The Official 'Thor Rate & Review' thread

[kirbyfan]

Parker Wayne, no I'm not going to ignore all those fantastic elements, as I said and I'll post it yet again, I think Thor is going to be a very good movie!

One of the things maybe that the humor is misplaced. It does seem more sensible that any humor would be among the Warriors Three, and not Natalie Portmans sidekick.

If people like it that's great, I just like my superhero movies more serious, but I'm still going to enjoy Thor.

I'm preparing myself for Captain America, because I know already it's going to be full of comedy.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

But saying that it's disrespectful to the source material because it has some comedy in it is just plain wrong.

I have no problem with people not liking comedy, but people shouldn't be denying that there is comedy in the source material, even the current source material. There's a difference between Batman and Thor, so I don't like or even want to hear comparisons to Batman movies in terms of tone.

And Captain America won't be that cheesy. Sheesh, you're acting like we're gonna get Batman and Robin here with Captain America.

 

[kirbyfan]

Who said comedy was disrespectful to the source material? I don't think it's accurate, but I never said it was disrespectful!

Captain America is lighter than Thor, so naturally his movie will probably contain more comedic moments.

 

[Gamma Burst]

Is it 29th yet?!

 

[BigThor]

Is is May 6th yet?

 

[darkslayer101]

Is is May 6th yet?

only 2 and a half years away....

 

[Vartha]

.......better not be.

 

[BigThor]

only 2 and a half years away....

It sure feels like it, the few days leading up to the release are gonna be the WORST.

 

[kedrell]

Village Idiot, I disagree, Thor could of been a hardcore movie like Gladiator or Troy, those movies were excellent and they didn't have to include humor!

If a movie is very good, you're not going to lose anyone, everybody likes a good movie!

Please don't misunderstand me, I think Thor is going to be very good, I just want it to be great, and humor seems to keep these type movies from being great!

I actually thought Gladiator & Troy were kinda weak, Gladiator moreso.

 

[TikkiEXX]

well i find Gladiator kind of boring nowadays but i still love me some Troy. at least the directors cut. and funny is good. im actually really looking forward to the humor in Thor. most of the reviewers seem to like it so it cant be that bad.

 

[BigThor]

funny is good. im actually really looking forward to the humor in Thor. most of the reviewers seem to like it so it cant be that bad.

Yep, there's far more reviewers that said they liked the humor than the few that didn't like it or said it was "cheesy".

 

[Marvel]

I actually thought Gladiator & Troy were kinda weak, Gladiator moreso.

Wait... what? I can't say I've heard of anyone that liked Troy more than Gladiator or even thought Gladiator was weak. A first!

 

[Marvel]

We live in a fickle movie goer world. IronMan hit over 500 mil worldwide. Ghost Rider hit over 200 mil worldwide. If Thor gets midway that'll be a good start, get the name out, then bust loose in dvd sales and rentals and at the same time hopefully can lead in to a good Captain America flick so Marvel is set for next year as well.

Why is that fickle? Iron Man was great and Ghost Rider sucked. Seems like the right "score" to me.

Thor will do fine at the box office because of it's release slot couple with what appears to a good film and very good word of mouth.

 

[TikkiEXX]

Wait... what? I can't say I've heard of anyone that liked Troy more than Gladiator or even thought Gladiator was weak. A first!

well i actually prefer Troy myself. but Gladiators definately not weak. i just saw it WAY too many times. lol

 

[kedrell]

Wait... what? I can't say I've heard of anyone that liked Troy more than Gladiator or even thought Gladiator was weak. A first!

Really? I've seen plenty who didn't like either. Gladiator got a pass when it first came out(largely) but I've heard loads of people who complain about it being a weak story with many elements that make little sense and characters who are quite frankly dull as dishwater. The action scenes are what that film was sold on and not much more.

Troy is largely the same but with a few less plot holes and a couple of more decent performances(mainly the guy who played Priam...he was pretty good as was his scene where he retrieves his dead son's body).

And Ridley Scott did a far better job with Kindom of Heaven(Director's Cut) than he did in Gladiator.

 

[kedrell]

2nd negative review:

http://fanthefiremagazine.com/blog/film/film-review-thor/

RT: 89% and 6.6/10

He gave it a 2/5

I looked his record of reviews up to get an idea of where he's coming from. Seems to do art house/indie films mostly. Only has 39 reviews listed on RT so he's not been there very long.

 

[kedrell]

Ok, I'm only up to the end of the first paragraph and already this guy's pissing me off with his snarky tone and doing nothing but talking about films other than THIS ONE.

 

[kedrell]

Ok, finished reading it. Ummm.....the guy comes off as some highbrow *****e who is insulted that he even has to review a 'summer popcorn film'. This is a bad review. And not in the sense a negative review of the movie. It's a bad review, period. The other bad review from that guy on abc radio in Australia is off the hook. This is far more insulting.

 

[SuperSAINT]

Can't be long until RealIrOnMaN posts his review, can it?

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Can't be long until RealIrOnMaN posts his review, can it?

Sure hope so

 

[kedrell]

More positives:

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s3177958.htm

http://www.holymoly.com/reviews/cin...inger-bell-and-hammers-are-all-good-things554

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1378805/Thor-Norse-nonsense-great-fun.html

http://geekz.blog.hu/2011/04/20/thor_2014 needs to be translated

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Ok, finished reading it. Ummm.....the guy comes off as some highbrow *****e who is insulted that he even has to review a 'summer popcorn film'. This is a bad review. And not in the sense a negative review of the movie. It's a bad review, period. The other bad review from that guy on abc radio in Australia is off the hook. This is far more insulting.

He has a right to his opinion, no matter how poorly he tries to express it. Years down the road, we'll all still be rewatching Thor and it's sequel(s) on DVD. Who among us will remember Nick Deigman and his petty little agenda?

 

[kedrell]

He has a right to his opinion, no matter how poorly he tries to express it. Years down the road, we'll all still be rewatching Thor and it's sequel(s) on DVD. Who among us will remember Nick Deigman and his petty little agenda?

Of course he has the right. That doesn't mean he did a good job on that review. IMO the previous negative reviewer was better.

I must say though that I'm still flabbergasted that the way reviewing films gets done hasn't improved. We still get people reviewing films that they clearly wish they didn't have to review just because it's 'their job'. No wonder there is so often a disconnect between what the critics like and the public likes. People in the general public tend to not go to movies they know they'd never be interested in seeing in the first place. It's called knowing your own tastes.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

It works that way because it's a job like any other. If being a movie critic didn't have downsides everyone would want to do it.

That said, a lot of pro critics have the decency to make the distinction themselves, and they'll often flat out say 'this isn't my kind of movie' rather than adopting a greasy, 'I'm better than this sad nerdy superhero movie' tone like this dickwad.

 

[The Morningstar]

I find it interesting that Kirbyfan thinks Thor shouldn't have any humour. That's, kinda not what Thor is. There has always been humour in Thor's books.

And going by the reviews, the whole "fish out of water" elements in the movie are excellent.