Ultimate Paradise

I'm surprised a topic hasn't been made for this yet (I think...), so I'm starting one.

Anyway, a trailer's been released for those who haven't seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKoN-dTaepA&feature=player_embedded

It looks pretty cool to me, but I've always felt this would be the hardest one of the pre-Avengers movies to get right, so I'm not getting my hopes up.

Also, it seems there's been quite a lot of hysteria over the casting of a black actor (Idris Elba) as a Norse god (Heimdall). Silly people...

It is very silly that there's such an outroar just because of that. I mean yeah, Heimdall WAS white, but this is just a movie. If the actor is good, his color doesn't mean ****.

Don't know much about Thor the comic book character, or his series... Ironic considering it's based on Norse mythology, and I'm the only 'northern' guy here <_<  I can't tell how good the movie will be based on the trailer due to my lack of knowledge though.

Probably gonna suck, but Norse mythology and Anthony Hopkins is enough for me to enjoy it on some level.

Should be fairly entertaining, though I honestly don't care much about Thor the comic character.

I didn't either, but this movie has piqued my interest in his series.

Seems like it'll contain deliciously hammy acting though, always a good thing.

"YOU ARE AN OLD MAN AND A FOOL!"

"YOU ARE UNWORTHY!!"

Brian Blessed should've been Odin.

This actually doesn't look too bad.

Well, I liked it. Not as much as Iron Man, but it's still pretty damn good. And there are references aplenty. Bring on Captain America and The Avengers!

I enjoyed this, but mainly because I'm a huge nerd and because Chris Hemsworth is really hot, not so much because it was a good movie, per se. Certainly wasn't bad though.

I liked it, but then again I'm too lenient and tend to like a lot of things unless they're just that bad.

I saw the slow-motion dropkick in the trailer and immediately thought of it as an action popcorn flick, rather than the next X2 or Spiderman 2.

Eh. I saw it, and it was okay, but I just felt that it spent far too little time on Earth for us to really see the changes in Thor's character. As it is, he basically goes from...well...Thor to Jesus in the space between one scene and the next. His affair with Earth is just a little too wham-bam-thank-you-maam, and doesn't get enough focus in the film.

The phrase "character development" was not even used when writing the script for this movie.

Exactly. Even though it was practically the whole point of sending him to Earth in the first place.

Character development is overrated anyway.


Pretty much that, I quite enjoyed it.

Why the fu(http://)ck would you see this for character development?

I didn't. It's just an integral part of such movies, though. You can't have superhero origins without character development in some form or another *coughIronmancough*.

I didn't. I saw it for awesome Norseness.

That was actually pretty good. I had some moments where I laughed my ass off. It seems to be that basically, if Marvel makes a movie, I will enjoy it.

Also, people leaving before the credits are over? WTF? Have these people ever been to a Marvel movie before?

Especially one of the ones leading up to The Avengers.

My brother had to remind me of the scene after the credits. I just don't see why they make you wait 5-7 minutes just for one last scene. >_>

Because that way you have to stay and pay tribute to even the most insignificant parts of the moviemaking process.

Because Marvel loves butts in seats.

Seriously, I swear to God one of the credits said "Curtain Placement".

Though to be fair, this movie has some serious goddamn curtains.

I hate you Gaffit.

Spiderman 3?

Marvel wasn't responsible for that one. Marvel Studios has only done four films so far, Iron Man 1 and 2, the new Incredible Hulk movie (not the slightly older one which sucked) and Thor.

New Hulk sucked too. Just not as bad.

It got points simply for having Abomination as the Big Bad. And Tony Stark appearing at the end.

Those points are all that's keeping it above Ang Lee's version.

That and not making the big bad Bruce's dad.

And not having the Hulk fight retarded CG Hulk Dogs.

Meh, I don't really care about the Hulk movies either way. Just so long as they can pull it together for The Avengers...

Really? Why?

IIRC, the Spiderman movies were produced by another company. Marvel sold them the rights to make Spiderman movies.

Yeah, I think Iron Man was the first one made by Marvel themselves.