I also went to the 3D, which I normally wouldn't but I figure every other time I watch this film will be in 2D so why not? I found it didn't detract from my enjoyment but it didn't add that much either (though the scene of Thor's interrupted-coronation really gave the throne room a great sense of depth, I will admit).




I find that if you want to tear a movie to pieces you can, but then you don't enjoy it, and the whole point of going to a movie is to enjoy yourself! I even liked the second Fantastic Four film as a "turn of your brain and grab some popcorn" piece of fun.

My buddy who is a huge Iron Man fan graciously said Thor was almost as good as Iron Man, to which I replied Iron Man was almost as good as Thor.




Somebody had to repeatedly hit Thor with the car.










Yeah, I thought the costumes all looked great. Initially I feared for them when I saw the promos of Odin and Loki, but then remembered promotional stills don't have the same lighting as the film does, which makes all the difference.

Agree on Volstagg, he was burly, not voluminous.




Thor smash!




I kind of wish Odin had spoken a little more "olde-worlde", as you put it. I felt Hemsworth nailed it but Hopkins didn't have the same weight to his words as I hoped he would. Minor quibble at best.




I knew he was in it but I still got excited. My dream cast of Hawkeye would have been Chris Pine (Kirk in Star Trek) but I have no problem at all with Jeremy Renner in the role.




I liked seeing the band of friends together invade Jotunheim, and the Warriors Three actually had more of a role than I thought they would. I remarked when I first saw them than Fandral in particular looked spot on.




I thought his progression to becoming worthy was well done, and not forced as I feared it would be.




Agreed.




And Skarsgard did a great job as Eric Solveng (though it makes me sad that a character from Fraction's horrible first run is in the film)







I didn't really mind it, and since all of the Marvel films need to live in an Iron Man World, I can live with it.




Yeah, hopefully he shows up in the sequel.




I actually wish Kat Denning's character hadn't of even been in the film, she got really annoying really quickly.

I do wish they had kept Jane in the medical field, but I've learned to not let such changes bother me (she's been a nurse and doctor in the comics, a paramedic on AEMH and a Norse historian in The Mighty Avenger). And I could see other reasons why Thor was attracted to her (besides the gorgeousness of Natalie Portman of course); she was smart, independent, brave, etc.




I was looking more at the Cube anyway.




That's a good point, I missed that. Just like in Spider-Man 3 where they never actually called Venom by name, a mistake I didn't catch until my wife asked who Venom was after I mentioned him after we saw the film.







He wanted to gain Odin's approval by destroying Asgard's enemies utterly and ensuring the defense of Asgard; it's a flawed concept since Odin just wanted peace between them but I can see how Loki took the leap to simply annihilate them instead.

Loki did seem to have the good of Asgard at heart in the film, in his own twisted way.




I never expect Loki to defeat Thor in a hand-to-hand battle... I would have preferred after getting smacked around a bit that Loki had then inhabited the Destroyer Armor to battle Thor; it would bolster my theory that the Destroyer wasn't as powerful on Earth because there was no host inhabiting it and it would have made Loki a legitimate physical threat that could have taxed Thor to his limits.




I will definitely be getting this on DVD and watching it multiple times. I never thought I'd see a Thor movie in my lifetime, and I thought if I ever did it would suck royally. Never been so happy to be wrong.

~Hat~