Rebecca Hall (Please Give), James Badge Dale (The Grey, Shame, Flight), Jon Favreau

Robert Downey Jr. dons his powerful armor suit again, portraying popular Marvel comic book character industrialist Tony Stark -- aka Iron Man -- who takes on power-mad villains intent on destroying the world. When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

The idea of going to see Iron Man 3 yesterday was perhaps not the best, since we had at first no idea it was the premiere, and then the obsession led us to drive all over Manhattan trying at the same time to find out who had it within the next hour, in vain. We ended up in the upper west side waiting an hour and a half standing to be able to see it. And I am not a fan. Anyway, it was an interesting journey, first entering a theater that was filled with kids definitely under the age of 13, watching trailers where people kill and destroy cars at the speed of hell, perhaps a taste of what the movie would be. Oh well, Iron Man doesn't drive, he flies, but for the rest, I was pretty right. (under 13, uh oh...) So the movie started, efficient, funny, sometimes trying to be, taking the time to set a good story. It felt like the point was that Iron Man could be an ordinary man without an armor. I really enjoyed the twist of the story of the bad guy, the interesting topic of what the mind can offer and how we can improve it. The second half of the movie is more of a display of special effect, technology and mass destruction. It gives an overall frustration, increased by the fact that the situations is constantly saved at the last second throughout the movie. In some ways, because of its cynicism, the mvoie saves itself, but it is not as good as Avengers or the firsts Iron Man.
By the way, did you notice how many superhero movies are produced lately? It is like being back to the 80's. Perhaps the best movies to launch in time of crisis?
Another comment, I just saw The Hunger Games Part 2: Catching Fire. This is going to be good, very close to the book actually, looking forward!

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Superman: The Movie by Richard Donner, 1978 (PG)

with Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York, Larry Hagman

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane, who's in love with Superman. Clark must summon his superhero alter ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

Goodness, how charming was Christopher Reeve. And how terrible your teeth became when you were a heavy smoker like Margot Kidder. Anyway, this is a classic, in the "American Way", of the superhero movies. I found it quite fun to watch to tell the truth, it got old, special effects specially with Marlon Brando are incredibly bad, but the story is cute, and efficient. Since Superman is such a mainstream character, it was an experience to watch where it came from movie-wise. And Lois is just too good as a as-goofy as Clark kind of character with an edge that we don't find it women characters in those types of movie, she felt authentic.

Update April 18, 2013: Coincidence? Superman just turned 75 today! He was born April 18, 1938 in “Action Comics”.

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X-Men: First Class by Matthew Vaughn, 2011 (PG-13)

with James McAvoy (The Conspirator), Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, Haywire, A Dangerous Method, Shame), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone, The Hunger Games, Silver Linings Playbook), Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids), January Jones (Bandits), Jason Flemyng (Hanna), Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man, About a Boy), Kevin Bacon (Crazy Stupid Love), Zoë Kravitz

In this exciting prequel to the X-Men series, Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr -- the future Professor X and Magneto -- are best friends dedicated to harnessing their powers and promoting the education of fellow mutants during the turbulent 1960s.

I am a big fan of X-men, I remember reading them (the original Marvel slim booklets) back in the 90's (yes I am young, would have read them before if it were a matter of being born earlier), I actually remember very well, we were at this summer camp, we just finished watching Hitchcock's "The Birds" in a room with the shutters closed, went outside and kind of freaked out about all the birds flying around. To change my mind, I started reading the comic books that one of the youth leader had brought. Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie trilogy that came out in the 2000's, and was curious about the "beginning" of the x-men. The casting is really impressive, the story ok, it gives some explanations on why professor Xavier is in a wheelchair and his best friend his enemy, a look at the young Raven/Mystique, the transformation of Beast. Nothing too inspiring, but fun to watch...

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The Dark Knight Rises by Christopher Nolan, 2012 (PG-13)

with Christian Bale (The Fighter), Anne Hathaway (Alice In Wonderland, Rachel Getting Married, Valentine's Day, Love and Other Drugs, One Day), Tom Hardy (This Means War, Warrior, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Larry Crowne, Inception), Marion Cotillard (Contagion, Midnight in Paris, Inception, Little White Lies), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper, 50/50), Michael Caine (Sleuth, Inception), Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Morgan Freeman (Invictus, RED), Juno Temple (Kaboom), Joey King (Crazy Stupid Love), Matthew Modine, Daniel Sunjata (One For The Money), Nestor Carbonell
Duration: 165 minutes

Still grief-stricken over past losses, billionaire Bruce Wayne is conflicted about once again donning the cape of his lethal alter ego, Batman, but defends Gotham when it 's threatened by new foes such as the slinky Catwoman and the sinister Bane.

