The action certainly picked up last weekend and the start of summer now seems exciting. Fast Five posted the best opening weekend box office results for the year and the best results for its franchise with $86 million earnings last weekend. It has already grossed more than $100 million in its first week and to add to that, the reviews for the movie remain strong which should lead to strong earnings in the next couple of weeks as well. This all but guarantees a sixth instalment in the Fast and Furious franchise but I don't see anyone complaining...
Hollywood is awaiting with bated breath for the next potential blockbuster movie to open soon as this weekend Fast Five will have to battle it out with the hammer yielding God Thor. Part of the same Marvel world that includes Iron Man and Hulk (and the soon to be released Captain America), Thor is the story of an arrogant prince who is banished by his father from the mystical world of Asgard to the rather dull Earth. If you would have stuck around for the post-credits scene in Iron Man 2, you would have been introduced to the all-powerful hammer of Thor lying in the middle of a crater it created, implying the arrival of the Thunder God on this planet. And ever since then, Thor has been one of the most eagerly-awaited movies, especially for comic lovers. The movie boasts of a strong cast with the likes of Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins. But the lead role of Thor is being played by a relatively unknown Chris Hemsworth (who you could remember as the deceased father of James Kirk in the recent Star Trek movie). Chris Hemsworth carries a heavy burden on his shoulders for not only the earnings of this movie would be important to decide whether we would have a Thor 2, Thor 3 etc... but also for the role it will play in the buzz that is surrounding the 2012 release of Avengers. Casting a relatively unknown could turn out to be a big plus point in this movie, for if you recollect, Robert Downey Jr. had receded in the shadows before he emerged back with Iron Man and Christian Bale became what he is now only after Batman Begins. Having said that, both of them had given stellar performances that encouraged the audience to seek and sympathize with the burdens that a superhero has to carry, the dualities of life he has to fight with, and the difference between right and wrong that he has to truly understand. Hemsworth has to pull off something similar to make Thor appear as exciting as the other great movies in the superhero genre, instead of it ending up as just a hefty man throwing around a hammer at whatever he dislikes. For the sake of Avengers, I pin my hopes on the makers of Thor getting it right!
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