Our good friend Jerk-Bot passed this along this morning.
He’s seen the Thor trailer and there’s some things in there that have me salivating in a way I can’t even begin to describe.
Without further ado:
Hey guys, I just happened to wander into a theater that was showing both the new Transformers and Thor trailers. I wasn’t nearly as hot as some have been on the Transformers teaser. Maybe I’ve just seen too many Robots-in-Disguise already. But the Thor trailer (which is showing up with the new drama The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale) should get everyone’s tongues wagging. It re-uses some of the same footage we saw earlier in the Comic-Con teaser. The include the war of words between the “vain, greedy, cruel boy” title character (Chris Hemsworth) and his seemingly all-powerful father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), shortly before the latter strips Thor of his powers and his hammer, Mjolnir, a longer version of a scene in which Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg’s character from the Iron Man movies) tells Thor that “You made my men — some of the most highly trained professionals in the world — look like a bunch of minimum-wage mall cops,” and a moment of vulnerability between Thor and human love interest Jane Foster, played by Natalie Portman. (Yep, there’s even a smooch between the two.)
But this first, real trailer also shows teases of things that should really have fans of the comics … and fantasy-action fans … excited. Things that many of us were hoping would be in the movie. That includes more, clearer footage of the menacing Destroyer armor, going all “Gort” on his Earthly surroundings, the all-seeing Heimdall (Idris Elba, with glowy eyes), and what appears to be part of the climactic battle between Thor and his evil half-brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston). And best of all is a brief sequence in which Thor strikes down a pack of dark elves by throwing Mjolnir at them. And then his mystical Uru hammer returns to his hand (a power also seen when Odin reclaims the weapon).
If anyone had any doubts about whether director Kenneth Branagh had any flair for big-scale action, this should allay them. As always, it’s hard to say whether a trailer can fully reflect a film’s overall quality. This one, however, makes a strong case that the Marvel Comics/Norse mythology action film deserves its early Summer 2011 slot. I’m even more amped about the movie now, which is really saying something.
Also … The Fighter opens Dec. 10 in New York and Los Angeles. And everywhere Dec. 17.
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UPDATE: Marvel Studios released a new image of Thor on a Poster:
Pretty badass.