- IMDb page: Thor (2011)
- Rate: 7.0/10 total 257,174 votes
- Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
- Release Date: 27 April 2011 (UK)
- Runtime: 115 min
- Filming Location: Galisteo, New Mexico, USA
- Budget: $150,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross: $181,015,141 (USA) (19 August 2011)
- Director: Kenneth Branagh
- Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston | See full cast and crew
- Original Music By: Patrick Doyle
- Soundtrack: Walk
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound) | SDDS | Dolby (Dolby Surround 7.1)
- Plot Keyword: Thor | Warrior | Throne | Scientist | Humility
Writing Credits By:
Ashley Miller (screenplay) (as Ashley Edward Miller) &
Zack Stentz (screenplay) and
Don Payne (screenplay)
J. Michael Straczynski (story) and
Mark Protosevich (story)
Stan Lee (comic book) &
Larry Lieber (comic book) &
Jack Kirby (comic book)
Known Trivia
- In 2005, Matthew Vaughn was going to direct this film, describing it as "the birth of a hero, interweaving Gladiator with Norse mythology." He went on to direct the comic book films Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class for Marvel, and Stardust for DC Comics.
- Originally, the persona of Dr Donald Blake (Thor's alternate identity/personality) was going to be in the film, and Kevin McKidd was considered for the part. However, Blake is used as a false identity for Thor.
- In the 1990s, Sam Raimi had planned to direct this film after Darkman. He later went on to do Spider-Man, another Marvel hero, and its sequels.
- In April 2006, screenwriter and "Thor" fan Mark Protosevich wrote a script for the film, which he described as "an Old Testament God who becomes a New Testament God." However, the script was so laden with VFX-worthy sequences that it would require $300 million to film, so when Matthew Vaughn signed on, he rewrote and trimmed the script to bring the budget down to a more agreeable $150 million.
- Kenneth Branagh conceptualized this film as a Norse/comic-book twist on William Shakespeare's Henry V, which was about a young king who underwent trials and tribulations: fighting a war, courting a girl from another land, trying to live up to the example set by his father (a beloved king), and basic character development.
- Jim Carrey was a long-time favorite and candidate for the role of Loki since The Mask, which indirectly featured Loki (but put in more fame his magic powers). Josh Hartnett was also rumored for the role.
- Brad Pitt was rumored for the role of Thor; Channing Tatum and WWE wrestler Paul Levesque (aka Triple H) was considered for the part; Daniel Craig was the first choice; and Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston, Alexander Skarsgård, Liam Hemsworth and Joel Kinnaman tested for the role, but finally Liam's brother Chris Hemsworth got the part.
- Jessica Biel was rumored and Diora Baird auditioned for the role of Sif.
- Brian Blessed was rumored for the role of Odin.
- Zachary Levi was approached for the role of Fandral, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts. Dominic Cooper was rumored but Stuart Townsend was then cast in the role. But days before filming began he left the role because of creative differences with the filmmakers. Finally Josh Dallas took the role.
Goofs: Continuity: When Jane, Erik and Darcy are on the roof of the garage after SHIELD has taken Jane's stuff, there is wind in their hair in the shot from one angle and no wind in the same scene shot from another angle.
Plot: The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. Full summary » »
Story: The warrior Thor (Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin (Hopkins) for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live among humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster (Portman) teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-found strength comes into play as a villain from his homeland sends dark forces toward Earth. Written byAnonymous
Produced By:
Victoria Alonso known as co-producer
Mike Bodkin known as stereoscopic executive producer
Michael Chong known as production executive
Louis D'Esposito known as executive producer
Kevin Feige known as producer
Alan Fine known as executive producer
David J. Grant known as associate producer
Craig Kyle known as co-producer
Stan Lee known as executive producer
David Maisel known as executive producer
Patricia Whitcher known as executive producer
FullCast & Crew:
- Chris Hemsworth known as Thor
- Natalie Portman known as Jane Foster
- Tom Hiddleston known as Loki
- Anthony Hopkins known as Odin
- Stellan Skarsgård known as Erik Selvig
- Kat Dennings known as Darcy Lewis
- Clark Gregg known as Agent Coulson
- Colm Feore known as King Laufey
- Idris Elba known as Heimdall
- Ray Stevenson known as Volstagg
- Tadanobu Asano known as Hogun
- Josh Dallas known as Fandral
- Jaimie Alexander known as Sif
- Rene Russo known as Frigga
- Adriana Barraza known as Isabel Alvarez
- Maximiliano Hernández known as Agent Sitwell (as Maximiliano Hernandez)
- Richard Cetrone known as Frost Giant Captain
- Darren Kendrick known as Frost Giant Sentry
- Joshua Cox known as Frost Giant Hailstrum (as Josh Coxx)
- Justice Smith known as Frost Giant Brute (as Justice Jesse Smith)
- Joseph Gatt known as Frost Giant Grundroth
- Luke Massy known as Frost Giant Raze
- Matt Ducey known as Einherjar Guard (as Matthew Ducey)
- Jason Camp known as Einherjar Guard
- Buddy Sosthand known as Agent Delancey
- Blake Silver known as Techie
- Jamie McShane known as Agent Jackson
- Dale Godboldo known as Agent Garrett
- Patrick O'Brien Demsey known as Agent Cale
- Jim Palmer known as SHIELD Guard
- Seth Coltan known as Townie
- J. Michael Straczynski known as Townie
- Ryan Schaefer known as Townie
- Matt Battaglia known as Pete
- Stan Lee known as Stan the Man
- Joel McCrary known as Drunk Townie
- Isaac Kappy known as Pet Store Clerk
- Juliet Lopez known as Admission Nurse
- Rob Mars known as Orderly
- Carrie Lazar known as Viking Mother
- Harley Graham known as Viking Child
- Alexander Wright known as Viking Elder
- Hilary Pingle known as Viking
- Shawn-Caulin Young known as Viking
- Kinsey McLean known as Viking
- Kelly Hawthorne known as Viking
- Dakota Goyo known as Young Thor
- Ted Allpress known as Young Loki
Chris Antonini known as Man in Bar (uncredited)
John Bailey known as Shield Guard (uncredited)
David Bantly known as SHIELD Scientist (uncredited)
Vanessa Bednar known as Viking Villager (uncredited)
Todd Bethke known as Postman (uncredited)
Troy Brenna known as Frost Giant (uncredited)
Adam Critchlow known as Einherjar Guard (uncredited)
Michelle Csitos known as Viking Village Wife (uncredited)
Elizabeth Dean known as Asgardian Demigoddess (uncredited)
Pat Duke known as Frost Giant Sentry (voice) (uncredited)
Kimberly Evan known as Lady in Waiting to the Queen (uncredited)
Eric Holloway known as Townie (uncredited)
Samuel L. Jackson known as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Jasyn Jefferies known as Einherjar Guard (uncredited)
James Kimball known as Einherjar Guard (uncredited)
Raven Lewis known as Soldier (uncredited)
Keith Middlebrook known as Agent McGuire (uncredited)
Nabil Nona known as Roman God (uncredited)
Terry Dale Parks known as Nurse (uncredited)
Tanissa Potrovitza known as Extra in Diner (uncredited)
Taylor Reed known as Guard of Asland (uncredited)
Jeremy Renner known as Clint Barton / Hawkeye (uncredited)
Douglas Tait known as Frost Giant (uncredited)
Clay von Carlowitz known as Asgardian Guard (uncredited)
Travis Willingham known as Frost Giants (uncredited)
Makeup Department:
Luisa Abel known as makeup department head
Janice Alexander known as hair department head
Terry Baliel known as assistant hair department head
Phillip Boutte Jr. known as production illustrator: special makeup effects unit
Berlinda Cantu-Lewis known as hair stylist: Ne Mexico
Diana Choi known as special makeup effects artist (as Diana Yun Soo Yoo)
Roxy D'Alonzo known as makeup effects artist
Gabriel De Cunto known as special makeup effects artist
Jed Dornoff known as makeup artist
Katie Douthit known as assistant hair stylist: second unit, New Mexico (as Kathleen Douthit)
Maggie Elliott known as assistant makeup department head: second unit (as Margaret E. Elliot)
Pepper J. Gallegos known as makeup artist: second unit, New Mexico (as Pepper Jane Gallegos)
Perry Mike Germain known as key makeup artist
Neill Gorton known as makeup effects: UK Vendor
Connie Grayson Criswell known as contact lens technician (as Connie Grayson)
Edouard F. Henriques known as makeup department head: second unit
Teressa Hill known as assistant hair department head: second unit
Will Huff known as special makeup effects artist
Ann-Maree Hurley known as prostethics makeup artist
Carmen L. Jones known as hair stylist: New Mexico
Eileen Kastner-Delago known as makeup artist: Ms. Portman
Louis Kiss known as special makeup effects artist
Bob Kretschmer known as wig maker
Natasha Ladek known as wig maker
Brad Look known as special makeup effects artist
Lucia Mace known as hair department head: second unit
James MacKinnon known as special makeup effects artist
Amy McHale known as hair stylist
Yvette Meely known as hair stylist: New Mexico
Jessica Nelson known as contact lens technician
Mark Nieman known as special makeup effects artist
Deidre Parness known as makeup artist: New Mexico
Cristina Patterson Ceret known as contact lens coordinator/painter
Carol Pershing known as key hair stylist
Steve Prouty known as special makeup effects artist
Jill Rockow known as special makeup effects artist
Alex Rouse known as wigmaker
Sara Roybal known as makeup artist: day player
Nikoletta Skarlatos known as makeup artist
Mike Smithson known as special makeup effects artist
Arjen Tuiten known as special makeup effects artist: King Laufey
Jay Wejebe known as assistant makeup department head
Angie Wells known as makeup day player
Michael F. Blake known as makeup artist (uncredited)
Carol F. Doran known as facial hair maker (uncredited)
Art Department:
Ruben Abarca known as drapery foreman
Wil Albarez known as set dresser: New Mexico
Steve Allen known as propmaker: New Mexico
Russell R. Anderson known as set dresser (as Russell Anderson)
Brett Andrews known as assistant property master: New Mexico
Varsenik Vicky Antonyan known as draper (as Varsenik Antonyan)
Eric Arellanes known as propmaker gang boss: New Mexico
Lucas Arguello known as propmaker: New Mexico
Isidoro Avila known as props
C. Scott Baker known as set designer
Paul Baker known as props
Tamar Barnoon known as set decoration buyer
Greg Benge known as assistant prop master: second unit, New Mexico
Max R. Bestic known as set dresser
Sarena Bhargava known as sculptor
Brandon Birrer known as propmaker gang boss
Kelly Birrer known as toolman
Richard Bloom known as assistant art director
Russell Bobbitt known as property master
Lou Boggs known as gang boss: New Mexico (as Lou R. Boggs)
Tony Bohorquez known as model maker
Jeff Bolen known as plasterer: New Mexico
Randy Bostic known as set dresser
Phillip Boutte Jr. known as illustrator (as Phillip Boutte)
Damon Bowden known as paint decorator
Bret Brand known as propmaker foreman
Judah Braunstein known as utility technician: New Mexico
Darrel D. Bricker known as supervising labor foreman
Mark W. Brown known as set dresser
Jack Brunacini Jr. known as propmaker: New Mexico
Timothy Burgard known as storyboard artist (as Tim Burgard)
Michael Burke known as propmaker: New Mexico
Steve Burkhart known as decorator gang boss
Andrew Campbell known as graphic designer
Tim Caprarelli known as storyboard artist
Kyle Caraway known as utility technician: New Mexico
Anthony Carlind known as leadman
Anthony Carlino known as leadman
Donald Carlson known as propmaker: New Mexico
James Carson known as illustrator
Mike Castello known as paint foreman: New MNexico
Ramiro Castillo known as plasterer: New Mexico
Gladys Cepeda known as draper
Dianne Chadwick known as graphic designer
Steve Chapman known as gang boss: Ne Mexico (as Steven Chapman)
Jeffery A. Chavers known as propmaker: New Mexico (as Jeffrey A. Chavers)
Lance Cheatham known as set dresser: New Mexico
Aric Cheng known as set designer
Charles Chesser known as propmaker: New Mexico (as Charles W. Chesser)
Randy L. Childs known as construction coordinator
Randy L. Childs known as propmaker foreman
Sage Emmett Connell known as set dresser: New Mexico (as Sage Connell)
Nigel Conway known as painter: New Mexico
Kenneth Cook known as propmaker: New Mexico
Gene 'Hap' Cooper known as supervising sculptor (as Gene Cooper)
Tony Cope known as modeler gang boss (as Anthony 'Tony' Cope)
Joe Couch known as stage foreman (as Joseph Couch)
Duncan Crawford known as sculptor
