{"id":4855,"date":"2011-05-17T00:44:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T07:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2021-11-19T23:56:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T06:56:19","slug":"tangled-thor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/17\/tangled-thor\/","title":{"rendered":"tangled + thor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh man. My house is an absolute mess right now. For 5 out of the last 8 weeks, either Rob or I have been traveling for work so there&#8217;s random stuff on every conceivable desk, table, or counter. Suitcases all over the floor in our bedroom. Not to mention a layer of dust accumulating everywhere. GAH. My BFF&#8217;s wedding is this weekend (!!!) after which life should settle down a bit. LET&#8217;S HOPE. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I managed to catch a couple of movies recently and enjoyed them so much I wanted to share my thoughts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/tangled.jpg\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>TANGLED<\/b><\/p>\n<p>LOVED IT! The animation was stunning. It felt reminiscent of old school Disney movies. The only quibble I have is that overall the music wasn&#8217;t too memorable. But really, the characters and the story more than make up for any shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>What I loved most is that both Rapunzel and Flynn are well-developed characters on their own &#8212; and I adored them both.<\/p>\n<p>My absolute favorite scene is the one pictured above when Flynn takes Rapunzel to see the lanterns and they sing <i>I See the Light<\/i>. (I had no idea <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1157048\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zachary Levi<\/a> had such a great voice!).<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ut1_0cRRYeE\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"286\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Other great moments&#8230;<br \/>\nAny scenes with Maximus and Pascal. Two of the best sidekicks in the Disney verse!<\/p>\n<p>Rapunzel finally leaving the tower and driving Flynn crazy by going back and forth (and back and forth) about being excited and terrified.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn: &#8220;You were my new dream.&#8221;<br \/>\nRapunzel: &#8220;And you were mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Flynn&#8217;s ultimate act of sacrifice and love. *sob*<\/p>\n<p>SEE THIS! Highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/temp\/thor.jpg\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>THOR<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Watched this yesterday in 3D and probably should have saved the money and watched the 2D version. I don&#8217;t think the 3D was impactful enough (like it was with <i>Avatar<\/i>) to justify the additional cost. Regardless, <i>Thor<\/i> was a great movie! Far better than the trailers make it out to be.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not familiar with the story of Thor so I can&#8217;t say if the characters are true to the comic books. But I thought the storyline did a good job of introducing the characters and the world of Asgard.<\/p>\n<p>The cast was solid as well. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1165110\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Hemsworth<\/a> impressed me &#8212; he has incredible screen presence and was able to pull off Thor&#8217;s arrogance and charisma with ease. He totally won me over when he arrives on Earth and demands more coffee by smashing his mug. BWAH. That was awesome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1089991\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Hiddleston<\/a> as Loki was the stand-out, though. I found him to be a fascinating villain. I didn&#8217;t agree with his actions but somehow I understood where he was coming from.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000204\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natalie Portman<\/a> as Jane didn&#8217;t have a whole lot to do in the movie but I always like her. I have to admit I&#8217;m a sucker for movie romances so while Jane and Thor only knew each other for a few days, I found myself rooting for them anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Good start to the Summer Blockbuster season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh man. My house is an absolute mess right now. For 5 out of the last 8 weeks, either Rob or I have been traveling for work so there&#8217;s random stuff on every conceivable desk, table, or counter. Suitcases all &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/17\/tangled-thor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[293],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4855"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9172,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions\/9172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}