See my reviews of Bridesmaids, Fast Five, Insidious, and Rango for movies I’ve enjoyed in just the past two months.

I want to see him use the hammer to open intradimensional portals into space in the next film. That was the only thing I felt like they should not have left out. Just a minor quibble.

I don’t intend to pass off my opinions as fact by strategically choosing not to include “I thought” before every sentence. It goes without saying that in a film review, you are subject to the viewpoint of the critic.

If my tone came off as being accusatory, then I apologise, I was quite incensed. In hindsight, I don’t really think you mean to be a self-appointed contrarian, but rather misguided and allowed external opinion to affect your scoring.

If it came down to choosing whether to sledge a $150 million blockbuster disaster, or a humble (yet misguided) indie, we’d all choose to take the blockbuster down a few notches. I think Thor just happened to be that week’s blockbuster for you, and thus ‘deserved’ a point or 2 deducted for no other reason than tall poppy syndrome.

While opinion is unavoidable, there’s a very fine line between stating your own, and presenting it as fact (or more correct than others). It doesn’t take a genius to analyse a well-written review to see editing artifacts eg. careful substitution of pronouns and addition of disclaimers such as “I thought”, “to me it seemed” or even simply…. “Personally”. Why? Because while it’s extremely tempting to believe YOU are right, toeing this makes your reviews come off as smug or self-righteous (which this one reveled in). Being respectful isn’t the same as being passive, just as being passionate isn’t the same as being vindictive.

People aren’t disagreeing with you because they loved Thor, they disagree precisely because of the haphazard/illogical scoring and the flimsiness of your complaints. Do you really think Thor was a 1.5/4? Inferior to Rio, I Am Number Four, Saw 3D or half a dozen other turds you rated higher? Scoring is a relative scale, yet yours seem to be nothing BUT outliers.

Ask yourself if YOU no knowledge about any of these films skimmed through these numbers and titles, if you’d think they made sense. Or if you, like me and apparently many others, would instead wonder if they were seemingly based on the time of day, will of the gods, or your monthly bad review/vent quota.

No, I haven’t invested in Thor shares, none of my relatives are extras etc so that there’s some personal stake, nor did I even think it was amazing. Your points of criticisms in this particular review are flimsy, biased and result in a review that is not watertight. At the end of the day, I think it was simply unfair a review.