The Official 'Thor Rate & Review' thread - Part 1

[Marvel]

92%. Hopefully it can stay above 85%.

This guy...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800369/board/thread/181409945?p=1

has 81 positive 4 negative and lists them. More than RT but maybe not on the tomatometer.

 

[Chewy]

Devin Faraci, who has been hating on the film for months and vocally hoping it tanks (because he hates LAZY blockbusters, and bear in mind, this was before he saw the movie), had this to say after seeing it "Don't believe the hype: THOR is not very good. It's not terrible, but not very good."

So I suppose we can expect a stupidly hateful review from him to pop up any day now!

 

[The Batman]

Well, it is, in a sense. I'm sure I'm not going to agree with that reviewer about the movie, but if you're tired of superhero origin stories, then this movie probably won't be your bag of chips. None of these flics are groundbreaking. They're all riffs on the same basic formula, which not everybody likes. And that's cool.

I am so glad someone else understands this. Most modern day comic movies rip off Superman: The Movie, in both structure and the way they cast.

The thing I like about thor though is that he already starts off with power, loses it, and has to regain it. There's not much ripping off of the "Hero's journey" in this.

 

[Vartha]

I actually heard/saw a Thor Commercial tonight and it said Ebert gave it a thumb's up.

 

[Figs]

I actually heard/saw a Thor Commercial tonight and it said Ebert gave it a thumb's up.

Just checked his website and he has nothing up yet, but that's cool that he liked it.

 

[BigThor]

I am so glad someone else understands this. Most modern day comic movies rip off Superman: The Movie, in both structure and the way they cast.

The thing I like about thor though is that he already starts off with power, loses it, and has to regain it. There's not much ripping off of the "Hero's journey" in this.

Very true

 

[Vartha]

Just checked his website and he has nothing up yet, but that's cool that he liked it.

It shocked me I heard that myself. I wonder where and when he saw it.

 

[kedrell]

Ok of the five negative reviews on RT, they seem to have one thing in common(other than all being negative): They pretty much all seem to be in the "We're sick of superheroes" camp.

 

[Ponyboy]

I actually heard/saw a Thor Commercial tonight and it said Ebert gave it a thumb's up.

yes, but Ebert also likes half naked men.

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

 

[spider-neil]

Ok of the five negative reviews on RT, they seem to have one thing in common(other than all being negative): They pretty much all seem to be in the "We're sick of superheroes" camp.

they shouldn't watch them then.
lots of people go on about the over saturation of superhero movies but post war how many movies have there been from;
the sci-fi genre
the comedy genre
the action genre
the horror genre
etc etc etc

it's just the superheroes time, so get on the wagon or get out of the way

 

[kedrell]

That's basically how I feel as well.

 

[spider-neil]

I'd rank Iron Man1, Superman: The Movie and Batman Begins over Thor. Spider-Man1 & X-Men1 I'd say come in below it. The the really bad origin films(AngHulk, X-Men bOrigins: Wolverine) come way below that. So not too terrible a showing for Goldilocks, I'd say.

the reason why I listed spidey, iron man thor and batman as my favorite origin stories is their journey (metaphorical) is the most interesting, they start in one place (in spidey's example the victim of bullying) and end in another (a confident superhero - the final swing) absolutely brilliant. as much as I loved thorI didn't totally 'buy' his change from arrogant thug to dutiful son.

 

[spider-neil]

One thing I'll say about it is that this is a case where I can very easily see the sequel being better than the original ala' the Spider-man & X-Men films. There's plenty of room to grow here unlike it was with Batman Begins, Superman: The Movie or Iron Man(which is why all their sequels were worse than the originals).

I don't think a lot of people will agree with you with regards to TDK being worse that BB. I kinda agree with you though because as a 'BATMAN' film TDK is worse than BB, but as a 'FILM' fullstop TDK is better than BB.

 

[kedrell]

I don't think a lot of people will agree with you with regards to TDK being worse that BB. I kinda agree with you though because as a 'BATMAN' film TDK is worse than BB, but as a 'FILM' fullstop TDK is better than BB.

Well IMO that's their problem. To me, BB is the lone good Batman movie in existence and TDK...well, I despise that movie.

