Its the 31st of May. Pirates of The carribean , Hangover 2 , Kungfu Panda have made their way to cinema halls near me.Given that Murphy has been using me as his prime example to elucidate his law ,  getting tickets for these movies were quite literally impossible. Through divine intervention in more than one way, Thor would be my destination for the evening. After shelling out 140 bucks, you expect a certain level of entertainment and Thor provides it. With high level talks between India and America for bi-lateral trade , etc. proceeding in the right direction , Thor provides this free kick to the rear side. Thor will be referred in future generations as the catalyst for the growing love between India and US. The first half seemed right out of Marvel comics , with its grandeur and setting. The second half of the movie looked like a stolen page from a bollywood flick sans the mindless running around trees .

Thor proclaimed as King by his father attempts to destroy  the race of scary looking red eyed icemen . His father gets quite angry and banishes Thor to the underworld ( earth) without his hammer  .As a story , Thor reminds us gently of  Mahabarata . However there is no saree pulling and dice games. Its just a scheming sibling kicking out his elder brother by hitting on his weakest spot .Think of it as yudhishtra outsmarting a Bheema with Bheema being the eldest son . Throughout the first half, Thor looks like he is straight out of the South Indian movies. He screams, he punches his fist and kicks out the bad guys. In short he is the Rajni Kanth of the heavens .  Thor , quite literally looking like a Greek God with his macho physique gets help from the ladies. Natalie Portman and Kat dennings take turns to brush shoulders with Thor.Thor finds himself woefully out of place . He hogs like a wild boar and has the traffic sense of a black cat, which lends comic relief to the movie.

Second half is a cocktail of scenes from Indian movies.

Scene 1 :

Our hero’s friends come down from Thor’s land to take their King back . There is a metallic beast ( from ‘Robot’ or ‘Endhiran’) loose . What does our hero do? He jumps and applies Karan Johar’s Senti law number 1 : When there is a 20 feet beast killing every one in sight, all you have to do is go near and talk to him . Tell him “  You don’t have to do this ” and ” I am sorry .” . The beast will wag its metallic tail just like a dog does at the sight of biscuits.

Scene 2 :

Hero wants to go back and he is scared that the relation might not work out. Heck, it is long distance relationship . Explains to her that he is just a few galaxies away. Heroine turns into Indiana Jones and treasure hunts inside Hero’s lips. Ultimately comes out with a few tears.

Scene 3 :

Hero goes back to his home ground and the dying father gives him his power back. He does a “I – am – back – bitch ” maneuver stylishly knocking away ice villains and locks eyes with his brother. Camera stays still for a few seconds to make the viewers understand the gravity of the situation .Unfortunately the gateway to earth is broken in the battle. Thor almost kills his brother when Karan Johar’s second senti law comes into action : If you are the hero and when there is a sibling who is about to die, save him. Particularly when he just attempted to kill you 20 minutes back .   However Thor forgot the corallary to the above law which states ” If you are the villain and if the hero saves you from death , make sure you try to kill him once more . Just to prove a point! ” .

Scene 4 :

Both the brothers are hanging on for dear life .The villain is holding on to hero’s foot. It is within that space of few minutes that he realizes he had been wrong all through his life. What does he do? Ofcourse let go and die.

Scene 5 :

Thor becomes king. Hero is happy. Hero’s parents are happy. Yet there is something missing.  He goes to the broken gateway. Asks the gatekeeper ” Is she there ? What is she doing ” .  Camera goes few billion miles downstairs. She picks up her Hubble telescope to see Thor and they draw curtains leaving it wide open for Thor 2 . How Thor develops ‘Skype for Heavens ” to video call his love.

 

p.s. The closest thing the movie got to POTC was that Thor’s dad had an eye patch . And how can i forget pronouncing Thorr with a few extra R’s.That Pirate feel!

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