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#3301510 - 05/23/11 01:15 PM
Re: My Thor Review - No Spoilers
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It's good to see that a Scandinavian liked the movie even though I'm sure they butchered some of the Norse mythology in the movie.  Yeah, they took some liberties all right. The entire realm of sgard was a bit overdone for my taste - Valhalla is after all supposed to be a huge long house in the viking style, with a thatched roof and low walls, with dark interior and a big fire in the middle - but I liked Heimdall the watchman, the rainbow bridge and most of the other stuff. It was mostly true to the mythology, except for the artistic liberties  Besides, our god of thunder is a big guy with a huge hammer, and that's cool no matter how you portray him Fun fact: A couple of my hiking trip reports have been from Jotunheimen, which is named after the ice giants' realm in Norse mythology 
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#3302088 - 05/24/11 02:46 AM
Re: My Thor Review - No Spoilers
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Which one was Ray Stevenson? I keep trying to figure it out and since I don't know one Norse name from another IMDB ain't helping. I wasn't ever a real big fan of Thor in the comics but this one was not bad at all (I just saw it in 3D a few hours ago). I thought the 3D was a bit dark too--then I realized I was still wearing my sunglasses under my 3D glasses. Oops. Well, I at least got to see the segment post-credits without the shades. Speaking of... What movie is that post-credit ending referring to? I thought it might be for Captain America since it's the next Avenger movie, but I don't know what the deal with the box is. I also loved the references to the other movies, such as "Is that one of Stark's?" "I dunno. He never tells me anything." and "I know these SHIELD guys. I worked with someone, a scientist, who was a real pioneer in gamma radiation. SHIELD interred him and he was never heard from again."
Also, did anyone catch Jeremy Renner playing a cameo as Hawkeye? That rocked, I am so excited that he is in it and is playing one of my fave Avengers! v6, boNes
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#3302092 - 05/24/11 02:55 AM
Re: My Thor Review - No Spoilers
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#3302096 - 05/24/11 02:57 AM
Re: My Thor Review - No Spoilers
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It was a decent movie. Better than I expected. But to compare to other superhero / comic book movies, I would have to rank it behind....
Dark knight / Batman begins / dark knight rises ...yeah I know its not out yet
Spider-man 1 and 2
Superman 1 and 2
Ironman 1
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So that doesn't crack my top 10
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#3302100 - 05/24/11 03:05 AM
Re: My Thor Review - No Spoilers
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Which one was Ray Stevenson? He was Volstagg. He was the big burly guy with the red beard who was eating all the time.
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#3302150 - 05/24/11 04:46 AM
Re: My Thor Review - No Spoilers
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Speaking of... What movie is that post-credit ending referring to? I thought it might be for Captain America since it's the next Avenger movie, but I don't know what the deal with the box is. I also loved the references to the other movies, such as "Is that one of Stark's?" "I dunno. He never tells me anything." and "I know these SHIELD guys. I worked with someone, a scientist, who was a real pioneer in gamma radiation. SHIELD interred him and he was never heard from again."
Also, did anyone catch Jeremy Renner playing a cameo as Hawkeye? That rocked, I am so excited that he is in it and is playing one of my fave Avengers! Cosmic CubeThe base post credit did look like 1940 set seen in the Captain America trailer
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#3302262 - 05/24/11 11:25 AM
Re: My Thor Review - No Spoilers
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Ah, ok thanks!
Oh and ok THAT was Ray Stevenson. Cool.
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#3302423 - 05/24/11 02:48 PM
Re: My Thor Review - No Spoilers
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Kickass? It wasn't better than Kickass? What a kick in the nads.
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