How will the general public react to this film?

[Anubis Raptor]

How will they react?

Their heads will all explode simultaneously

 

[Son of Coul]

Since Thor is trending on twitter, I looked through some of the search results to get a feel of how people perceive the trailer and I'd say it's about 85% positive. The occasional person will say it looks like the worst thing in the world, everyone else thinks it looks amazing.

e- oh and as expected, lots o' people are drawn by Portman, like "hey Natalie Portman's in Thor, I love her!" and "I'll see Thor for Natalie Portman"

 

[hatebox]

As I said in the other thread which is now locked, the mythological aspects and the motivation of Thor himself are still pretty inpenetrable to someone who has no idea about it, but they've also pushed the action, which is good. I'd still be surprised if this grosses much more than $200m domestically, but Branagh clearly has a good eye for visuals.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Since Thor is trending on twitter, I looked through some of the search results to get a feel of how people perceive the trailer and I'd say it's about 85% positive. The occasional person will say it looks like the worst thing in the world, everyone else thinks it looks amazing.

e- oh and as expected, lots o' people are drawn by Portman, like "hey Natalie Portman's in Thor, I love her!" and "I'll see Thor for Natalie Portman"

Man,I am for different opinions,but I really loathe the general audience who act like that,that is where I draw the line for reason.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm not a huge fan of Portman myself, but if she's getting people interested in the movie, great.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

I'm not a huge fan of Portman myself, but if she's getting people interested in the movie, great.

I feel the same way.

 

[Son of Coul]

Yeah, a lot of people seem to think that actors write, direct, and produce every single movie they're in. Like when people go "Oh, I dunno about this movie. I really liked actor x, but I didn't care for that last movie he did."

But like Corp says, if she's a draw, then that's great.

 

[Original Spawn]

That´s right

 

[SuperFerret]

Yeah, a lot of people seem to think that actors write, direct, and produce every single movie they're in. Like when people go "Oh, I dunno about this movie. I really liked actor x, but I didn't care for that last movie he did."

But like Corp says, if she's a draw, then that's great.

True, but actors also choose their projects, and you can usually tell what type of movie it is by the actors in it, as well as gauge how much you'd like it by the actor's previous work.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

If an actor's really terrible, you can also usually assume that they'll be terrible in any film they're in. I tend not to watch anything with Channing Tatum because he has the emotional range of cardboard, for example.

 

[Hush]

Well my dad is 50 and he is incredibly excited for this movie and he said that Hopkins involvement only made him more excited. Now my dad looks down on me for being a 22 Year Old who still collects comics so to hear him say he is excited for a Comic Book Movie is quite something. This is the only movie he has said to me "let me know about this one bud". So im thinking the movie will do ok if there are more people like him out there. He says that Spiderman is his favorite but that Thor was always a close second.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Any reason he was interested in this one, specifically? Mythology buff or something?

 

[Webhead2006]

i am sure the general public will like the film. if it has good action and visuals and good word of mouth the film should be fine.

 

[TheFuture]

As with any film, people will go to see this movie if Marvel do a good job marketing it and selling it to the masses. Whether Branagh produces something that will make the audience actually LIKE the film is an entirely different story.

 

[Spider-Vader]

This movie will probably do good because the fact that it's the first movie of the summer alone.

 

[Wynter]

This movie will live or die on WOM. Once all the comic geeks (us) have seen it, we should tell at least 10 people its awesome.

 

[Weadazoid]

If an actor's really terrible, you can also usually assume that they'll be terrible in any film they're in. I tend not to watch anything with Channing Tatum because he has the emotional range of cardboard, for example.

I tend to agree whole heartedly.... For me it's Colin Farrel


Cause ya know.... he's terrible.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I can never agree to that statement for one reason: In Bruges.

 

[Vartha]

Well I love it already Wynter, I've told several people they need to see the footage and after they did they loved it, the look and all.

 

[Wynter]

A huge mistake with the SUperman reboot IMO was to do nothing with Krypton, I mean come on they should have showed off some CGI there.

I agree. To me this is where the Superman animated series got it right. The first episode was a two-parter that took place on Krypton and showed exactly what Krypton's last days were like from Jor-El's perspective, with Kal as an infant. It ended with Kal being sent away and Krypton exploding in spectacular fashion. IMO this is the best way to start any reboot of that franchise.

 

[Wynter]

You guys see what fan girls did with twilight(not that im comparing that movie to Thor) they can do the same with Thor.

Another good point. Loki and Thor have the sort of relationship fangirls dream about and, if they get it halfway right, there will be no stopping the mountains of fanfiction. If Hiddleston is right and this is like a sexy, less depressing version of King Lear, then this movie won't fail. I think Thor is probably one of the few comics that could carry a very large, rabid female fanbase.

 

[misjuevos]

people will watch it since they know it is part of the avengers. the tie in will be mentioned and has been mentioned already on any news channel especially after the comic con panel.so the GA knows it's part of the avengers tie in and will want to see it. also the talk shows will help hype it up as well.

 

[WarBlade]

people will watch it since they know it is part of the avengers.

That statement assumes that people know what The Avengers are. I mentioned this growing film franchise to someone a few months back who watches a LOT of movies. He knows about X-Men, Spider-Man, Superman etc. but his reaction to The Avengers?

"Haven't they already made a movie about that?"

The general audience in my experience doesn't know jack squat about The Avengers comicbook. They know about the Hulk, thanks to the old TV series and two movies in the recent past. A few know about Thor, if they know anything about Norse mythology. Quite a number are catching on to Iron Man and some mindboggling connection to 'some other comicbooky stuff'. Beyond that, the general audience doesn't know and doesn't care.

 

[marcvader]

Well the Avengers movie isn't coming out next weekend.

 

[misjuevos]

it's the information age, people know about the avengers coming out. lots of hype. my dad is almost 60 and he asked if i knew the avengers was coming out and i said you know the avengers and he say yea thor and captain america. i never seen him read a comic in my life don't know how he knows about them. i figured cap would be known by people but not thor i was really surprised.