THOR - First review and welcome message

Tonight I went to the cinema and I enjoyed watching Thor, a new Marvel  film which gave me a pretty good impression.

HELLO WORLD...

I noticed this is harder and harder to find good films nowadays and realized that medias and cinema websites can be very confusing when telling you whether if the film is good or not.

This is simply because as a popular art form, film-making adapts the general decline of knowledge and culture of its customers and audience. People are satisfied by overloads of C.G.I.-based unrealistic images which lack of structure and rely on a weak storyline. Everything tends to look the same. Films are remade. Stories are extended with prequels and sequels.

I do love films, film-making, cinema, and everything linked to it. For this reason, I decided to share with everyone what I think about the films I watched. I will try to be as precise and honest as I can. This way, you cinema fan mate will not feel lonely anymore.

Thor, a Marvel success

As I said Thor was a happy surprise. I was not expecting a Marvel film to propose so well-structured. There is an actual script ! Even if they still use a lot of CGI for environments, giant creatures and special effects, the film does not look too artificial. I noticed some traditionnal effects technique like real explosion, real smoke and dust. The colourful costumes preserved the iconic image of the comic which sets the audience half-way between dream-like world and daily-life realism.

I did not know British actor Kenneth Branagh could make such a good job as a director. I really appreciated the mise-en-scene. I thought that some of the shots were very interesting. The camera is often using canted angles and sometimes, even keep tilting the shot. It's not very obvious but very much appreciated when some characters get into emotional tensions or before a fight.

I was happy to see Jamie Alexander in this secondary role of a female warrior, which maked a huge difference with her first TV roles (such as Kyle XY). Natalie Portman is very good as usually and I can't say more with spoiling the film.

Thor is not much more than a super-hero film, but it has this fairy-tale dimension which can please the ladies. A good adaptation of the comic book. 

There is blood and violence : young children should not see this film.

My mark for this film : 15/20