Thor’s ambitions didn’t end with the film itself, of course. As well as being a stand-alone introduction to our hammer-wielding hero, Thor would also be a part of the Marvel movies jigsaw, linked up in subtle and not-so-subtle ways to Captain America and Iron Man – all in preparation for 2012’s The Avengers.
For Branagh, though, that was all part of the fun of contributing to such an extravagant, intricate universe.
“The fun thing is when you know, and you go and see Iron Man 2, you get a couple of lines saying, 'Clark has to get down to New Mexico. We have a little bit of a problem down there.’ You know we’re the problem!” Branagh says.
“We’ve got a couple of little nods heading Joe [Johnston’s] way with our picture. I got thrilled when I went to see the set the other week so what was nice is, at least I didn’t feel, you may have done it so brilliantly I didn’t notice, but I didn’t feel I had to think about it at all. It was Thor-centric.”
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elgar7
Apr 27th 2011, 7:49
Such a good film, saw this with my girl friend and she loved it. As pointed out in the feature there are really subtle reference's to Shakespeare (particular Henry V I believe?) and that was brilliant step for the characters. Yes it was camp and cheesy (particularly in the town at the end) but heck they recognised it was and made the film purposefully humorous to correlate with this. I give it four stars :)
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Hadouken76
Apr 27th 2011, 14:12
Thats a relief , most of the reviews I've read have been positive. A stroke of genius from Marvel producers to hire Branagh and not hacks-for-hire Mark Steven Johnson and Len (not-so) Wiseman
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yawaramin
Apr 29th 2011, 5:14
A little nitpick: on page 8 (God of Gods), Odin shouldn't be King of the `Asgards', but either king of the Aesir (which is what the Asgardian race is called) or just King of Asgard.
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lolaarcana
May 2nd 2011, 19:35
I loved this film, it was completely entertaining and perfectly cast. I thought Loki stole the show!
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Morituri
May 9th 2011, 21:33
Thor was always my favorite american comic and I waited patiently for Hollywood to give it the treatment it deserved. I was rather unsure about Kenneth Branagh directing this as I never rated him as a director, expecially after his Frankenstein, beautiful looking but flawed and boring treatment. To my delighted I was blown away by a great great piece of entertainment. The whole film was perfectly cast, expecially Thor. I can see now the decision to give Branagh the helm was a brave risk but it worked perfectly, I guess due to the combination of Branagh shakespearean skills and the tight framework of a hollywood studio. I look forward to a sequel.
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