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Written by James M. Tate / 11/04/2017 / No comments / action , anthony hopkins , blockbuster , marvel comics , tens

REBLOGGED REVIEWS OF THOR ONE & THE DARK WORLD

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Going Backwards here are THOR 3 in theaters here's going back to the reviews of One and Two now found only here...</u></td></tr>
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<u>THOR 2: THE DARK WORLD:</u> The first THOR was a hard sell… A demigod with long blond hair and an ancient hammer isn’t your typical brooding comic book hero… And so the earthlings, especially Natalie Portman’s Jane, a beautifully brainy love interest and her colleagues, including sarcastic hipster chick Darcy, who, using a snarky monotone, second-guesses the bizarre situation, helped make the audience believe this was all really happening…<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 2013</u></td></tr>
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But after THE AVENGERS, we don’t need further confirmation. Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, is very real and his home-world Asgard is in danger because of a monolithic structure Jane discovers between worlds… Part of which enters her body… And when she quickly travels with Thor to Asgard, the<i> stranger in a strange land </i>concept doesn’t quite work like when Thor came to Earth…<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Thor2Score: **</u></td></tr>
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Although a decent actress, Portman's tone/voice sounds more like a valley girl in a local arcade. Meanwhile, <i>back at the ranch</i>, as the scientists gather to figure things out, Darcy’s forced comic relief is annoying, distracting, and downright unfunny… Thankfully there’s Thor’s “brother", that instigative menace from THE AVENGERS who, locked into a permanent glass structure, is freed to help destroy the big bad (and completely uninteresting) villain…<br>
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The dependable Loki, like Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor in SUPERMAN 2… after being replaced as the central villain… keeps the dry humor flowing – some lines hit, other miss, but that’s the best thing DARK WORLD has going for it: the camaraderie between two polar opposite brothers in a colorful world where dazzling special effects have an old-school matte painting aesthetic, while space ships zip around like in the STAR WARS (or current STAR TREK) universe: It’s when Thor joins the small band of earthlings to thwart the city-ravaging beast, while strategically jumping from various wormholes into either dimension, that things gets convoluted, ponderous, and with a second AVENGERS already planned, somewhat pointless too…<br>

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REBLOGGED REVIEWS OF THOR ONE & THE DARK WORLD

Going Backwards here are THOR 3 in theaters here's going back to the reviews of One and Two now found only here... THOR 2: THE DARK...

REB BROWN AS CAPTAIN AMERICA IN TWO 1979 TV MOVIES

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1<u>979 part one: *** part two: **</u></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b><i></i></b></span></span>With a cool motorcycle, iconic uniform, and the boomerang shield, Captain America reigns: more of a bionic Evel Knievel than the traipsing comic book hero...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Reb Brown as Captain America... beachside</u></td></tr>
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But first he’s Steve Rogers, a budding artist fresh out of the Marines, cruising the coast in a groovy fan for leisure, but the bad guys want him dead and the good guys want him… super, despite the fact Reb Brown’s a big guy to begin with: so the transformation is nothing like the original, which morphs a skinny wimp into a muscular stud. And Brown’s performance is surprisingly monotone given energetic turns in BIG WEDNESDAY, UNCOMMON VALOR and especially CAGE. At a certain point you'd think he needs coffee more than a shield: In the patriotic red, white & blue uniform, Reb looks the part, and this TV movie builds up the plot… about a Militant’s threat to detonate a neutron bomb… and takes forty five minutes for our hero to assume his identity and then kick in gear. The best scenes occur during the latter part of the second act: involving Cap riding that motorcycle around, dodging bullets and beating up thugs. Then, when the ante is upped, and Steve Forrest takes the villainous forefront from thug Lance LeGault, things get a bit too heavy-handed although it's always cool whenever Captain America puts his foot down.<br />
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The follow-up, DEATH TOO SOON, starts off with some neat action – Captain America completely out of the bag without any explanations – but a majority of the film flags beneath a thick plot involving Christopher Lee spreading an age-accelerating gas, and then extorting the government into paying him for the antidote. There are just a few action scenes where Captain America and his motorcycle go to work – but alas, not much work’s to be done: just a lotta talk about world domination.<br />
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Heather Menzies, the ingénue from the first, is replaced by Connie Selleca, while Len Berman returns as the scientist who’d granted the powers (handed down by Steve’s father, the original Captain America). And yes, this is extraordinarily dated – with music even CHiPs would consider corny… but it’s simple fun: like how a child’s mind registers a comic book rather than a grownup’s progressed interpretation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Reb Brown reflects Captain America</u></td></tr>
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<i><b>Were the two movies, CAPTAIN AMERICA and DEATH TOO SOON, supposed to be followed by a weekly series?</b></i><br />
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<i>Yes... And what happened is THE INCREDIBLE HULK was running at the time, and Marvel Comics, when they got down to it… they were charging twenty-five hundred dollars an episode, a licensing fee for THE HULK, okay…  </i><br />
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<i>And then they got around to us, and CBS wanted to buy it for fifteen episodes, and they said they wanted fifty thousand dollars a licensing fee per episode… </i><i>So they didn’t do it… They just took the budget away… They could not do the CAPTAIN AMERICA series, only the two made-for-TV movies, and I ended up riding my motorcycle around the living room...</i><br />
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<i><b>And what was Captain America's shield made of?</b></i><br />
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<i>That was plastic… The reason they had it be plastic is so I could see through it… And in the new Captain America, they had the titanium… But they had to make it so that I could see through it, and you could ride the motorcycle and still see through it...  </i><br />
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REB BROWN AS CAPTAIN AMERICA IN TWO 1979 TV MOVIES

