Official: 4. Thor (2011)

[Hollywood Heidi]

Thor

Release Date: May 6, 2011
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Summary: The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
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What did you think of the movie?

What expectations or theories did you have that either ended up right or wrong? 

Who was your favorite character and why?  Least favorite?

What scenes or situations did you like best?  Least? 

What were some of your favorite quotes?

How do you rate this movie compared to the rest in the MCU?

Where's Stan Lee?  Every Marvel film has a cameo by the great Stan Lee.  Where was it, what did he play, and how did you like it?

Stingers!  The MCU is famous for putting a couple of stingers into each of their films, usually one in the middle of the credits and after all the credits have rolled.  How did you like the stingers and did you understand them?  Many of them are hints toward future movies or characters we'll be seeing soon and sometimes only those who have read the comics know the full meaning behind them.  If you're one of those people or you researched after, definitely let us know what they meant!  I personally never read the comics but I LOVE learning about Marvel!

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[DarkSideCookie]

This one gets 4 stars from me. It was really good and I enjoyed watching it, but by comparing it to Iron Man 2 I've to deduct one star.

Kat Dennings! I loved to see her in this one! Knowing her from 2 Broke Girls, which I really like.

The whole starting scene was very well done I think. At first we wondered about how Thor landed in "our" time, till we learned about his whole backstory and at last saw the scene continuing in the present time.

Oh man, but from the first moment on I didn't like Thor. XD So self-opinionated.. Okay, Tony Stark is too, but somehow different. XD As you might have guessed I liked Loki the best. The actor did a really good job I think as for showing the emotions of envy on his face. Btw his face looked so extremely familiar to me, so I googled his name. I really don't know that actor, but he seem to have a familiar face to me though. XD

I liked the scenes in which we saw Thor walking around in "our" time. XD

I'm glad to have learned a little more about S.H.I.E.L.D. The guy in the black suit somehow reminds me of Mr. Smith from Matrix.

The credit scene! So Loki has survived! I wonder about that "power" in the suitcase. Can't wait to get deeper into the Marvel Universe!

[Hollywood Heidi]

4 stars from me as well! Loved this movie.

I remember before it came out, practically everyone had their reservations about it. They thought this might be the downfall of MCU. Bringing in a mythical god? It was a risky move but they totally pulled it off!

Thor was so hilarious! He had that old timey medieval kinda feel to him. I crack up every time I see him throw the mug on the ground and demand another. XD I agree though. He was horrible at the beginning. Like a spoiled, arrogant, petulant child who's birthright has gone to his head. They did a good job showing him grow into a worthy ruler.

Really liked Jane as well. So sad that he had to destroy the Rainbow Bridge. He sacrificed his chances of returning to Jane so that he could save their enemies from falling to genocide. I love that at the end, we find out Jane is continuing her research to try to find him.

Did you recognize one of Thor's men? The Robin Hood looking one? That's Josh Dallas, the guy who plays Charming on Once Upon a Time, lol!

We got to see Hawkeye for the first time! He was toward the beginning, the one with the bow and arrow in case you didn't know. Like Black Widow, he'll be a more prominent character later.

Agent Coulson felt more like a bad guy in this one for confiscating all of Jane's work and having Thor followed. But he's not, really, as we see from the end. Still love the guy!

In a way, I felt bad for Loki. Odin took him from his home world to use later on as a tool to try and bring peace between their worlds. Still though, even before that, we saw bad in him. He did let those frost giants into Asgard just to ruin his brother's ceremony. It's kind of a good thing though because Thor was not ready. But that aside, Loki was creating an elaborate double crossing scheme in order to make himself look good to Odin even before he didn't know he wasn't really Odin's son and continued with his plan even after finding out he wasn't.


Stan Lee sighting: The guy driving the truck that tried to hall the hammer free. XD

Stinger: Yay, Nick Fury! And of course Loki is alive. God of mischief won't die easily. He's using Erik as his puppet! And the object in the briefcase is something important that we'll learn about in the next MCU movie.


Favorite quotes/moments

Thor: [taking coffee for the first time] This drink... I like it!
Darcy: I know, it's great right?
Thor: ANOTHER!
Thor: [throws the mug on the floor and shatters it]


Thor: [walking into a pet shop] I need a horse!
Pet Store Clerk: We don't have horses. Just dogs, cats, birds.
Thor: Then give me one of those large enough to ride.


Agent Garrett: [about Thor's Asgard buddies] Is there a Renaissance Fair in town?
Agent Jackson: Call it in.
Agent Garrett: Yeah. Uh, base, we've got, uh, Xena, Jackie Chan, and Robin Hood.