Yup, it would have been nice to develop Loki more as a villain, but I'm actually ok that they didn't, because Loki as often as villa he is in the comics, he also is an anti-hero sometimes. I really want to see that come into be in the cinematic universe! I'd have liked to see that too, but giving him so few scenes and trying to go in so many different directions with his character ...
Also, as much as this phrase sucks, sadly is the truth: this movie is about Thor, not Loki. Yeah, but you could say that about any movie with a hero and a villain and say "this movie is about the hero/protagonist" but that doesn't excuse neglecting to establish the villain for the hero to go up against. For example, Star Wars is about Luke, not Darth Vader, but we understand Darth Vader completely, his motivations, his personality, etc. We don't know everything about him, we don't get him staring at the camera telling us what's going on in his head, in fact he's not even in a lot of the scenes of the movies, but it's enough. It's effective. The movie had time to give us a little more about Loki. Like three scenes at most, maybe fifteen extra minutes if that, would have made the movie a little over 2 hours. That would have improved things immensely with a good writer or two.
They didn't have Thor to be the stupid oaf that breaks all things every time because "that's how we do it on Asgard", he does it just once and then learns, they didn't recycle the "he's not from here" joke, I was so happy they did that! I LOVED Thor in this movie! The movie itself had some issues but I LOVED Thor. He wasn't a stupid oaf, he was actually pretty smart and considerate. When he smashed that mug and Jane explained people don't do that around here, he apologized and said he wouldn't do that anymore. He was just a ... nice guy. A really nice guy, the kind of friend you want to have your back in a fight or an argument to back you up. He basically saved the movie for me. Him, and Jane and Darcy. The story they were in wasn't the best, but those three made me want to finish the movie because they were fun characters and written well.
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Date: 2012-12-24 06:13 am (UTC)I'd have liked to see that too, but giving him so few scenes and trying to go in so many different directions with his character ...
Also, as much as this phrase sucks, sadly is the truth: this movie is about Thor, not Loki.
Yeah, but you could say that about any movie with a hero and a villain and say "this movie is about the hero/protagonist" but that doesn't excuse neglecting to establish the villain for the hero to go up against. For example, Star Wars is about Luke, not Darth Vader, but we understand Darth Vader completely, his motivations, his personality, etc. We don't know everything about him, we don't get him staring at the camera telling us what's going on in his head, in fact he's not even in a lot of the scenes of the movies, but it's enough. It's effective.
The movie had time to give us a little more about Loki. Like three scenes at most, maybe fifteen extra minutes if that, would have made the movie a little over 2 hours. That would have improved things immensely with a good writer or two.
They didn't have Thor to be the stupid oaf that breaks all things every time because "that's how we do it on Asgard", he does it just once and then learns, they didn't recycle the "he's not from here" joke, I was so happy they did that!
I LOVED Thor in this movie! The movie itself had some issues but I LOVED Thor. He wasn't a stupid oaf, he was actually pretty smart and considerate. When he smashed that mug and Jane explained people don't do that around here, he apologized and said he wouldn't do that anymore. He was just a ... nice guy. A really nice guy, the kind of friend you want to have your back in a fight or an argument to back you up. He basically saved the movie for me. Him, and Jane and Darcy. The story they were in wasn't the best, but those three made me want to finish the movie because they were fun characters and written well.