"Phase Four: Successful" aka the "Thor" thread
 

I just got back from seeing Thor and my only thought is that Marvel must have kidnapped a leprechaun cause they hit this ball right out of the park. There was not a single thing about this movie that detracted from the experience for me. I even saw this in 3-D and I forgot all about those stupid glasses.

This movie is better than Hulk, it's better than the Iron Man movies and that't because it does not shy away from it's comic book roots in the slightest. I didn't believe Kenneth Branagh when he said he had been a fan of the comic when he was younger but now I have no choice. Everything in this movie is lovingly adapted from the source material in a new and interesting sort of way that doesn't betray it's roots.

The cast is superb, the story is superb, the writing is great, and the effects are pitch perfect. Special mention has to be made of the performance Hiddleston gives as Loki. He portrayed a wildly complex character that he and Branagh had to have worked on together a lot to get right. This movie is unashamed of where it comes from and it has real weight when events unfold on screen.

Seeing how well this was done makes me worried about Captain America's potential (or lack thereof) of successfully following this film. You should see this movie even if you only have a passing interesting in movies in general.

The romantic subplot WAS rushed though and Thor's ability to see the error of it's ways was a bit "too fast", But this is all forgiven for what the movie is and everything it does right it does SUPER right, and the comedy was tuned to perfection in a way that i feel it should be used as a teaching tool in Cinema classes

I agree on some of those problems but the thing about the first issue you brought up is that they didn't try to sell you too hard so much as lay a realistic groundwork. And the second thing was forgiven because of how the character was portrayed. He wasn't trying to do the wrong thing but was just so wrapped up in himself until he hit that wake up point.

Although I did have a problem with the slanted camera angles. It bugged me quite a bit at first.

I liked Iron Man 1 better than Thor. I'd say Thor was about on par with IM2, which still puts it way above the vast majority of other comic book movies.

Saw it about a week ago with a friend. The 3d didn't really do much for either of us to be honest, but the rest of the film was great all round. Special mention has to go to Idris Elba who played Heimdall. Out of all the secondary characters he was by far the most interesting and best played.

And the super not-so-secret after credits scene was interesting too, Cosmic Cube now in SHIELDS possession, hints possibly towards Thanos being the main villain in Avengers maybe?

Still really looking forward to Capt. America and Avengers now.

I think they were more concerned with creating a complex and interesting villain rather than a one-dimensional god of mischief.

Terrible film. Female lead was bland as fuck and all her interaction with Thor sucked, and everything she touched became cliched as hell. Thor and Heimdall were pretty rad, but all the other characters were meh at best, and the humans were mostly annoying. Story was not particularly interesting, and Thor's character arc (probably the best written part of the film) was rushed as all hell and not very believable. Visuals were nothing we haven't seen done more effectively before, but I did like Thor and Heimdall's costumes - the other gods, again, weren't that exciting. Thor's buddies were all walking cliches, but at least fairly likable ones. And uuugh, it was just not a very good movie at all.

I liked the fight in Jhotunheim, and I liked the whole bit with the Destroyer. Everything else just sucked. Mass produced Hollywood crap.

Edit: I did kind of like Loki's dad, but then they did almost nothing with him.

I think someone here saw a different movie then the rest of us.