Thor (The Movie) *Spoiler- contains character images*

[MarfMaster]

Just got back from seeing this, very solid flick

 

[The Josh]

AWESOME STUFF JOSH!!

this first movie my dad took me to was The Empire Strikes Back when i was 4 in 1980.
the last movie i took my dad to was Revenge of The Sith in 2005.

I think it awesome to be able to bond like that,even if it is just a movie.

Thank ya! The whole thing was awesome tonight. Dad goes with me to most movies I go to as he's gotten into this stuff since he started going into Comic-Con. I just like moments like that especially when he's with me cause my Dad is my best friend.

 

[-jay-]

I'll put my thoughts in spoiler tags.

Spoiler

Alright just got back with my Dad from seeing Thor and I have to say its pretty freaking awesome.

I love the opening war scene seeing Odin in action dealing with the Frost people. That was a pretty damn impressive way to start the movie to be honest. Then seeing Asgard in all its beauty was really impressive as they give you a good wide screen look at it which follows going into a ceremony for Thor. Of course you get a really sweet quick look at Destroyer because of the Frost people.

Now, for the beauty that Asgard has you then get sent to the Frost people's world which is totally the other side of the spectrum being dark and gloomy. Seeing Thor in action when ____ hits the fan was pretty damn impressive. Then seeing the fallout from his decision and banishment to Earth was also cool.

When he arrives on Earth and you really get introduced to that part of the story it gets even better I think. I really like the comedy aspect that comes in during this sequence as I think it balances out the film. I like how the characters play off each other and I felt that these guys really became connected to each other. Seeing Thor go after Mjolnir tearing up those guys was pretty damn cool.

During this finding out Loki is one of the Frost people was a nice twist in the film and explains why he will develop a hate for Thor even more. Now, we finally get a good look at Destroyer and the hell he can unleash which leads to Thor truly showing his worth becoming Thor again.

The end sequence of seeing Thor and Loki go at it was pretty damn cool. I cannot wait to see these guys go at it in further movies because you can see that Loki now really hates Thor and Thor still loves Loki. Seeing Thor destroying the bridge and his immediate chance to get back shows how much he has changed and cares about others now more than himself.

Overall, this was one of the coolest movies I've seen in a very long time and equally as good as both Iron Man movies which I reall love. Actually, its as good as Iron Man 1 and edges out 2. As I said the way the characters all work out each other and the way they develop them really works for me personally. Graphically it was really well done .

This movie is a solid 9/10 for me. I had so much fun watching this movie.

The scene after the credits was pretty sweet seeing the cube and Loki.

One scene that really was cool for me personally was Thor and Odin at the end of the movie. Thor talking to Odin about how great a king he was and how great a father. I liked that scene personally a lot because I went and saw this with my Dad which always is special.

Good to see you enjoyed it, Josh.

 

[The Josh]

Good to see you enjoyed it, Josh.

I really really did. Its an awesome film. Not just a comic book film but a film in and of itself. If I wasn't spending so much on seeing other films this summer, toys, and going to comic con I'd go see it again in the theaters.

 

[Captain Spidey]

Couldn't agree more with your thoughts about the movie Josh. Only thing I'd like to add is how great I think the chemistry between Natalie and Chris was. Natalie did a really good job.

 

[Glennfett]

Thank ya! The whole thing was awesome tonight. Dad goes with me to most movies I go to as he's gotten into this stuff since he started going into Comic-Con. I just like moments like that especially when he's with me cause my Dad is my best friend.

@ the dad is my best friend...QFT!!
I know first hand this is the same with my dad.
He was the one who bought me my first SW figures back in 1980
the last thing they got me was the Lars Homestead.

I also agree,Natalie Portman was awesome in this film.
Also,while listening to Hemsworths voice,i couldnt help but think how much he sounded like Ledger,yes i know he is Aussie,but it was just so surreal!!

 

[OSCORP]

7/10

 

[greygoose]

 

[FQRizzo]

8/10

It's a solid movie, but it just didn't connect with me for some reason. I do appreciate how deep they went into the Thor 'universe', though. I think a second viewing would help me like it better.

