Chapter 698 A fairly satisfactory result
The plot of "Thor" is not complicated. It tells the story of the god-king Odin who has two sons, Thor and Loki.
Thor was reckless, impulsive and arrogant. Under the temptation of Loki, he launched a war with the Frost Giants without authorization, and was banished to the earth by Odin.
After losing his divine power, he made a lot of jokes on the earth, and met Jane Foster, Eric Shavig, Daisy Lewis and a research team.
At the same time, SHIELD also noticed the hammer thrown by Odin. Nick Fury and Agent Coulson, who both appeared in "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk", Have appeared.
At the same time, this work also introduces another superhero, Hawkeye Creet Barton, played by Jeremy Renner.
Loki took advantage of the god-king Odin to seize the throne when he was exhausted and comatose. In order to prevent Thor from coming back and posing a threat to himself, Loki chose the Frost Giant to cooperate.
He also released the Destroyer to eliminate Thor on the earth. In order to protect Jane Foster and a group of friends, Thor faced the Destroyer alone. He was recognized by Thor's Hammer and restored his own power. Divine power.
He returned to Asgard and defeated his brother Loki, and had to destroy the Rainbow Bridge in order to protect Asgard.
Loki fell into the endless star field, and Thor also broke his promise to Jane Foster, but he was finally recognized by Odin and became a qualified Thor.
This story can be said to be a model drama, and it seems to be applicable to any superhero.
It is nothing more than a process of being arrogant in the early stage, encountering setbacks, then falling to the bottom, and then rising again after growing up.
Almost all superhero movies are basically this model and nothing else, even Gilbert Jr.'s "The Dark Knight" is no exception.
However, the technique of "The Dark Knight" is relatively advanced. Even in the last life, the question of who loses and wins between the Joker and Batman will still make movie fans debate endlessly.
Although it is a model show, "Thor" tells a new superhero story after all. People who don’t pay attention to comics probably didn’t know much about this superhero before.
In the theater market, the film still has some achievements. It took in a box office of US$42.56 million in the three days of its first weekend, which is quite good for a "Thor" film without a big-name star.
Kevin Feige breathed a sigh of relief because of the pretty good first-week box office. He is under a lot of pressure and carries all the company's hopes.
Despite Gilbert Jr.'s repeated assurances, if "Thor" fails, the market will lose confidence in Marvel Studios' rescue. This is not the result Kevin Feige wants.
Many media and magazines also gave positive reviews. "Empire" magazine commented: "This is Marvel's return to standard. They have launched a new hero this time, sweeping away the haze of "The Incredible Hulk" "
"The Hollywood Reporter" said: "Kenneth Branagh succeeded in making this film approachable, coherent and engaging
He took something that could easily have been silly and put it into a huge, majestic, visually intense superhero movie. "
Keira Watney, a reviewer for the Los Angeles Business Journal, praised: ""Thor" is not a groundbreaking movie, but it is satisfying and entertaining. Sexy big screen superhero movie. "
Director Kenneth Branagh said in an interview: "Little Gilbert provided me with a lot of help during the entire film production process.
From the script setting to the selection of actors, as well as shooting and post-production, he did everything in detail, which helped us complete the film well. ”
The film’s male lead, Chris Hemsworth, transformed from a miner to a movie star with this film. He was quite excited when talking about this interesting experience.
"I'm a newcomer, and it was exciting to be cast in such an exciting movie right from the start. When I first got the script, I read it seven times, imagining what it would be like to play Thor. I was very excited. Thanks to Director Gilbert Jr., he has a sharp eye and picked me at a glance."
Megan Fox said it was very complicated: "I have experienced it in the past period of time. A lot. Fortunately, everything is over, and I believe it will get better in the future."
Tom Hiddleston revealed that he will continue to participate in Marvel movies in the future: "As far as I know. , my character will appear in Marvel movies in the future.
I don’t know how, that’s what they told me, and I’m looking forward to continuing to appear in Marvel movies.”
Of course, the movie "Thor" is inevitably criticized. Among them, the most common comment is that it is too comedic and seems to deliberately insert baggage and jokes.
Some film critics even commented that "Thor" successfully lowered the lower limit of superheroes and became like a B-level shit comedy.
But no matter what, the audience actually quite likes this movie. A score of 7.5 on IMDB is enough to prove that this movie is a qualified commercial movie.
Under such circumstances, "Thor" continued to top the weekly box office with a box office of US$25.33 million over the weekend.
Including the US$15.2 million earned by the studio and the first-week box office, the North American box office has reached 83.09 million. It doesn’t seem like much, after all, top-tier major productions can now exceed 100 million in their first week.
But for a superhero movie that doesn't have a strong cast and isn't a super-famous superhero movie like Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man, this result is actually quite good.
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Starting from the third weekend, "Thor" has been released in many overseas countries and markets. However, the response overseas has been mediocre. Although it has gorgeous special effects, not every audience is satisfied with the special effects.
In its first week of overseas release, "Thor" only received an overseas box office of US$55.74 million. At this time, the North American box office dropped further, with US$18.08 million in one week, and the total North American box office reached US$111.17 million.
Including overseas box office, the total box office of "Thor" reaches 156.91 million US dollars, which is still some way away from recovering the cost.
Little Gilbert feels that "Thor" will make a small profit at the box office. But for Marvel, that's enough.
The box office can make back the money, or even make a small profit. Gilbert Jr. repeatedly emphasized to Marvel executives not to care about the gains and losses of a movie, but to consider the overall situation.
Now many viewers already know that there is a superhero like Thor, and this is enough.
The same is true of "Captain America". Compared with the superheroes of the new era, Steve Rogers is undoubtedly an old hero and a has-been one.
But his story must be told, otherwise the audience will be surprised if Steve Rogers appears out of nowhere.
And it is said to be "Captain America", but in fact Scarlett plays the black widow Natasha Romanoff. This movie actually tells the origin story of two superhero movies.
Looking at it this way, only Hawkeye Creet Barton is in a worse situation, because he became an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. when he appeared in "Thor".
Perhaps a series can be developed in the future to tell the story of Hawkeye before and after he joined S.H.I.E.L.D. Of course, it would be best if Jeremy Renner was willing to play Hawkeye in the series.
As for the role of producer in the movie, to be honest, Hawkeye is a bit unworthy and does not have the qualifications.
(End of this chapter)