who'd have thunk it...

[jencat]

 ... because Thor turned out to be one of my favourite films in absolute ages.  It was funny, it was sweet, it looked freaking amazing (not that it's worth seeing in 3D cos it's not that kinda epic) - in short, it was everything Marvel do really well, on occasion (see, Iron Man, of course).  It also made absolute sense despite my missing the first 15 mins (why thank you, clueless woman who sold me ticket, who apparently made up a start time when I asked to check if it was running on a preview schedule with no ads/trailers. And got it completely wrong..)

I can only conclude that the camera really does love Chris Hemsworth, after the adorableness that was Papa Kirk's Heroic Demise in Trek, he managed to absolutely carry the whole character arc with aplomb, all the while looking fine as all hell in nothing but a pair of very low slung jeans (ok, it was only one scene, but it did make an impression)... *swoon*  When Natalie Portman dissolves in an fit of goofy giggles after he kisses her hand, you're absolutely there with her, I have to say :o)

It was the entertainment value that really sells it though - I sat there with a daft grin on my face the entire way through, especially when it veered towards Galaxy Quest levels of affectionate parody at one point ("Er, we've got Xena, Jackie Chan and Robin Hood heading this way" Which then led to the inevitable musing, in my brain at least, of who would win out of a Sif and Xena smackdown...?)