 

[ShadowX81]

I saw it last night. And im going to be honest, I didn't like it. Heres why.

Tht thing about this movie is that it wasn't really an origin story in the typical sense. Thor, for all intents and purposes was always Thor. He always had his powers, always knew why he had them and how to use them, and even always had his costume.

The entire plot of the movie is that his father does not believe he is repsonsible enough to wield them, so he takes them away until he has matured enough to earn them back. Fair enough.

However this means that the plot is entirely absed around Thor growing into a hero worthy of his powers, essentially making the whole film about characher development. Once again this is fair enough. The problem is for a film whose premise wraps around the development of the main character, there is little if any character development.

We never see Thor progress, develop, or learn why his actions in the beginning of the film were wrong. He is just suddenly different at the end. The only time that he is explicitly told what he is doing is wrong is when he is instructed by Natalie Portman not to smash coffee cups when he is done with them.

Which brings me to my next point. We are set up to believe that Thor's romance with Natalie Portman is the catalyst that bring's about this change. Once again it is a decent enough premise, but we are never shown enough of the two of them together to really believe that there is a romance there. All we see is two attractive people who knew eachother for 2 days, most of which was spent with Ms. Portman thinking that Thor was an inebriated, mentally ill, homeless man. There is really only a brief scene where the two of them bond, and even that is cut short.

Why does he love her? Why does she love him? With the little we saw of them in the movie, it doesn't appear to be more than two attractive people who are upset at the end that they never got the chance to do it. We are basically expected to believe that becuase they are young, attractive, and know eachother; they must be in love.

Instead, what we get in place of development are countless CGI battles featuring Thor's friends, who are a bunch of cartoons; and Loki. Loki is a tough one. On one hand he is supposed to be the films villian, but on the other he never does anything particularly villanous for most of it. In fact its hard to argue with most of his logic. We are led to believe that Loki was wrong for alerting Odin when Thor mindlessly went off in search of a battle early in the film, but that seemed to be the most level headed thing that anyone did in this movie. Thor was an overeager ass looking for a fight, and that selfishness could have easily ignited a war between the two planets (in actuality it did, we just never hear about it again after the fact). Thor was not fit to be a king, and his banishment was clearly the best thing that could have happened to him.

Loki's evil plan is also to use a mystic relic to kill off the enemies of his race, but that also seems to be a fairly levelheaded decision given the level of agression they have shown. And we as an audience are expected to feel tension when thier lives are at risk? The same people who have previously attacked Asthguard twice, tried to kill Odin, and that Thor was more than eager to kill with his bare hands earlier in the film? You can see how the audience would be conflicted here.

Overall this was a film whose plot was entirely based around character development that we never see, a love story that we also never see, and a villian whose motivations are the most justifiable out of any of the characters.

 

[Chapter 2099]

Those of you that saw it in "Real-3D" (or whatever it's called), how did you rank it amongst other 3D versions? This was my first one, and I liked it, but I think someone mentioned it wasn't filmed with 3D in mind or something to that effect, so you don't get that "wow" factor from it. I hope to go see it again on Sunday in 2D.

 

[jedibear]

8/10

It's a solid movie, but it just didn't connect with me for some reason. I do appreciate how deep they went into the Thor 'universe', though. I think a second viewing would help me like it better.

That's pretty much where I'm at after seeing it.

 

[jye4ever]

Those of you that saw it in "Real-3D" (or whatever it's called), how did you rank it amongst other 3D versions? This was my first one, and I liked it, but I think someone mentioned it wasn't filmed with 3D in mind or something to that effect, so you don't get that "wow" factor from it. I hope to go see it again on Sunday in 2D.

I can answer this

I've seen it in IMAX 3D and regular Real 3D.

First and foremost, this is indeed a movie shot w/o a 3D camera so the 3D was a post conversion process layering down the 3D.

It is hands down one of the cleanest, brightest conversions out there!

The 3D doesn't always have to hit you in the face, good 3D is about seeing enviromental seperation, and being clean and sharp while doing it.

