Movie Review: Thor: The Dark World

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I seriously love the Marvel movies, they're so awesome and it makes me wish I read the comics but I've no idea where to start! The Avengers is probably my favourite but I do have a soft spot for Thor, so I seriously could not wait for the sequel to be released.

The movie is mostly set in Asgard this time, which gives the entire movie a much more LOTR/fantasy feeling. The costumes are uh-mazing, the detail in them is astounding. They really did well on giving the costumes a fantasy feel, but they still appear up to date with Asgard's advanced technology and thinking.

The story itself was pretty interesting but I felt it took quite awhile to take off. Supreme Loki fangirls may be disapointed that he actually isn't in the movie as much as the promos will make you think. If it helps though, he truly makes the movie with the few scenes that he has! Personally, I would consider Thor to be one of the main Marvel movies that uses comedy throughout and they continued this theme with The Dark World. The movie itself actually has quite a dark plot and sad moments, so I'm glad they added a lot of comedic moments, mainly coming from Darcy (Kat Dennings) and of course Loki (Tom Hiddleston).

A lot of the reviews that I've read have been complaining about Natalie Portman's character, Jane Foster, and I must say that I agree. I really felt that the story would have gone on just fine without her to be honest. The character isn't well developed at all and honestly she just seems a bit mopey just hanging around, waiting for Thor.

All in all, I really liked it. Iron Man 3 still tops my list but Thor: The Dark World isn't too low. It slightly lags during it because it seems to take forever for the proper story to begin, but it really is a worthwhile addition to the Marvel family.

Have you seen Thor: The Dark World? tell me what you thought about it in the comments!

Amy x

Review: We're The Millers

So I went to see "We're The Millers" yesterday and figured a review was in order. It's about a middle aged drug dealer (played by Jason Sudeikis) who's forced to smuggled marijuana into the US from Mexico. He decides that the best way to go about this is to have his neighbour, who is a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a runaway teenager girl (Emma Roberts), and a weird guy who lives in his building (Will Poulter) pose as his wife and kids, and pretend that they're simply going on holiday to Mexico.

The simplest way I reckon to describe this movie, would be to basically say it's the exact same as that movie "R.V" that Robin Williams did a few years ago (actually good movie, just saying), with just a lot more drugs, and sexual references, and the jokes are cruder.

I personally like crude humor, it's just the type of comedy I find funny, and everybody in the cinema with me seemed to find it pretty funny too. It was the first movie I've ever seen in the cinema where people laughed so much. That saying, it isn't for everyone, like seriously maybe don't bring your grandmother.

I feel the actors did a pretty good job at making the characters come to life. Emma Roberts even managed to seem convincing as an angst ridden teenage girl. Jennifer Aniston was great as Rose, but the best actor had to be Will Poulter. He was perfect as the weird guy Kenny, who has never kissed a girl. Most of the movie's funny moments came from this guy and he pulled off the character perfectly, right down to the eyebrows.

The movie was 110 minutes in total, and one of the bad points I'll give it is it did slightly drag on, and then I feel that it was wrapped up a little too fast. It got slightly soppy towards the end and I can't really cope with soppiness so that was a bit of a bad point.

Also another bad point would be that the characters aren't very well fleshed out. You never find out things like why did Rose Miller become a stripper (in the movie it's made clear she hates it) or why Casey Miller ran away from home and was living on the street. Some of these topics get brought up throughout the movie but the subject is quickly changed by the character in question who gets angry and upset about it, which makes you think there'll eventually be a big confession scene that never comes.

"We're The Millers" is good, it's not amazing or anything, but it's not supposed to be. It's not supposed to break grounds in film making, it's just supposed to be funny, and it's very funny just as long as you like the type of humor that is portrayed. I'd give it four out of five stars because it did what it was supposed to do, make me laugh, and I thought the story was pretty original, even though it was slightly unrealistic and I would have liked to know more about the characters.

Movies I Need To See: August 2013

So I figured this could be a monthly feature on my blog, where I just post trailers to the movies I'm hoping to see for the month. If I actually do get to see them (hopefully) then I'll review them on this blog!

Elysium

So I saw the trailer for this a few weeks ago and I thought it looked awesome! It's a sci-fi/action/thriller, and looks like it has a unique story. It's set in the future, which always makes for a good film I reckon. The majority of the human race still live on earth, even though it is destroyed and ravaged. The rich and privileged live separate from the rest on a space habitat called "Elysium" where they have more advanced medicine and technology.

I just reckon that this movie looks promising so hopefully if I see it, it won't be a disappointment.

Kick-Ass 2

I am a big fan of the first Kick-Ass movie, and I was so excited to hear that a sequel was being released. It follows Dave as he continues to be the superhero Kick-Ass. As predicted by the ending of the first movie, Chris D'Amico seems to be the main antagonist, and Jim Carrey plays a new superhero character. It looks good, except I feel Hit Girl has lost some bit of her awesomeness because she's no longer so young, seeing an eleven year girl be a baddass was pretty awesome and she made me wish I was her (not to be a murderer, just you know, I just wanted to be awesome like her). Hopefully she'll still be just as badass in this movie. All and all though, if it's anything like the first movie then it should be pretty good!

We're The Millers 

I honestly really, really need to see this movie. It looks hilarious so here's hoping that all the funny parts weren't shown in the trailer. It's follows a drug dealer and his plan to hire a fake family in order to bring drugs from Mexico in to the US. Not sure if I find Emma Robert's performance as a tough runaway (honestly she just seems way to clean-cut to me) all that convincing but Jennifer Anniston's stripper character looks hilarious.