Mickey Cruz known as plaster foreman: New Mexico
Andres Cubillan known as art department coordinator
Federico D'Alessandro known as lead storyboard artist
William Daley known as propmaker foreman
Rocky De la Vega known as painter: New Mexico
Joseph De Santis known as assistant property master: second unit
Darrin Denlinger known as storyboard artist
Jams Denten known as plaster foreman
Loyd 'Jim' Ellis known as propmaker: New Mexico
Marcus Epps known as on-set dresser: second unit
Zachary Fannin known as graphic designer
Louis Farah known as construction medic
Klara Farberov known as draper
Monica Fedrick known as prop graphic designer
Rolland Feight known as labor gang boss: New Mexico (as Rolland L. Feight)
Florence Fellman known as assistant set decorator
Francesco Ferrara known as painter
Megg Fleck known as art department assistant: New Mexico
Sven Fodale known as propmaker foreman
Robert Fritz known as propmaker: New Mexico
Jeff Frost known as model maker
Nicholas H. Fuchs known as plaster foreman
Jerry Fuentes known as greensman: Ne Mexico
Darren Gibson known as propmaker: New Mexico
Rick Glenn known as set dresser
Mark Goerner known as illustrator
Hector M. Gonzalez known as assistant property master
Linda R. Gore known as laborer: New Mexico
Shawn Gren known as utility technician: New Mexico
Graham Griswold known as set dresser: New Mexico
Wellyem Guerra known as set dresser: New Mexico
Miguel Gurule known as painter: New Mexico
Walt Hadfield known as construction coordinator
Theodore Harris known as laborer: New Mexico (as Theodore Harris Jr.)
Mickey L. Harrison known as propmaker: New Mexico
Michael Hebden known as sculptor
John Herbert known as paint supervisor: reshoots
Scott Herbertson known as set designer
Daniel L. Herrera known as painter: New Mexico
Chris Herrington known as painter
Edward Hidalgo known as mill foreman
J. Bryan Holloway known as sculptor
William D. Horn known as painter: New Mexico
Jacob J. House known as modeler gang boss (as Jacob House)
Jeff House known as plaster supervisor
Gordon Huggins known as paint gang boss
William R. Hughes known as toolperson: New Mexico
Andrew Hwang known as previsualization asset lead: The Third Floor
Patrick Jaramillo known as laborer: New Mexico
Teresa Jimenez known as draper
Tommy John known as painter
Jacob Johnston known as visual development
Richard W. Jones known as greens foreman
Steve Jung known as illustrator
Tex Kadonaga known as set designer (as Tetsuo 'Tex' Kadonaga)
Eric Kagan known as prop assistant
John S. Karas known as labor foreman (as John F. Karas)
Tyler Kettenburg known as gang boss
Sam Khalsa known as painter: New Mexico
Kent Kidman known as propmaker
Jay Koiwai known as stand-by painter: second unit
Vance Kovacs known as illustrator
Helen Kozora known as set decoration buyer
Michael Kutsche known as illustrator
Steve Lauritzen known as set dresser
Fireball Tim Lawrence known as vehicle designer
Maggie Lee known as set decoration production assistant: New Mexico
Jonathan Lehn known as propmaker: New Mexico
Kevin Loo known as set designer
Dale Lotreck known as utility technician: New Mexico
Wes Louie known as concept artist: Film Illusions Inc.
Michael Lovato known as stand-by foreman: second unit, New Mexico
Marco López known as gang boss (as Marco Lopez)
Jason Mahakian known as concept model maker
Michael Maloney known as propmaker: New Mexico
Shnorik Mardirosian known as draper
Jeff Markwith known as set designer
Geoffrey C. Martin known as greensman: New Mexico
Raul Martinez known as propmaker: New Mexico
Christopher McCain known as propmaker: New Mexico (as Chris McCain)
Sean McCormick known as propmaker: New Mexico
Stephen McCumby known as property master: second unit
Thomas Meikle known as sculptor
Ryan Meinerding known as visual development supervisor
Ron Mendell known as concept artist
Nichole Miller known as painter: New Mexico (as Nichole S. Miller)
Lawrence Morales known as propmaker: New Mexico
Kimberly Murak known as painter: New Mexico
Sergio Murillo known as plasterer: New Mexico
Carol Ann Napier known as set dresser: New Mexico
Thomas A. Nelson known as storyboard artist (as Tom Nelson)
Greg Newton known as construction foreman: New Mexico (as Greg A. Newton)
David O'Grady known as propmaker: New Mexico
Jose Olivia known as labor foreman
Dan Ondrejko known as head greensman (as Daniel L. Ondrejko)
Leroy Ortega known as laborer: New Mexico
Samuel Pactol known as painter
Tanya Pann known as painter: New Mexico
Ron Papazian known as set dresser
Andy Park known as concept illustrator
Paul Penley known as on-set dresser
Sara M. Pennington known as art department coordinator: New Mexico (as Sara Lewis)
Tyler Pope known as propmaker
Anne Porter known as set designer
Donald Redoglia known as construction foreman: New Mexico
Andrew Reeder known as set designer
Will Madoc Rees known as illustrator
Todd Rex known as sculptor
Edward Reyes known as laborer: New Mexico
Jorge Reyes known as plasterer: New Mexico
Thaddeus Richardson known as propmaker: New Mexico
Kurtis Richmond known as concept artist Fuel: VFX
Dennis Riewerts known as draper: New Mexico
Raj Rihal known as illustrator
Leo Rijn known as sculptor
Albert Rivera known as utility technician: New Mexico (as Alberto Rivera)
Patrick Rogers known as draper
Rich Romig known as set designer
Lauren Rosenbloom known as art department assistant
James Rothwell known as illustrator: animativs
Danny Rowe known as set dresser
Marco Rubeo known as set designer
Nicholas Rymond known as gang boss (as Nick Raymond)
Tommy Samona known as set dresser (as Anthony Samona)
Ernest M. Sanchez known as set dressing gangboss
Leonard Sanchez known as utility technician
Sal Sanchez known as plasterer: New Mexico (as Salvador Sanchez)
Jerry Sargent known as construction foreman: New Mexico
Joseph Sargent known as propmaker: New Mexico
Ed Sauer known as propmaker: New Mexico (as Edward F. Sauer)
Nathan Schroeder known as illustrator
Robert Schulte known as propmaker: New Mexico
Randy Severino known as set dresser
Nancy Severs known as painter: New Mexico
Randy Severs known as construction foreman: New Mexico
Lily Shapiro known as art department assistant
Paris Sharp known as laborer: New Mexico
Craig Shoji known as illustrator
Max Soto known as labor foreman
Patte Strong-Lord known as set designer
Tony Swatton known as props
Earl Thielen known as property assistant
Jeffrey Thomas known as greens stand-by foreman: first unit, New Mexico
Jeffrey Thomas known as greensman: New Mexico
Lawrence Tolle known as property assistant
Duan G. Trujillo known as laborer: New Mexico
Joseph Trujillo known as laborer: New Mexico
Lance Tytor known as propmaker: New Mexico
Robert Valverde known as utility technician: New Mexico
Maria Vaughan known as draper
Cuitlahuac Morales Velazquez known as sculptor gang boss (as Cuitlahauc Morales)
Joel Venti known as storyboard artist
Robert A. Vigil known as laborer: New Mexico
Robert W. Vigil known as laborer: New Mexico
Patrick Waincier known as draper
Brian Walker known as construction co-coordinator
Simon Webber known as concept artist
Robert Weiland known as propmaker gang boss
Charlie Wen known as visual development supervisor
Jack White known as food stylist
Glenn Williams known as propmaker gang boss
Tracey Wilson known as storyboard artist
Lyndell Wolff known as propmaker foreman: New Mexico (as Lyndell Dean Wolff)
Mark Woodworth II known as painter
Ben Woodworth known as painter
Eric Yamamoto known as art department assistant
Daphne Yap known as illustrator
Charles Yardman known as propmaker: New Mexico
Shaun Young known as set decorating coordinator (as Shaun A. Young)
Chris Zimmerman known as stand by painter
Clyde Zimmerman known as paint supervisor
Natalie Bloomer known as props (uncredited)
Tammy DeRuiter known as painter (uncredited)
Adam David Johnson known as props (uncredited)
Matthew King known as assistant food stylist (uncredited)
Wil Rees known as production illustrator (uncredited)
Carl Robarge known as mold maker (uncredited)
Jason Vanover known as key greensman: re-shoot (uncredited)
Production Companies:
- Paramount Pictures (presents)
- Marvel Entertainment (presents)
- Marvel Studios
Other Companies:
- tacticalproshop.com tactical equipment and uniforms
- 20th Century Fox Studios post-production facilities
- Act One Script Clearance clearances
- Air Lyndhurst Studios music recorded at
- Air-Edel Recording Studios music mixed at
- Allan Padelford Camera Cars camera equipment provided by (Biscuit Jr. Rig)
- Angel & Fine Productions production services
- Bender ET GFCI shock protection provided by
- Buena Vista Records soundtrack
- Central Casting extras casting
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera cranes
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera dollies
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment hydrascope telescoping crane arm
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment stabilized remote camera systems
- De Lane Lea ADR recording
- Digital Media Services (DMS) digital marketing asset management
- Direct Tools & Fasteners expendables
- Doosan Portable Power generators supplied by
- DoubleFVoice musician contractor: vocalist (as DoubleFVoices)
- EFilm digital intermediate
- Film Illusions specialty costumes
- Filmtools expendables
- Future Capital Partners special thanks
- Gallagher Entertainment insurance (uncredited)
- Go For Locations locations equipment rentals
- Go For Locations locations website hosting
- Hollywood Rentals Productions Services grip and lighting equipment
- Intelligent Media international monitoring agency
- Ironhead Studios specialty costumes
- Klass Security and Investigations anti-piracy security
- London Philharmonic Orchestra orchestra
- Mediacom 24-7 travel and accommodation (post production mix)
- Monster Picture Crane stunt rigging crane
- Nastec Security security: Ms. Portman
- Noble Media producers rep
- OTC Productions digital asset management
- Panavision camera equipment provided by
- Pepper Sound ADR recording facility
- Pictorvision Eclipse aerial camera system
- Playback Technologies computer playback engineering
- Prologue Films main titles (as Prologue)
- Red Rhino Trailers hair and make-up trailers
- Reel Security production security: Los Angeles
- Rockbottom Rentals cell phone rentals
- Runway Editing post-production
- Scarlet Letters end titles
- Screen Capital International special thanks
- Sigloch Military / Tactical military personnel
- Steadicam Rickshaw steadicam rickshaw provided by
- Tony's Food Service catering
- Walt Disney Records soundtrack (as Buena Vista Records)
Distributors:
- Forum Cinemas (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
- Paramount Japan (2011) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Japan)
- Paramount Pictures Entertainment (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Paramount Pictures (2011) (France) (theatrical)
- Paramount Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
- Solar Entertainment (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- FX Network (2013) (USA) (TV)
- Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
- Odeon (2011) (Greece) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (all media)
Special Effects:
- Legacy Effects (prosthetics and suit effects: Frost Giant)
- Third Floor, The (previsualization and postvisualization)
- Gentle Giant Studios (digital scanning)
- Giant Studios (motion capture)
- BUF (visual effects) (main titles background)
- Digital Domain (special visual effects and digital animation)
- Fuel VFX (visual effects)
- Luma Pictures (visual effects)
- Whiskytree (visual effects)
- Evil Eye Pictures (visual effects)
- Stereo D (stereoscopic conversion)
- Hirota Paint Industries (HPI) (uncredited)
- The Base Studio
Visual Effects by:
Amin Ben Abdallah known as graphic artist: BUF
Nasser Abo known as visual effects artist
Charles Abou Aad known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Milton Adamou known as stereoscopic post supervisor: Stereo D
Matthew Adams known as compositor: Digital Domain
Steven Adams known as visual effects executive producer: BUF
Jon Aghassian known as 3d integration artist: Digital Domain
Jose Alcarde known as paint artist: Stereo D (as Jose Alcadre)
Spencer Alexander known as lead creature technical director: Digital Domain
Xavier Allard known as cg supervisor: BUF
Abdalnasser Abo Aloionalsood known as graphic artist: BUF
Dwight Angelito known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Chris Antonini known as visual effects plate coordinator
George Antzoulides known as layout artist
George Antzoulides known as previsualization artist
Yoichiro Aoki known as stereoscopic lead: Stereo D (as 'Yo' Yoichiro Aoki)
Guillaume Arrighi known as graphic artist: BUF