1 979 part one: *** part two: ** With a cool motorcycle, iconic uniform, and the boomerang shield, Captain America reigns: more of a bio...

Written by James M. Tate / 5/05/2012 / No comments / 2012 , action , blockbuster , chris evans , chris hemsworth , marvel comics , robert downey jr. , science-fiction , superhero

THE AVENGERS

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With only two days in theaters, this is already regarded as the best superhero blockbuster ever made – yet it takes a while to resemble any such thing.<br />
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After a long brooding buildup where each individual… Tony Stark’s Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Dr. Bruce Banner… bicker like students in detention class, we realize why no one’s getting along. Our derisive cerebral antagonist villain, Loki, the skinny conceited brother of Thor, wants to rule the world – and is counting on the Avengers to fight amongst themselves, after which formidable aliens will wreak havoc on New York City. When this attack occurs, an epic showdown… the entire third act… has terrific moments, most having to do with Banner’s alter ego The Hulk who, throughout the film, provides the most suspense – each character (and the audience) anticipates the inevitable transformation. Forget about the plot device: a box emulating power that will, in the hands of Loki, cause bad things to happen. Because after the aliens,  liken to a gang of hopped-up <i>Predator </i>clones, fly into the city riding giant slug creatures, nothing else matters. It’s all about destroying impenetrable foes with tons of strength and, of course, teamwork: which comes a little too late to make this a worthy superhero collective.<br />
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Other than a neat fight between Iron Man and a reluctant Thor, it’s all about that finale. As for being one of the best superhero movies ever: with the time and energy of the characters not getting along and over-explaining the reasons why, in years to come even the biggest fans might have their thumbs pressed on the fast-forward button. Yet the stuff that pays off does so in silver dollars. But with all the hype and potential, this reviewer expected gold.<br />
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RATING: ***1/2

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THE AVENGERS

year: 2012 With only two days in theaters, this is already regarded as the best superhero blockbuster ever made – yet it takes a while t...

Written by James M. Tate / 8/23/2011 / No comments / action , alex hyde-white , made-for-TV , marvel comics , nineties , rebecca staab , roger corman , superhero

THE FANTASTIC FOUR (1994)

