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Learn Who Plays The Title Character’s Daddy, The God Odin, In Kenneth Branagh’s THOR!!
I am – Hercules!!
The great Anthony Hopkins, who played Nordic King Hrothgar in 2007's "Beowulf," will embody Odin, Nordic King of Asgard, in Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Marvel Comics’ “Thor.”
Hopkins joins Natalie Portman ("V For Vendetta"), who plays Thor’s girl Jane Foster, Tom Hiddelston ("Cranford"), who plays Thor’s ne’er-do-well brother Loki, and Chris Hemsworth (George Kirk in the last "Star Trek"), who plays the wielder of the giant hammer Mjöllnir.
Sam Jackson may be back as Nick Fury too.
Branagh directs from a screenplay by Mark Protosevich (“Poseidon,” “I Am Legend”) and Zack Stentz & Ashley Miller (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “Fringe”).
Filming gets underway in January in anticipation of Paramount's May 20, 2011 release.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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...but Hopkins doesn't strike me as having the right voice for Odin. Could they dub in Brian Blessed...?
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Is Mephisto in it?
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or Zach Galifanakis
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How is it that no one has geeked out about this yet? Branagh keeps putting tremendous pieces in place. This entire movie is packed with Oscar winners and dramatic heavyweights. He is obviously going to give the tale of the Thunder God as much respect as it deserves. Hopkins is a surefire win here.
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Mr. Hopkins also played the Head Honcho in BeoWolf, another movie based on a Nordic myth. I think it's a good fit. This is shapping up to be a fine movie, let alone a great Comic Book movie. Marvel rules!!!
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What happened to the guy? Machete, Thor... what's going on?
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Really? Nobody else was available?
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Don't go beliveing variety's story all the way, this film is aiming for a much deeper theme, perhaps Thor learns odin isn't exactly the man he should be calling "daddy"just saying is all, you'll have to wait to see the movie, but we are doing a great job on this one
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That just killed any enthusiasm I had for this project.
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Why isn't Dolph playing Thor? Seriously?
Is there any Scandinavian in this at all that counts? Max Von Sydow?
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I thought he had that role in hand. I love Hopkins, but this fucking sucks.
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Similar type of role.
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Is it me-YAWL-near?
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Needs bigger titties.
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Is Branagh going to tell the story of a norse mythic figure or of a hero dressed in tights and walking around some 21st century city?
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Chippendales script. Are they gonna eliminate all the banana hammocks or will Tony Scott add more?
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Needs Carmella Bing-sized funbags.
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Whenever she's playing a character that's not a "quirky, alternative chick" she's way out of her element. And fuck it all to hell when she tries on a British accent.
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I like the way they fit perfectly in my hand, infact maybe i'll turn my laptop off and roll over and grab them
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More insider info please. Marvel does rule.
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the Harry-O-Lantern?
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It's Mjölner, actually.
The Ö is pronounced sort of like the U in 'Fury' although English doesn't really have that same vowel sound. The E is pronounced like the E in 'End'. -
I chuckled at that one. kudos, sir.
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Seriously? I mean, Ingeld's question is spot on. Is this a superhero film? I thought this was an odd version of The Tempest or Twelfth Night until Sam Jackson's name was dropped. Hadn't even crossed my mind that Nick Fury is supposed to show up. (yes, I know of the nine picture deal)
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He's also cured cancer, but he's not one to brag.
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God... I wanna fuck that
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This is indeed badass!As for Ms Portman, she does need to eat a cheeseburger or two, maybe three, but you are all liars if you say you wouldn't go after that given half a chance! Her penchant for geek movies alone is enough!
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Meh... Cool Cat. Seemed a Forgone Casting Choice. Just GET Him To SLIM Down, and ZORRO His Thang.
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YOU'RE AN IDIOT.
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He just hams it up all the time now. Not good casting IMO.
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Fuck this tripe. No Blessed = none of my money spent on it. I don't mind Hopkins, but he doesn't just quite strike me as Odin. Enjoy your Diddleson, sheep.
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And he was in Beowulf.
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...I'm almost starting to hope that you really ARE a Hollywood insider...so I can laugh even harder at your pretentious douch-iness!