James J. Atkinson known as visual effects artist: Digital Domain
François-Xavier Aubague known as visual effects production manager: BUF
Caroline Audebert known as visual effects coordinator: BUF
Kate Auld known as compositor: Fuel VFX
Julien Aullas known as cg supervisor: BUF
Nicolas Avril known as render farm: BUF
Hugo Aymerich known as graphic artist: BUF
Kelsey Ayukawa known as rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Domain
Kelley Baker known as visual effects accountant
Alexis Baran known as visual effects studio support: Digital Domain
Frederic Barbe known as cg senior artist: BUF (as Frédéric Barbe)
Patrick Bareis known as visual effects production assistant
K.C. Barnes known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Jason Bath known as visual effects producer: Fuel VFX
Vincent Batoufflet known as system administrator: BUF
Matt Bauer known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Romain Bavent known as cg senior artist: BUF
Jean Phillip Baysari known as junior systems administrator: Luma Pictures
Xavier Bec known as technical director: BUF
Joel Behrens known as compositing supervisor: Digital Domain
Christophe Bellet known as graphic artist: BUF
Julien Belloteau known as graphic artist: BUF
Tim Belsher known as pipeline supervisor: Digital Domain
Karina Benesh known as visual effects production assistant: Digital Domain
Patrick Bergeron known as compositor: Digital Domain
Thomas Berkane known as graphic artist: BUF
Anne-Sophie Bertrand known as cg supervisor: BUF
Maxime Besner known as stereoscopic compositor
Stephen Best known as roto artist: Stereo D
Sumriti Bhogal known as visual effects production manager: Whiskeytree
Andrea Biklian known as visual effects accountant: Digital Domain
Johann Blais known as design artist: BUF
Dennis Blakey known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Sébastien Blanchard known as visual effects coordinator: BUF
Stephen A. Bloch known as previs artist: The Third Floor Inc (as Stephen Andy Bloch)
Ann-Marie Blommaert known as digital coordinator: Digital Domain
Mike Bodkin known as stereoscopic conversion executive producer: Stereo D
Benoit Bonachera known as graphic artist: BUF
Austin Bonang known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Jonathan Bonte known as graphic artist: BUF
Chris Bonura known as assistant digital matte painter: Whiskytree (as Christopher Bonura)
Jelmer Boskma known as modeler: Digital Domain
James Robert Bosley known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as James Bosley)
Frédéric Boulin known as cg senior artist: BUF
Sam Bourne known as junior digital coordinator: Luma Pictures
Maria Bowen known as texture artist: Digital Domain
Alex Boyle known as visual effects production assistant: Stereo D
Jeremy Bradley known as visual effects editor
Marc-Antoine Bressand known as cg senior artist: BUF
Marc-Antoine Bressand known as digital effects artist: BUF
Devon Bridewell known as roto artist: Stereo D
Milady Bridges known as visual effects artist: Stereo D
Dean Broadland known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Tyson Brochu known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Shawn Broes known as visual effects editor
Troy Brooks known as visual effects senior staff: Digital Domain
Austin Brown known as digital artist
Dan Browne known as visual effects support staff: Evil Eye Pictures (as Daniel Browne)
Pierre Buffin known as visual effects art director: BUF
Thomas Buffin known as legal advisor: BUF
Julien Buisseret known as cg senior artist: BUF
Sirius Buisson known as graphic artist: BUF
Barbara Busch known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Paul Butterworth known as visual effects supervisor: Fuel VFX
Daniel Cairnie known as compositor: Digital Domain
Jodi Campanaro known as compositor: Digital Domain
Brooks Campbell known as paint artist: Stereo D
Caitlin Campbell known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Alexandre Cancado known as lead compositor: Luma Pictures
Isabelle Capgras known as visual effects editor: BUF
Joanna Capitano known as visual effects senior staff: Digital Domain
Kathryn Capri known as modeler: Whiskytree
Steven Caron known as technical director: Whiskytree
Jeremy P. Carroll known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
John Cassella known as senior effects technical director: Luma Pictures (as John Cassella Jr.)
Shoghi Castel De Oro known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Marcel Caue known as roto/paint: Luma Pictures
Fabrice Caussat known as graphic artist: BUF
Joe Ceballos known as art director: Whiskytree
Joe Censoplano known as compositor: Luma Pictures
Luis Miguel Chamochumbi known as roto artist: Stereo D
Ray Chang known as digital paint artist: Luma Pictures
Fabien Charbonnier known as system administrator: BUF
Romain Charoy known as graphic artist: BUF
Hind Charpentier known as human ressources: BUF
Marco Checa Garcia known as compositor: Digital Domain
Florent Chedreau known as system administrator: BUF
Vincent Cheng known as 3D integration artist: Digital Domain (as Vincent Chen)
Nicolas Chevallier known as visual effects supervisor: BUF
Ili Chiang known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Arun P. Chidambaram known as lighting artist: Digital Domain (as Arun Chidambaram)
Aaron Chiesa known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Aaron Gerhard Chiesa)
Borae Jungsuk Cho known as technical developer: Digital Domain (as Borae Cho)
David Cho known as modeler: Digital Domain
Steve Cho known as compositor: Digital Domain
Sun Chung known as texture artist: Digital Domain
Suzanne Cipolletti known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Vincent Cirelli known as visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Mike Cisneros known as stereoscopic roto artist: The Base Studio
Graham D. Clark known as stereographer: Stereo D (as Graham Clark)
James Galen Clark known as render wrangler: Whiskeytree (as James Clark)
Jimi Clark known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Martin Claude known as graphic artist: BUF
Jeff Cole known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Sam Cole known as compositing supervisor: Fuel VFX
Delphine Colin known as visual effects coordinator: BUF
Janice Barlow Collier known as dustbust artist: Digital Domain
Tanya Collins known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Liliana Colombo known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Vincent Coni known as cg senior artist: BUF
Mary-Margaret Conley known as data administrator: Stereo D (as Mary Conley)
J. Todd Constantine known as previs artist: The Third Floor (as Jeremy Todd Constantine)
John Cooper known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Sebastien Corne known as cg senior artist: BUF (as Sébastien Corne)
Michelle Cornwall known as digital production administrator: Digital Domain
Mike Corso known as render wrangler: Whiskytree
Cory Cosper known as modeling/texturing: Luma Pictures
Danielle Costa known as visual effects production manager
Trea Cotton known as stereoscopic depth artist: Stereo D
David Cowles known as desktop administrator: Stereo D
Maurice Cox known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Robert Cristino known as stereoscopic roto lead: Stereo D
Sylvain Crombet known as cg senior artist: BUF
Kevin Curtin known as facility coordinator: Luma Pictures
Jason Cutler known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Sam Cuttriss known as technical director: Whiskytree
Germain Cuvelle known as graphic artist: BUF
Dave Damant known as lighter: Luma Pictures (as David Damant)
Nick Damico known as effects technical director: Luma Pictures
Pedram Daraeizadeh known as digital coordinator: Digital Domain
Brad Darrow known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Dane K. Dass known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Scott David known as compositor: Whiskytree (as Scott Roscoe David)
Mark Davies known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Brandon Davis known as effects technical director: Luma Pictures
Edgar de Araujo known as graphic artist: BUF
Yann De Cadoudal known as cg supervisor: BUF
Arnaud Allenet de Donceel known as graphic artist: BUF
Daphne De Jesus known as rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Domain
Cédric de la Forest Divonne known as graphic artist: BUF
Michael De Nicolo known as graphic artist: BUF
Hugo Debat-Burkarth known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Thibault Debeurme known as cg senior artist: BUF
Rachel Decker known as data coordinator: Stereo D
Carson Del Greco known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Ruy Delgado known as tracking/matchmove: Luma Pictures (as Ruy Santos Delgado)
Tyler DeLisle known as lighter: Luma Pictures
Damien Dell'omodarme known as senior digital effects artist: BUF
Damien Dell-Omodarme known as cg senior artist: BUF
Maxime Delorme known as visual effects coordinator: BUF
Benoit Delozier known as cg senior artist: BUF
Damien Delrue known as cg senior artist: BUF
Eric Deltour known as cg senior artist: BUF
Nicolas Delval known as visual effects producer: BUF
Justine Demoulin known as graphic artist: BUF (as Justine Desmoulin)
Karl Denham known as cg supervisor: Digital Domain
Jonathan Deniard known as graphic artist: BUF
Jérôme Derien known as graphic artist: BUF
Guillaume Desbois known as cg senior artist: BUF
Clément Desfete known as visual effects: BUF, Los Angeles office
Lionel Di Scala known as graphic artist: BUF
Carla Diamond known as US physical production: BUF
Gus Djuro known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
André Doan known as render farm: BUF
Chad Dombrova known as senior pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
Rene Dominguez known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Alana Douglas known as matchmove and layout artist: Fuel VFX
Scott Douglas known as assistant visual effects editor: Stereo D
Kathryn Dowler known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Kate Dowler)
David S. Dranitzke known as visual effects producer: Evil Eye Pictures (as David Dranitzke)
Jan Dubberke known as lead compositor
Aubrey Dukes known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Kalene Dunsmoor known as matte painter: Digital Domain
Boris Duong known as CG supervisor: BUF
Guillaume Dureux known as graphic artist: BUF
Tayla Ealom known as visual effects production assistant: Luma Pictures
Jon Earnest known as stereoscopic production coordinator
Rony Edde known as effects animator: DigitalDomain
Scott Edelstein known as digital environment lead: Digital Domain (as Scott Sojm Edelstein)
Goffied Eder known as roto artist: Stereo D
Christopher Edwards known as previs producer: The Third Floor (as Chris Edwards)
Jennie Elliott known as visual effects production assistant: Whiskytree
Kat Elliott known as digital coordinator: Digital Domain
Marion Eloy known as graphic artist: BUF
Greg Emerson known as stereoscopic iq artist: Stereo D
Arlend Engar known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
John Erik Englund known as software engineer: Stereo D
Eric Ennis known as graphic artist: BUF
Emilien Escande known as graphic artist: BUF
Pierre Escande known as visual effects producer: BUF
Francisco Estrada known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Bryan T. Evans known as matchmove artist: Stereo D
Jack Evans known as lighting artist: Digital Domain (as Kenny 'Jack' Evans)
Jarred Everson known as roto artist: Stereo D
Jean-David Fabre known as design artist: BUF
Marcos Fajardo known as software rendering developer: Whiskeytree
Brian Fanska known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
David Faulkner known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Pierre Fauquembergue known as system administrator: BUF
Robin Pierce Ferber known as stereoscopic conversion artist
Robin Pierce Ferber known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Eric Fernandes known as cg supervisor: Digital Domain (as Eric Adrian Fernandes)
Audrey Ferrara known as cg supervisor: BUF
Judith Ferrer known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Arin Finger known as digital producer: Digital Domain
Jeremiah Finn known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Brian Fisher known as compositor: Digital Domain
Johnny Fisk known as stereoscopic production coordinator: Stereo D
Megan Flood known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Brian Flora known as digital matte painter: Whiskytree
Les Foor known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Michael Forot known as software development: BUF
Brian Fortune known as roto/paint: Luma Pictures
Jérôme Foucout known as graphic artist: BUF
