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

[PapitoMX]

Cool thanks, I couldn't make out what was in the case. Gonna see it again tomorrow

They found the Cosmic Cube.

 

[ProgMatinee]

has any movie released in the last 50 years not kicked the crap out of Iron Man 2? I'm thinking Showgirls puts that piece of crap to shame.

 

[TOE]

has any movie released in the last 50 years not kicked the crap out of Iron Man 2? I'm thinking Showgirls puts that piece of crap to shame.

ouch. Maybe even Gigli did better.

 

[jye4ever]

Bad Ass Digest:

I’ll be running a set visit piece from Green Lantern this week (it was supposed to run today but you don’t know me. You don’t tell me what to do), and I’ll sum it up simply by saying that I think the film looks conceptually strong. But you already knew that – I’ve been crowing it for months. I saw storyboards of the entire movie, and the climactic confrontation looks to be as big as one we’ve ever seen in a superhero movie. Considering everybody got really excited about the frankly small scale cosmic stuff in Thor, I think pants will be wet when Green Lantern comes to an end.

 

[jye4ever]

Holy crap, go to Box Office Mojo.

Bridesmaids has 1,000 less screens than Thor yet beat it by $34,000 for monday's box office, placing Thor into 2nd place!

 

[Jair]

Just saw Thor tonight and honestly wasn't really impressed, I liked the film but it just didn't grab me like Iron Man did.

Hemsworth really did the role of Thor well, I think Portman and Hopkins ruined it for me, every time I heard hopkins speak it reminded me of The Wolfman, he had the exact same tone of speach. I'm also pretty burnt out of seeing Portman in every other film.

The rest of the cast worked great, it's funny Branagh and Hiddleston are in a BBC series togther as cop partners, called Wallander, which is an excellent show.

Evan

 

[Jair]

Holy crap, go to Box Office Mojo.

Bridesmaids has 1,000 less screens than Thor yet beat it by $34,000 for monday's box office, placing Thor into 2nd place!

I read somewhere, wish I could find the article, that stated if Thor wasn't released in 3D/Imax that Bridesmaids would have beaten Thor for the weekend box office, it's just that 3D adds so much to ticket prices.


Evan

 

[Khev]

A couple extra thoughts on Thor the movie:

1. Hemsworth as Thor may be the most instantly charismatic film character since Jack Sparrow. Women love him, guys think he's cool, extra points for pulling off an insanely difficult comic to screen translation.

2. Even though there have been other great Marvel films I feel like Thor has finally brought the spirit of Jack Kirby to the big screen. And I love that.

 

[The Josh]

My mom wanted to see Thor so we went to see it. Three words on my feelings after viewing "still freaking awesome".

 

[jedibear]

A couple extra thoughts on Thor the movie:

1. Hemsworth as Thor may be the most instantly charismatic film character since Jack Sparrow. Women love him, guys think he's cool, extra points for pulling off an insanely difficult comic to screen translation.

2. Even though there have been other great Marvel films I feel like Thor has finally brought the spirit of Jack Kirby to the big screen. And I love that.

Both good points. It's rare one of these genre movies can end up being a genuine "date movie" that equally appeals to both the guys and the gals, and "Thor" achieves that, thanks to the great appealing presence and perfomance of Hemsworth. He's "matinee idol" material...here's hoping we can get a few more movies out of him before it goes to his head and he's just another overpaid slab of meat....

And yes....one of the main successful elements of "Thor" is how visually and viscerally the outrageous action is rendered....from his use of the hammer (when he twirls it at high speed, it's exhilarating to watch) to the glimpses of the huge battles...the action "convinces", making total "comic book" action look "real". It's really cool...

 

[karamazov80]

The pleasant, optimistic nature of the character really is a throwback to the Lee/Kirby stuff of the 60s, and felt counter to a lot of what we see nowadays from comic films with tormented, angst ridden characters (Spiderman, Daredevil, Batman, Hulk, Wolverine and the other X-Men), wanton murderers (Punisher, Blade), and immoral alcoholics womanizers (Iron Man).

Thor really was a refreshing change of pace. Superman could give us something similar, but I fear the need (or perceived need) to reference parts of what made Dark Knight popular are gonna hurt the chances of that happening. Captain America and the Fantastic Four reboot could do the same.

I like my "gritty" comic characters as much as the next guy, but not always.

 

[The Mike]

Just got back from the movie and let me say I'm very impressed. I've been reading Thor for a couple of decades now and it was a really good interpretation of a lot of the high points from the past few years. It wasn't perfect by any means but I did enjoy it much more than Iron Man 2 and I would dare to say that I enjoyed it about as much as Iron Man just in a different way.

I had very little hope for this film at all as this thread will document but they did a fantastic job of making the character accessible without falling into parody and making a film that moved quick enough to get the story told and explaining just enough to get you to understand the story as it progresses. My wife knows absolutely nothing about Thor except that he has a hammer and that he is blonde and she absolutely loved it.

