Thor - the New Inspector Clouseau

I saw the new Thor movie, and I was shocked to see the writers get away with turning Thor into a character not unlike the infamous Inspector Clouseau. Which is not the way the "God of Thunder" should ever be portrayed.

I mean, come on. It seems the Marvel/Disney studios are just itching for comedy. The gritty drama-filled stories we saw when Thor was in the Avengers are not happening anymore. Even Thor's prior solo movies weren't this stupid. Yes, I said it. Stupid.

Not that the Inspector Clouseau movies were stupid. I mean Peter Sellers' portrayal of the inept and stupid Inspector Clouseau was brilliant. That was the character of Clouseau. He was inept and stupid, but lovable to the audience if not the other characters in the movie. It was great comedy.

But Thor is not supposed to be an inept and stupid character. He's the frickin' God of Thunder, not a slapstick clown. A Thor movie should not be a comedy. But that's what they made it into. A comedy like the Pink Panther movies. It was so wrong. And sad.

Gone was the suave, strong, near invincible, and MIGHTY Thor. Instead we get a wimp who's controlled by a coin-sized taser attached to his neck which is activated by remote control the size of a lighter. It didn't work. Thor is not a wimp.  He's the frickin' God of Thunder!

To highlight just what I'm talking about let me point out the moment Thor throws some kind of iron ball against a window expecting it to smash through the window. But does the iron ball smash through the window? No. Just like you would see with Clouseau, the iron ball bounces off the window and rebounds right back to hit Thor in the head, knocking him down like a fool. Or as I've said, like Inspector Clouseau. There were many other examples, but that was the highlight. Or more aptly said in this case, the lowlight.

Yeah, we got to see Thor fight the Hulk to a standstill. And he was actually beating the Hulk in a one-on-one fight until that taser coin attached to his his neck was activated by remote control in the hands of another goofy character played by Jeff Goldblum. It sent Thor into a seizure and subsequent coma which kept him from finishing the fight. So Thor's best scene, beating the Hulk mano y mano was cut short by the little coin on his neck. It was a major let down.

By the way, who's idea was it to show the Hulk's ass? This is a Disney movie? I guess men's asses are all in vogue nowadays. Heaven forbid the movies ever show a woman's ass again. But men's asses? Yeah. After all, Hollywood made us see Jon Snow's ass in that last GOT, but not Daenerys's ass or any other woman's ass. That's taboo now. Hey, Hollywood. I don't think your audience wants to see the Hulk's ass. I certainly didn't. But I digress.

Marvel and Disney are turning the great Marvel heroes into bumbling idiots. Gone are the cool, suave, confident heroes we grew up loving. Now we have to see fools and clowns. At least that's the way it was in the latest Thor movie. It was so wrong. And sad.