Frederic Fourier known as cg senior artist: BUF
Kathryn Fowler known as visual effects coordinator (as Katie Fowler)
Emily Francione known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Thomas H. Frederick known as 3d integration camera assistant: Digtial Domain
Chris French known as cg production manager: Fuel VFX
Haskell Friedman known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Alex Gabriel known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Benoit Gadreau known as software development: BUF
Valentin Galvan known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Seth Gantman known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Giancarlo Sye Garcia known as paint artist: Stereo D (as Giancarlo 'Sye' Garcia)
Julie Garcia known as lighter: Luma Pictures
Cara Gately known as visual effects rigging artist: Fuel VFX
Bryan Gauna known as head of technology
Joan Gauna known as software developer
Nicolas Gauthier known as CG supervisor: BUF
Paul Geffre known as stereoscopic producer: Stereo D
Joel Gerlach known as roto/paint: Luma Pictures
McKenzy Germain known as visual effects coordinator: Luma Pictures
Olivier Gilbert known as design artist: BUF
Matthew Gilson known as matte painter: Digital Domain (as Mat Gilson)
Gregory Ginsburger known as cg supervisor: BUF (as Grégory Ginsberger)
Diana Giorgiutti known as visual effects producer
Ivan Girard known as design artist: BUF
Mickael Girod known as cg senior artist: BUF
Yoel Godo known as cg senior artist: BUF
Erick Godreau known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Clarke Godwin known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Katie Godwin known as visual effects coordinator: Luma Pictures
Stephanie Goix known as software development: BUF
Cristina Gomes known as graphic artist: BUF
Lenny Gordon known as tracking/matchmove: Luma Pictures
Victor Gornes known as graphic artist: BUF
Mickael Goussard known as graphic artist: BUF
Cody Graham known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Anthony Grant known as modeling/texturing: Luma Pictures
Orin Green known as digital artist: Evil Eye Pictures
Mark Greenberg known as roto artist: Stereo D
James Greig known as digital coordinator: Digital Domain
Steve Griffith known as visual effects producer: Luma Pictures
George Grigoropoulos known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Florian Grolier known as render farm: BUF
Bryan Guana known as head of technology: Stereo D
Joan Guana known as software developer: Stereo D
Luis Alejandro Guevara known as digital coordinator: Digital Domain
Laure Guicherd known as software development: BUF
Maxime Guillet known as system administrator: BUF
Chloé Guillou known as visual effects accountant: BUF
Ajay Gurram known as visual effects artist
Jennifer Gutierrez known as compositor: Luma Pictures
Va Ha known as technical director: Whiskytree
Arash Habibi known as cg senior artist: BUF
David Hackett known as lighter: Luma Pictures
Rami Hage known as cg senior artist: BUF
Christian Haley known as digital matte painter: Whiskytree
Alexis Hall known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Martin Hall known as compositor: Whiskytree
Lindsay Hallett known as visual effects head of business development: Luma Pictures
Patrick Halm known as compositor: Digital Domain (as Patrick Helm)
Éric Hamel known as digital matte painter: Whiskytree
H Haden Hammond known as sequence supervisor: Luma Pictures
Kevin Hand known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Brandy Handelman known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Josh Handley known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Scott Hankel known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Satoshi Harada known as lighter: Luma Pictures
Jonathan Harb known as visual effects producer: Whiskeytree
Reginald Harber Jr. known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Aisling Harbert known as stereoscopic lead: Stereo D
Trevor Harder known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Ian A. Harris known as compositor: Digital Domain
Marlan Harris known as rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Domain
Michael Haussmann known as graphic artist: BUF
Jim Hawkins known as matte painter: Digital Domain
Steven Hawkins known as roto artist: Stereo D (as Steve Hawkins)
Madeline Hazeley known as stereoscopic executive assistant: Aaron Parry, Stereo D
John R. Hazzard known as pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures (as John Hazzard)
Alex Heffner known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Claas Henke known as visual effects concept artist: Digital Domain
Audrey Henneton known as graphic artist: BUF
Baptiste Henry known as graphic artist: BUF
Brent Hensarling known as senior systems administrator: Luma Pictures
Veronica Hernandez known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Hans Heymans known as character technical director: Digital Domain
Nick Hiatt known as matte painter: Digital Domain
Bryan M. Higgins known as stereoscopic roto lead: Stereo D (as Bryan Higgins)
Diana Hinek known as compositor
Tuan Ho known as assistant technical director: Whiskytree
Tristan Hocquet known as graphic artist: BUF
Eva Hoentzsch known as visual effects studio support: Digital Domain
Dark Hoffman known as matte painter: Digital Domain
Daphnée Hong known as cg senior artist: BUF
Benoit Houtin known as graphic artist: BUF
Jeffrey John Howard known as digital production administrator: Digital Domain (as Jeffrey Howard)
Jessica Hsieh known as digital artist: Evil Eye Pictures
Diana Huang known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Romain Hubert known as graphic artist: BUF
Paul Hudson known as tools developer: Whiskytree
Catherine Hughes known as digital coordinator: Luma Pictures
Michelle Hunt known as roto artist: Stereo D (as Michele Hunt)
Luan Huynh known as system administrator: Stereo D
Andrew Hwang known as previs artist: The Third Floor (as Andew Hwang)
Injoon Hwang known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Walter F. Hyneman known as creature technical director: Digital Domain
Adrian Iler known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
J.D. Imhof known as lighting artist: Digital Domain (as JD Imhof)
Anna Ivanova known as texture artist: Digital Domain
John L. Jack known as visual effects senior staff: Evil Eye Pictures
William Jackson known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
James Jacobs known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Mickael Jaffrain known as graphic artist: BUF
Stephen James known as compositor: Digital Domain
Kelly Jean-Ware known as stereoscopic roto coordinator: Stereo D
Jason A. Jenkins known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Steven Qi Jin known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Justin Johnson known as digital effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Anne-Gaelle Jolly known as software development: BUF (as Anne Gaélle Joly)
Julia Jordanova known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Robert Junggeburt known as matte painter: Digital Domain
Corey Just known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Steven Kaelin known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Lindsey Kaiser known as visual effects executive assistant: Stereo D
Malik Kaizane known as graphic artist: BUF
Inna Karuskevich known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Shraddha Kate known as visual effects artist
Jennifer Kelly known as assistant digital matte painter: Whiskytree
Thomas Kernan known as modeler: Digital Domain
Harimander Singh Khalsa known as compositor: Luma Pictures (as Michael Cashore)
Jeff Kim known as previs artist: The Third Floor (as Jeffrey Kim)
Louis Kim known as compositor: Digital Domain
Raehyeon Kim known as visual effects production assistant: Digital Domain
Sohee Kim known as digital artist: Evil Eye Pictures
Woonam Kim known as digital environment artist: Digital Domain
Yoonkwan Kim known as pipeline developer: StereoD
Peter King known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
John Kitching known as compositor: Fuel VFX
Jason Knight known as compositor: Digital Domain
Scott Ko known as digital coordinator: Digital Domain
John Kokum known as digital producer: Digital Domain
Matthew Kranz known as roto artist: Stereo D
George Krauter known as texture artist: Digital Domain
Heath Kraynak known as digital artist: Evil Eye Pictures
Ross Krothe known as visual effects technical director: Stereo D
SangHun Kwon known as lighting artist
Kelly L'Estrange known as visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Nicolas Labbe known as render farm: BUF
Anaïs Lacoste known as graphic artist: BUF
Fabrice Lacroix known as cg senior artist: BUF
Jonathan Lagache known as flame artist: BUF
Alexandre Lagallarde known as cg senior artist: BUF
Anguerran Lagallarde known as cg senior artist: BUF
Fabrice Lagayette known as associate visual effects supervisor: BUF
Jaymie Lam known as compositor: Whiskytree
Ken Lam known as compositor: Digital Domain
Pat Lun Lam known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Marc Lamorille known as cg supervisor: BUF
Hayley Lane known as lead paint artist: Stereo D
Kevin LaNeave known as visual effects editor: Digital Domain
Don Lang known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Errol Lanier known as modeler: Digital Domain (as Errol Laniér)
Gabe LaPoint known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Laurent Launes known as cg senior artist: BUF
Maxime Laurent known as graphic artist: BUF
Trevor J. Lawrence known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D (as Trevor Lawrence)
Yann Le Corre known as cg supervisor: BUF
Fabien Le Gal known as cg senior artist: BUF (as Fabien Legal)
Korentin Le Gallou known as flame artist: BUF
Yves Le Peillet known as visual effects: BUF, Bmac Laboratories
Tim Lebon known as graphic artist: BUF
Danny Lee known as compositor: Digital Domain
Jeeho Lee known as modeler: Digital Domain
Sam Lee known as compositor: Digital Domain
Andrew Lema known as modeler: Digital Domain
Natasha Leroux known as cg senior artist: BUF
David Lesage known as software development: BUF
Votch Levi known as cg supervisor: Whiskytree
Didier Levy known as lighter: Luma Pictures
Brenda Li known as rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Domain
Mike Lindberg known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Fabrice Lau Tim Ling known as graphic artist: BUF
Kevin Lingenfelser known as compositing lead: Digital Domain
Vit Liskutin known as assistant technical director: Whiskytree
Bryan Litson known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Lucy Liu known as assistant technical director: Whiskytree
Raymond K.L. Liu known as effects animator: Digital Domain (as Raymond Liu)
Flip Livingston known as assistant visual effects cyan color artist
Owen Longstaff known as compositor: Fuel VFX
Shawn Lopez known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Javier Lopez-Duprey known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Adrien Lourdelle known as graphic artist: BUF
Olivier Lourry known as cg senior artist: BUF
Renaud Louvet known as graphic artist: BUF
Andrew Lowell known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Steven Luc known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Tony Lupoi known as compositor
Sandrine Lurde known as cg senior artist: BUF
Daniel Ly known as graphic artist: BUF
Demis Lyall-Wilson known as compositor: Fuel VFX
Mikael Lynen known as graphic artist: BUF
Tony Lyons known as roto/paint: Luma Pictures
Tran Ma known as modeler: Digital Domain
Melaina Mace known as digital matte painter: Whiskytree
Juliana Machado known as visual effects artist: Fuel VFX
Ross MacKenzie known as 3d integration artist: Digital Domain
Heather MacPhee known as rotoscope and paint lead: Digital Domain (as Heather MacPhee Ryan)
Francois Madere known as senior visual effects artist
Toshiyuki Maeda known as digital matte painter: Whiskytree
Alexandre Magre known as graphic artist: BUF
Pierrick Mahieu known as graphic artist: BUF
Nicolas Maillard known as cg senior artist: BUF
David Maldonado known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Sebastian Maldonado known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D (as Sebastian Maldonado Jr.)
Roy Malhi known as cg sequence supervisor: Fuel VFX
Roy Vincent Mann known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Karine Marchandou known as visual effects: BUF, Bmac Laboratories
Denis Marco known as graphic artist: BUF
Artur Margiv known as digital artist: Evil Eye Pictures
Adam Marisett known as animator: Digital Domain
Dennis A. Martin known as digital artist: Evil Eye Pictures