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...douche-iness.
Harry...put in a fucking edit feature!!! -
Try wielding the Oversword without cracking it.
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Hey JettL93, do you know who the villains are going to be in Batman 3 and Spider-Man 4? MarketSaw.com reported that the Lizard is the only villain in Spider-Man 4. Is this true? Thanks
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these screenwriters are not known for amazing writing. Still, I'm sure Thor will hit things with great emotional resonace.
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Goddamn...that was PERFECT fucking casting. Hopkins is just "meh"...too much of a cliche to see him playing the wise,old mentor figure(although he owned that part in Zorro). Hopefully they'll make it up to us by giving us a Nat Portman nude scene...full-frontal,for at least 5 minutes. And an R rating..hard R,if you know what I mean.....
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No Brian Blessed...I don't like this news. :( He seemed like the perfect choice for Odin. Plenty of room to yell and stomp about and be Brian Blessed all over the place. I like Hopkins, but...he seems wrong for this.
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Honestly at the moment those 2 things (shitty Marvel's doing) are the only things I see going wrong in this film. Branagh is just a great guy, and a very unconventional choice for a director of a comic book film. Also the cast is just sounding very nice at the moment.
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He sure has fallen quite a ways since Henry V and Hamlet.
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though i agree, brian blessed seemed the perfect fit, how can you frown on hopkins in this role?
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...look like Clash of the Titans. I do hope they're smart enough to make Nick Fury understand Thor as a powerful superhuman with a giant shithammer who he can use, and who seems to think he's a mythical thundergod, like in the Ultimate comics. Best exchange between the characters: Thor: Sorry I'm late. I was fighting the Midgard Serpent on the Rainbow Bridge. Nick: {Stares at him blankly through one eye.} Thor: No, really. Nick: {smiles, shakes head} Whatever, man. Have a seat. And the movie continues. Anyone wondering how to mix Thor and Iron Man realities? Mark Millar already covered it. Do it, Marvel.
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Best Nick Fury line regarding Thor EVER...hopefully that bit will make it into The Avengers movie....
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The Warriors Three! we'll probably get Ian McNeice. Blessed would've been a good Odin though..Can't argue with picking Hopkins, and that seems a good pick for Loki .
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..that ANTHONY FUCKING HOPKINS is in this??? Are you people fucking insane? This is UNBELIEVABLY good news! I love the man, but FUCK Brian Blessed! Anthony FUCKING Hopkins people! Jesus christ!...
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Lizard is not the only baddie appearing in spiderman 4, he will be the main antagonist but Kraven will also appear and will have an expanded role in part 5. With a 4th and 5th movie being shot back to back raimi is more comfortable using two villans as each one will essentially have their own movie (Kraven's appearence in part 4 is only about 10 script pages in total, and only really serves to set him up in spidey's universe)Not sure why AICN hasn't reported it yet but Oded Fehr is in final negotiations to play Kraven, Dylan Baker is of course returning as Doctor curt connors,
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I normally wouldn't get too pumped about a Thor movie, but every move Marvel has made on this shows they are serious about getting it right.
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Um JettL93, they're not filming 4 and 5 back to back. Sam Raimi confirmed they weren't. So Kraven will just show up at the end of 4 to fight the Lizard and Spider-Man at the last minute? Then who else is a villain in 5 along with Kraven? I thought they were going to film 5 and 6 back to back once it was reported that James Vanderbilt was hired to write 5 and 6?
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um, isn't that the whole basis of the Norse mythology? The whole point behind the rivalry between Loki (the adopted son) and Thor? Can't imagine them changing this. I'm skeptical of this 'insider info.'
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So what, he's just supposed to direct Shakespeare and masterpiece theatre movies? Thor would affect more people (especially young people) than a four hour Hamlet. If Thor is even a moderate hit, I bet it would be seen (and make more money) than all of his other films combined. It's called a career, buddy, you try to advance it. You are either pretentiously dumb or a troll.
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Yeah dude, you must be full of shit. What gave you away was when you said that they were filming 4 and 5 back to back and not to trust Variety.
