Review on Thor: Halloween principle - Choose not the expensive actors, but the suitable ones

Thor has got great success since its theatrical release. It has received nearly 80% of positive critic response after its release. This superhero film based on comic book character of the same name published by Marvel Comics and is the fourth film released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, and Stellan Skarsgård with Kenneth Branagh directing a script by Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, and Don Payne.

The characters in this movie reflect the Halloween industry principle: select the most suitable actors, rather than expensive ones. The director Kenneth Branagh is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays. He handles all the effects work with aplomb, and treats the property with respect, even though the movie's tongue is consistently planted firmly in its cheek. Nothing is ever taken too seriously.

Chris Hemsworth has a nice, easygoing presence, and is hugely likeable in the lead role. But before Thor, he was in fact complete unknown to public, even not as well known as Tobey Maguire. Tom Hiddleston was also nobody even though he graduated from Eaton and Cambridge. But in this movie, the two handsome freshmen both get excellent performance and have been greatly popular.

And also, when Thor was about to start shooting, the Black Swan had not been finished. Natalie Portman arrived in New Mexico desert once she took off the dance shoes and turned to be a completely fresh and pure beauty from an evil black swan. And if Anthony Hopkins was ten years younger, he might have transferred the crabbed murderous characteristic to be the invisible mighty of Odin, but for sure he would not be able to reflect the aging and tiredness under the invisible mighty. Now, to the 74 years old Anthony Hopkins, everything happens without extra effort.

All the cast and the directors of this movie make it quite clear that Halloween is choosing the right actors, but not those expensive famous people.

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Top 5 Worth Anticipated Upcoming Action Movies in the First 6 Months of 2011

2010 is a really superb year for all action movie fans as it had brought so many excellent and exciting action films, including Inception, Iron Man 2, Resident Evil: Afterlife, and so on. All these fantastic movies have made an action movie year for movie fans. As we say bye-bye to 2010, we are looking for what exciting action movies 2011 would bring for us. Here I would like to provide my own top 5 worth anticipated upcoming action movies for the first 6 months of 2011 for sharing, listing upon the anticipating release date.

Fast Five (April 29^th, 2011)

Also known as The Fast and The Furious 5, Fast Five is the upcoming 2011 film directed by Justin Lin. It is the fifth film in The Fast and the Furious film series and the fourth installment in terms of chronology preceding The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006). The film is also the first in the series to be released in IMAX and is set to be released on April 29, 2011. In the film, Dominic "Dom" Torretto and his crews find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to switch the lanes between a ruthless Brazilian's drug-lord and a relentless FBI agent.

Thor (May 6^th, 2011)

With a huge list of superhero movies going to be released this year, Thor is one of the most awaited one. Thor tells a story about a powerful and arrogant warrior who was unknowingly responsible for dark forces to enter into their kingdom and cause destruction. With an exciting trailer, we sure believe that this movie will be one of the best. The release date of this excellent action movie would be May 6^th, 2011.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (May 20^th, 2011)

The famous pirate movie franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean is coming out with another addition, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides". This new addition will be released on the 20th of may 2011. When Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) he's not sure if it's love—or if she's a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

Kung Fu Panda 2 (June 3^rd, 2011)

Due to the great popularity of Kung Fun Panda and the boom voice for a sequel to Kung Fun Panda, DreamWorks Studio finally decides to start the Kung Fu Panda 2 with the old casts like Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, etc. The film continues the adventures of Po the Panda (Jack Black) and his friends known as the Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. Po, now a kung fu master, is fighting alongside with Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) and The Furious Five—Monkey (Jackie Chan), Crane (David Cross), Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Mantis (Seth Rogen). They have to join forces with another group of kung fu masters— Thundering Rhino (Victor Garber), Soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh) and Croc (Jean-Claude Van Damme), in order to defeat Lord Shen (Gary Oldman), an evil peacock who emerged with a weapon so powerful that it threatens the existence of Kung Fu itself, but first, Po must confront his long-lost past.

X-Men: First Class (June 3^rd, 2011)

The film, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.