Tony Martin known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D (as Anthony Martin)
Raymond Martinez III known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D (as Raymond Martinez)
Damon Martinez known as paint artist: Stereo D
Helena Masand known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Ruheene Masand known as visual effects coordinator: Evil Eye Pictures
Novaira Masood known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Dena Massenburg known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
David Masure-Bosco known as visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Michael C. May known as stereo coordinator (as Mike May)
Don Mccoy known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Don L. McCoy)
Russell McCoy known as stereoscopic lead: Stereo D (as Russell R. McCoy)
Rob McCurdy known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Matt McDonald known as visual effects senior staff: Evil Eye Pictures
Edward McDonough known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Ed McDonough)
Josh McGuire known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Brandon McNaughton known as compositing supervisor: Whiskytree
Corbin Mehl known as compositor
Chad Meire known as compositor: Digital Domain
Ximena Melendez known as compositor: Digital Domain
Mark Menaker known as desktop administrator
Robert Merrow III known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
John Meunier known as visual effects coordinator: BUF
Paul Mica known as texture artist: Digital Domain
Nikolai Michaleski known as compositor: Digital Domain
David Miller III known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Scott Mitchell known as paint artist: Stereo D
Yann Moalic known as cg senior artist: BUF (as Yann-Armel Moaic)
Paul Molodowitch known as pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
Juan Pablo Monroy known as digital matte painter: Whiskytree
Erick Montano known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
John Montgomery known as digital production administrator: Digital Domain (as Jon Montgomery)
Jentzen Mooney known as pipepline manager: Stereo D
Jim Moorhead known as 3d integration artist: Digital Domain
Borja Morales known as software rendering developer: Whiskytree
Declan Moran known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Marguerite Moreau de Lizoreux known as visual effects coordinator: BUF (as Marguerite Moreau)
Christophe Moreau known as cg senior artist: BUF
Michael Morehouse known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Cathy Morin known as texture artist: Digital Domain
Glenn Morris known as roto and paint supervisor: Luma Pictures
Immanuel Morris known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Jake Morrison known as additional visual effects supervisor: Marvel Studios
William Morrison known as visual effects stereoscopic supervisor: Stereo D
Ola Mota known as visual effects accountant: Digital Domain
Betsy Mueller known as lighting lead: Digital Domain
Gautama Murcho known as junior compositor: Luma Pictures (as Gautama 'G' Murcho)
Laurie Murdoch known as visual effects senior staff: Digital Domain
Colleen Murphy known as digital production manager: Digital Domain
Alex Murtaza known as matte painter: Digital Domain
Devan Mussato known as creature technical director: Digital Domain
Scott Musselman known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Christopher Myerchin known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Daniel Naughton known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Stephane Naze known as cg senior artist: BUF
Robert Nederhorst known as compositor
Barry Needham known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Cameron Neilson known as visual effects supervisor: Evil Eye Pictures
Maxime Neko known as cg senior artist: BUF
Mark Nelson known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Nicolas Nepveu known as visual effects coordinator: BUF
Marla Neto known as digital coordinator: Luma Pictures
Chris Nichols known as modeler: Digital Domain (as Christopher Nichols)
Caesar Niculescu known as effects animator: Digital Domain (as Cezar Niculescu)
David Niednagel known as digital environment artist: Digital Domain
Jean-Louis Nikiema known as render farm: BUF
Geoffrey Niquet known as technical director: BUF
Motoki Nishii known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Sam Nixon known as digital environment artist: Digital Domain
Rémy Normand known as graphic artist: BUF
Dyvind Nostdal known as visual effects rigging artist: Fuel VFX
Chris O'Connell known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D (as Chris P. O'Connell)
Chris O'Mahony known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Justin O'Reilly known as visual effects production assistant: Luma Pictures (as Justin 'Chops' O'Reilly)
Rodney O'Sullivan known as support engineer: Fuel VFX
Steve Oakley known as visual effects artist: Fuel VFX
Oscar Ojeda known as roto lead: Stereo D
Pawel Olas known as cg sequence supervisor: Fuel VFX
Chris Olivas known as compositor: Whiskytree
Joshua Ong known as matte painting supervisor: Whiskytree
Sai Win Myint Oo known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Miguel Ortega known as modeling and texture lead: Digital Domain
India Osborne known as visual effects: AngelFine Productions, BUF (as India Osborne-Buffin)
Marie-Catherine Osmy known as graphic artist: BUF
Rob Ostir known as previsualization artist
Loris Paillier known as cg supervisor: BUF
Guillaume Palegie known as graphic artist: BUF
Camille Paleni known as graphic artist: BUF (as Camille Paléni)
Anne-Sophie Palermo known as graphic artist: BUF
Vincent Papaix known as compositor: Digital Domain
Chris Park known as technical support: Digital Domain
Michael J. Parker known as lighting artist: Fuel VFX (as Michael Parker)
Ron Parker known as visual effects: BUF, Los Angeles office
Dean Parks known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Aaron Parry known as executive producer: Stereo D
Jennifer L. Patrick known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Jennifer Patrick)
Patricia Pawlak known as creature technical director: Digital Domain
Kye Yong Peck known as modeler: Digital Domain (as Kyeyong Peck)
Carlos Pedroza known as digital environment artist: Digital Domain
Lyndsey Pendley known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Dylan Penhale known as systems administrator: Fuel VFX
Yohann Perchoc known as graphic artist: BUF
Michael Perdew known as digital coordinator: Luma Pictures
Eddie Perez known as roto artist: Stereo D (as Eddie Perez)
Alexis Perrin known as visual effects: AngelFine Productions, BUF
Eric Petey known as animation supervisor: Digital Domain
Victor Phrakornkham known as graphic artist: BUF
Kilou Picard known as visual effects production manager: Fuel VFX
Laurent Pierrat known as render farm: BUF
Rémi Pierre known as graphic artist: BUF
Joseph Vincent Pike known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Massimiliano Piscozzi known as software development: BUF
Tony Plá known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Cody Poag known as roto artist: Stereo D
Darren Poe known as compositing supervisor: Digital Domain (as Darren M. Poe)
Jason Pomerantz known as production supervisor (IMAX Version)
Kelly Port known as visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Justin Porter known as technical coordinator: Luma Pictures
Sylvain Potel known as cg senior artist: BUF
Tanissa Potrovitza known as visual effects coordinator
Malachi Pound known as production supervisor: Stereo D
Phillip Prahl known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Pavel Pranevsky known as cg supervisor: Luma Pictures
David Preissner known as desktop administrator: Stereo D
Jeremy Preissner known as desktop administrator: Stereo D
Bonnie Pritzker known as visual effects executive producer: Digital Domain
Derek N. Prusak known as stereoscopic editorial coordinator: Stereo D
Leandro Pucci known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Tomas Pulmano known as research and development programmer: Stereo D
Matt Pursley known as technical support: Digital Domain
Francis Puthanangadi known as compositor: Digital Domain
Romain Puybasset known as render farm: BUF
Shannon Pytlak known as previs artist: The Third Floor (as Shannon Justison)
Ryan J. Quinlan known as rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Domain (as Ryan Quinlan)
Juan Carlos Quintana known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Heribert Raab known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Daniel Keith Raffel known as compositor: Digital Domain (as Daniel Raffel)
Danny Rafic known as visual effects editor
Guillaume Rajaona known as graphic artist: BUF
Agnes Rama known as visual effects coordinator: BUF (as Angés Rama)
Clement Rambach known as software development: BUF (as Clément Rambach)
Gerardo Ramirez known as previs supervisor: The Third Floor
Justin Ray known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Cyril Rebert known as render farm: BUF
Ryan Reeb known as texture artist: Digital Domain (as D. Ryan Reeb)
Nathan Reidt known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Clement Renaudin known as graphic artist: BUF
Martin Reneleau known as graphic artist: BUF
Thomas Reppen known as effects animation lead: Digital Domain
Romain Revert known as graphic artist: BUF
Pedro Luis Reyes known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Aaron Rhodes known as visual effects support staff: Evil Eye Pictures
Alexandre Ribeiro known as graphic artist: BUF
Nathan Rich known as systems administrator: Luma Pictures
Clement Richard known as cg senior artist: BUF (as Clément Richard)
Mark Richardson known as compositing supervisor: Digital Domain
Leroy Riche known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Nolwenn Rimbault known as CG supervisor: BUF
Cristina Riva known as visual effects accountant: BUF
Andre Rivera known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Ray Rivera known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Mark Robben known as compositor: Digital Domain
Robert Roberson known as junior systems administrator: Luma Pictures
Pau Rocher known as compositor: Digital Domain (as Pau Rocher Castellano)
Cesar Rodriguez Bautista known as rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Domain
Ekkarat Rodthong known as graphic artist: BUF
Katherine Rodtsbrooks known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Chad Roen known as modeler: Digital Domain
Lisa Dawn Rogolsky known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Antonio J. Rosario known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Antonio Rosario)
Daniel P. Rosen known as visual effects supervisor: Evil Eye Pictures
Drew Rosen known as systems administrator: Luma Pictures (as Drew 'Drewsta' Rosen)
Brogan Ross known as visual effects artist
Kenny Rosset known as cg senior artist: BUF
Jérôme Rouvelet known as graphic artist: BUF
David Rouxel known as cg supervisor: BUF
Alvin Roxas known as digital production administrator: Digital Domain
Daniel Rubin known as compositor: Digital Domain
Paul Ruiz known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Nathan Rusch known as junior pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
Johannes Saam known as effects technical director: Fuel VFX
Diganta Saha known as systems administrator: Prologue
Hélène Saint-Riquier known as visual effects coordinator: BUF (as Hélène Saint Riquier)
Ryo Sakaguchi known as effects animation supervisor: Digital Domain
Santiago Salcedo known as visual effects animator
Eric Salituro known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Lucas Salton known as lighting supervisor: BUF
Joe Sambora known as visual effects support staff: Evil Eye Pictures
Michel Samreth known as cg senior artist: BUF
Jerome Samson known as render farm: BUF (as Jéröme Samson)
Theodore M. Sandifer known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Eric Sanford known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Nathan Santell known as previs production manager: The Third Floor
Tim Santos known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Minoru Sasaki known as matte painter: Digital Domain
Davis Scott Porter Saunders known as stereoscopic lead: Stereo D (as Davis Saunders)
Evan Saunders known as stereoscopic lead: Stereo D (as Evan M.W. Saunders)
Arthur Savine known as graphic artist: BUF
Alfredo Schecker III known as roto artist: Stereo D
Stephen Schick known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Jean-Louis Schiller known as modeling/texturing: Luma Pictures (as Schiller Jean-Louis Jr.)
Nicolas Schneider known as cg senior artist: BUF
Daniel Schrepf known as stereoscopic roto lead