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What a joke. This guy is in Goddamn everything. He is so OVER-EXPOSED it's ridiculous. This is NOT GOOD NEWS. Have you seen the trailer for 'Wolfman'? HE'S ALWAYS THE FUCKING FAMOUS ANTHONY HOPKINS AND I WANT AN ACTOR, NOT A MOVIE STAR.
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I mean, we were sitting next to each other during the script reading. Hell, me and Sam even convinced him into calling you a "Cocksucker", and he hates doing the catchphrase thing. You really need to quit with these rumors.
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Oct 30, 2009 12:31:52 AM CDT
So I've gather that NO ONE knows how this plays...
by triceratops on fire
Okay, that's cool. Just wondering cause it seems like they're throwing a bunch of big names at this and hoping something sticks.I've always thought Thor could be awesome but only if played relatively serious. Magic superheros never did anything for me so unless the script makes things seem legit, forget it. Sam "Snake Focker" Jackson showing up with an eyepatch in the middle of this actor-fest just doesn't seem...right...
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Mori gave him away two years ago. His tired act is old.
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Oct 30, 2009 12:36:16 AM CDT
People not excited by Anthony Hopkins being in this are dumb.
by liesandpicturesofalsolies
And you are the dumbest of all SmokingRobot, the lead and villain aren't famous, you want an indie Thor with all unknowns? Also, Hopkins is overexposed? Laughable! He's in a movie people actually see about once a year. Pretty standard for a celebrated Oscar winning actor.
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I'm excited for this movie and this only makes me want to see it more...Hopkins always bring a sense of sophistication to the movies he's in.
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no matter how many fluffed up robes and skins you wrap him in Hopkins ain't got the stature to play Odin
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Brian Benben would have been a great choice. I loved Dream On.
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I love some Thor. Now, some hate the character for the wrong use of Norse mythology, but who cares? Getting classical Norse mythology from a Thor comic is like getting History of WW2 from Inglorious Basterds. Just enjoy the ride and hopefully Thor will call the Hulk a Green Troll like he did back in the day.
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to write every hollywood blockbuster, then animate all the CGI in his spare time, and give the credit to Michael Bay. I don't know how such a renaissance man has time to visit AICN (or even needs to... considering the depth of your industry knowledge, surely every post is old news).
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Pitt 4 Cap. Pitt 4 Cap.
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...Or "Mr. Wednesday", anyway, if Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS is ever made into a movie.
Given some of the images Google pulls up, I guess he doesn't quite cut it as the fanboy-muscle worship-wet dream of the comic book, but fucking fanboys are never happy anyway. They just got a piece of sirloin steak, and they're wondering if it'll go with their favorite brand of ketchup... -
Captain America is not in his mid-40s like Brad Pitt, for Christ's sake. He's a young guy, mid twenties when he hits his prime as Cap. This is perfectly normal. 23 year-olds were commanding bombers in WW II. They were young but still very effective leaders. Cap needs to be a young guy, not motherfucking 45 year-old Brad Pitt.
The same goes with Thor. He is a young, headstrong Norse God. The actor playing him should be in his mid to late 20s (and I believe he is). He should NOT be that old-ass motherfucking Christopher Lambert.
Thank Christ you mental midgets aren't casting these movies. You'd probably cast a 35-year-old to play Spider-Man, a character who shouldn't be a day over 21. Someone like Tobey Maguire. Oh wait...
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But Anthony Hopkins ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice bottle of Chianti. thffthffthffthffthffthffthff
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He called it. said de niro is playing the father. It all rests on this, you creppy fucker!
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How the mighty have fallen...
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before i saw Hopkins' picture. I think Nighy would had been a good Odin as well.
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Where is that confirmation from Harry that you were talking about in the Captain America Thread??? Hmmm?
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A totally brilliant cast can still be campy if badly directed. This especially goes for the best actors, as they are more likely to take risks. They are more exciting than 'reliably good'. Remember, casting De Niro in FRANKENSTEIN sounded pretty appealing at the time. But I challenge anyone who has seen that movie to really tell me that it's any good. It's campy fun at best. And campy fun is no good.
