There is a lot of female gaze in this movie, I felt, at least relatively speaking. Thor is the only one who's ever sexually objectified - there are two human women that never are but clearly find him attractive, and one warrior alien woman who wears battle-appropriate-armor and is also never objectified. Not that any of these three would ever be considered homely in any world, but they were also always fully dressed in sweaters or armor, as the case may be. It was refreshing. Portman's character was definitely supposed to be the audience stand-in, not Hemsworth.
Well, it's based on the comics, not the mythology. As Darcy the political science student says, "Primitive cultures like the Vikings could have worshiped them as gods!"
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Date: 2011-05-11 05:32 pm (UTC)Well, it's based on the comics, not the mythology. As Darcy the political science student says, "Primitive cultures like the Vikings could have worshiped them as gods!"