Patrick Schultz known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
John Christopher Scott known as production coordinator: digital domain
Josh Sedillo known as modeling/texturing: Luma Pictures
Kristin Sedore known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Lorenzo Serran known as graphic artist: BUF
Adrien Servadio known as flame artist: BUF
Wesley Sewell known as visual effects supervisor
Rasoul Shafeazadeh known as matte painter: Digital Domain
Jeff Shapiro known as visual effects accountant
Cameron Sharp known as visual effects editor: Fuel VFX
William Sherak known as stereoscopic conversion executive producer: Stereo D
Justin Shermis known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Kelly Shin known as digital production manager: Digital Domain
Payam Shohadai known as executive visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
David Shorey known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Eric Sibley known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Karen N. Sickles known as visual effects studio support: Digital Domain (as Karen N. Sickles)
Olivier Sicot known as cg senior artist: BUF
Adnan Siddique known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Adam Sidwell known as creature technical director: Digital Domain (as Adam Glendon Sidwell)
Kathy Siegel known as visual effects supervisor: second unit
Jared Simeth known as look development lead: Luma Pictures
Craig A. Simms known as compositor: Digital Domain
Mourad Simoussa known as cg senior artist: BUF
Anthony Sipsas known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Thanapoom Siripopungul known as lead rigging technical director: Luma Pictures
Richard Skelton known as matchmove & layout artist: Fuel VFX
Bryan Smeall known as compositor: Digital Domain
Corey Smith known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Devin Smith known as pipeline technical director: Luma Pictures
Laurel A. Smith known as lighting artist: Digital Domain (as Laurel Smith)
R. Matt Smith known as digital compositor: Digital Domain
Rosita Soares known as graphic artist: BUF
Hwasup Song known as modeler: Digital Domain
Kyo-Wook Song known as digital artist: Evil Eye Pictures
Safari Sosebee known as modeling/texturing: Luma Pictures
Jeremy Soudjoukdjian known as graphic artist: BUF (as Jérémy Soudjoukdjian)
Katie Spinelli known as visual effects coordinator
Sean Stambolyan known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Chris Stefiuk known as modeler: Digital Domain
Colby Jene Stencel known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Alexander L. Stephan known as effects animator: Digital Domain (as Alexander Stephan)
Andrea R. Stephens known as visual effects production assistant: Stereo D (as Andrea Stephens)
Daniel Stern known as effects animator: Digital Domain
G. Allen Stewart known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Joshua Stirling known as roto artist
Bernard Stock known as matchmove and layout supervisor: Fuel VFX
Nicholas Stocker known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D (as Nick Stocker)
Julien Stuart-Smith known as lighting artist: Digital Domain (as Julien Stuart Smith)
Max Stummer known as pipeline research and development: Fuel VFX
Benjamin Suarez known as roto artist: Stereo D
Daniel Sunwoo known as compositor: Digital Domain
Richard Sutherland known as cg supervisor: Luma Pictures
Chris Sutton known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Christopher Suttom)
Steven Swanson known as senior visual effects producer: Luma Pictures
Brian Taber known as stereoscopic supervisor: Stereo D
Jérémy Taburet known as graphic artist: BUF
Julien Tagodoe known as render farm: BUF
Florent Taisne known as graphic artist: BUF
Anne-Laure Tarabeux known as human ressources: BUF
Cyril Tchernomordik known as cg senior artist: BUF
John Michael Temple Jr. known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as John Temple)
Beau Teora known as visual effects artist: Stereo D
Mike Terpstra known as compositor: Whiskytree
Nicolas Terriere known as graphic artist: BUF (as Nicolas Terriére)
Scott Tessier known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Sebastien Tessier known as lighting artist: Digital Domain
Joel Themista known as graphic artist: BUF
Nicolas Thieffry known as graphic artist: BUF
Robert Charles Thomas known as technical developer: Digital Domain
Dan Tindell known as previs artist: The Third Floor
Arnaud Tisseyre known as graphic artist: BUF
Robert Tobin known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Rob Tobin)
Brian Tolle known as matchmove supervisor: Whiskytree
Audrey Tondre known as visual effects producer: BUF
Anna Tonrungroj known as rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Domain
Martin Torner known as grip
Remy Torre known as effects animator: Digital Domain (as Rémy Torre)
Peter Toufidis known as matte painter: Digital Domain (as Peter Tofidis)
Lillian Tran known as roto artist: Stereo D
Tommy Tran known as compositor: Digital Domain
Ryan Trippensee known as compositor: Luma Pictures (as Ryan 'Trip' Trippensee)
John Trotter known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Julien Trouchet known as cg supervisor: BUF
Arnaud Trouvé known as software development: BUF
Eliane Truong known as graphic artist: BUF
Greg Tse known as matchmover: Whiskytree
Ervin Tuazon known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Melanie Rose Tucker known as stereoscopic compositor
Melanie Rose Tucker known as stereoscopic painter
Erich Turner known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Mike Uhlir known as technical assistant
Dimitri Uradovskiy known as cg senior artist: BUF
Edouard Valton known as visual effects production manager: BUF
Gerard Van Ommen Kloeke known as character rigging supervisor: Fuel VFX
Geordie Vandendaele known as cg senior artist: BUF
Theo Vandernoot known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Paola Varvaro known as dustbust artist: Digital Domain
Mathieu Vavril known as design artist: BUF
Christophe Vazquez known as cg senior artist: BUF
Florian Velasco known as graphic artist: BUF
Oscar Velasquez known as stereoscopic production assistant: Stereo D
David Verbeke known as lighting supervisor: BUF
Sebastien Vergnon known as cg senior artist: BUF (as Sébastien Vergnon)
Vincent Verniers known as design artist: BUF
Christophe Verspieren known as software development: BUF
Dominique Vidal known as technical director: BUF
Michael J. Viera known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Michael Viera)
Jocelyn Vincent known as visual effects coordinator: BUF
Stephane Vogel known as graphic artist: BUF (as Stéphane Vogel)
Luke Wakeford known as modeler: Digital Domain
Marissa Walker known as visual effects facility manager: Luma Pictures (as Marissa J. Walker)
Tim Walker known as lead compositor: Fuel VFX
Nye Warburton known as previs artist: The Third Floor (as Aneurin Warburton)
Renee Ward known as stereoscopic production coordinator: Stereo D
James Waterson known as compositor: Luma Pictures
Arnaud Watteau known as graphic artist: BUF
Keith Weilmuenster known as rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Domain (as Keith 'Koub' Weilmuenster)
Nick Wesley known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Jeremy West known as effects technical director: Luma Pictures
Wendy Whaley known as compositor: Digital Domain
Alex Whang known as modeler: Digital Domain
Ashley Whitaker known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D (as Ashley R. Whitaker)
Chelsea Whittet known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Kenneth H. Wiatrak known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (as Kenneth Wiatrak)
Emily Williams known as visual effects coordinator: BUF
Jason Williams known as look development lead: Digital Domain (as Jason Hannen-Williams)
Kevin J. Williams known as previs artist: The Third Floor (as Kevin Williams)
Jay Wilson known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Johnny Wilson known as compositor
Deborah Wiltman known as compositor: Digital Domain
Barringer Fox Wingard III known as modeler: Digital Domain
Jesse Wolfe known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D
Samson Sing Wun Wong known as 3d integration artist: Digital Domain
David Woodland known as matte painter: Digital Domain (as David 'Woody' Woodland)
Peter M. Wu known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D (as Peter Wu)
Matthew Wynne known as lead compositor: Fuel VFX
Roy Yang known as compositor: Digital Domain
Kwan Wayne Yu Yee known as technical support: Digital Domain
Darrell Yeo known as visual effects production assistant: Digital Domain
Brandon Young known as effects technical director: Luma Pictures
Sonia Yu known as lighter: Luma Pictures
Susumu Yukuhiro known as matte painting supervisor: Whiskytree
Anthony Zalinka known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Chris Zammit known as texture artist: Digital Domain
Adam Zanotto known as effects animator: Digital Domain
Ramy Zaouai known as render farm: BUF
Corie Zhang known as production coordinator: Whiskytree
Brian Zheng known as modeler: Digital Domain
Loic Zimmermann known as concept artist: Luma Pictures (as Loic 'E338' Zimmermann)
Andrew Zink known as lighter: Luma Pictures
Christophe Zito known as CG senior artist: BUF
Raphael Zito known as cg senior artist: BUF
Roxanne Zuckerman known as digital artist
Pranay Agarwal known as digital compositor: Prana Studios (uncredited)
Gus R. Aguilera known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Carlos A. Alfaro Jr. known as digital artist (uncredited)
Nikolas Orion Alixopulos known as stereoscopic rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Miriam Alvarez known as digital artist: DDMG (uncredited)
Jason Ambler known as digital artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Herve Anceau known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Jonathan Angelo known as pipeline developer: Stereo D (uncredited)
Roger Apolinar known as digital artist (uncredited)
Nicole Arnell known as rotoscope artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Brandon Ashworth known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Kenneth Bailey known as stereoscopic depth artist (uncredited)
Kristopher Baldwin known as stereo compositor (uncredited)
Mikhail Bayder known as systems administrator: Prologue (uncredited)
Dila Beksac known as digital artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Shraddha Belose known as digital artist: Prana Studios (uncredited)
Brian N. Bentley known as stereoscopic artist (uncredited)
Mattias Bergbom known as software engineer (uncredited)
Aaron D. Beyer known as stereoscopic depth artist (uncredited)
Prasad Biki known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Davina Bilow known as senior stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Julien Boudou known as cg artist: BUF (uncredited)
Tess Boughton known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Zach Brinkerhoff known as matchmove artist: Luma Pictures (uncredited)
Edward Brugge known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Nicole Burch known as stereoscopic roto artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Andy Burmeister known as lead matchmover: Luma Pictures (uncredited)
Nathaniel Caauwe known as stereoscopic roto lead (uncredited)
Timothy Michael Cairns known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Annie Caps known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Bruce Cardozo known as scanning and recording: EFilm (uncredited)
Steve Casa known as 3d scan technician (uncredited)
Ben Case known as roto/paint artist (uncredited)
Jeff Chang known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Bradley Chowning known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Patrick Clancey known as digital opticals (uncredited)
Caleb Clark known as stereoscopic compositor (uncredited)
James Clowater known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Laurence Cohen known as rotoscope artist: StereoD (uncredited)
Robert Cole known as stereoscopic depth artist (uncredited)
Oscar Collazos known as rotoscope artist: DDMG (uncredited)
Sebastien Corne known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Alexander Costa known as digital artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Claire Coulet known as visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Ellen Cuny known as roto artist: DDMG (uncredited)
Rocky Curby known as previs artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Coral D'Alessandro known as previs consultant (uncredited)
Gentry Davidson known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Yoshi DeHerrera known as lidar scanning (uncredited)
