Board 8 > Thor or X-Men: First Class?

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I'll get a chance to see both, but which should I watch first? I'm leaning towards Thor.

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I haven't seen Xmen but Thor was nothing special, mediocre

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X-Men no question.

Thor was very mediocre.

First Class was fantastic.

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X-Men

Both are good.. both have their flaws.. but X-Men has less.

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X-Men, however Thor was great, don't let the naysayers get you down.

X-Men First Class, however, is one of the best superhero films ever made.

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X-Men First Class easily. I mean, they finally captured one of the greatest comic series right in my book, tough to top.

I do dig Thor though. Though Captain America more for sho'.

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C: I haven't seen Thor.

I'd say watch Thor first, since X-Men is much better. That way, you won't notice a dip in quality between the two.

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Thor was better than Xmen. By a lot. It actually makes sense and isn't corny beyond belief (heck it isn't corny at all except for the bumblings of the 4 Asgardian friends).

Xmen had way too many quotes and actions that were borderline stupid.

But, hell if you're watching both anyways...then watch whatever one strikes your fancy.

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I saw X-Men twice, also saw the last 20 minutes a third time once, since a friend of ours went to see it after we saw something else and it was still going.

All three times, teared up a bit near the end cuz my man Charles is such a badass. Also, that Magneto speech at the end is the coolest speech ever. If I had a metal album it'd start with that.

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Thor was alright, a decent watch

X-men though was exceptional

Thor was excellent, don't see why it gets so much hate. Green Lantern was easily the worst comic book movie of the summer, though it was decent.

Haven't seen X-Men yet.

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Haven't seen Thor, X-Men was really good though.

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To be fair, Priest was probably the worst comic movie of the summer.

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My main problem with Thor besides the terrible Earth supporting cast (All the Asgardians were great) is that he acted nothing like any version of Thor.

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Psycho_Kenshin posted...
To be fair, Priest was probably the worst comic movie of the summer.

Forgot about that one, though I don't really count it with the Marvel/DC movies.

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He acted a lot like the metal 80s version of Thor seen in the 80s TV Incredible Hulk movie he was in. =P

Also, Kat Dennings, c'mon tell me you're not including Kat Dennings in that supporting cast hatin'.

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KimPilgrim posted...
My main problem with Thor besides the terrible Earth supporting cast (All the Asgardians were great) is that he acted nothing like any version of Thor.

Kind of like the terrible Earth supporting cast in GL, right?

And I don't know what Thor you've read, because he was pretty close to 616 Thor. Starts off arrogant and ends up noble yet still cocky.

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Psycho_Kenshin posted...
He acted a lot like the metal 80s version of Thor seen in the 80s TV Incredible Hulk movie he was in. =P

Also, Kat Dennings, c'mon tell me you're not including Kat Dennings in that supporting cast hatin'.

Don't get him started on that.

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KimPilgrim posted...
My main problem with Thor besides the terrible Earth supporting cast (All the Asgardians were great) is that he acted nothing like any version of Thor.

Kind of like the terrible Earth supporting cast in GL, right?

And I don't know what Thor you've read, because he was pretty close to 616 Thor. Starts off arrogant and ends up noble yet still cocky.

JMS run.

Also, Kat Dennings, c'mon tell me you're not including Kat Dennings in that supporting cast hatin'.

Haha dude you have no idea what can of worms you're opening there so I'm gonna let it slide.

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My god, you've got a vendetta gainst Kat? When she said Mjolner funny it was funny damn it. Also she's really hot. Been a fan since Defendor, she's got the chops I'd say.

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What about the JMS run?

It's not like they could just use that for inspiration considering they were telling Thor's origin, and the JMS run has literally nothing to do with that.

The JMS run was great, one of my favorite Thor arcs. But incorporating it into movie form would be difficult without a previous movie to explain why Asgard is suddenly on Earth.

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I understand that and it's really just my incredibly biased opinion. JMS is how I know Thor and makes me want a movie with a more epic adventurous feel in a LotR style, while what we got was a, admittedly necessary considering the direction they're going, generic popcorn flick full of throwaway jokes and annoying supporting characters with Thor going through the typical "Oh I'm ignorant of all this wacky technology and human customs" routine.

