The Official 'Thor Rate & Review' thread

[JAK®]

How does the screen being bigger enhance the experience more than simulated depth?

 

[Son of Coul]

How does the screen being bigger enhance the experience more than simulated depth?

It doesn't darken the image or give people headaches (well, maybe IMAX's loud sound system hehe). There's just something fun about watching things on a really big friggin screen, and 3D can do that too, but when they **** it up & don't use it correctly or with the correct movies, it'll more often than not backfire.

The same can't be said for IMAX, unless the footage isn't filmed up to par to the point where blowing it up on a big screen makes it look ******. And when that's the case, the makers are always wise enough (as far as I know) not to go through with it.

I'm sure they'll figure out 3D at some point, but for now they've just got to stop misusing and overusing it.

 

[JAK®]

Post-Conversion 3D movies are rubbish, and I do not support them, but I really do feel that 3D is the next step in cinema. We need more Avatars and less Clash Of The Titans.

 

[Nokio]

The trailers from Thor has been awful in my opinion. I just have not seen anything that has wowed me. The positive reviews is somewhat of a relief but I/m still on the fence.

 

[BigThor]

Seriously, none of those trailers were aweful btw.

 

[flickchick85]

How does the screen being bigger enhance the experience more than simulated depth?

Because the simulated depth sucks. It muddles and dims everything. If we had perfect 3D, that would be one thing (Avatar really was a beauty in 3D). But IMAX is crystal clear. Post-conversion 3D is not.

ETA: Sorry, I just saw your other response. I do see a future in 3D, but I don't think it's for all movies, and I don't think all these post-conversion cases are helping its case.

 

[BoredGuy]

I still know various people, however, who got Headaches from watching Avatar.

Even the best 3d is a gimmick, and increased profit is causing every movie to jump on the bandwagon.

The fact that Avatar is not much better than friggin Captain EO was in the 80's, says to me that 3d is nonsense

 

[kedrell]

To me, they're both gimmicks. It's not as if paying that extra $ is going to give you more movie for your dollar. Maybe if the IMAX showings were with extra scenes cut back in or something then I'd understand getting more for your money but that's not what happens. It's just a bigger screen, and IMO regular screens are huge already.

 

[flickchick85]

The best part of IMAX isn't the size, it's the sound. That's an unparalleled moviegoing experience, imo.

And I'm talking REAL IMAXes here, not the digital (L)I(E)MAXes that are all over the place.

 

[kedrell]

Eh, the only problem I've ever noticed with the sound in a regular theater is if they're having technical problems.

 

[Doctor Jones]

IMAX is the ideal experience for me.

 

[flickchick85]

Eh, the only problem I've ever noticed with the sound in a regular theater is if they're having technical problems.

I wasn't suggesting there's a problem with the sound in regular theaters, just that the IMAX sound system is GODLY.

 

[Gamma Burst]

Nice to see that positive reviews keep coming.

 

[Hoblin]

I like 3D. But I'll probably see it in 2D first if I have that option.

 

[Figs]

I wonder when Rottentomatoes is going to put up some more of these recent reviews. All these new ones have been positive, it's score is only going to go up until it's American release.

With 29 reviews and only 2 negative(one was only partially negative to be honest), I can see this when all things are said and done going no lower than the seventieth percentile.

 

[Microchip]

So is the consensus that the 2d version is better?

 

[Project862006]

from what i hear the 3D is not terrible just not great

keep in mind this is not clash of the titans 3D

 

[darthlaney]

The golden city, bi frost, general panning around Asgard -basically any of the Asgard sequences were excellent in 3d. Beautiful in fact.

Some parts of the Shield base sequences looked good, but most of the earth parts didn't need the 3d. Not sure if the Destroyer scene needed it, but it did give depth to his head in close up

Yoheim (?) was so dark it made it difficult to gauge depth of field and blend the fight scenes all together

 

[Tony Stark]

from what i hear the 3D is not terrible just not great

keep in mind this is not clash of the titans 3D

That's pretty much acceptable. Post production conversion is specious at best. As long as people are given a choice, that's acceptable. It sounds like in Australia they didn't have much of a choice.

 

[one4smoke]

I wonder when Rottentomatoes is going to put up some more of these recent reviews. All these new ones have been positive, it's score is only going to go up until it's American release.

With 29 reviews and only 2 negative(one was only partially negative to be honest), I can see this when all things are said and done going no lower than the seventieth percentile.

Really? You think it'll drop from 93% down to 70% due to the American critics?

 

[Superhero 101]

The Rating for Thor on IMDB so far is a 7.9 lets see what it drops down to

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Unlike the Australian movie critics, the American movie critics won't actually care for some 'Australian' guy playing 'Thor'. That is something that I really dislike about the reviews that have come from the Australian critics, it makes them sound far too easily impressed and obtuse, imo. Chris Hemsworth playing Thor shouldn't be praised just because he is an Australian actor. I am expecting the percentage to take more of a mild 'beating' because of it, aside from other factors.

 

[Son of Coul]

what the hell

 

[Figs]

Really? You think it'll drop from 93% down to 70% due to the American critics?

No, I meant that if it drops, I don't see it going into the 60's or below. So I think the movie's percentage will be fairly high when just about all critics weigh in.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Unlike the Australian movie critics, the American movie critics won't actually care for some 'Australian' guy playing 'Thor'. That is something that I really dislike about the reviews that have come from the Australian critics, it makes them sound far too easily impressed and obtuse, imo. Chris Hemsworth playing Thor shouldn't be praised just because he is an Australian actor. I am expecting the percentage to take more of a mild 'beating' because of it, aside from other factors.

Jesus Christ, are you ****ing serious?

He's getting good buzz because people like his performance, not because he's ****ing Australian. If you'd actually read the reviews you'd know that there are plenty of non-Aussie ones already out there. There is no pro-Hemsworth conspiracy afoot.

Goddamn. You aren't allowed to talk again for at least a week.