Kevin Delee known as digital artist (uncredited)
Brian Dickett known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Michael Dillon known as digital intermediate assistant producer (uncredited)
Mark Duckworth known as digital artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Jonathan DuGuay known as digital production administrator (uncredited)
Gregory Duncan known as roto/paint artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Sam Edwards known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Kane Elferink known as look development artist: Fuel VFX (uncredited)
Lawrence Fagan known as spydercam flight control (uncredited)
Patrick Falenofoa known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Via Fernandez known as digital artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Omar A. Flores known as rotoscope artist: DDMG (uncredited)
Jordan Freda known as visual effects producer: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Kevin Gallegly known as rotoscope artist: DDMG (uncredited)
Edwin Gamez known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Edgar Garrido known as roto artist: Stereo D (uncredited)
Sylvain Germain known as research & development engineer: BUF (uncredited)
Abhishek Ghorui known as senior rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Chuck Giarratano known as production coordinator: StereoD (uncredited)
Ivan Girard known as concept artist (uncredited)
David Godwin known as visual effects artist: Luma Pictures (uncredited)
Sean Goldman known as senior stereoscopic compositor (uncredited)
Joseph Christopher Gonzales known as digital artist (uncredited)
Claudio Gonzalez known as digital artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Brooks Gordon known as pipeline technical director (uncredited)
Vincent Gorman known as post-visualization artist (uncredited)
Ankur Goyal known as assistant technical director (uncredited)
David E. Groom known as executive producer stereoscopic conversion (uncredited)
Amanda Hampton known as software engineer (uncredited)
Rich Hardy Jr. known as digital compositor (uncredited)
James Hays III known as rotoscope artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Mike F. Hedayati known as stereo lead (uncredited)
Jordan Heskett known as visual effects (uncredited)
Ben Ho known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Joshua D. Holden known as stereo depth artist (uncredited)
Julianne Holzschuh known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Patel Irshad known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Alex Jaeger known as pre-production effects development: ILM (uncredited)
Jeremy Jones known as stereoscopic artist (uncredited)
Josh Judd known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Samapika Karmakar known as digital roto and paint supervisor: Prana Studio (uncredited)
Simon D. Kern known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (uncredited)
Nineli Khanian known as digital artist (uncredited)
Sam Khorshid known as visual effects (uncredited)
Dominik Klotz known as rotoscope artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Anthony Kramer known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Amit Kumar known as roto/paint lead (uncredited)
Gary Laurie known as matchmove technical director: Stereo D (uncredited)
Michael Ligammare known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (uncredited)
Nick Lloyd known as concept artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Ting Lo known as concept artist (uncredited)
Jo Lockman known as digital production administrator (uncredited)
Juan David Lopez known as stereo compositor (uncredited)
Son Lu known as stereoscopic artist (uncredited)
Rob Lutz known as digital artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Jessica Madsen known as digital artist: Luma Pictures (uncredited)
Simon Magnan known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Brian Malmstrom known as roto lead: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Travis Mangaoang known as stereoscopic compositor (uncredited)
Marcel Martins known as rotoscope artist: Luma Pictures (uncredited)
Lorenzo Mastrobuono known as stereoscopic roto lead: Stereo D (uncredited)
Anshul Mathuria known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Artin Matousian known as systems admistrator (uncredited)
Megan McCollum known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (uncredited)
Ryan McDermid known as digital artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Ray McMaster known as previs artist (uncredited)
Kevin Melia known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Carlos Mendoza Jr. known as stereoscopic artist: Stereo D (uncredited)
Cris Mertens known as vfx i/o assistant (uncredited)
Natt Mintrasak known as technical director (uncredited)
Ankit Mishra known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Souvik Mitra known as digital artist (uncredited)
Chris Montesano known as stereoscopic compositor (uncredited)
Chris F. Moore known as visual effects (uncredited)
Amanda Morrison known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Bryn Morrow known as cg artist (uncredited)
Sam Munoz known as assistant mocap stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Michael Murphy known as stereoscopic visual effects: Stereo D (uncredited)
Farzad 'Fuzz' Namdjoo known as stereoscopic artist (uncredited)
Todd Napier known as rotoscope supervisor: DDMG (uncredited)
Anita Naufal known as stereoscopic compositor (uncredited)
Gerardo Navarro known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Pete C. Newbauer known as digital rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Alice Ngo known as texture artist (uncredited)
Greg O'Connor known as digital artist: modeling and texturing (uncredited)
Patricia O'Donnell known as stereoscopic artist (uncredited)
Timothy P. O'Shea known as production executive: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Shailendra Kumar Pandey known as paint and rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Bryan Pantages known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Hunter Parks known as lighting artist/look dev artist (uncredited)
John Patrick known as pipeline technical director (uncredited)
Demetrios Patsiaris known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Bhakti Patwardhan known as visual effects producer: Prana Studios (uncredited)
Mitch Paulson known as digital colorist (uncredited)
Chris Pettigrew known as digital paint and roto artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
David Jeffrey Phillips known as stereo lead (uncredited)
Tom Piedmont known as roto/paint artist: Luma PIctures (uncredited)
Mario J. Pillet known as technical assistant (uncredited)
Nereyda Pimentel known as stereoscopic rotoscope artist (uncredited)
James Pina known as stereoscopic roto supervisor: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Jean-Michel Ponzio known as concept artist: BUF (uncredited)
Dave Preciado known as motion editor (uncredited)
Michael Pugh known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Philip Quaglino known as digital artist (uncredited)
Bill Radtke known as stereoscopic production coordinator (uncredited)
Mark Ramirez known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Pimentel A. Raphael known as animation supervisor (uncredited)
Sarah Reese-Edwards known as stereoscopic lead (uncredited)
Colin Reeves-Fortney known as rotoscope artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Kurtis Richmond known as senior matte painter (uncredited)
Patrick J. Rodriguez known as post-visualization artist (uncredited)
Emanuel Rosario known as stereoscopic conversion artist (uncredited)
Marcos Saenz known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Barry Safley known as compositing supervisor: Digital Domain Media Group (uncredited)
Jared Sanders known as matchmove artist: Luma Pictures (uncredited)
Olivier Sarda known as senior digital compositor (uncredited)
Brendan Savage known as visual effects designer: FUEL FX (uncredited)
Ron Schab known as effects artist (uncredited)
Katrin Schmid known as pipeline developer: Fuel VFX (uncredited)
David Schrijn known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Brian Schultz known as digital compositor: DDMG (uncredited)
Jameson Schultz known as stereoscopic lead artist: Stereo D (uncredited)
Raymond R. Scott Jr. known as stereoscopic roto artist (uncredited)
Ravi Shekhar known as digital roto and paint supervisor: Prana Studio (uncredited)
Joey Sila known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures (uncredited)
Keith D. Simpson known as stereoscopic roto lead: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Sally Slade known as visual effects (uncredited)
Eddie Soria known as digital artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Ryan Soule known as rotoscope artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Doug Spilatro known as visual effects (uncredited)
Nickolas Stevens known as supervising lead stereoscopic artist (uncredited)
Michael Stewart known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures (uncredited)
Robert Strong known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Julien Stuart-Smith known as senior technical director: lighting (uncredited)
Romain Sunier known as research & development engineer: BUF (uncredited)
Thomas Sydnor known as stereoscopic rotoscope artist: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Paul Sze known as rotoscope artist: DDMG (uncredited)
Ronald Tacsion known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Katelyn Takens known as render wrangler (uncredited)
Bryan Taylor known as stereoscopic artist (uncredited)
Eric Timm known as rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Sujit Tone known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Enrique Torres known as stereoscopic compositor (uncredited)
Mark Victor Trappett known as render wrangler (uncredited)
Ryan Trenhaile known as digital compositor (uncredited)
Graeme Tung known as lighting/lookdev td: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Barry R. Tuttle known as coordinator: The Base Studio (uncredited)
Arthur Vail III known as senior stereoscopic artist (uncredited)
Nowell Valeri known as matchmove supervisor: Evil Eye Pictures (uncredited)
Van Phan known as senior animator (uncredited)
Olivier Van Zeveren known as digital artist (uncredited)
Jocelyn Vincent known as render farm operator: BUF (uncredited)
Kinjal Vora known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Kevin Wang known as motion capture editor (uncredited)
Richard Wardlow known as technical director: Digital Domain Media Group (uncredited)
Richard Wardlow known as technical director: Narrate, Inc. (uncredited)
Bruno Werneck known as concept artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Trevor Wide known as look dev artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Virginia Wilson known as digital production manager: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Alex Wolfe known as stereoscopic compositor (uncredited)
Samson Sing Wun Wong known as integration artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Kamlesh Yadav known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
Marvin Yanez known as stereoscopic roto lead (uncredited)
Lisa Yu known as digital plate restoration (uncredited)
Release Date:
Australia 21 April 2011
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Ukraine 28 April 2011
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Philippines 29 April 2011
Poland 29 April 2011
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Spain 29 April 2011
Switzerland 29 April 2011 (Italian speaking region)
Taiwan 29 April 2011
Turkey 29 April 2011
Venezuela 29 April 2011
Vietnam 29 April 2011
USA 2 May 2011 (Hollywood, California) (premiere)
Finland 4 May 2011
Canada 6 May 2011
Ghana 6 May 2011
Kenya 6 May 2011
Lithuania 6 May 2011
Nigeria 6 May 2011
Romania 6 May 2011
USA 6 May 2011
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Japan 2 July 2011
Bangladesh 31 August 2011
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MPAA: Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence
I had heard a lot of good things about this film before I eventuallysaw it. I had decided that I wasn't going to go and pay loads of moneyto sit in noisy cinemas and be bombarded with disappointingblockbusters this summer, but I figured that this had enough good wordof mouth to be worth seeing. After watching it I browsed through theuser comments here of writers I generally trust and found that most ofthem had loved it too; so why did I find it to be all a lot of fuss andnonsense that ultimately amounts to very little?
