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Thor: The Dark World: If I Had a Hammer

   Hey, everyone. I went to see Thor: The Dark World today and enjoyed it. Then I went out to eat massive amounts of vittles (Southern for food), eventually returning home.
    One thought that crossed my mind during the show was about computer generated special effects. They have certainly come a long way the last couple of years. They are so good now that movies like Thor and the Avengers can truly be filmed. For instance, the scenes in today's movie of Asgard and its environs seemed real and plausible, making a suspension of disbelief easy to achieve. The fabled Rainbow Bridge was well-rendered. My favorite scenes with Thor's hammer returning to his hand, zipping across landscapes and through parallel dimensions, were very cool because of advances in this tech.
     If I had a hammer like that, I would have a ball with it. I would promise not to ever use it for evil. I would keep it clean and polish it and give it a better name than Mjolner. I know, its a Norse thing but I'd name mine Jack.  Or Tack. Or Arman. Ha, ha.
     Oh, yeah, the movie. I'd go see it if I were you. It is a good show with cool special effects. This thing is also chock full of surprises. Be sure to stay through the credits to see the preview of the next crisis/installment.
     However, this current movie concerns a major problem. The 9 realms, of which Earth (Midgard to you Asgardians) is one, have come into alignment for the first time in 5000 years, which I guess is a stone drag. Perhaps catastrophic would be a term to describe the impact of this event. Gravity, physics, tides, dark forces and the like get truly freaky. These less-than-lovable dwarfs or elves want to turn the universe into some dark crib of their liking, which would bring about destruction of humans and Asgardians alike.
      It seems Jane Porter has unwittingly become a host for a red vapor that is called the Aether. This is sort of like a galactic internet that will eventually kill her if left untended. But, the dwarfs capture her because they need this odd force to bring about the darkness that is their mode of partying.
     Well, to say these guys have gotten on Thor's bad side is putting it mildly. His hammer is fairly quivering in anger and he is fixing to open up a fresh can of dwarf kick-***.
     This film features the very interesting character of Loki to a much greater extent. As a writer, I like this guy. He is evil, sure, and he has an atrocious taste in headgear, but he has a decent streak and I believe he has feelings for his bro. (Hate, envy, stuff like that.) Still, he is in a celestial slammer when Thor asks for his help. Does Loki refuse his Bro? Nein, he does not. Make no mistake, Loki is no weakling. He is a formidable antagonist and has been known to kick some serious dwarf butt in his day.
     So the two brothers go to a creepy land to destroy the Aether and beat the crapola out of these folks who have kidnapped the lovely Jane Porter. No offense to these guys, or to Jane, who is fine, but for my money, the Lady Sif is a total babe and they should have taken her instead. I dig the way she carries her sword, among other things.
     Hey, you'll like this flick. So call that sweet lady you have been wanting to date and say, hey, "Would you like to watch Chris Hemsworth toss a hammer at people? If she is a red-blooded American girl, she will give you an emphatic yes(!) and you'll have a nice evening. Cool things are best enjoyed with the ladies, aren't they? Like that country song, Put a girl in it.
    From Midgard, this is CE Wills.
P.S. I not only don't have an I-Phone 5s (gold, 16 GiG) but I don't have a magical flying hammer that returns to me when I throw it. This is truly a bummer.
P.S.S. Tom Hiddleston is Loki
          Natalie Portman is Jane Porter
          Anthony Hopkins is Odin
          Jamie Alexander is The Lady Sif (South Carolina person)
          Chris Hemsworth is, truly, The Mighty Thor
     

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