I know we couldn't get JMS Thor, but a man can dream.

Of course, Marvel itself (Bendis, rather), **** all over JMS Thor the second he left, so....

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KimPilgrim posted...
I understand that and it's really just my incredibly biased opinion. JMS is how I know Thor and makes me want a movie with a more epic adventurous feel in a LotR style, while what we got was a, admittedly necessary considering the direction they're going, generic popcorn flick full of throwaway jokes and annoying supporting characters with Thor going through the typical "Oh I'm ignorant of all this wacky technology and human customs" routine.

I know we couldn't get JMS Thor, but a man can dream.

Of course, Marvel itself (Bendis, rather), **** all over JMS Thor the second he left, so....

As much as I hate what Bendis did with Siege, it was partially JMS' fault. He was given a year to have Thor to himself with no crossovers, and then took something like two years to write twelve issues or something. That's when Siege cropped up. Yeah, Siege would've been bad either way, but JMS and his delays are pretty annoying, too.

And I don't see how you can call Thor a generic popcorn flick and rave about GL...but yeah, opinions and whatnot.

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x-men was solid, but i haven't watched thor yet

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Thor is "out" on blu-ray. I have a feed set up in utorrent that should grab it and download it by the time I go home.

Bendis > johns.

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And I don't see how you can call Thor a generic popcorn flick and rave about GL...but yeah, opinions and whatnot.

Oh, GL was a pretty bad movie, I just really liked it, because, well, it's GL.

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Bendis > johns.

Uh-huh

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I could post four bad johns panels, but I wouldn't, because that's a dumb and childish argument.

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Doubt you could!

And those are just specifics.

Bendis is a hack, at least now. Not gonna pretend I've read his Daredevil, everyone raves about it probably will some day. But what he's got going on now? Avengers is atrocious. New Avengers is terrible. Moon Knight sucks. Siege sucked.

Scarlet was good! But that's a different story.

And he's got that creepy fetish for Spider Woman's hair.

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And somehow I didn't realize you were Icon, and have been acting like I was talking to someone else entirely.

So....yeah this is covered ground already <_<

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thor is a good movie

first class is a piece of garbage

easy choice

also bendis used to be good several years ago, and scarlet was good, i didn't like siege and new avengers is crap though

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X-Men: First Class is legitimately great, but Thor is mediocre at best. I think I even liked Green Lantern a little better than it. :\

As for Captain America, it's a notch below X-Men, but way about the others. I highly recommend that one too.

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Thor

Forst Class is alright, but if falls short of being truly great

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First Class easily, current MotY for me

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The Raven 2 posted...
First Class easily, current MotY for me

This

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XMen

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Captain America.

Again, if you already saw it.

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TheCodeisBosco posted...
X-Men: First Class is legitimately great, but Thor is mediocre at best. I think I even liked Green Lantern a little better than it. :\

As for Captain America, it's a notch below X-Men, but way about the others. I highly recommend that one too.

Yep, this exactly.

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Though to be serious, I'd say Captain America > First Class >>> Everything else. I guess the first two are interchangeable, though.

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people are still mark happy on this board I see!

Captain America does look like the best of the bunch, but my girlfriend and I never got a chance to see it in theatres until it was only available in 3D. Gonna wait on that one.


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I will admit that while I did really like Thor a lot, Thor is my favorite comic book character and Loki my favorite villain, so I may be a bit biased.

Based on how much I liked Iron Man, Thor, and Cap, Avengers should be amazing.

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Thor had quite possibly the least believable romance in any movie of the ever. Not that it's what I see a damn comic book movie for, but they could at least try to do something beyond "Hot chick meets muscle man and they want to bang."

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"Hot chick meets muscle man and they want to bang."

how is that not believable


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Both are great.

First Class was better though.

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K, fine, believable is the wrong word, maybe I was looking for "meaningful"

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people are still mark happy on this board I see!

Wait...I don't remember the rest of that post

And as much as I would like Bendis > Johns to be moddable I doubt I'll see the day

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both are definitely worth watching

but if you had to pick just one, go for X-Men

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mnkboy907 posted...
I'd say watch Thor first, since X-Men is much better. That way, you won't notice a dip in quality between the two.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing....

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