Part two of my review of Thor(2011) starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Skellen Skarsgard, Kat Dennings, Clark Gregg, Idris Elba, and Colm Feore. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Trivia
A model of the Destroyer armour was constructed for the film.
Thor's armor is an amalgamation of the current Thor costume in mainstream Marvel continuity and the "Ultimate Marvel" comics universe.
An entire town was constructed in Galisteo, New Mexico, to serve as a fictional location for the film.
Chris Hemsworth has had prior experience with wielding a hammer, having worked as a builder in Australia for a few years.
To prepare for the role of Thor, Chris Hemsworth put on a massive amount of build and weight, through a six-month regimen of trips to the gym and indulging in a massive diet of eggs, chicken, sandwiches, vegetables, brown rice, steak and protein drinks.
The final choice for the role of Thor came down to brothers Chris Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth. Chris found it funny: "We both came all the way over here from Australia and ended up battling against each other." He however bore no ill-will towards Liam, claiming he was rooting for him to get the role.
To prepare for the role of Heimdall, Idris Elba read the "Thor" comics where Heimdall featured prominently: "He's a very central character and I wanted to reflect him as he is in the comic books."
Tom Hiddleston found Loki's helmet very uncomfortable, as it was heavy to wear and he couldn't see properly out of it. He channeled this discomfort into Loki's battle scenes.
When Chris Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins saw each other in full armors for the first time, Hopkins said "God, there's no acting required here, is there?"
Colm Feore's makeup as Laufey the Frost Giant took five hours to apply.
The film's portrayal of Thor combines the classic Marvel Comics character (Thor is cast down to earth to as punishment for his arrogance) with the Marvel "Ultimate" character (Thor is dismissed by many on earth as a crazy deluded man).
A model of the Infinity Gauntlet, an all powerful weapon capable of controlling aspects of reality (soul, time, space, power & mind) in the "Marvel Comics" universe, was constructed for this film. The model is made from bronze and copper (with jewels made from resin) and weighs 60 pounds. It was built to be operational so that animatronics could be built on it..
To prepare for his role as Loki, Tom Hiddleston trained in the Brazilian martial art of capoeira.
Tom Hiddleston researched Marvel Comics' Loki and found him to be a multi-dimensional character, so based his performance as Loki on three different actors: Peter O'Toole (enigmatic reckless persona), Jack Nicholson (edgy and near-insane persona), and Clint Eastwood (persona with simmering anger).
Anthony Hopkins signed on as Odin despite never reading a "Thor" comic or knowing anything about the Thor mythology. It was the concept of the father and son relationship that intrigued him about the role.
According to producer Kevin Feige, the Bifrost bridge is the films's most interesting set: "In the comics, it's literally a rainbow that extends out from Asgard and pops down on Earth. We're not necessarily doing that; we're not having the big hard solid lines of colors. We're saying it's some sort of energy, almost a solid quartz bridge that as the light catches it and flows through it, you get some of that rainbow-esque quality to it."
This is Anthony Hopkins's first comic book film (The Mask of Zorro is debatable). He was previously offered the role of Alfred in Batman Begins.
This is Rene Russo's first comic book film. She was previously considered for the role of Chase Meridian in Batman Forever, but was replaced by Nicole Kidman when Michael Keaton left the project and was replaced by the younger Val Kilmer.
This is 'Renee Russo''s first film in six years. Russo said that it was her daughter who persuaded her to look for work on the film after a long sabbatical.
According to Kenneth Branagh, the opening and end titles took 18 months to create. Footage for the end titles were largely based on images from the Hubble space telescope.
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Thor(2011) Movie Review 1/2by OcpCommunications380 views
Awesome 2 part review little bro thumbs up i'll wait for netfliex for this film.
ILiveAgain1 7 months ago
I agree with you on Brangha: good with drama, not action I'm happy that he got good performances out of the actors. But I think the whole hero's journey thing is why they didn't put much action in it. usually the beginning of that motif is lacking in that department. maybe if they do do a Thor 2 there will be more
the pacing didn't bother me, but I can see why it bothers you amigo
marioradium 7 months ago
Thor was good, great? No. I mean I've seen this, Green Lantern, X-Men: First Class, and soon I will watch Captain America. I liked X-Men: First Class and it's cool to disagree but I hated Green Lantern. I'll probably review that sometime just for an epic rant but I look at the comic book films of this year and Thor wasn't that bad. Chris Hemsworth was good. I agree, not enough action could have been more. But it was a good film not great but great review of Thor.
zer0cool389 7 months ago
Nice job on the review Mike. I'll still give this one a watch sometime.
ramboraph4life 7 months ago