Originally Posted By kennect Don't read it if you want to be totally surprised. No spoilers per se but plenty of info. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2013/10/31/review-thor-the-dark-world-is-flimsy-but-functional/?partner=yahootix">http://www.forbes.com/sites/sc...yahootix</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA No spoilers contained here in the opening quote to the story about Thor. It's just the perspective 'over under and budget and spillover and so forth. Good grief! The sharp pencil boys are now writing reviews! <This is an important test for Disney and Marvel. Iron Man 3 was always going to be a massive blockbuster regardless of Avengers-spill over. But the fact that it made $1.2 billion worldwide, basically double the $623m gross of Iron Man 2, implies that there is quite a bit of spillover. So the question becomes, does Thor: The Dark World play as a conventional sequel, opening a little bit higher and opening just over/under the original’s domestic take while increasing overseas numbers? Or is The Avengers-effect such that Thor: The Dark World will basically play like The Avengers 1.5?>
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Good grief! The sharp pencil boys are now writing reviews!<< What else is there to write about in these things?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>We won’t know until we know<< That's some great insight, a direct quote from this 'review.' Oh well. It is what it is.
Originally Posted By dagobert Thor 2 is doing very well in the international markets. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2013/film/news/box-office-enders-game-does-decent-28-mil-stateside-but-thor-steals-its-thunder-with-109-mil-oseas-1200791576/">http://variety.com/2013/film/n...0791576/</a>
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "Good grief! The sharp pencil boys are now writing reviews!" << The link was to Forbes, which is a business/financial magazine. I'd say it is kind of expected that they would cover it from that perspective.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Released here in Australia on Halloween ... I just saw it a few hours ago ... Thor/Marvel fans won't be disappointed! Good plot. Plenty of action. More-so on Asgard than the previous Thor film. I never tire of Anthony Hopkins. Since Loki has the ability to create false images of himself ... I particularly loved a cameo of someone And like all Marvel films folks .. you obviously have learned not to leave the moment the credits start to roll. You got one "surprise" at the beginning of the credits .. and another one, at the very end of the credits. enjoy! I did
Originally Posted By oc_dean Thor? yes Loki? I don't recall any Tom Hiddleston is just skinny guy, anyway.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 He's got good muscles, though, oc (he's shirtless a couple of times in the BBC Henry trilogy). Yeah, you see Thor's chest, and you also see a lot more of Selvig than you would want.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I'm not a follower of box office numbers but I did see that Thor 2 is number one this weekend. Thoughts on how it will do beyond the weekend?
Originally Posted By dagobert Yesterday I have finally seen Thor - The Dark World or Thor - The Dark Kingdom as it is called over here. I know Marvel movies aren't Woody Allen quality movies, by the way I can't wait to see Blue Jasmine, but I was entertained for two hours. I really enjoyed the movie. It was a lot better than the last one and it had some fun moments.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>You did sit through all the credits to see the little bits did you?<< Of curse I did. I saw both scenes.
Originally Posted By oc_dean good man! All Marvel films tend to do these little inserts, they're fun. Makes me laugh at the crowds .. in a big hurry to leave the theater .. and miss out.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>All Marvel films tend to do these little inserts, they're fun. Makes me laugh at the crowds .. in a big hurry to leave the theater .. and miss out.<<< I know and I've seen them all. Yesterday all movie goers waited until the very end. I guess most people already know about the scenes.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<I know Marvel movies aren't Woody Allen quality movies, by the way I can't wait to see Blue Jasmine...>> I haven't seen it yet, even though it was filmed near where I live. Each week I drive by Jasmine's sister's apartment building in the trailer, at the corner of Mission and 14th Street, when I go shopping at Rainbow Grocery. Woody's crew tied up traffic for a while, but nothing like the Hulk production crew did for bridge commuters, many years ago. I'm actually more interested in seeing "About a Boy" debut on NBC at midseason. It's filmed in San Francisco, and the elementary school they used is just two blocks from my house.
