User blog comment:Creeper50/Why I'm Losing Trust in Action Movies/@comment-26112985-20160122184042

What...? Really? I actually sort of liked Tom Hiddleston as Loki. He brought the character of Loki to the screen in a unique way and managed to pull off a feeling of actual likability whenever he was on the screen. Despite the fact that he was supposed to be the bad guy, he was likable in his own right. He also had several scenes of great comic releif. How exactly does he remind you of Jeff the Killer? Jeff the Killer was (In the story) a thirteen year old boy who lost his sanity after a tragic accident. Loki is a God from another planet with an array of powers which he uses to terrorize the modern world. How on earth are those two alike at all?

And seriously? Kylo Ren was a bad villian? I don't think he was at all, as a matter of fact, he stole the entire movie for me. Whenever Adam Driver was on the scene, he brought such a demanding and powerful cinematic presence, that I found it hard to look away. It was pretty clear to me that (Since Ren is directly related to Vader) he was corrupted by the dark side, pushed along by Snoke. In any case, isn't it a little early to be judging Ren's turn to the dark side? I mean, there are two more movies to go before the new Star Wars Trilogy is over. You're comparing one movie to an entire trilogy. Also, where exactly was Vader's turn to the dark side fully explained in the original trilogy? That didn't really come until the prequel trilogy, and all those movies were god awful (with the exception of the third, which was okay.) Lets also not forget the fact that Ren has the most badass lightsaber in the entire Star Wars Saga. Lol.

FInally, I think that action movies are failing these days because they rely more on CGI explosions and over the top action sequences over character development and practical effects. Let's take a moment to look at a good action film: Terminator II. While this movie had a whole plethora of awesome action scenes,but  we got to know our characters well enough to even everything out. The special effects where also ahead of it's time, the direction was spot on, and the villian was completely awesome as an unstoppable cyborg who will stop at nothing to kill John Connor. These days, the general attitude of action directors seems to be, "Okay, let's film this thing and go home. We'll make money off of it no matter what as long as the trailer looks cool." This is the death of cinema.