 

[spider-neil]

Well IMO that's their problem. To me, BB is the lone good Batman movie in existence and TDK...well, I despise that movie.

despise is a bit strong, but each to their own...

going back to thor, I agree there is room for the sequel to blow the first movie out of the water.

thor goes to hel
surter and the eternal flame

stories that could be set entirely on asgard and would be EPIC in scale. potentially the best superhero movie ever.

 

[louiebling$]

Devin Faraci, who has been hating on the film for months and vocally hoping it tanks (because he hates LAZY blockbusters, and bear in mind, this was before he saw the movie), had this to say after seeing it "Don't believe the hype: THOR is not very good. It's not terrible, but not very good."

So I suppose we can expect a stupidly hateful review from him to pop up any day now!

Devin is one of those people who thinks its cool not to like what everyone else likes...can't stand him

 

[kedrell]

I can take a dumb movie that knows it's dumb. But a dumb movie that essentially dances around like this:



just insults my intelligence and pisses me the **** off. To me that's TDK.

Anyway, back to Thor.

I don't know that eliminating Earth from the equation is a viable option it this point. My guess is that at least the first Thor trilogy(assuming it's profitable enough to be warranted) will have strong ties to Earth & especially Jane Foster. After that maybe you can do a "Tales of Asgard" type film and leave Earth largely out completely.

 

[elgaz]

Faraci used to write decent reviews when he started off in Chud, but it quickly became apparent that his main motivation seemed to be to shock than rather than write something which actually gave an honest and critical analysis of any film. The vast majority of people liked the Dark Knight? He decided to dislike it. Vast majority of people like Thor? He reckons it's not very good. I'll not even get into the list of seriously flawed films which he rates as 'good'.

I fully realise everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but as a critic, he has a track record of dissing on popular films which are generally well received by critics and public alike, and it quickly became apparent he tries to stir it up with his reviews.

 

[louiebling$]

Devin Faraci, who has been hating on the film for months and vocally hoping it tanks (because he hates LAZY blockbusters, and bear in mind, this was before he saw the movie), had this to say after seeing it "Don't believe the hype: THOR is not very good. It's not terrible, but not very good."

So I suppose we can expect a stupidly hateful review from him to pop up any day now!

And here is his stupid Review

http://bit.ly/jKcjvK

 

[kedrell]

Faraci used to write decent reviews when he started off in Chud, but it quickly became apparent that his main motivation seemed to be to shock than rather than write something which actually gave an honest and critical analysis of any film. The vast majority of people liked the Dark Knight? He decided to dislike it. Vast majority of people like Thor? He reckons it's not very good. I'll not even get into the list of seriously flawed films which he rates as 'good'.

I fully realise everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but as a critic, he has a track record of dissing on popular films which are generally well received by critics and public alike, and it quickly became apparent he tries to stir it up with his reviews.

He gave TDK an 8.5/10.

http://www.chud.com/15629/review-dark-knight-the-devins-take/

 

[spider-neil]

Devin rates spider-man 2 as the greatest superhero movie even (as does ebert) so he's okay in my book

As for his TDK review, even though I love that movie I agreed with every single one of his gripes, they're all valid and part of script writing 1-0-1 don'ts.

 

[elgaz]

He gave TDK an 8.5/10.

http://www.chud.com/15629/review-dark-knight-the-devins-take/

His review was actually ok, but he did some serious hating on the movie before and long after he wrote the review. It was strange.

 

[kedrell]

I find him to be one critic that I occassionaly agree with and often don't. But I think his is the best of the negative reviews on RT. I don't agree with him here but I see where he's coming from(and it's not I'm sick of superhero movies like the others are).

 

[kedrell]

His review was actually ok, but he did some serious hating on the movie before and long after he wrote the review. It was strange.

Well, that's to be expected. I myself didn't HATE that film when I first left the theater. I just felt like I enjoyed the previous one more. Then I thought about it and mulled it over for some time before coming to the realization that I'd been had and that the film truly was aweful. But that takes time and lots of people go through that process with many movies. My initial reaction to a film is rarely my final take on it.

 

[spider-neil]

And here is his stupid Review

http://bit.ly/jKcjvK

wow, that is a pretty harsh review and although I usually agree with devin I don't agree with him here.