Thor wasn't perfect but it shows how far conversions have come and when done with care and unrushed, can actually look pretty good.

The Cap trailer in 3D showed me that this will be the same case with that movie, a very good conversion for a movie not shot in 3D.

Now, to answer your question

While I loved the size of the IMAX screen, 3D and all.....the non Imax Real 3D viewing for me had the better 3D....and I really don't know why

That's not really an answer was it

 

[jye4ever]

I saw it last night. And im going to be honest, I didn't like it. Heres why.

Tht thing about this movie is that it wasn't really an origin story in the typical sense. Thor, for all intents and purposes was always Thor. He always had his powers, always knew why he had them and how to use them, and even always had his costume.

The entire plot of the movie is that his father does not believe he is repsonsible enough to wield them, so he takes them away until he has matured enough to earn them back. Fair enough.

However this means that the plot is entirely absed around Thor growing into a hero worthy of his powers, essentially making the whole film about characher development. Once again this is fair enough. The problem is for a film whose premise wraps around the development of the main character, there is little if any character development.

We never see Thor progress, develop, or learn why his actions in the beginning of the film were wrong. He is just suddenly different at the end. The only time that he is explicitly told what he is doing is wrong is when he is instructed by Natalie Portman not to smash coffee cups when he is done with them.

Which brings me to my next point. We are set up to believe that Thor's romance with Natalie Portman is the catalyst that bring's about this change. Once again it is a decent enough premise, but we are never shown enough of the two of them together to really believe that there is a romance there. All we see is two attractive people who knew eachother for 2 days, most of which was spent with Ms. Portman thinking that Thor was an inebriated, mentally ill, homeless man. There is really only a brief scene where the two of them bond, and even that is cut short.

Why does he love her? Why does she love him? With the little we saw of them in the movie, it doesn't appear to be more than two attractive people who are upset at the end that they never got the chance to do it. We are basically expected to believe that becuase they are young, attractive, and know eachother; they must be in love.

Instead, what we get in place of development are countless CGI battles featuring Thor's friends, who are a bunch of cartoons; and Loki. Loki is a tough one. On one hand he is supposed to be the films villian, but on the other he never does anything particularly villanous for most of it. In fact its hard to argue with most of his logic. We are led to believe that Loki was wrong for alerting Odin when Thor mindlessly went off in search of a battle early in the film, but that seemed to be the most level headed thing that anyone did in this movie. Thor was an overeager ass looking for a fight, and that selfishness could have easily ignited a war between the two planets (in actuality it did, we just never hear about it again after the fact). Thor was not fit to be a king, and his banishment was clearly the best thing that could have happened to him.

Loki's evil plan is also to use a mystic relic to kill off the enemies of his race, but that also seems to be a fairly levelheaded decision given the level of agression they have shown. And we as an audience are expected to feel tension when thier lives are at risk? The same people who have previously attacked Asthguard twice, tried to kill Odin, and that Thor was more than eager to kill with his bare hands earlier in the film? You can see how the audience would be conflicted here.

Overall this was a film whose plot was entirely based around character development that we never see, a love story that we also never see, and a villian whose motivations are the most justifiable out of any of the characters.

First and foremost, congrats on a good review on your part with some very valid points.

For me:

It was an origin story in a quick and subtle way and i'm happy for that, I needed a break from the need of every superhero movie having to be an origin story (looking at you Spiderman and Superman reboot )

It really doesn't have to take much in life for someone to have a meaningful emotional and ideological change. The moment he believed that he would never see Asgard again, never be a powerful being again, never be king, never see his mother and father again, never see his friends again, be stuck on Earth forever, in that instance, it was enough for him to fall to his knees and allow mere mortals to drag him away.

His soul was drained and instantly changed right there and then, especially with the last nail in the coffin when Loki informed him that not even his mother wanted him back!

If not for being rescused by a mere mortal, Thor would've sat in that chair a crushed, depressed, lost soul having nothing but his terrible memories of the errors of his ways which lead him to the life he was now stuck with!

Yeah, I don't know about you, but that would change me.

