Thor!

At the mid-night release to boot. That's right, Them Canadian Guys are packing up to go check out the latest in the line of Avengers here to sweep the box-office. The reviews coming in may not be going so far as to call it movie or year, but they're almost all positive to some degree. 

I must admit I've been in and remain in a state of dubious caution concerning the movie, because while the concept is something I can see entertaining me it's not an idea I expect to be widely accepted. Essentially I thought this was going to be, at best, another Expendables, which I could sit down to watch after carefully turning my brain off and enjoy with everyone else. The sort of action/comedy combination that isn't going to win an award for anything ever but will leave me happy I spent my money on it. The thing is movies like that usually attract a large crowd of people who despise the rather intentionally low-brow nature of them and consider them half-done attempts at film making. Thor seems to be by and large avoiding this stigma, and given that it's a comic book movie literally about a Norse God hanging around earth I'm left utterly baffled at how they managed it. 

Don't get me wrong; I don't hate the concept. I find it hilarious and awesome, certainly capable of entertaining me for what I expected to be the regulated hour and half. Just when I hear it the first thing I assume is Hollywood will make it stupid beyond imagination - with the additional assumption I'll probably like it for what it is anyways. Here though we find a movie over two hours long with an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 95% from the viewers. The first time I heard those numbers I thought I was being trolled. I'm frankly astonished at the success it's having. Despite all that I can't shake my dubious thoughts on how it'll turn out, it's all just so bizarre.

None the less, we're off to find out first hand. I'll undoubtedly write something up for the movie tomorrow, so  'till then.