Many people were encouraging me to watch this movie, for the incredible cinematography, the dialogues, the message. I have to be honest (and shameful), I finally saw it in a airplane, in a 4 inches screen... Not that effective. The story is interesting, the roles shifted, the dynamics of heroism come from different places, not essentially centered on the character of Batman. Anne Hathaway is funny and charming, I just realized the bad guy is actually the very attractive Tom Hardy, completely transformed, the cast is full of these amazing actors who are usually not choosing blockbusters, but in the end, the action is still massive, with a lot of explosions, and the hero in the end saving the world.

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Captain America: The First Avenger by Joe Johnston, 2011 (R)

with Chris Evans (Avengers, Puncture), Hugo Weaving (Cloud Atlas, The Matrix), Natalie Dormer (Casanova), Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games, Captain America: The First Avenger, Julie and Julia, Margin Call), Dominic Cooper (An Education), Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln, Hope Springs, Men In Black 1, 2, 3), Hayley Atwell, Richard Armitage, Sebastian Stan

Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers for a secret experiment during World War II. Transformed into a superhero named Captain America, Steve goes after the Axis. With his perfect physique and heightened reflexes -- and his sidekick, Bucky (Sebastian Stan) -- Steve battles the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving).

Ok the summary is not very elaborated, but perhaps because it is as simplistic as that. The story is very straight forward, starting with a good weak guy who is transformed into a very powerful handsome guy who doesn't forget his values. He falls in love with a strong woman, but will never get to be with her. He fight with a lot of friends, because he is the good guy that everyone wants to follow, and against the big bad guy who happens to have the same powers as him. They incorporated some Norwegian myth of the tree of life and the Casket of Ancient Winters, which are probably only there to give depth to a flat story. The only fun thing is the cinematography, portraying New York and America of the 40's.

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Marvel's The Avengers by Joss Whedon, 2012 (PG-13)

with Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Chris Evans (Puncture, Captain America: First Avenger), Mark Ruffalo (Margaret, The Kids Are All Right, Shutter Island), Chris Hemsworth (Snow White and the Huntsman, Thor), Scarlett Johansson (We Brought a Zoo), Jeremy Renner (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Bourne Legacy, The Hurt Locker), Tom Hiddleston (The Deep Blue Sea, Thor, War Horse), Clark Gregg (Thor), Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård (The girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Thor, Melancholia), Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained), Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany

An all-star lineup of superheroes -- including Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Thor -- team up to save the world from certain doom. Working under the authority of S.H.I.E.L.D., can our heroes keep the planet at peace?

What to expect from a superhero movie? A good mission, great special effect, superpowers, hope, some reference jokes for aficionados, a little geek spirit to it, violence, action, a lot of action. What you do not want from an superhero movie: Romanticism, realism, serious lesson in the end. It is OK to have some drama, but not too much. It gets better when you have a cross-hero moment, feels like an old-fashioned Marvel comic book, the ones from the 80's (maybe earlier for some of us...) Anyway, funnily, Marvel has been over-producing lately, between "Thor", "Captain America", "Iron Man II", so it was perfect timing to make them meet finally in what could be the continuation of all of them at once. It was well done, funny, entertaining, and sometimes, we just need some bad guys to have their asses kicked (reference to the hilarious scene of Hulk taking care of Loki).

Thor by Kenneth Branagh, 2011

with Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston (Marvel's Avengers, War Horse, Deep Blue Sea), Anthony Hopkins (360, RED 2, Hitchcock), Stellan Skarsgård (Marvel's Avengers, The girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Melancholia), Kat Dennings, Clark Gregg, Idris Elba (Prometheus), Ray Stevenson, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo (The Thomas Crown Affair)
Kenneth Branagh also directed Sleuth and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Followed by Thor 2: The Dark World

The thunder god Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful warrior is forced by his father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins) -- the king of Asgard -- to live among humans on Earth and learn humility. Once there, he finds a friend (Natalie Portman), along with unexpected enemies sent from his world.

The cast and director are really good, in essence, so the expectations were high. On the other hand, the movie is a marvel, big time hero movie, so the expectations in this place were much lower. The result is pretty much the direct result of a combination of great actors, good director and big blockbuster, moderate. Although the sense of humor is good, the definition of each character is too predictable, there is a strong frontier between good and evil that makes the movie a bit dumb, almost boring, while the situations and use of language is pretty witty and smart. Very strange combination. Almost as if someone kept the meaning of a simple script and translated it into a literate language. Anyway, an entertaining movie with big monsters and handsome hero, and some fun dialogues.