Review: Thor

        The Avengers was a movie unlike any other. It connected five films in one epic tale of derring do, and it did so surprisingly well. Aside from perhaps Nolan's The Dark Knight, The Avengers is the best superhero movie ever made. It's unfortunate that the films that preceded it were not quite as amazing. The first Iron Man was a triumph, the second one would've been terrible if not for Robert Downey Jr., Captain America was entertaining, but lacking in substance, I haven't seen Incredible Hulk with either Eric Bana or Edward Norton, but from what I've heard, that's for the best. Which brings me to Thor. I like Thor in the Marvel Comics, the old-timey way he talks sets him apart from other characters in the Marvel universe, lending him a certain charm. His hammer Mjolnir is also really cool as it gives him the ability to fly as well as bust skulls. Chris Hemsworth does a decent job bringing across the things I like about Thor from the comics, and he certainly looks the part, but a weak script brought this movie down.

Birdemic 2 Has a Trailer

Created on a budget of $10,000, Birdemic: Shock and Terror looked like a film that was created on a budget of $5,000 (read my review of it here). But thanks to the Internet’s love of the strange and insane, producer and director James Nguyen’s homage to Alfred Hitchcock and global warming earned almost instant cult classic status and has been wildly celebrated for its poor film quality, terrible acting, and all-around hilarious charm.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Nguyen and Co. wanted to double down on that success, so of course they filmed Birdemic 2: The Resurrection. Filming wrapped in the Spring on this non-Hollywood tale of Hollywood dreams, and release is slated for later this summer. As for the plot…

Bill is a struggling filmmaker; Gloria is an aspiring actress. Rod, a Silicon Valley millionaire finances Bill’s film, a dream come true until eagles and vultures attack Hollywood and its up to Rod, his girlfriend Nathalie, new friends and old to mount the resistance. Who will survive?
Birdemic II, you asked for it.

I suppose we did kind of ask for it. And now Birdemic 2 has a trailer as well, which playfully mocks one of the after-credit scenes of Marvel’s The Avengers. Someone was bound to do it, we’re just glad it was Nguyen.

Via Filmdrunk

Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man Hasten the Day When All Movie Will Be Based on Marvel Comics

The Guardians of the Galaxy.
 Is that a raccoon?

As we cannot write a news story headlined "All Marvel Comics Being Made Into Movies, Sparking Money Tornadoes" and simply be done with it—because of professionalism—updates on Marvel's post-Avengers plans continue to be doled out one increasingly niche comic-book adaptation at a time. But we're cramming these two together, because really, there is only so much Marvel movie news hours in a day. First up, The Hollywood Reporter backs up rumors first circulated on Latino Review that Marvel's previously revealed, "mystery" 2014 project will be The Guardians Of The Galaxy, another tentpole team-up featuring the interstellar-traveling band of 31st-century cosmic heroes first introduced in 1969—though it's unclear as of yet whether the film would be based on the title's original incarnation or the 2008 reboot. Further confusing matters, THR's story lists the 1969 characters but features a photo of the 2008 group, surely garnering many hilarious angry emails.

Such details are expected to be cleared up at the studio's Comic-Con panel, but already it seems a hunt for a director is underway and a script has already been completed by Nicole Perlman, a writer who made her mark with two space-based biopic scripts—one about the Challenger disaster and another about Neil Armstrong—before moving on to drafting a Black Widow script and working on Thor. Lending further credence to the fact that it's really happening, Marvel recently snapped up the trademark rights to an incredibly far-ranging breadth of new Guardians Of The Galaxy merchandise—everything from "jewelry to beverages to furniture to cosmetics," according to Bleeding Cool. ("Oh, is that Rocket Raccoon cologne you're wearing?" your future date will purr while draped across your official, Drax The Destroyer-shaped chaise lounge, only to have you abashedly admit that, no, it is a Projectile Possum smell-alike.)

Ant-Man and his army of non-human ants

Anyway, at that very same panel, you can also likely expect an update on Ant-Man, Edgar Wright's long-gestating project about the miniature superhero with the power to become really small and ruin cereals. After more than five years of the film being about to happen, the film is apparently even moreabout to happen now that Wright has just completed a test reel, meaning that you can look forward to many future months of further talk of it being about to happen. That is, if you're not already consumed with anticipatory talk of all the other rumored Marvel projects that may or may not be discussed at Comic-Con, such as another Hulk movie, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Runaways, and Luke Cage, along with those that definitely will be, such as the next Iron Man,Captain America, Thor, and Avengers films (not to mention the X-Men and Spider-Man sequels). In the meantime, of course, you must continue to tolerate movies that are not based on Marvel characters, sort of like audiences in the late '20s were forced to put up with the awkward transition from silent films to talkies.


Via The AV Club

New Avengers Trailer

Nothing really new to see here. Although I still don't quite understand what Hawkeye and Black Widow are bringing to the group that the other members can't already do themselves. The world is under attack by what appear to be Transformers, or maybe their the aliens from Battleship (who can tell anymore?)! Call the guy with the outdated weaponry and the chick with the big tits who has a 9 millimeter and knows jiu-jitsu! What does it matter? We're all going to go see this anyway, because explosions.