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0X9AwWd035OoG1Xv1hsJwBl-e4hKFfRekbMmIxPhz3NtXV8tloaffDcRYnTMWevXBPhVgOC7YpVx3X9lM6sSzPRjyJKY-4V3W-EuFgEhxZCInhXrP1X7tfppihFLOfKY94jBJVx7Y6Bb/s1600/10243272_ori.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644128377481010402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0X9AwWd035OoG1Xv1hsJwBl-e4hKFfRekbMmIxPhz3NtXV8tloaffDcRYnTMWevXBPhVgOC7YpVx3X9lM6sSzPRjyJKY-4V3W-EuFgEhxZCInhXrP1X7tfppihFLOfKY94jBJVx7Y6Bb/s200/10243272_ori.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span> THE FANTASTIC FOUR<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 1994<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Alex Hyde-White, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Rebecca</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Staab</span>, Michael Baily Smith<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> **1/2<br /><br />There’s something good within this Roger <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Corman</span> made-for-TV movie, but it’s overshadowed by side-characters and situations more befitting to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Krofft</span> brother’s universe. Not a bad thing in itself, but the actors playing this famous comic-book team-up had a lot of potential for a much cooler outing than this. Alex-Hyde White plays the assertively brainy Dr. Reed Richards, who, along with fellow college genius Victor Von Doom (with that last name, he’s bound to be a villain), attempt an experiment that fails miserably, “killing” Victor and sparing Richards. We then cut ten years later: Richards is joined by Johnny Storm, an over-the-top Jay Underwood, and one of the prettiest women this side of life, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Rebecca</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Staab</span> as Johnny’s sister Susan, whose childhood crush on Richards has carried over – and it’s mutual. And not forgetting Ben Grimm, portrayed with brawny charm by Michael Baily Smith. Long story short, once in space they're pummeled with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">mysterious</span> cosmic rays, crash land on earth and while unaffected by that, they’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ve</span> acquired powers: Richards is a human rubber band, Johnny can make fireballs with his hand, Susan turns invisible, and Grimm’s turned into a Thing made of rocks. The side-characters include a band of thieving freaks, resembling rejects from the H.R. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Puffenstuff</span> set; two vapid thugs; and the black-masked Dr. Doom himself – way too much screen time’s spent on these while the titular superheroes, and their particular skills, are used less than sporadically until the very end: which rushes to a quick conclusion. Perhaps if there was a part two, we’d get more of what, and who, this movie’s all about. Either way, Reed Richards and Susan Storm have great chemistry. The Thing, although resembling a costume, works fine as a sympathetic hero. And The Human Torch, eventually morphing into animation, looks neat as he battles a giant laser. But all this should have occurred less than halfway through for THE FANTASTIC FOUR to successfully live up to its title. (And listen to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cultfilmfreak/2011/08/29/rebecca-staab" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">my interview</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> </span>with Rebecca Staab.)

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THE FANTASTIC FOUR (1994)

title: THE FANTASTIC FOUR year: 1994 cast: Alex Hyde-White, Rebecca Staab , Michael Baily Smith rating: **1/2 There’s something good wit...

Written by James M. Tate / 8/10/2011 / No comments / action , comic book , danny huston , hugh jackman , marvel comics , ryan reynolds , tens , thriller

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqjlY_qKMJwWLyXSwMKS0E3tEReZSxwaD88aS8yAv4EafiSEo8zZjMCNMqtfjS1f-tnN7fjz0fjZB0TMyQlfsr53MSaddXZ8e17QcqmpRZ5qCGJqCmKjhkqetHJ8gZ3bC3g2X2eZoBx_5/s1600/wolverine-x-men-origins-ps3-game.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639304425526136130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqjlY_qKMJwWLyXSwMKS0E3tEReZSxwaD88aS8yAv4EafiSEo8zZjMCNMqtfjS1f-tnN7fjz0fjZB0TMyQlfsr53MSaddXZ8e17QcqmpRZ5qCGJqCmKjhkqetHJ8gZ3bC3g2X2eZoBx_5/s200/wolverine-x-men-origins-ps3-game.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 230px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 146px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span> X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE <br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">year: </span>2011 <br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Ryan Reynolds <br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> ***1/2 <br />
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Wolverine, the tough maverick from the X-MEN comics and films, gets his own flick, beginning with a darkly-lit prologue leading to an opening credit sequence where we see our hero, Logan, and his older brother Victor fighting in every American war: leading up to Vietnam where the real story begins, as the boys join a group of special-op mutants, led by the mysterious Stryker. As Logan aka Wolverine parts company with the troop, not wanting to partake in a pointless murder, he ventures alone to Canada, working as a lumberjack. Here’s where the best action resides as Wolverine dodges death by a quicker, more lethal adversary… who’s also his brother – and eventually gets the surgery to make him into the steely-gutted character we all know... thus his real troubles (and some terrific chase scenes) begin. Then, the third act is purely revenge-driven: as Wolverine seeks Stryker with the aid of the surviving members of his former troop. But Victor, played with venomous gusto by Liev Schreiber, wants his own closure, making him a great secondary villain, more action-based than the big boss played with haunting precision by Danny Huston, turning tricks up his sleeve and a plot to rid the world of mutants. Playing out like a fast-paced, gritty Western combined with a Steve McQueen-era war adventure, here's a lean rogue thriller that continuously delivers. And even when it basks in self-absorbed melodrama, it always returns to the kind of stuff comic book fans, or anyone who loves non-stop action, paid to see.

