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#1: It was pretty entertaining on the rare moments that the movie actually get you focus on anything. It seems rushed, like they had two movies worth of material, but had to cut one movie. That's not surprising, since they still have Captain America to get out, and The Avengers next summer.

#2: Best, but shortest Stan Lee cameo yet!

#3: I sorta think that that mysterious energy source Nick Fury had in the After-the-credits bit was the thing Loki stole from Asgard. Interesting, but I would have rather seen them do something more with Hawkeye than a mini-bit with him as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with a thing for bows over guns.

#4: No shot of Kat Dennings in a bikini? Running? In slow motion? Damnit!!! Damnit!!! Damnit!!!


Not a spoiler, but I'm positive Anthony Hopkins was standing on a box the whole damned movie.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2768932.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2768932.page GMT Re:Thor!
2. Nah, I liked his cameo in Season 1 of Heroes, confirming my suspicions that the whole thing was an X-Men rip off.

3. The Macguffin of which you speak is supposed to pop up again in Captain America. Bit of a weak Macguffin too if you ask me. Good to see that
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Tom Hiddlestone
is back for the Avengers though

4. Indeed, a disappointing lack of bikinis all round really.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2768972.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2768972.page GMT Thor!
warpcrafter wrote:
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#4: No shot of Kat Dennings in a bikini? Running? In slow motion? Damnit!!! Damnit!!! Damnit!!!

Boo. BOOOOO!

Screw it, I'll pass on this one and go see Green Lantern. Can't wait to see Ryan Reynolds get WTFPWNED by a #2 pencil.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2769024.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2769024.page GMT Thor! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2769096.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2769096.page GMT Re:Thor!
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after looking at it in the movie i didn't really get a good look at is so i found a youtube clip of the ending to get a better look, it's just a silver cube of something. but, when nick fury said that it was power, possibly unlimited power i immediately remembered a piece of nerd trivia that i originally learned about from reading a spider-man comic years ago and from watching the lionsgate avengers movie (great movie for avengers fans both one and two i recommend watching them). it's a chunk of vibranium, a fictional element marvel made up (like ademantium) that can be used as a battery to hold a near limitless supply of power. those are my thoughts anyways.
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The Cosmic Cube. Loki is supposed to be the bad guy for the Avengers movie which wouldn't make sense since Thor alone can beat him, but Loki with the Cosmic Cube becomes a threat that would require the full Avengers team.


Liked the movie.

Mew mew?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2773554.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2773554.page GMT Re:Thor! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2776866.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2776866.page GMT Re:Thor!
Non spoiler. A lot of good actors playing B movie stuff. Anthony Hopkins I think stole the movie (there's a surprise...not!)

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I liked how they did the frost giants, although they weren't exactly gigantic.


Also wasn't this like a major jump the shark moment?
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OK, so 1) if you keep the bridge open you blow the planet up you are landing on? 2) Loki is trying to keep the bridge open to blow up Giantheim or whatever; 3) They've had at least one major war with the giants, to the level Odin doesn't want another one; 4) The giants just broke in to try to steal something, then
WHY IS LOKI THE BAD GUY? He sounds like the man with the plan actually. To quote Shaka Zulu " never leave an enemy behind."





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I like the costumes and background. Although some of the Asgardian armor seem to restrict movement.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2778822.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2778822.page GMT Re:Thor!
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it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1
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Revenent Reiko wrote:Hmmmm, havent seen the movie yet but judging from what has been said (i cant resist spoiler boxes :():
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it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1


I don't know but:
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I did yell at a geek to pipe down who was trying to relay the entire history of comic book Thor and the Avengers blah blah fight with Hulk blah blah right up to and into the previews. Nothing like a bit of the old "hey kid shut the up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind.
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Frazzled wrote:
Revenent Reiko wrote:Hmmmm, havent seen the movie yet but judging from what has been said (i cant resist spoiler boxes :():
Spoiler:
it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1


I don't know but:
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I did yell at a geek to pipe down who was trying to relay the entire history of comic book Thor and the Avengers blah blah fight with Hulk blah blah right up to and into the previews. Nothing like a bit of the old "hey kid shut the up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind.


Haha! yeah theres nothing quite like it
although i sometimes have the same i-cant-stop-talking-syndrome when watching films,i have to reign myself in at cinemas because i know how annoying it is.
Also loving your use of 'a geek': "hello pot? kettle here, im looking at you!"
EDIT:damn you spoiler boxes!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2778904.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2778904.page GMT Re:Thor!
Revenent Reiko wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
Revenent Reiko wrote:Hmmmm, havent seen the movie yet but judging from what has been said (i cant resist spoiler boxes :():
Spoiler:
it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1


I don't know but:
Spoiler:
I did yell at a geek to pipe down who was trying to relay the entire history of comic book Thor and the Avengers blah blah fight with Hulk blah blah right up to and into the previews. Nothing like a bit of the old "hey kid shut the up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind.


