a FUN movie but not perfect

Rating: 8/10 (13 May 2012)

This is one of the best action films I have ever seen. But it's not the best superhero or comic book movie ever. Bests are TDK, Sin City, and History of Violence (to me anyways).
I'm being very nitpicky here, so when I say some things, I'm not saying it's a bad movie. I loved it. It's just that it could have been better. And speaking "being better" the film could have done more on Thor and Loki's relationship. Thor is very underplayed here as a character. He is wiser and cooler than the last film but he has no character or chemistry between others. Sure, there are some scenes where Loki and Thor are doing "Shakespeare in the park" but it could have gotten a lot somber-er or emotional to us. Plus Loki was very one dimensional here, his goal is very stupid and I am actually glad that Whedon took note of that but he could have at least try to make Loki interesting. He is cool and all but his objectives are so pointless, he's basically a joke in this film. Whedon could have made him a lot more terrifying and less cheesy (although Whedon's goal probably was cheesy for this film). The scene where Black Widow is interrogating Loki is awesome, he should have been more like that. He's really threatening but he's also an indirect comic relief. Another problem I had with this film was the dialog, there were a lot of funny lines but Whedon could have done sooo much better. The dialog for Cabin in the Woods was just fantastic! It could've been like that here but it just became corny. All the "serious" lines are sooo corny and sometimes unbearable. And although there are some negatives, Whedon does do a great job at sometimes making some corny scenes pretty funny.
And those are my negatives about this movie. I'm not going to write a lot about the awesome things about this movie because I'll be repeating what everyone has said. Yes, this film is beautiful. Yes, it is action packed fun. Yes, it is funny... But if I had to add anything else, Whedon did terrifically by making this film feel right. It's a movie for everyone. I definitely recommend everyone to see it. It's a wonderful film. It doesn't have an amazing story to tell, and in fact the story is very commonplace. It's like Indiana Jones + Seven Samurais. Everyone will enjoy this film.
8.5/10