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Brian Blessed can go play one of the many dwarves in "The Hobbit". He would be perfect in that role.
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Damn this film has a great cast, and a talented director. Might be decent, makes a change from giving massive franchise to untalented people like Sam Rami.
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Some of you are complete and utter idiots. "No Brian Blessed = None Of My Money!" Fuck you. Sure, Blessed wouldn've been perfect but how can Tony Hopkins put you off a movie? YOU CUNTS.
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DIdn't Anthony Hopkins help break up Branagh and Thompson's marriage?
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and it's RAIMI. Kick in da nuts for you, fool
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Frankenstein was one of those films where you felt embarrassed for the actors. The whole thing had the feel of a panto.
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...is because Blessed would have been spot-on and because he's part of Branagh's ensemble of actors that you see in a lot of his films. I like Hopkins but the fact that we heard Blessed's name for a long time and now this smacks of producer-level interference. Is this going to be a by-committee film? It doesn't bode well, if so. I'll go see it (unless the reviews are scathing) but I hugely disappointed that Blessed will not be one of the major supporting roles.
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Hopkins is great but ain't he too old for the part?
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Both are stealing millions and contribute so little to their chosen fields.
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on Wednesday's Top Chef. She's a bad girl. I like that.
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Fuck off. It's really gotten old. Get help
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Oct 30, 2009 7:21:10 AM CDT
How the fuck is Hopkins old for a part of a guy who is an old Go
by shutupfanboy
Seriously, some of you are bitching just to bitch. Hopkins is going to be the fucking bomb on this flick. Portman, Hopkins, Jackson and Branuagh directing, this maybe the best movie of next year until globalization ruins the academy yet again. Sign me the fuck up.
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was a shitty comic and will make a really shitty movie. go for the shitty casting choices to cement the whole mess.
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Someone actually remembers The Breeders. Herc's either cooler, or older, or both, than I thought.
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Oct 30, 2009 7:24:02 AM CDT
MAYBE BRANAUGH WILL HAVE PORTMAN RUNNING WITH A BARE CHEST
by bringingsexyback
Like he did in Frankenstein. T'would be awesomest.
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He needs to set the right tone. If he keeps the performances grounded it could work, but if they all start talking about "it was so fun being in a comic book movie" etc. We are going to get De Niro, Hopkins etc. cheesing it up for the camera..
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This cast just continues to get better and better, Jeebus Cristo.
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How does this all fit into the "reality" of the other worlds the Marvel characters occupy? This sounds more like a movie based on the actual Norse myths than something which Nick Fury or Ironman can just wander into. How does that work in practice?
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Brian Blessed would have been equally great, but i don't care - Kenneth Branagh is directing a movie about a nordic god superhero: pretty much the best pitch i ever heard. I love Branagh's films (well, a lot of them) so this might be the first watchable superhero film in quite some time (Dark Knight was pretty good (if ridiculous), all others just awful in my opinion)
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Shit man. Brian Blessed would look like Kirby drew him there. He has that great beard and is all full of bluster. Hopkins might be good, but he could never chew the scenery as good as Blessed could have as Odin.
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The last guy who touched on it was right about the sounds, but to put it all together - it is pronounced "MOO-ul-ner." Think of the "j" as a "u" and that's pretty close, and keep the accent on the first syllable (a lot of folks put it on the second, which I have heard is incorrect).
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Only Hopkins can save this.
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They have an awesome cast so far! 2010-2011 Greatest comic movie year? you decide
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I'm staying home.
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when will this stupid fucking site add an "edit" option like the rest of the ENTIRE FUCKING INTERNET??!?
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unless you want to know the pronunciation of Mjolnir: /ˈmjɔːlnər/. . . WHAT THE FUCK?!?!
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Cos no good actors have Thors physique. Only crap wrestlers and roid fucks look like him.
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And I say that not as a scumbag-talkbacker-who-shits-on-everything-to-fill-the-gaping hole-in-his-sense-of-self-worth, I say that as someone who actually likes movies.
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I'm so tired of seeing Hopkins phone it in on these genre performances. Dracula, Zorro, MI:II, Freejack, Wolfman, etc. He's dull in these roles. Dull, dull, dull...