Haha! yeah theres nothing quite like it
although i sometimes have the same i-cant-stop-talking-syndrome when watching films,i have to reign myself in at cinemas because i know how annoying it is.
Also loving your use of 'a geek': "hello pot? kettle here, im looking at you!"
EDIT:damn you spoiler boxes!

I can't be a geek. I was wearing a new Hawaian shirt thank you very much.

Actual conversation right after piping down McFly.
SWMBO: "that was really hostile. How much have you had to drink?"
Frazzled: "Who cares. He's weak."
SWMBO:
Frazzled: "I smell weakness. I challenge!"
SWMBO: "The weatherman is dead."
Frazzled/SWMBO: tee hee.
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Frazzled wrote:
Revenent Reiko wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
Revenent Reiko wrote:Hmmmm, havent seen the movie yet but judging from what has been said (i cant resist spoiler boxes :():
Spoiler:
it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1


I don't know but:
Spoiler:
I did yell at a geek to pipe down who was trying to relay the entire history of comic book Thor and the Avengers blah blah fight with Hulk blah blah right up to and into the previews. Nothing like a bit of the old "hey kid shut the up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind.


Haha! yeah theres nothing quite like it
although i sometimes have the same i-cant-stop-talking-syndrome when watching films,i have to reign myself in at cinemas because i know how annoying it is.
Also loving your use of 'a geek': "hello pot? kettle here, im looking at you!"
EDIT:damn you spoiler boxes!

I can't be a geek. I was wearing a new Hawaian shirt thank you very much.

Actual conversation right after piping down McFly.
SWMBO: "that was really hostile. How much have you had to drink?"
Frazzled: "Who cares. He's weak."
SWMBO:
Frazzled: "I smell weakness. I challenge!"
SWMBO: "The weatherman is dead."
Frazzled/SWMBO: tee hee.


his STRENGTH is in me!!
well played by SWMBO btw, and i couldnt help myself with the geek comment, it was too perfect to let go is the shirt red and white?do you have a 'tache? are you really Tom Selleck??!!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2778980.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2778980.page GMT Thor!
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Thanks, Frazz, uve lightened my day up considerably!
On Topic, definitely going to go see this at the weekend if i can scrounge together the funds (if not then torrents, but dont tell anybody)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2779013.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2779013.page GMT Thor!
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Seriously, can someone tell me why Loki was the bad guy again? He did sound like the man with the plan there.
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But also isn't Loki meant to be a trickster god.
I know they mentioned he liked mischief, but he didn't come across as a prankster.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2779312.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2779312.page GMT Thor!
Frazzled wrote:I will note SWMBO was jazzed after seeing it. I was discouraged by the lack of bikinis.

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Seriously, can someone tell me why Loki was the bad guy again? He did sound like the man with the plan there.


It is a movie about gods fighting over who will be king. The story of a brothers squabble, and so someone had to be the bad buy.

In all seriousness, I thought the movie was good, it was lacking in some plot thickness, and I wish I would have just waited for it to come out on DVD, but the wife asked me to go with her father and as such I obliged.
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Thanatos_elNyx wrote:I liked the movie, and I agree with the above poster who quested Loki's villain status.

But also isn't Loki meant to be a trickster god.
I know they mentioned he liked mischief, but he didn't come across as a prankster.


Hes also the god of fire but i didn't see any fireballs being trows about]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2781208.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2781208.page GMT Re:Thor!
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I think Capt America is going to go with the Aliens-behind-WWII angle from Ultimates and that the object is an alien power source (like say a cosmic cube?) and will tie into the Capt. America movie. The first Ultimates story arc is reviving Capt. America and the Avenger Initiative fending off an alien invasion, and the second story arc is, MAJOR SPOILER ALERT is the Avenger initiative being dismantled from within and having to fight an anti-Avengers group of Meta-Humans from Iran, N Korea, ect ect) and it turns out Loki was behind all of it and a battle royale on earth between humanity and frost giants and such.


Overall enjoyed the movie and it seems like the comic book movie to take a girl too. It is the Harlequin Romance Novel of comic book movies.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2785636.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2785636.page GMT Thor! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2785720.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2785720.page GMT Re:Thor!
The story was pretty terrible, and Thor's character development was highly laughable even by comic book standards.

I give it 5 out of 10. Worth seeing, not worth remembering.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2785818.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2785818.page GMT Thor!
Why does it require another thread?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2786575.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2786575.page GMT Re:Thor!
Ahtman wrote:
Overall enjoyed the movie and it seems like the comic book movie to take a girl too. It is the Harlequin Romance Novel of comic book movies.


This was my opinion as well.

Also, it seems that the old rule of thumb applies: if geeks hate it, its probably good.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2786599.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2786599.page GMT Re:Thor!
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the fact that the "Asgardians" (Where did the Aesir go BTW?) appearently have this awesome bridge that doubles as WMD. If the war with the Jotuns really bothered them so much, just leave the darn thing open already! KILL THEM ALL!!
.

