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on 7/22/2011
Lol. Old Branagh versus new Branagh. No contest.
on 8/13/2011
Yep, no contest. Thor is better material. ;) Shakespeare was a populist writer much like Stan Lee or any contemporary Marvel writer. If his stories didn’t work, they closed after opening weekend. The thing that actually places Thor above any single work is the fact that his tales and character have been worked and re-work by many exceptional artists for decades. The Marvel writers take what works, improve upon it and pass it along to the next artist. Ultimately, you filter out what doesn’t work and add to what does. Again, no single work or single artist could hope to compete with that process. If you have to compre it to any single work, I’d say Henry V’s Prince Hal is like Thor. Both find themselves in a world of entitlement where the pressure to be good and the pressure to be best and live up to something is so extraordinary. Shakespeare knew the fascination the population at large can have with those who are entitled, particularly with royal bloodlines, and particularly young powerful men. (Shakespeare clearly borrowed ideas from other populist writers such as the ancient Romans, ancient Greeks or even medieval sagas from Denmark.) So, Thor’s story involves becoming his own man, or his own god as it were. More than a few character notes have the tone of a Shakesperean effort.
on 3/15/2012
Thor is a great film in large part to Branagh and the intelligence he brought to the director's chair.