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X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

title: X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE year: 2011 cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Ryan Reynolds rating: ***1/2 Wolverine, ...

Written by James M. Tate / 6/04/2011 / 1 Comment / blockbuster , marvel comics , prequel , superhero , tens

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCk9u_-n31Xu_1rrDf-Nz0eqAc0nLAd_3_dAWBLG5YkaML4o2Gs_Z-nf5TDm8ZoT965pYgXRVpV448NoqXKAz8ehGLFCu-i-ypKkEwNSACler-ssdqpk3scJw_Hu4wnnaToW7fboK4Zio/s1600/dddd.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614284521618764850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCk9u_-n31Xu_1rrDf-Nz0eqAc0nLAd_3_dAWBLG5YkaML4o2Gs_Z-nf5TDm8ZoT965pYgXRVpV448NoqXKAz8ehGLFCu-i-ypKkEwNSACler-ssdqpk3scJw_Hu4wnnaToW7fboK4Zio/s200/dddd.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span> X-MEN: FIRST CLASS<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 2011<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> ***1/2<br /><br />A prequel that gets it right. While we know these characters will grow to be <span style="font-style: italic;">the</span> X-MEN from the first three films (sans Wolverine, providing a humorous cameo), these younger versions excel within a completely involving tale. Michael Fassbender is a revenge-stricken Magneto (although his nickname comes later), wanting to kill the World War II era Nazi, played with menacing bravado by Kevin Bacon who, in the 1940s, helped his powers grow – by, in lesson number one, killing his mother. And a young Xaviar, played with maverick charm by James McAvoy, helps Magneto control his anger (kind of like a Jedi, but George Lucas could have learned about back-stories here).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1Nm8u5ecYGaNC2NkIfKOFRu9Km-Zmlnl6lHIiMeT_EJWB2PM18Tu9J1pJxHNr2LjSZYLgkvRaNaE3qhAbxuoMeACd0fHCABVYFllpq6TMMAYAhyphenhyphenemzL2sxyZYfXL7untyzNaUwj639k/s1600/X-Men-First-Class-The-Gangs-All-Here-19-1-11-kc.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614284396941112626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1Nm8u5ecYGaNC2NkIfKOFRu9Km-Zmlnl6lHIiMeT_EJWB2PM18Tu9J1pJxHNr2LjSZYLgkvRaNaE3qhAbxuoMeACd0fHCABVYFllpq6TMMAYAhyphenhyphenemzL2sxyZYfXL7untyzNaUwj639k/s200/X-Men-First-Class-The-Gangs-All-Here-19-1-11-kc.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 200px;" /></a>Together they seek out a group of eclectically-skilled mutant teens: including a flame-thrower, a sonic-screamer, and a young scientist with hands on his feet (and the subtle angst of a future Beast). Not to forget a teenage Raven, having problems adapting to her true blue colors. Two montages work nicely: first seeking the students for “enrollment” and the other as they all train to counter the impending Cuban Missile Crisis – making these superheroes not only save the globe, but keeping both world powers intact on their Cold War platform: setting a stage for possible follow-ups with this fresh new cast. And while some of the youngsters seem out of a <span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight</span> film acting-wise, their powers are cool – except for one girl who, with wings on her back, resembles a bionic Tinkerbell. But it’s Fassbender and McAvoy that own this film: both embodying the cerebral and physical traits of the two powerful mutant leaders destined to become enemies – but needing each other just the same.

