You'd think that at some point, after having read the script someone in either the cast of in the Disney/Marvel Management team would have stood up and shouted 'NOOOO' from the bottom of their hearts in order to save dignity and Marvel honour.
Alas, that did not happen. So here we are, staring into the abyss and watching what will be regarded in the future as an MCU catastrophic mistake.
For the first quarter of the move I first thought I was watching a comedy spoof of a Thor movie. The scripting was cringingly bad and Chris Hemsworth' s acting was well below par. In fact, most of the cast's acting was terrible and I joked halfway through the film that the fake Asgardian thespians performed better than the key cast.
Christian Bale's performance was outstanding though but he could not save this film, because a diamond dropped into a pit of tar can't shine. It had been speculated earlier that Christian Bale had no interests in doing more superhero or comic book characters and he should have listed to that inner voice before accepting this role. Then countering that rumour, earlier this year he said in an interview "...a good story is a good story. A good film is a good film. And a good director is a good director. And I'm open to any of those ideas.". Well, here we are and I think it's safe to say that none of three criteria listed above apply to this film (sorry Taika). Having said that, Gorr is a fascinatingly multi-layered character and Bale's portrayal is as good as it can possibly get, given the circumstances.
I think that's why I manage to award this film 3 stars which without Bale would have been a solid 1 in my book.
Alas, that did not happen. So here we are, staring into the abyss and watching what will be regarded in the future as an MCU catastrophic mistake.
For the first quarter of the move I first thought I was watching a comedy spoof of a Thor movie. The scripting was cringingly bad and Chris Hemsworth' s acting was well below par. In fact, most of the cast's acting was terrible and I joked halfway through the film that the fake Asgardian thespians performed better than the key cast.
Christian Bale's performance was outstanding though but he could not save this film, because a diamond dropped into a pit of tar can't shine. It had been speculated earlier that Christian Bale had no interests in doing more superhero or comic book characters and he should have listed to that inner voice before accepting this role. Then countering that rumour, earlier this year he said in an interview "...a good story is a good story. A good film is a good film. And a good director is a good director. And I'm open to any of those ideas.". Well, here we are and I think it's safe to say that none of three criteria listed above apply to this film (sorry Taika). Having said that, Gorr is a fascinatingly multi-layered character and Bale's portrayal is as good as it can possibly get, given the circumstances.
I think that's why I manage to award this film 3 stars which without Bale would have been a solid 1 in my book.
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