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Watch: The first official trailer for Kenneth Branagh's "Thor"
By James Brady RyanDecember 13th, 2010, 12:09 pmComments (2)While footage from the film leaked over the summer, this is the first official look we're getting at Kenneth Branagh's upcoming Thor film. And what do we learn? A few things: 1. Leading man Chris Hemsworth is impossibly muscled, 2. Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, looks kinda puny, 3. Natalie Portman was so good in Black Swan that when she showed up here, I got confused.
It also confirms what I thought, that the movie's first poster — which looked like a Viking version of Sin City — was probably not indicative of the film's actual style and tone. And while I understand the motivation behind really showing everyone that Thor is a serious movie, in the end you're still talking about a jacked dude in a cape hitting things with a sledgehammer. Embrace the cheese.
Commentarium (2 Comments)
Reminds me of the joke: The Norse god of thunder hires a whore and screws her with all his godly might. Afterwords he announces "I am Thor!" and the prostitute says "Then you thould have uthed more Athroglide!"
I think it looks pretty excellent, cheesy or not. I shall indeed embrace it.
Also, I admit I don't get Moops' joke.