Thor Trailer Unveiled

Great Odin's Raven, it's finally here!  After months of waiting, we've finally got ourselves our first official trailer.  That is, unless you're special and went to comic-con.  But for most of us, this is our first time checking out the mighty god of thunder strutting his stuff in motion.  Without further ado, I give you the Thor trailer.

Sadly, I'm still grappling with the full details of the new blog, so I'm just going to link the trailer.

I'm beyond excited about this movie, yet the trailer was decently done.  It serves more as an introduction to the setting, trying to communicate what Thor is.  We don't see too much plot or character here other than the bare essentials, mostly because they only had time to communicate those basic elements.  All in all though, I'm pleased.  I'm hoping the final product stands out as a brilliant movie in its own right, and this trailer doesn't sway me too much in either direction.

So we don't get a ton of info in the trailer, but what worked?  First off, Chris Hemsworth looks awesome as Thor.  That guy is easily the most physically intense superhero we've seen yet in terms of sheer size and muscle (and no, CGI Hulk doesn't count).  I've never felt so inadequate as a human being just by looking at someone.  We don't hear him talk all that much, and we're going to have to see more than three seconds of dialogue before we can judge him as an actor.  The next thing that stood out was just how closely they stuck to the original Walt Simonson and Jack Kirby style.  Asgard looks more Flash Gordon than Lord of the Rings, a very big risk if you ask me.  We also get to see Anthony Hopkins as Odin, which is arguably the coolest part of the whole thing.

And the designs all look top notch.  The Destroyer looks perfect, and seeing it tear apart everything in it's way is nerdtastic.  I'm still wondering who exactly will be in the armor, and how it fits into the story.  All I know is, watching Thor battle it out with that thing is certainly going to be epic.  Speaking of epic, the big guy laying the hammer down in the last scene???  That's what I want to see in a Thor trailer.

All in all, the trailer was good enough.  It didn't do anything to pump me up too much, although there was certainly nothing wrong with it.  The quality of the movie is going to come down to Kenneth Branagh's directing, and his ability to communicate an effective story.  This trailer should remove any doubts as to how Thor will fit into the Avenges and the rest of the Marvel Universe, and it will be a long wait till May to see the beginning a new hero and the next chapter of a sprawling epic.