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X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

title: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS year: 2011 cast: Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon rating: ***1/2 A prequel that gets it right. Whi...

Written by James M. Tate / 5/30/2011 / No comments / action , john travolta , marvel comics , superhero , thomas jane , zeroes

THE PUNISHER

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2004 rating: **1/2</td></tr>
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A gun-toting Marvel comic makes for a gritty film without enough action and too much melodrama. The films begins like many high-octane macho movies do – a bad drug deal goes down and people die, including the son of mobster John Travolta who seeks revenge on the responsible undercover agent Frank Castle, a buff tough Thomas Jane. Enter Castle’s family, a perfect looking son and wife who now live safely on a Mediterranean Island: till Travolta’s thugs take out everyone, including, so they think, Frank… but he somehow survives a killshot to the chest, finds a shirt with a logo resembling a skull within an Afro-pick, and, having returned Stateside, holes up in a grungy, ghetto apartment waiting (and waiting some more) for his own payback i.e. to live up to his title.<br />
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Side characters within the rat-hole include two extremely annoying computer geeks and a gorgeous girl (providing love without interest). And as opposed to our beefy protagonist seeking revenge, the mobsters seek him, providing only a few fight scenes – one in particular, involving a muscular Russian with carnival music playing, is the best challenge to our “superhero” who doesn't have enough to do, or a decent lead villain to battle. Travolta merely strolls his compound providing filler dialog, and could have been played by anyone. (Will Patton, as Travolta's second, makes a more effective heavy). Gone are the spandex and superpower abilities like most Marvel outings, but there’s not enough kickass action to replace (or provide an alternative for) the thing that makes comic book adaptations work: corny fun.

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THE PUNISHER

2004 rating: **1/2 A gun-toting Marvel comic makes for a gritty film without enough action and too much melodrama. The films begins like...

Written by James M. Tate / 5/13/2011 / No comments / action , anthony hopkins , blockbuster , marvel comics , tens

THE FIRST THOR HAS BEEN RELOCATED

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5wbh5LoGfK_1cE8Mz5Rn3Ezwa4Nh4G3fyH3UXq2CvLOFRVR_NwHV99nScDOsBMoeAKCJ-YidOYkgbE7Bey0lPFMnKQjfljE_TM65LGXNkBc16Ywjq4nmRCACtvyimFVqwt_Knhx2RGY/s1600/Thor-Movie-Wallpaper-7-1024x768.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606281579976255602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5wbh5LoGfK_1cE8Mz5Rn3Ezwa4Nh4G3fyH3UXq2CvLOFRVR_NwHV99nScDOsBMoeAKCJ-YidOYkgbE7Bey0lPFMnKQjfljE_TM65LGXNkBc16Ywjq4nmRCACtvyimFVqwt_Knhx2RGY/s200/Thor-Movie-Wallpaper-7-1024x768.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 152px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title: </span>THOR<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 2011<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">cast:</span> Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> ***1/2<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17pDAwLV8wzkQcEtV54kj8Yojzu1Ay7L0QM8WOqxC5S4AbS3Eth2iCJRPdosRbKU1ToQplABt_9vSS_RnlD_JItt_tuEviLuM0d9eSDqCp0MCPFV1hA0-YM8UJCj54GNKm-CgRUBncpQ/s1600/0002-thor-movie-image.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606281655842004434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17pDAwLV8wzkQcEtV54kj8Yojzu1Ay7L0QM8WOqxC5S4AbS3Eth2iCJRPdosRbKU1ToQplABt_9vSS_RnlD_JItt_tuEviLuM0d9eSDqCp0MCPFV1hA0-YM8UJCj54GNKm-CgRUBncpQ/s200/0002-thor-movie-image.jpg" style="float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 189px;" /></a>THOR ONE REVIEW HAS <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2017/11/thors.html">MOVED HERE</a>

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