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He was the best part of Outlander. I could watch his scenes from that movie over and over again.
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Anthony Hopkins is ALWAYS considered for these types of roles.
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Plead with him. BEG. You can't let this film be ruined by another 'phone-it-in' Hopkins 'performance'.This is the KING OF THE GODS, ffs! We need big shouty beardness and plenty of it!
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Hopkins as Odin? He was ludicrous in Zorro and that was ten years ago. What, Thor has a hammer and Odin has a cane?
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Just like it's spelled.
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First, Thor is the son of Odin but Loki is not until you get Marvel coming along. Loki was the son of two giants and a foster-brother to Odin, no where in the Norse sagas or Eddas that I've read can I recall anything of Loki being Odin's son. Also, Thor has been played as the 'prince-in-waiting' only recently and Odin's pre-eminence over him was probably exaggerated by the eddaic poets. Thor, in fact, may have once been the principle figure in the pantheon according to some historians and archeological evidence. So the sibling rivalry thing is important only in Marvel Norse mythology.
Second, Natalie Portman haters are just nuts. She's playing Blake's girlfriend, for Odin's sake. It's not like she's Enchantress.
Third, the Nick Fury cameo: What, exactly is the problem with that if it comes at the end of the film a la Iron Man?
Fourth, Hopkins may be a scenery chewer (what older actor isn't just playing themselves? DeNiro? Pacino? Eastwood? Nicholson? They all lapse into at some point) but he'll bring people in and by the time you get some armor and all on him he's going to BE Odin. You also gotta figure he's not in the film that much.
Fifth, whoever said that Branagh has fallen since Henry V and Hamlet obviously doesn't get that this movie needs to be treated EXACTLY like those movies if it has a hope of working. You have to dive into Asgard and Thor as a period setting first, then bring it to the present while maintaining respect, yo. -
apologies for the huge block-o-text
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Brian Blessed is 72 and in poor health you morons. What is up with this Blessed OBSESSION posters on this site display? Every genre/fantasy role that comes along triggers an avalanch of BB fellatio.
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Poor health or not, just prop him up and let him cameo as the Volstagg the Voluminous. Nobody else will do.
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All superheros movie up to now TOTALLY removed magic and fantasy from their plots. How can they handle Thor? I still can't believe they are doing it....
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Still...
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Then they're confirming the existence of the greek gods in the same universe our new Iron Man and Hulk occupy? I said from the beginning Thor wasn't going to mesh well with the new 'verse...
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Oh. Wait. It's not 1991. Sorry, lame as hell casting.
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I know they're in the same universe but that's going to be...weird. Weirder than THOR in an Avengers movie, for some reason.
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... but really, I couldn't care less. The whole Mel-free Mad Max thing has me so depressed...
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Wow, Jett you're co-writing every damn thing....how could you possibly have time to post on here? Oh that's right...YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT!
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...Thor, Odin, et al are ancient Norse gods, not Greek. Although Thor did team up and fight with members of other godly pantheons from time to time, such as Hercules of the Greek pantheon, an adventure or two with Horus of the ancient Egyptian pantheon and I think he's also met the ancient Celtic gods as well as the Hindu pantheon. In the Marvel universe, all the ancient gods were actual, existing beings who interacted with us humans from time to time.
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It should have been Stellan or Brian Blessed.
Hopkins just doesn't embody my idea of Odin. That's a shame, I was quite looking forward to the Odin and Thor dynamic in this film. Guess it'll only be how Thor reacts now. -
in the avengers universe every character except for Thor has a pseudo-science origin. my thought is that outside of his Asgard scenes, nobody will believe Thor is a god... he will just be another superpowered being with a made-up history as far as the rest of them believe. "just nod your head and agree with the hammer man when he talks, ok guys?" after all, storm is a mutant who can control the weather just the same as Thor can, and what is his other power? super strength...? most of his powers would have a logical explanation in the marvel "real world." Thor just comes off as a foreigner who talks funny and insists he once was something he's not, but nobody wants to argue with him, for fear of being smashed with a hammer. keep Asgard and Midgard seperate and it should work just fine.
