I’m a geek. I play video games, love new tech items, and believe the “Han shot first” (BTW, if you know what that last quote means, you just might be a geek too). Therefore, in celebration of my inner-geek, I am reviewing two recent DVD releases that appreal to the inner-geek in all of us.
X-Men: First Class
Not very suitable for kids even for the PG-13 crowd. There are scenes of violence that, while not gory, do involve graphic sword fighting (i.e. being run through by a saber) and one particularly nasty scene of vengance. Also, there are moments where the language and adult situations/innuendos would be inappropriate for “tweeners” or younger. It is, however, probably the best X-Men move of the genre. It tells the story of how the two protagonists in the X-Men universe, Professor X and Magento, came to have such different world outlooks. The movie takes place in the time of the Cuban Missile crisis, and therefore provides a great setting for an alternate retelling of those events. And while the strict “canon” of the X-Men universe is not followed, it is still a great movie.
Thor
Easily, the best DVD release of the Marvel movie series leading up to the Avengers movie. I say, the best “DVD” release, because in my opinion, the best movie leading up to the Avengers is Captain America. The series I am referring to is comprised of: Iron Man, The Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America. That I find Thor better than Iron Man says much to the movie. The thing that intrigued me the most is the way the movie explained how the deities of Norse Mythology (Odin, Frigga, Thor, Loki, etc..) were really an advanced race of people that were so highly advanced that to them technology and magic were synonymous. The film had no profanity that I can recall, and the violence was not too over the top. The love story that develops between Thor and Jane Foster seemed strained and forced upon us, but you can only tell so much of a story in a 2-hour period. All in all, though it was a very enjoyable movie.
So there you go, two movies for your inner geek.
