Thor (Spoilers!)

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:43 pm

really? Thor should be able to take out Stilt-Man in less time than it takes me to type this.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:02 am

Yeah, that's a bit silly.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:25 am

Damn, that sucks! I quit buying Thor after issue 264. I don't know if it sucked too, or the local 7-11 quit carrying the title. Anyway, I luckily missed that issue.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:54 am

on the other end of the spectrum - this seems like a natural - and i'd like to find it...

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:23 pm

This is the 'Flicks' forum, not the 'Comics' forum.

Post by **danlo** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:39 pm

(I'm pissed! They had the casting call for Avengers this weekend and I knew nothing about it!!! GRRRR!)

Post by **finn** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:27 am

Which role did you fancy auditioning for????

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:30 am

Odin, knowing him.

Post by **danlo** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:56 am

Extras, I wanted to be the third schmo on the left...I'll still find a way to audition...I have ways...maybe...

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:27 am

danlo wrote:(I'm pissed! They had the casting call for Avengers this weekend and I knew nothing about it!!! GRRRR!)

Rick Jones?

Post by **finn** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:08 pm

I think this is out here first and I've just seen it!

DON'T READ ON IF YOU DON"T WANT SPOILERS!

Wow, I loved this...great movie, at the end I wanted to stay and watch it again.

As with most of these Marvel Tales, the first film is all about laying out the characters where they came from and their back stories and why their motivations are what they are. Thor is no different and the tale is told well and convincingly without labouring. As such the "plot" is limited and revolves around the emergence of Thor on Earth his relationships with his Father, Brother, Friends and Jane Foster and the establishment of the balance of power in Asgard.

The filming is quite magnificent, the 3D was delightfully unobtrusive and there were few if any gimmicky uses of it. The mattes and scenes were on the whole fantastic and the Hubble Space Telescope should be given a really decent plug, especially for the end sequence and credits. There were a couple of spots where the scale made it look a bit "modelly", but the rest was spectacular. Kenneth Branagh gives it a majesty and an air of Shakespearian high drama, which is an apt stage for Sir Anthony Hopkins who supports the film well as Odin, giving Asgard and the movie epic-heroic gravitas in his portrayal of the king.

The use of the combination of technology and magic was good especially in the construct of Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge and Heimdall the guardian was actually very convincing and well portrayed, blending in with asgard despite the obvious differences in appearance from his fellow Asgardians.

Thor was well acted as were most parts, though I found Stiff, sorry Sif a bit wooden. But the class act all the way through was the cinematography, effects, what would once have been sets and props.

By a long way my favourite of the Marvel universe and the movie would have had to be really bad for me not to get something out of it, but I was pleased it stayed true to my perceptions whilst awed at the modernisation and integration of it into the here and now.

A must see (in my 'umble opinion).................... stay to the end after the credits, for the extra scene.

Post by **Hashi Lebwohl** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:52 pm

Branagh as director was always going to be the best feature of this film. A skilled and talented director can turn even a mediocre script into a good movie.

Post by **Hiro** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:59 am

'Thor' was great fun!

Lighthearted, striking a real comic-book tone.

The 3D was wholly unnecessary though, as it always is.

Post by **Rigel** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:08 am

Are people still watching comic book films? <ducks>

j/k, though I'm not into the whole "unified" idea (ie The Avengers). In my mind, a story has a beginning and an ending, and the idea of dragging these series on and on, tieing them in with each other, just seems pointless to me.

Post by **Hashi Lebwohl** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:20 pm

It's just business. Big-budget movies based on comic books have a built-in life span, though--an actor playing a superhero can probably only do that character for 10 or 15 years before time catches up. Spiderman with thinning hair now grey on the temples? Batman with a receding hairline?

This is why we are getting an X-Men prequel set in the 1960s. The actors playing the main characters either a) don't want to play those parts any more (Halle Berry vis-a-vis Storm), b) have been killed off (James Marsden as Cyclops, Famke Janssen as Marvel Girl--notice they never used her "super" name in the movies) or c) are getting too old (isn't Sir Ian McKellan nearly 70?) Sure, Mr. Downey doesn't mind putting on the armor again for Avengers because he knows a good merchandising paycheck when he sees one...but now we will have the third actor as Bruce Banner in, what, 8 years? Not even James Bond changes that often.

Other than movie adaptations of graphic novels, the studios cannot create new comic book characters because no one will have any interest in seeing characters they have never heard of. Kick-Ass has a decent following, but I wouldn't say that it was a roaring success. How many superhero-themed movies were release last year? A dozen?

In the meantime, I suppose we'll just wait around for the Daredevil reboot and Ghost Rider II. No, I am not kidding, they really are in production.

Post by **aTOMiC** » Thu May 05, 2011 1:19 am

As of this writing Thor commands a 90percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Of course that could change as more reviews are added but they are up to 79 critic reviews at this point.
I am looking forward to seeing the film for myself.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Thu May 05, 2011 2:25 am

Me too.
Thor was the one super-hero comic I did follow, for a short time.

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri May 06, 2011 4:47 am

the film looks great in the previews. and I will also bei seeing Captain America and the Avengers when they come out.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:08 am

Ahh! Yeah, I had a great time!

The action was cool. Thor used Mjolnir very well, both simple throwing and bashing, and some other powers. The story was good enough.

Looks like a Cosmic Cube in the post-credits scene. I know the Red Skull is in the Captain America movie, so maybe that's where it's from.

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:58 am

Saw it today. I give it two thumbs up. Very well done. Casting, costuming, scenery and story were all great.

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