Rifftrax - THOR Sample

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Thor is the rare superhero movie that raises important questions. Namely, the important question "If Thor was considered the good superhero movie of 2011, just exactly how wretched must Green Lantern have been?"

Yes, Thor, for all its critical acclaim, features not one, not two, but three distinct scenes of our hero being rendered unconscious for comedic effect all within five minutes of each other! (For the record, in order: Thor is tazed, injected and hit by a van. Rumor has it the Extended Cut features a scene where he is trampled by a hungry hippo.)

No doubt this cartoonish buffoonery is the touch of acclaimed director Kenneth Branagh, whose intention for Thor seems to have been "Let's bring out the Shakespearean elements of the comic book, but instead of soliloquies, we'll have grunting, and instead of intrigue, more grunting." Sadly, Branagh fails to deliver on the demands made by the most hardcore Thor fans, that he bring to the silver screen the short lived 1985 plot line where Loki turns Thor into a frog and he helps other frogs defeat some rats (this actually happened and you should look it up right now.)

So you don't get any frogs, but you do get fanservice, a thoroughly implausible love story and performance by Sir Anthony Hopkins that were it any more phoned in, would be conducted through two tin cans and a piece of string. Mike, Kevin and Bill needed a nice long Odinsleep once this one was over.

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Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• MST3K
• Mystery Science Theater
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Rifftrax
• Mike Nelson
• Kevin Murphy
• Bill Corbett
• Comic Book Movies
• Thor
• Marvel
• Spoof
• Parody
• riff
• Riffing

[migkillertwo]

The rarely invoked "Why not?" defense to genocide.

[TheInstantClassic1]

"George Lucas IMMEDIATELY inserted this scene to the Star Wars Blu Ray"

LMFAO!!! That was hilarious!!!

[RideMaxLP]

Must I now whack moles with my bare hands?!!!

[TommynGina4ever]

I don't know about you guys but I could go for some Golean Crunch

[armhand97]

@SAOrules Such a shame, well what do you think of Natalie Portman then?

[TheGollyLlama]

Woah! Someone hit CAPS LOCK on the teleprompter. Priceless.

[UFWD2000]

they always have to clean up all the green shells and bannanas left after the race. watch at 0:10 if you dont get it

[ErichoTTA]

Pleas riff on Green Lantern!

[SAOrules]

God I hate natalia portman so much.

[Yapshire]

I saw this movie and knew it was destined for riffing.

[marlborosplease]

I loved this movie. Mainly because it didn't need to be very in-depth since it was made to add to the Avengers movie. For a shallow bit of fun, it was excellent. It you were expecting more, then you didn't walk into the movie with the correct mind.

[EmmaOnATangent]

"Thor" was a lot of fun. Really entertaining. Almost like the first Iron Man movie but without the depth, subtlety, charm, character development, good acting and believable effects. In other words, it sucked. But man, was it fun. (^_^)