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Confirm already.
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Don't listen to these non-believing fools.And of course he cured cancer. He had nothing to do that Saturday.
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I'm a big comic nerd and I loves me some comic movies, but Thor is damn near impossoble. Most other comic films ask us to believe in a world that is mostly like our own, but Thor will cram a giant load of Norse mythology down our throats and ask us to swallow it. I can't see any graceful way to handle this, acting talent or not.
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Branagh hasn't made a good movie since 1993? Obviously you haven'tm seen his Hamlet, have you? And only the 4 hours long version counts, that's the real movie, the 2 hours version is a butchered offense.
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you go to hopkins. blessed all though a fine actor is uncontrollable.
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Oct 30, 2009 1:19:28 PM CDT
pleassse. this is great news. all of you fucking idiots complain
by the_one_man_gang
are a bunch of dildos. you will see this movie, im sure of that. and you will complain up until the last week that something is not right. so far the casting sounds about right. just let it happen.
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you guys are just as bad as the people who want that guy from serenty to play every character. those idiots are the WORST.
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... that this movie is going to be the next Ang Lee's HULK?
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...the script for "Poseidon" really was the pits. Hopefully, the writers on this project found inspiration.
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But my understanding was this movie is set in both modern world and Asgard. The majority in Asgard but framed by a real world element, which would feature the cameo by Fury. Also, De Niro and Law were considered for the two NY cops (one veteran seen it all sceptic and one younger more willing to believe) who are investigating a strange set of events including a strange blonde haired man who appeared to show up out of nowhere in the middle of a terrible thunder storm.
Also, nobody loves Brian Blessed more than me, but the man is not what he once was, and certainly isn't the Flash Gordon guy of our youth. He is into his 70s now, and probably isn't up to a streneous shooting schedule.
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Thor and Asgard and all that mythological stuff just have to be kept separate. But DISTINCTLY separate. If they are wise they will make the settings look almost like two different movies. Color saturation, lighting, make-up, effects, all should be different. High fantasy should be high fantasy, and when they come to "the real world" it should be just as jarring to the viewer as it is to the characters. That's how you make it believable. For the doubters: you've NEVER seen a movie where fantastic characters have to fit into the real world that was good or believable? REALLY!? Then you don't belong here.
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Should be Blessed, he IS fucking Odin
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Loki is the FOSTER son of Thor. The comics, just like some versions of the myths, have Odin kill Loki's Giant father, find this human sized child and adopt him (because he is the son of a king, enemy or not) and raise him back in Asgard.
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I'm gonna kill the Frost Giant! Say it Bob! What one god can do another can do! Say it Bob!
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Yeah, she was in great pain! Then we cut off her head, and drove a stake through her heart, and burned it, and then she found peace.
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I'ma gonna kill the muthafuckin troll!
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Anthony would make a great Odin from DC's Sandman. Maybe thats the direction they're going here...
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"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti"
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Nathan Fillion would have made an excellent Loki!
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How JettL doesn't post in threads after he is proven to be full of shit.
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So we both made two mistakes: I wrote foster brother of Odin and should have written foster SON of Odin; you wrote foster son of Thor and should have written foster son of ODIN.
I still don't recall sibling rivalry (such a modern term) being any motivator for Loki in the myths. He was just a troublemaker-general and had it in for Thor, Odin, Freyja, Idun, and all the gods about equally. Is there a particular myth you can refer to that gives his "jealous brother" act some backing? That's been heavily played in Marvel but I don't recall it at all in the myths. -
Will Smiff IS Thor
Spam Jackson IS Everyone Else!
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I vote for Viggo, and do the Last Rites storyline. Its easily one of the best spidey story-lines so they'd better. Plus, (Spoiler!)Kraven actually dies at the end, and you know how executives always insist on the villian dying. They could actually get it right for once! Viggo as Kraven--that's where you can use his intensity in the Comic Book world.
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Oct 30, 2009 4:58:26 PM CDT
Hopkins and Bale starring in "EVERY MOVIE EVER"
by glory_fades_immaxfischer
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Everyone knows he's full of crap. He does it so that you'll get all uppity about it. I didn't say anything till now because it was so blatantly obvious and I'd have thought people would have figured it out on their own. Come on guys, seriously.