Regarding Loki being the one with the most reasonable actions, I see this as a good thing. It's nice to have characters with changing emotional dynamics, just like in real life. If we get conflicted while watching the movie, that's a good thing....because real life is full of conflicts. Bad people are still capable of doing good and Good people are certainly capable of being bad.

No doubt that a 3 hour Thor movie would've had more room to breath but so would a 4 hour movie over the 3 hour one and a 5 hour over the 4.

For the 2 hour running time, it was enough of a success for me to give it a positive review.

 

[toylion]

First and foremost, congrats on a good review on your part with some very valid points.

For me:

It was an origin story in a quck and subtle way and i'm happy for that, I needed a break from the need of every superhero movie having to be an origin story (looking at you Spiderman and Superman reboot )

It really doesn't have to take much in life for someone to have a meaningful emotional and ideological change. The moment he believed that he would never see Asgard again, never be a powerful being again, never be king, never see his mother and father again, never see his friends again, be stuck on Earth forever, in that instance, it was enough for him to fall to his knees and allow mere mortals drag him away.

His soul was drained and instantly changed right there and then, especially with the last nail in the coffin when Loki informed him that not even his mother wanted him back!

If not for being rescused by a mere mortal, Thor would've sat in that chair a crushed, depressed, lost soul having nothing but his terrible memories of the errors of his ways which lead him to the life he was now stuck with!

Yeah, I don't know about you, but that would change me.

Regarding Loki being the one with the most reasonable actions, I see this as a good thing. It's nice to have characters with changing emotional dynamics, just like in real life. If we get conflicted while watching the movie, that's a good thing....because real life is full of conflicts. Bad people are still capable of doing good and Good people are certainly capable of being bad.

 

[DarthNeil]

I'll put my thoughts in spoiler tags.

Spoiler

Alright just got back with my Dad from seeing Thor and I have to say its pretty freaking awesome.

I love the opening war scene seeing Odin in action dealing with the Frost people. That was a pretty damn impressive way to start the movie to be honest. Then seeing Asgard in all its beauty was really impressive as they give you a good wide screen look at it which follows going into a ceremony for Thor. Of course you get a really sweet quick look at Destroyer because of the Frost people.

Now, for the beauty that Asgard has you then get sent to the Frost people's world which is totally the other side of the spectrum being dark and gloomy. Seeing Thor in action when ____ hits the fan was pretty damn impressive. Then seeing the fallout from his decision and banishment to Earth was also cool.

When he arrives on Earth and you really get introduced to that part of the story it gets even better I think. I really like the comedy aspect that comes in during this sequence as I think it balances out the film. I like how the characters play off each other and I felt that these guys really became connected to each other. Seeing Thor go after Mjolnir tearing up those guys was pretty damn cool.

During this finding out Loki is one of the Frost people was a nice twist in the film and explains why he will develop a hate for Thor even more. Now, we finally get a good look at Destroyer and the hell he can unleash which leads to Thor truly showing his worth becoming Thor again.

The end sequence of seeing Thor and Loki go at it was pretty damn cool. I cannot wait to see these guys go at it in further movies because you can see that Loki now really hates Thor and Thor still loves Loki. Seeing Thor destroying the bridge and his immediate chance to get back shows how much he has changed and cares about others now more than himself.

Overall, this was one of the coolest movies I've seen in a very long time and equally as good as both Iron Man movies which I reall love. Actually, its as good as Iron Man 1 and edges out 2. As I said the way the characters all work out each other and the way they develop them really works for me personally. Graphically it was really well done .

This movie is a solid 9/10 for me. I had so much fun watching this movie.

The scene after the credits was pretty sweet seeing the cube and Loki.

One scene that really was cool for me personally was Thor and Odin at the end of the movie. Thor talking to Odin about how great a king he was and how great a father. I liked that scene personally a lot because I went and saw this with my Dad which always is special.

This sums it up for me as well-- the only exceptions might be that going into this movie I was quiet familiar with the character and his "world" as I've read his comic off and now seriously on since the early 80's. Loki was exactly portrayed as he is in the comic just as Thor's feelings towards Loki. The world of Asgard and the Tree was very wonderfully portrayed and I absolutely loved the Shakespearean Lear element which I know that Brannagh lovingly brought out in the storytelling.

