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[gak29]

I know May 2011 is a long ass time away for me to start a thread about it. But we know there will be the Iron Man and Hulk we've seen, as well as excitement over Capitain America. But there's a four cog in the wheel. Thor. I was excited for it for Kenneth Branagh directing it (liked what he did with Shakespeare stuff, LOVING his Hamlet). But now I'm REALLY excited about Thor....

Reuters article....

[Doc]

Were you gulping cough syrup before you wrote that?

[gak29]

Oh, Natalie. Natalie, Natalie, Natalie....

[gak29]

Double post....sorta...

[goldglv17]

Ummm so a review????

I had a feeling with the way they were gonna flood the market with Superhero movies in the next 24 months a few were going to fall stale (Like when this happened a few years ago with Spidey and Batman being huge but F4 and Supe falling short). When I looked at the upcomings I felt Thor and Captain would be weak, with Green Lantern being solid.

[gak29]

Ummm so a review????

I had a feeling with the way they were gonna flood the market with Superhero movies in the next 24 months a few were going to fall stale (Like when this happened a few years ago with Spidey and Batman being huge but F4 and Supe falling short). When I looked at the upcomings I felt Thor and Captain would be weak, with Green Lantern being solid.

What part of "Oh, Natalie. Natalie, Natalie, Natalie...." do you not get? I loved it. Honestly, it was all because of my crush for her.

Green Lantern looks terrible. I will never watch anything with Ryan Reynolds ever again (see: "starving children in Africa" argument).

[Doc]

Just came back. As with most Marvel Studio films stay until the credits are over, but this time you don't need to cry if you don't.

Spoiler

This is really just a long trailer for Avengers, but I really liked the trailer. The story is pushed forward a little fast in order to get to the present conflict. That was okay with me as I didn't need the back story of who Thor is. I found their explanation of Loki's turn to the dark side a little interesting. Not the usual simply jealous of the favorite son theme. The use of Natalie Portman was just a gimmick. Any female actor could have handled her weak lines and limited need to advance the story. Anthony Hopkins on the other hand was not a gimmick and I thought his interpretation of Odin was entertaining.

As an aside, unlike many critics, both film and comic book, I really didn't care about the politically correct cast to match the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard. No one seemed out of place despite this stemming from an all white Norse mythology.

Oh and Captain America looks cool from a comic book fan standpoint, but I fear the masses will not like his original costume.

Gak, Green Lantern looks like they actually followed his origin story, using many less famous, but more important characters. Hopefully that comes through.

Lastly for the love of all that is holy, can we stop the 3D?

[Doc]

I also need to give props to the casting of Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson. I was a fan of his for his role in 'West Wing' and 'New Adventures of Old Christine' and the dichotomy of those two characters really makes him the ideal handler of the Avengers.