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Just because they went with the oscar winner doesn't mean Blessed won't be in the film. He seemed pretty sure he was going to be in it so my guess is Volstagg. Perfect casting for that part I think.
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Nothing against Anthony Hopkins, but jeez, he plays EVERY elder respected character in filmdom.
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"Don't go beliveing variety's story all the way, this film is aiming for a much deeper theme, perhaps Thor learns odin isn't exactly the man he should be calling "daddy"
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To all the haters or the writer, Harry said its the best script he has EVER read for a super hero flick, but then again that was of course before the re writes.
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Loki is not Odins son in the comics Either, just a foster son, he is still the true Son of Frost giants.
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plus shouldn't they be thinking of a cast that will survive for a few sequels at least
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Then again, I really got a kick out of Council Estate Scumbag's transcribed Cockney or whatever it was bullshit. I miss CES.
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he's the funniest guy in the talkbacks since DanyyGlober'sDickblood. Whatever happened to that guy?
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Every other thing Harry reads is the Best Ever.
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You Gave me a reason to see frankenstein
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Like, for instance, Max Fucking Lord. Fuck that dead fictional character.
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I can't actually name a specific myth where Loki and Thor showed actual sibling rivalry, but there has always been a subtext in the myths of Loki feeling excluded from the other gods and being overshadowed/jealous of Thor, and being a thorn in Thor's side (he is involved in a number of myths where he either is trying to trick Thor, or reluctantly adventuring with him). I could easily see a writer interpret his animosity towards Thor as jealousy and rivalry.
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Yes, their is rivalry but it's never stated that it has anything to do with being his foster-brother. It's just Loki's nature as the outcast, son of Giants and neither Aesir or Vanir. Just as often as he torments Thor he is a travelling companion for Odin and Homir and just as often he gets himself into trouble with giants and gods through his actions.
Interpretation can lead any of that to sibling rivalry but it really wasn't until Marvel that it cropped up and now people seem to think that's what Loki was originally about. That isn't the case, though. -
This guy is a really good director. I have hopes for this movie since he was anounced as director. Because before his hiring as director, i couldn't really give a shit. Thor was never one of my favorite marvel heroes. Now with Branagh directing, i can't wait to watch the movie.
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Remember when he played the stroke victim in Legends of the Fall? First that movie was awful. Second, I belive there was a reference as someone who was eaten by a grizzly bear dying a "good death". Really? No, not my idea of a good death. My once human brain being left as bear droppings, being eaten alive. Hopkins hit the S-can in my book with this movie and never recovered.
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All you douches who actually think he's real and ask him questions like you'll get a legit response...well, you should be ashamed of yourself. And embarrassed. It doesn't even take a half brain to realize this loser is completely full of shit.
Did it not strike anyone as odd that this Jet character has apparently worked/ is working/ is in some way connected to every production in Hollywood? Or the fact that he has douchey pet names for every famous person he "knows".
For such an insider the idiot didn't even know the new spider-man films were not being filmed back to back. You'd think Raimi would have told him at their slumber party last weekend... -
Cannot wait to see images of the cast in full costume. Curious to see what they will look like.
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It's "Motherfucker".
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I think Oden and Loke were blood brothers according to myth:
"Remember, Othin, | in olden days
That we both our blood have mixed;
Then didst thou promise | no ale to pour, Unless it were brought for us both." I can't remember it anywhere being mentioned that Thor and Loki are stepbrothers, other than in the Marvel comics. I think the rivalry between Thor and Loki is for the attention/love of Odin. Loki feeling let down since he was closest to Odin once. Oh and I think this casting news will be good for the movie. -
Blew my mind as a kid.
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BRIAN BLESSED IS ODIN!!!!! >:O But Hopkins is the better actor! Hrmmm... >:|I don't particularly like the choice, but it's probably the right one.
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Hasn´t acted in or directed anything worth shit since (his tiny role in VALKYRIE being second best) even Gibson´s and Kline´s Hamlet were better than his. What a waste of a great talent.
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