SPOILER! (select to read)Probably my favourite of this run of Marvel films. The Asgard bits and the superheroics were done epically and managed to feel just like the comics without quite making that leap into camp, at least to me. The other scenes, with Thor out-of-place on modern earth were hilarious and the relationship with the obligitary love interest managed to not feel irritating and tacked-on.
And of course, at the end we get our Nick Fury showing off the cosmic cube, leading nicely into the Avengers film.
Loki sneaking into that scene worries me slightly that the Avengers film might end up just having, as its antagonist, just everyone's villains teaming up. Which would be a waste, I think.
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Watched Thor today. Absolutely top bloody notch.
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I saw it earlier. Quality. Asgard was stunning. I was a bit worried that Asgardians in modern day would be tacky, but it was done pretty well.
I loved Loki. Very rarely do we see such a thin line between 'good guy' and 'bad guy'. In fact, I think right up until the point he let the Frost Giants in, he was still on the fence... Nice work.
I think I now need to go back and watch the 2008 Incredible Hulk, so I've seen all the films in this Marvel universe thingy.
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I loved Loki. Very rarely do we see such a thin line between 'good guy' and 'bad guy'. In fact, I think right up until the point he let the Frost Giants in, he was still on the fence... Nice work.
I think I now need to go back and watch the 2008 Incredible Hulk, so I've seen all the films in this Marvel universe thingy.
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Much as I like big, camp, comic-book villains I doubt they could have pulled off the "is-he-good, is-he-bad" dynamic. I suspect he'll be hammed right up if there are sequels.tahukanuva wrote: Loki, even though he lacked the strutting flamboyancy he's had in the comics I've read him in.
Its actually pretty good- my only gripe was that, perhaps through Norton's meddling, it tried to pretend it was much more intelligent and original than actually was.Sixswitch wrote:I think I now need to go back and watch the 2008 Incredible Hulk, so I've seen all the films in this Marvel universe thingy.
Much better than the 2003 one (not that that's saying much.)
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Awesome film! I thought it got off to a shaky start but after about 30mins i was loving it! Kudos to Fandral and Heimdall, they were brilliant and probably the strongest of the backing characters. Sif was a bit of a wet lettuce but never mind. Favourite bit would be
Hawkeye did pretty much nothing but it was a nice cameo.
Looking forward to The Avengers even more now! not long to go....
SPOILER! (select to read)When Thor gets Mjolnir back and has that massive smackdown in the clouds, that whole scene was shot beautifully and probably the most jaw dropping moment of the film.
Hawkeye did pretty much nothing but it was a nice cameo.
Looking forward to The Avengers even more now! not long to go....
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Saw it last week with the wife... loved it.
The thing that made me laugh was, in the first panning over the main castle in Asgard, it reminded me of the Castle of Eternia....
So, when
SPOILER! (select to read)- making an appearence was awesome, when he reached for the bow, I admit I geeked out a little.Clint Barton
The thing that made me laugh was, in the first panning over the main castle in Asgard, it reminded me of the Castle of Eternia....
So, when
SPOILER! (select to read)raising his hand to the sky, with the lightning bolt... I was expecting "I have the power!!!"Thor got the hammer back