tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587090106923596284.post3197711026666364490..comments2023-04-20T18:18:11.438+01:00Comments on Gists & Piths: THOR! (George Ttoouli + Hammer + Horned Helmet = Happy Rampage)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6587090106923596284.post-62236509919345096932011-05-03T18:42:32.771+01:002011-05-03T18:42:32.771+01:00Hello George!
Your boyish enthusiasm for Thor has...Hello George!<br /><br />Your boyish enthusiasm for Thor has infected me: I'm planning to see it as soon as possible, ideally in a private cinema where I don't have to worry about other people eating and talking and ruining what is for me a quasi-religious experience (cinema-going in general, not watching Thor specifically). Thanks, too, for the strangely back-handed compliments relating to my obsessive knowledge of The Dark Knight. I worry it might oust The Exorcist as the key plank in my personal movie pantheon, nestling snugly alongside Clueless and Jaws. But only time will tell.<br /><br />I did have a minor quibble with your critique of the 'epic backstory' cliche that seems to be the default setting for these kinds of movies, though. I think the mould can and *has* been broken on occasion: what about the beautiful solution in the opening sequence of Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, where the story of the army is filtered through the young Hellboy's Howdy-Doody-steeped imagination, with the mythic protagonists portrayed as stringless CGI puppets? It doesn't reduce the epic sweep of the material, but does play some interesting games with narrative conventions and imaginative subjectivity in the process. What say you, Ttoouli? <br /><br />Simon @ Gists and PithsThe Editorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06264669059410810775noreply@blogger.com