Natalie Portman


If there was a way to edit 98% of her dialogue out of the movie, I would be so grateful. That whole zoom in of "OH. MY. GOD." and the giggle thing she did when he pulled her close before they took off... literally some of the worst acting I've ever seen.

Also, this is just a side note, and i want to stress that I really like this movie, but I find it hard to believe the "love story" because mostly it shows them looking at each other and smiling, and also once they looked at the stars together. Oh wait, also they cooked breakfast that one time.

If you've ever watched the Red Letter Media reviews of Star Wars (particularly in the second one), they discuss this in detail in reference to anakin and padme (yay natalie again!). Basically put two pretty people together, make them smile at each other, and we're just supposed to believe that they are in love.

Enough love for him to pine for her while he's back in asgard, and her to keep diligently searching for him after he left. I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but even the relationships in other super hero movies, such as the one between Pepper Potts and Tony Stark shows some tension, and takes time to build up. Just much more realistic?

I really liked this movie, but that was a frustrating and sort of moot point. She could have been left out of the movie entirely (I have no idea if she was in the comics or not) and Thor's protection over the earth would have still made sense because of his friendship with erik selvig. Even Darcy who people find obnoxious was kind of a funny throw a character, but I found her more tolerable than Jane who did nothing but whine about her scientific research.

sorry for all this, just needed to hear if anybody else felt this way?! I might just still be mad at the Star Wars Prequels....



tell him about the twinkie.

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I do understand your frustration, only... maybe you´re too harsh. Portman may not be the best actress in the world, but her performance was still good enough. And the romance was actually really good done. Not perfect, but with these two characters it would work that way. They did not only look at each other and smile, they had conversations.
The only thing that pissed me off was the forced kiss. Like, he is Thor and comes from a whole differend enviroment etc. and when he wants to show her extra affection he kisses her hand- wonderfull!!!!!- but Hollywood had to place a out of nowhere forced lip kiss! Why???

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Uhhh, because in this movie she is human and therefore of a different culture than Thor?

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she was so sexy in the movie 'Hesher'

it was almost unbearable

she was absolutely roasting

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