I decided to post a quick post to talk about 'Thor', which is the superhero movie based on the Marvel comic book character, and which has recently seen the release of a trailer.
Personally, although I do know quite a bit about superheroes and about comic books, I'm not familiar with the story of Thor, and if I'm not then the chances are that most of the public aren't either. This means Marvel Studios are taking a bit of a risk here. They can release 'Spider-Man' in 2002 and rest assured that millions of people will pay to go and see it, since the character is such a household name. If I talked about my family about 'Thor' they'd say 'What's a Thor when it's at home?'. Still, I take it that Marvel is relying on the fans for this one, and riding on the success of the blockbuster hits like 'Iron Man' and its sequel. The trailer is suitably epic in tone, with enough explosions and fighting to keep the action junkies among us satisfied, though this does seem to be the focus point for the piece. As it's not as well known as some stories, I personally would have taken the time to explain the concept of the story in a little more detail, and focus less on Thor running around and yelling at things.
'Thor' is expected in the UK on 29th of April 2011, and I probably won't end up seeing it at the pictures.
On a related though premature note, I've been looking at the information we have about the much-anticipated Avengers movie that is currently in pre-production. If you haven't heard about this, it's another Marvel movie based off the team of heroes known as the Avengers. The interesting thing about this movie adaption is that they're bringing together cast members from the individual films. We've got Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, and Chris Hemsworth who is playing Thor. We've also got the Hulk in here, but it seems that in the space between 'The Incredible Hulk' (2008) and 'The Avengers', Bruce Banner has experienced a bizarre metamorphasis from Edward Norton into Mark Ruffalo. For any comic book fans out there, the movie will also feature Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and, wait, am I reading this right? Chris Evans as Captain America? Chris Evans?! Are the casting directors actually high?!
You know what, I'm not even going to bother questioning this, but I'll be sat with a sceptical anticipation during the opening credits of this movie when it eventually hits cinemas sometime in 2012.
- J. Boulton
I'm really not taken by Thor at all, he seems like an empty character to me =/ although I'm excited for the Avengers and a little inruiged by the Spiderman reboot. What can I say I love a good super-hero movie. Also looking at some photos of Captain America I'm very impressed, I gotta say he looks the part, but will it turn out well? Only Jesus know, and I'm not even Christian.
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