The Warriors Three were well casted as was Sif but they were underutilized completely not to mention the lighthearted parts with them could have been better characterized. I loved seeing Destroyer and thought that was done fantastically and Portman was surprisingly adorable as Jane. The SHIELD parts were fantastically interwoven, much better than Iron Man 2, and felt natural. I wasn't too impressed with Hopkins as Odin, he is a fantastic actor and has presence but just not as Odin. He felt miscast and didn't really give the kind of performance I would imagine from Odin the All-father. Loki was amazing, perfectly casted and portrayed as was Thor. The CGI elements were well-crafted, far better than the stillshots give it credit for and the lack of the "Aye Verily!" or the third person conversation were both easily forgotten in the well crafted film. I really liked it.

It was interesting to see Mjolnir pronounced "MEE-YOLL-NER" which is different than a lot of the past Marvel projects which would pronounce it "MOLE-LINN-NER" and different than the Norwegian pronunciation which sounds more like "MEE-YOLL-NEE" but with the emphasis in the first and last syllable instead of the last syllable like the first example. Considering the Avengers is an team with different personalities, Thor is a nice juxaposition from the straight-laced (or at least should be) Cap and the Downey, wild-child portrayal of Stark.

I even liked the small bit about Clint Barton.

 

[jye4ever]

That was the final review I was waiting to read, this thread can now be closed

Glad you enjoyed it Mike, it really was a great movie for all the reasons you mentioned.

Did your preorder HT Thor and if not, did this movie make you change your mind.

 

[Kabukiman]

Finally got to see it. I'm about 80 bajillion posts behind on this thread so apologies if all this has been covered, but I have a few questions:

1) Was there an explanation for the Odin-sleep? Did Loki provoke it somehow other than just getting him worked up?

2) Why was Odin preparing his sons for the throne? He's the All-Father, so it's not like he's going anywhere. Or am I misunderstanding this?

Other than those minor nags, I absolutely loved this flick. I just wish we had more "Ho! Verily!" going on.

 

[The Josh]

Glad you liked it Mike but I would have to totally disagree with you about Hopkins as Odin. Personally, I thought that was yet another perfect casting in this movie.

 

[bearmodel]

Good movie..funnier than expected....

Still only ordering Destroyer Maquette though....

 

[jye4ever]

Joss Whedon directed the post credits sequence in Thor, not KB.

Cool ____, just like how KB directed the post credit sequence in IM2.

https://www.slashfilm.com/directed-post-credits-scene-thor/

 

[fuzzylojiks]

Just got back from the movie and let me say I'm very impressed. I've been reading Thor for a couple of decades now and it was a really good interpretation of a lot of the high points from the past few years. It wasn't perfect by any means but I did enjoy it much more than Iron Man 2 and I would dare to say that I enjoyed it about as much as Iron Man just in a different way.

I had very little hope for this film at all as this thread will document but they did a fantastic job of making the character accessible without falling into parody and making a film that moved quick enough to get the story told and explaining just enough to get you to understand the story as it progresses. My wife knows absolutely nothing about Thor except that he has a hammer and that he is blonde and she absolutely loved it.

The Warriors Three were well casted as was Sif but they were underutilized completely not to mention the lighthearted parts with them could have been better characterized. I loved seeing Destroyer and thought that was done fantastically and Portman was surprisingly adorable as Jane. The SHIELD parts were fantastically interwoven, much better than Iron Man 2, and felt natural. I wasn't too impressed with Hopkins as Odin, he is a fantastic actor and has presence but just not as Odin. He felt miscast and didn't really give the kind of performance I would imagine from Odin the All-father. Loki was amazing, perfectly casted and portrayed as was Thor. The CGI elements were well-crafted, far better than the stillshots give it credit for and the lack of the "Aye Verily!" or the third person conversation were both easily forgotten in the well crafted film. I really liked it.

Really? I like Hopkins as Odin, I thought he brought a commanding presence to the role. And as for the girls liking the movie, that's why the cast Hemsworth.

The stillshots were just a bad representation of the film I didn't like them either til I saw the movie.

 

[fuzzylojiks]

Joss Whedon directed the post credits sequence in Thor, not KB.

Cool ____, just like how KB directed the post credit sequence in IM2.

https://www.slashfilm.com/directed-post-credits-scene-thor/

Now Wheden just needs to do that final fight scene with River in Serenity and protract that making it a ton longer and Avengers will be a hit.

 

[jedibear]

The pleasant, optimistic nature of the character really is a throwback to the Lee/Kirby stuff of the 60s, and felt counter to a lot of what we see nowadays from comic films with tormented, angst ridden characters (Spiderman, Daredevil, Batman, Hulk, Wolverine and the other X-Men), wanton murderers (Punisher, Blade), and immoral alcoholics womanizers (Iron Man).

Thor really was a refreshing change of pace. Superman could give us something similar, but I fear the need (or perceived need) to reference parts of what made Dark Knight popular are gonna hurt the chances of that happening. Captain America and the Fantastic Four reboot could do the same.

I like my "gritty" comic characters as much as the next guy, but not always.

Here, here!

Just got back from the movie and let me say I'm very impressed....
.... I wasn't too impressed with Hopkins as Odin, he is a fantastic actor and has presence but just not as Odin. He felt miscast and didn't really give the kind of performance I would imagine from Odin the All-father.

Glad you enjoyed it, Mike...but I've got to respectfully disagree with you about Hopkins. I thought he was one of the highlights of the movie.

Now, I stress"movie" here....I'll admit I'm not as well-versed with the comics to have a more solid expectation of how Odin should be...but as far as this movie is concerned, Hopkins was aces!