Other than that, as someone not familiar with Marvel's version of Thor, it was interesting to see what parts of Nordic mythology was in, what wasn't and what was in but oh so wrong.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787228.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787228.page GMT Re:Thor!
AlmightyWalrus wrote:The thing about the plot that bothered me the most was

Spoiler:
the fact that the "Asgardians" (Where did the Aesir go BTW?) appearently have this awesome bridge that doubles as WMD. If the war with the Jotuns really bothered them so much, just leave the darn thing open already! KILL THEM ALL!!
.

Other than that, as someone not familiar with Marvel's version of Thor, it was interesting to see what parts of Nordic mythology was in, what wasn't and what was in but oh so wrong.


Indeed
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Thats my jump the shark moment. Loki is the bad guy because he wants to remove the threat to earth and Asgard (and presumably other areas). Why? When he learns he's a giant himself-unbelievably- he decides to go the way of his adopted race and end the threat. He sounds like a way better king Than Steroid freak Thor. Its stupid. I mean we didn't not nuke Russia because of some humanitarian mission. We didn't nuke them because they had nukes too.
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Oh and why are does Thor have an English accent? Wouldn't they all speak some form of Scandinavian dialect?

"I say old boy, there appears to be a Frost Giant over yonder!" ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787353.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787353.page GMT Thor!

Spoiler:
Where did the Aesir go?


Uhm, no where? This isn't supposed to be the true story of the Norse pantheon. It is a way of differentiating between the real world ideals and history and a comic book that uses them as a basis for adventure.


It did seem a bit compressed, but these days I'll take lean and mean over a comic book film that is ponderous and groaning under the weight of exposition. It gets in, tells its story, and gets out. I don't even read Thor comics but I thought it was a nice, tight bit of summer storytelling.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787554.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787554.page GMT Thor!
Ahtman wrote:I like how you believe what Loki said about his motivations even though almost everything that came out his mouth was a lie.


Spoiler:
Where did the Aesir go?


Uhm, no where? This isn't supposed to be the true story of the Norse pantheon. It is a way of differentiating between the real world ideals and history and a comic book that uses them as a basis for adventure.


It did seem a bit compressed, but these days I'll take lean and mean over a comic book film that is ponderous and groaning under the weight of exposition. It gets in, tells its story, and gets out. I don't even read Thor comics but I thought it was a nice, tight bit of summer storytelling.


Well as he was apparently doing what he said he was doing, I'm not doubting him. He could have been doing something else but that wasn't apparent. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787580.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787580.page GMT Thor!
Ahtman wrote:I like how you believe what Loki said about his motivations even though almost everything that came out his mouth was a lie.


Spoiler:
Where did the Aesir go?


Uhm, no where? This isn't supposed to be the true story of the Norse pantheon. It is a way of differentiating between the real world ideals and history and a comic book that uses them as a basis for adventure.


It did seem a bit compressed, but these days I'll take lean and mean over a comic book film that is ponderous and groaning under the weight of exposition. It gets in, tells its story, and gets out. I don't even read Thor comics but I thought it was a nice, tight bit of summer storytelling.


Good summing up of how I felt about it too.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787695.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787695.page GMT Thor! Was the 3D really needed?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787757.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2787757.page GMT Re:Thor!
dogma wrote:
Ahtman wrote:
Overall enjoyed the movie and it seems like the comic book movie to take a girl too. It is the Harlequin Romance Novel of comic book movies.


This was my opinion as well.

Also, it seems that the old rule of thumb applies: if geeks hate it, its probably good.


I'm a geek and I liked it...


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Frazzled wrote:
AlmightyWalrus wrote:The thing about the plot that bothered me the most was

Spoiler:
the fact that the "Asgardians" (Where did the Aesir go BTW?) appearently have this awesome bridge that doubles as WMD. If the war with the Jotuns really bothered them so much, just leave the darn thing open already! KILL THEM ALL!!
.

Other than that, as someone not familiar with Marvel's version of Thor, it was interesting to see what parts of Nordic mythology was in, what wasn't and what was in but oh so wrong.


Indeed
Spoiler:
Thats my jump the shark moment. Loki is the bad guy because he wants to remove the threat to earth and Asgard (and presumably other areas). Why? When he learns he's a giant himself-unbelievably- he decides to go the way of his adopted race and end the threat. He sounds like a way better king Than Steroid freak Thor. Its stupid. I mean we didn't not nuke Russia because of some humanitarian mission. We didn't nuke them because they had nukes too.


I think it adds to the movie. Loki isn't just some one dimensional badguy trying to kill the king and take over. He wants to show he's a good ruler and Asgardian.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2788101.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2788101.page GMT Re:Thor! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2788192.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2788192.page GMT Re:Thor!
Ahtman wrote:
Overall enjoyed the movie and it seems like the comic book movie to take a girl too. It is the Harlequin Romance Novel of comic book movies.


When I read this I thought that this movie might help my brother get laid. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2794291.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2794291.page GMT Thor!
Da Boss wrote:Was the 3D really needed?


No. Like any move where the 3D effects were put in after the movie was done, they were terrible and didn't add anything to the movie.
Just darkened it and made me dizzy during the fight scenes.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2797555.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2797555.page GMT Thor! http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2797769.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/366975/2797769.page GMT