great movie quotes: ‘Thor’
“You just made some of the most highly trained professionals in the world look like minimum-wage mall cops. That’s hurtful.” –Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) to Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and more…
Thor
what he said: Devin Faraci at Badass Digest…
…about why Thor has the wrong ending (spoilers, of course)…
question of the day: Do comic-book movies make you want to read comic books more than you already do?
If it’s summer, it must be time for the comic-book movies. But is there something else at work besides getting butts into seats with familiar characters with built-in appeal? Could it all be a nefarious plan to turn non-comic readers into comic buyers?
Thor (review)
I knew it! I knew Kenneth Branagh was a geek. Oh, sure, he got famous for all that snooty Shakespeare stuff, but deep down, he’s mad for comic books and superheroes and all that pulp-fiction stuff. He’s a dork.
who’s in London and wants to see ‘Thor’ tonight?
I suddenly find myself without my +1. Ya gotta be in Leicester Square by 5:30. Any takers?
question of the day: What bits of pop culture are you feeling “iffy” about lately?
A new opera about Anna Nicole Smith just debuted in London. Posh Spice will be attending the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. But that’s hardly the worst of it, right?
trailer break: ‘Thor’
Oh, dear. This is going to be very silly, isn’t it?
deep thought (re ‘Thor’)
We have learned nothing from the horror that is Clash of the Titans.
Kenneth Branagh to direct Thor movie?
Are you sitting down? Kenneth Branagh — Kenneth Branagh — is in talks with Marvel Comics to bring the superhero Thor to the big screen. Branagh’s the last person I’d have thought of to take on a comic-book movie, but the more I think on it, the more I like it. Comic books are serious … more…
