Films I have seen recently.

Films. One of my absolute favourite ways of wasting a couple of hours:-) Went to see Thor with Daughter and Daughter's Boyfriend a couple of weeks ago. Great fun! It was completely over the top for the first half hour spent in Asgard (as it should have been, it is the home of GODS after all) and very entertaining from then on in. Thor was wonderfully played by Chris Hemsworth, he does the 'fish out of water' thing so well when he gets expelled to Earth. Some truly funny moments, especially the pet shop scene! It was good that they had a great supporting cast (Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Anthony Hopkins) as it needed that bit of style to keep it from becoming a complete fanboy fantasy, though I did think that Rene Russo as Thors Mum was woefully under used. Fanboys were kept very happy though. There was the usual stay till the end to see the teaser bit and a small glimpse of Hawkeye in the middle, AND the usual cameo from Stan Lee and also one from J. Micheal Straczynski. Daughters Boyfriend was very pleased :-)
Then my copy of The Kings Speech dropped onto the mat. An amazing film, well deserving of all the accolades, so much more poignant because of it being a true story. Colin Firth was, as usual, fantastic as was Helena Bonham Carter but I feel that the best performance belonged to Geoffrey Rush. His complete immersion into the part was wonderful to behold and an amazing piece of acting. I would recommend this film to everyone. Everything was perfect, the writing, scenery, costumes, all of it was perfect.
This Wednesday night I am going to see Insidious with Daughter. The trailer looks creepy, no shaky camera work to make me feel ill, and enough shocks to keep me awake all night. Can't wait ;-)