This was a great addition to the Marvel movie universe and I put it on par with the first Iron Man. I can't wait for Captain America-- but a very disturbing thing happened just as I was starting to enjoy the Cap trailer (in 3D)--- some idiot brought up the lights and cut the sound so that idiot #2 could draw a ticket for a day pass to a sci-fi convention over 5 hours away that no one in the theatre cared about. If he didn't have his three year old daughter picking the ticket out of the bucket I would have lost it on him... Idiot.

Oh, and I absolutely loved Ray Stevenson's Volstagg (true to the comic). It was nice too to at least "hear" a great Canadian (and Shakespearean actor) Colm Feore as King Laufey of the frost giants... I wish he could have been seen on screen but then he'd be a little bit too old to be Loki . And speaking of Loki, it's nice to finally see a villain with depth and motivation rather than cackling maniacally while killing nameless henchmen.

It was a great movie and I highly recommend seeing it in theatres.

 

[agent_85]

Best part.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwGCOT1FObU

 

[jayveeeusebio]

Best part.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwGCOT1FObU

 

[The Josh]

@ the dad is my best friend...QFT!!
I know first hand this is the same with my dad.
He was the one who bought me my first SW figures back in 1980
the last thing they got me was the Lars Homestead.

This sums it up for me as well-- the only exceptions might be that going into this movie I was quiet familiar with the character and his "world" as I've read his comic off and now seriously on since the early 80's. Loki was exactly portrayed as he is in the comic just as Thor's feelings towards Loki. The world of Asgard and the Tree was very wonderfully portrayed and I absolutely loved the Shakespearean Lear element which I know that Brannagh lovingly brought out in the storytelling.

This was a great addition to the Marvel movie universe and I put it on par with the first Iron Man. I can't wait for Captain America-- but a very disturbing thing happened just as I was starting to enjoy the Cap trailer (in 3D)--- some idiot brought up the lights and cut the sound so that idiot #2 could draw a ticket for a day pass to a sci-fi convention over 5 hours away that no one in the theatre cared about. If he didn't have his three year old daughter picking the ticket out of the bucket I would have lost it on him... Idiot.

Oh, and I absolutely loved Ray Stevenson's Volstagg (true to the comic). It was nice too to at least "hear" a great Canadian (and Shakespearean actor) Colm Feore as King Laufey of the frost giants... I wish he could have been seen on screen but then he'd be a little bit too old to be Loki . And speaking of Loki, it's nice to finally see a villain with depth and motivation rather than cackling maniacally while killing nameless henchmen.

It was a great movie and I highly recommend seeing it in theatres.

It had been a long time since I read anything involving Thor. I recently read the mini series of Ultimate Thor but thats it really. So I had to go looking afterwards to see how much if anything was changed. Brannagh did a great job I thought with everything pacing, how the actors played off each other etc. You could tell the man knows something about acting and how to put a movie together.

Its right up there among the best of the best when it comes to movies in the Marvel Universe thats for sure. Set the bar high for this summers movies which POTC, GL, and Cap have got work to match for me.

Loki was really well done and felt complete as a character. I can't wait to see how they further bring him into the Avengers and Thor 2.

 

[Darkseed]

Its right up there among the best of the best when it comes to movies in the Marvel Universe thats for sure. Set the bar high for this summers movies which POTC, GL, and Cap have got work to match for me.

Loki was really well done and felt complete as a character. I can't wait to see how they further bring him into the Avengers and Thor 2.

All 'my opinion of course':

I loved Thor and Odin but for me Loki stole the show. Hiddleston captured Loki's essence in every possible manner.

A side note to previous post:
I didn't take away from the film that Thor's romance with Foster was the catalyst to his humility. Did it help, yes. I say the conversation between Loki and Thor when Thor was captured by SHIELD. The dude broke....best that a part God/ part Alien / part Superhero could break.

I cannot wait until my next viewing