veering a little too close to Chronicles of Riddick for comfort.
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
That doesn't look as bad as I thought, tbh. Though the Asgardian design still sucks: they should be rugged Vikings, not poncey faux Romans.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I understand why they chose Branaugh, but I don't trust him.
― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Thursday, 29 July 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
and nothing about that trailer has swayed me.
I liked the music - it's a bit Electralane-y and then a bit Metallica-esque and then it's kind of late Led Zep.
― i find music confusing and annoying (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I couldn't even make it through the whole trailer
squandered opportunity, this one
― Master of the Manly Ballad (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 29 July 2010 23:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Not what I would call successful viral marketing:
http://westport.patch.com/articles/man-robs-subway-with-hammer
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 September 2010 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
ah.
― cocklamoose (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
man 2011 is gonna be a sucky year to be a superhero
― da croupier, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
then again maybe hollywood has its shit together enough that they can promo-bluster this and Green Lantern to "underwhelming" numbers rather than "turkey" numbers
― da croupier, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
This is weird. Guy spends an awful lot of time insisting that his racist website isn't racist.
http://boycott-thor.com/
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
is your baby racist?
― cocklamoose (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
lol was just gonna post that. that got talked about on ilx somewhere, one of the politics threads
― goole, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
this is one of those movies where pretty much all signs point to it being terrible yet I can't help but be intrigued by it
― peter in montreal, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
hopkins should wear the lecter mask.
― cocklamoose (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
if this sucks and the hulk/s sucked how will The Anengers.. NOT suck? i'm already complete;y baffled by The Avengers' whole concept as a film.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
*The Avengers.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
So basically they lucked into a massive hit with Iron Man, and then decided spend kajillions to make a Kenneth Branagh film and a World War II actioner with Chris Evans before bringing Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner onto the team for a blowout to end all blowouts directed by JOSS WHEDON
― da croupier, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Aaaaaand the inevitable ripoff by Asylum Films. Starring Richard Grieco (!) as Loki (!!!).
― Paul McCartney and Whigs (Phil D.), Friday, 22 April 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
especially when their Thor copycat has the Norse god running down the street wielding an Uzi
It's like SuckerPunch but better.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 April 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
This is actually surprisingly alright. Ridiculous yeah, but it's kind of hard to avoid that with a Thor movie. Some cool little set-ups for The Avengers too.
― Number None, Monday, 25 April 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I have what might be a dumb question but: is there a scene where Anthony Hopkins rumbles out the line "Is he ready?" If he does, I have a story to share.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 April 2011 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry Ned, can't remember if that's a specific line but tell away.
― Number None, Monday, 25 April 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Morbidly looking forward to this, but I did go to see Norton's Hulk movie so clearly I have no judgement.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks a little cheap though.
Some cool little set-ups for The Avengers too.
This is pretty much the main reason I want to see this.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Won't spoil it but there's a sweet cameo. It's about a million times more fun than Norton's Hulk. There's a fair bit of Hercules In New York style humour but i went with it. Didn't stick around for the post-credit bit but i'm sure it'll be on youtube in a couple of days.
― Number None, Monday, 25 April 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
OK sold. Is Brian Blessed still alive? He should have been in this.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's what I've heard what a typical day was kinda like on the shooting -- this story is friend-of-a-friend stuff but the source is v. trustworthy, so. Heard about this over a year ago:
Apparently Branagh was being the obsessive hyperperfectionist are-you-out-of-your-mind director making sure that everyone was delivering a great ACTING! performance, resulting in endless takes and other amusements. Rumor was that this was well beyond trying to 'get it right' and is instead mostly all a series of problems that Branagh had dreamed up and felt he needs to solve. When this story I linked back last April ran I immediately guessed it was due to damage control because of this.
The illustrative example I heard specifics about was this -- so there was a scene filmed which was supposed to be Hopkins saying to Russo, in re: Thor's being old enough or through his training enough or whatever, the line "Is he ready?"
As might be guessed Hopkins, however batshit he is himself (thus), rather knows how to deliver a basic three word line like that and make it work. Everyone else agreed. Branagh, not so much -- so apparently after each take Branagh was going up to Hopkins and saying things like "It needs to be a question, it doesn't FEEL like a question yet, a QUESTION is being asked!" For quite a few takes.
Quite why Hopkins didn't clock the guy I do not know.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 April 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, i genuinely don't remember the line so he must never have delivered it to Ken's satisfaction.
― Number None, Monday, 25 April 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
can't imagine how this could be anything more than terrible
otoh they did include the Destroyer, which is kinda cool
― The Everybody Buys 1000 Aerosmith Albums A Month Club (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't wait for all the "Is he ready?" outtakes on the DVD.
― Paul McCartney and Whigs (Phil D.), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Audience i saw it with seemed to enjoy it as well fwiw.
― Number None, Monday, 25 April 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Won't spoil it but there's a sweet cameo. It's about a million times more fun than Norton's Hulk.
Stan Lee as Sif's grandmother?
― the wages of sin is about tree fiddy (WmC), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Stan Lee gets a safe dropped on him?
― The Everybody Buys 1000 Aerosmith Albums A Month Club (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Stan Lee as Don Blake's walking stick?
― the wages of sin is about tree fiddy (WmC), Monday, 25 April 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/movies/kenneth-branaghs-thor-film-of-marvel-comic-hero.html
Mr. Hemsworth, a former soap-opera star who studied Mr. Branagh’s film of “Much Ado About Nothing” for a high school production, said he was intimidated at first to meet his “Thor” director. Instead he said he found an animated and egoless filmmaker who suggested that he prepare for the film by reading Hesse’s “Siddhartha.”
Lot of references to Olivier in this piece
― da croupier, Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Mr. Hopkins said that, as an actor, “I phone it in a lot as I’m getting older,” but seeing the aura of his old mentor in Mr. Branagh stirred him to invest himself more fully in “Thor.”
― da croupier, Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
so, did Branagh himself write this piece or
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Mr. Hemsworth, a former soap-opera star who studied Mr. Branagh’s film of “Much Ado About Nothing” for a high school production
"I knew Keanu would be my role model from then on."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
His “Thor” director...an animated and egoless filmmaker who suggested that he prepare for the film by reading Hesse’s “Siddhartha.”
― da croupier, Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
tbf everyone should read Siddhartha (preferably by age 16) so I can't be too mad at him for that
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Or there's the not-quite-the-same-thing movie version.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Rene Rodriguez likes.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 11:32 (thirteen years ago) link
like anyone ever heard of this comic
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 May 2011 11:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah its only been published continually since the early 1960s and was created by the most famous american comic book writer-artist team of all time
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 5 May 2011 11:50 (thirteen years ago) link
u take lolbait
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 5 May 2011 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
(not that I'd ever heard of it)
All the kids are into Norse mythology these days anyway
― Number None, Thursday, 5 May 2011 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw this last night. Fun but stupid and surprisingly (or maybe not?) Portman was the worst part of the flick.
― Mordy, Friday, 6 May 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link