Trailer Description and Reaction for Marvel's 'Thor'

Earlier today, a film projectionist and fan of /Film sent them over some news about Marvel's new trailer for Thor.  Apparently the trailer HAS shipped, but the studio hasn't asked it be attached to any of this weekend's films (meaning we should be seeing it with next weekend's TRON: Legacy, in addition to the new Transformers teaser).

I don't really like to read trailer descriptions, as I'd rather wait to see it myself.  But I do like to read people's reactions to said trailers.  And, thanks to /Film we've got both for Thor.  So is it just a shortened version of what we saw this summer at Comic-Con?  And did they manage to fix the terribly upconverted 3D?

I'll keep the answers for after the jump in case you don't want anything spoiled.

Here's the projectionist's reaction first via /Film:

"Hey, just a tidbit of info about when we’ll see the Thor trailer. They’ve sent out the 2D & 3D trailers for digital prints this week. That said ,as a projectionist, they are not asking us to attach it to any films this weekend. My guess would be we’ll see it on Tron. I’ve already screened it and essentially it’s just a slimmed down version of the five minute Comic Con trailer. Not much new added at all. And sadly the 3D does not look very impressive. The picture doesn’t show much in terms of depth and the motion on screen creates a blur which is very hard for your eyes to focus in on. Hopefully this is only because the film is months away from release, but I would say it’s definitely one of the lower end 3D trailers I’ve seen of late."

Well that's disappointing...  And in case you still care, here's the trailer's description via ComicBookMovie.  It's a little more upbeat:

“The trailer has much of the footage from that leaked reel we saw floating around after SDCC with SHIELD Agent [Coulson] questioning the man who took apart his men as if they were second rate security guards with images of him doing the deed flashing about. “Where were you trained?” We flash to Asgard where Thor is getting a tongue lashing from his father Odin who calls him a boy and remarks that he has brought war to their peaceful land. Flash to a pack of bad ass looking Frost Giants on the march. Flash back and Loki attempts to lodge a protest to Thor’s punishment but Dad won’t hear it. The sentence is passed and we flash to Natalie Portman AKA Jane Foster showing concern and then to Thor, flat on his back, who says something like “Nooo…I’m on Earth, aren’t I” with disdain in his voice. Idris Elba as Heimdall gets a fair amount of flash time as well, though it’s nothing but him making faces and such. We also see a couple of Asgardian ladies, one of which being Jaimie Alexander as Sif. Some quick Frost Giant battle rounds out the excitement, some explosions go off and we see [Destroyer] is causing chaos in the middle of it all. So that’s about it! You’ll mainly want to see this in 3D and of course…FROST GIANT RAMPAGE!!”

So in a nutshell, it'll be more of the same but in about 2 and 1/2 minutes instead of 5 with the same crappy 3D.  Regardless, I'll be seeing TRON in 3D next week and after 5 months it'll be cool to see Thor on the big screen again.  I personally don't plan on seeing the upconverted versions of Thor or Captain America next summer so the 3D thing really doesn't bother me, but for those of you that do plan on spending the extra bucks let's hope the studio finds a way to fix those issues.

Both 2D and 3D versions of Thor hit theaters on May 6, 2011 with Captain America two months later on July 22, 2011.

Comments

[Don Draper]

I saw it. Looks promising Thor isn't my favorite Marvel Character, basically they make Captain Kirk's Dad to be a teenage Sith Lord, who gets bounced to earth as punishment, that being said I had low expectations, however it looks like they will be tying in some of the Avengers story line as well.