ReplyDeleteI came to Thor with some worries despite the good word of mouth, Inever cared for the character generally and he always seemed a littlesilly to me, with the Nordic god dialogue just making it worse. As aresult I guess the script could have been worse because it would havebeen bogged down in this stuff but it never was, however this is not tosay that it worked well. What it does is take us from point A to pointB without ever really doing a huge amount of interest. It has enoughhumour in to stop it being too serious, but not enough to actually belight and fun. It has enough character in it to avoid it feelingwooden, but not enough to make one care. It has enough drama in it toset up the action, but not enough to provide actual tension or a senseof danger. To me it didn't seem to do anything in particular. I waslooking for more sport to be made of this silly God once he was onearth but it didn't happen. In particular I was looking for Loki to bea more interesting "baddie" since he could have been a tragic, hauntedcharacter but we don't see this outside of his actions.
This all came together for me to limit my interest in what was goingon. The stuff in the heavens was all too full of mock Shakespeareanshouting but without dramatic substance, while the stuff on Earth wastoo fleeting and lacking fun and entertainment value. For sure the filmprovides spectacle but again I just found it to be rather hollow as Iwatched it, enjoying it for the noise but not much else. The cast arevaried. Although limited, Hemsworth is well-cast because he has thebody and big voice to fill the character. He needed a good oppositenumber though and in Hiddleston he doesn't have it he doesn't havethe presence needed or the depth of character. Portman has almostnothing to do and it shows in her performance, she is here for the sakeof it and you could have digitally removed her from this film and madeno difference to it. Ditto Skarsgård at least Dennings provided somelight relief. Hopkins adds a bit of gravitas to proceedings, while Elbahas the frame and voice for his character. Like everyone else itsurprises me still to think this was directed by Kenneth Branagh, butit is a smart career move for him to show he can do big budget effectsmovies if it does nothing else, it shows that.
Thor feels like a film that had to be made rather than one that wascreated on its own merits. Of course, as part of The Avengers, this istrue but it is irritating that you feel that way while watching it. Ithas noise and spectacle for those looking for that, but it lacks toomuch in the way of character, danger, humour and good old fashionedentertainment. You know when you buy a new product and the first fewdays it is shiny and great but then, in using it you spot lots of gapsand think "why didn't they do this?" and "why did they not expand thisfunction?" well Thor is that product, shiny and noisy but ultimatelyone is left wondering why the makers didn't do a lot more in someregards and a lot less in others. Not an awful film but just abog-standard one with a massive effects budget.
Again we witness how you spoil a rather good movie. After 5 minutes Iwas ready to stop it, and read a newspaper! WHY...please tell me WHY isthere Asians and Afro Americans in Asgard? I'm ABSOULTE NOT racist, butI'm Danish, and when I watch a movie which should tell a story from theNordic mythology, It p..... me off that it has to be "sooo politicalcorrect", no matter that it totally spoils the movie.
ReplyDeleteCould have been a rather good movie, but turned out trashy. No, I won'tsee no. 2-3-4-5-6 or 7 in the series. All this because Americans needto please the political crowd. That's just awful.
If toy want to make a movie like this, then please research, and castas good as you can. This is just so wrong.
Though I'm old and did read some comics in my time, Thor was never oneof them. I do teach some Norse mythology, though, so that aspectinterested me. There was an odd steampunk approach to the mythology,which was OK, I suppose. I really didn't expect this movie to be Warand Peace, and I was certainly right on the money with that. It wentfor the snarky Iron Man approach more than I thought it would. It'shard to pull off without veteran snarkmeister Robert Downey, Jr.,though. Chris Hemsworth is impossibly charming and good- looking in thetitle role, and does pretty well, considering some of the lines he hadto say. Anthony Hopkins is a safe choice for his patented OlderMentor/Authority Figure performance (enjoy that check, Anthony), andTom Hiddleston is somewhat intriguing as Loki. Stellan Skarsgard iscompletely wasted in a role that could have been phoned in. But youknow who really stinks up the joint? Natalie Portman. It was DAMN hardto believe she was an astrophysicist, but it was even harder to believethat THOR (god of thunder, possessor of unspeakable power) would findher even remotely interesting. All she does is whine. The allegedfalling in love is quite unbelievable, BTW. Yeesh. I hope theinevitable sequel loses her character.
ReplyDeleteSorry, to all that have given this "movie" more than 1 out of 10. Thishas to be one of the most sorry excuses for a movie I've ever seen.Actually less interesting and more poorly written than Pokemon themovie and even that was a new low for me... It cost me £10.00 to seethis (I had my own 3d glasses)!!! I'm considering asking for a refund.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the point of Natalie Portman or the other mortals presence andthe 5 minutes we spent in their company?
This movie is nothing but a 2 and bit hour long trailer for theundoubted THOR 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 which will have all the drama andnormally good content that Marvel based movies have (I can only hope).
More time is spent (nearly half) developing characters and giving usbackground information on how we've got to where we've got...ratherthan telling the story that we paid to see....
There's no depth of character, (Anthony Hopkins was the best actor init and he spent most of his time in a coma, I'm guessing after he readthe script !), there's no plot other than arrogant son, exiled toearth. He spends 5 minutes (yes 5 !) not understanding anything that'sgoing on or how society works (despite him and his people being deifiedfor at least 2,000 years) and then gets sucked back to his own "realm",there's little in the way of good dialogue, the special effects are DrWho'esq and the 3D is forgettable.
There's no menace from any of the baddies, his "bad" half / non brotherseems so nice that you think "ah it's all an act and something terribleis going to happen"... but no, he is quite a nice guy only reallydabbles with naughtiness.....
This film was supposed to be in 3D yet I completely forgot that it wasafter the first 5 minutes and only at the end when I realised that Iwas wearing the stupid glasses did I remember!!
In a time where we have transformers, X-Men and the like, the specialeffects were weak and pretty poor. There's no humour no camping it upto rescue it either.
My worry is that if this is the best movie of the undoubted quadruologythat we're about to be subjected to, then God help us.
I warn you we may have another Iron Man 2 (a movie I still haven't beenable to stay awake all the way through yet!!) or Spiderman (anythingother than 1) on our hands and can I bring myself to part with another£10 on the strength of that?... almost certainly not.
This could and should have been great, it wasn't and I'm left feelingcheated !
Cre8.
Did professionals write this film? Did Antony really read the script ordid he just see the figures in the contract? I think Nat and Tony neednew agents, because you do not go from Silence of lamb and Black Swan*respectively* to this utter junk.
ReplyDeleteI do not know what other people saw but there is nothing good or uniquein this film. The special effects actually made me tired. And lets talkabout the story? My Lord, where was it and when did it begin. I got thefeeling that the script was written after the action sequences wereplanned. They therefore said we want this effect and this effect nowlets write a film around that. We need to use up Nat so lets force aromance into the script. We want jokes, so lets force a few of those inthere. So much dead space in the film that doesn't arch intoanything.scenes seem random and disconnected, like writing in junk toget it to a feature length time. drifting focus, drifting priorities.And no great moments that saved the film.
Also it is an overnight transformation from utter arrgoance tohumility. Does anyone identify with any characters here? Did youunderstand the brothers motives? Makes no real sense in the real world.Did the film introduce anything for anyone to attach themselves toemotionally? No. Characters appear in odd order without anydevelopment. Actually while I am here typing I just realized something: This film is below the dignity of critique. It is so poor, so badlydirected and written that to even point out the weak characterdevelopment or random script turns give too much credit to it. I willtherefore cease to add speak about it for fear of giving someone theillusion that there is anything to actually speak about in terms ofartistic critique.
I watched this last night at a preview screening in London.
ReplyDeleteI prayed that Kenneth Branagh would learn from his mistakes withhandling a big budget movie, namely his Frankeinstein. Thankfully, I amglad to say he learnt a great deal from those mistakes. Of course, thisis no Henry V, this is just pure popcorn entertainment but a thoroughlyenjoyable introduction to Thor for the big screen. Chris Hemsworthplayed the part with a lot of energy, charisma and I have to admit froma bloke's point of view, annoying good looks. Anthony Hopkins addedmuch needed heavyweight presence as Odin but its a role he has quitefrankly played a gazillion times but I never tire of it, so I'm notcomplaining. In a year long span of brilliantly playing vastlydifferent roles from psychotic to swashbuckling heroine, NataliePortman this time plays the sweet determined scientist girl who fallsfor the strangely mannered good looking guy. Nothing too taxing for anyof them but they do give a re-assuring aura about them.
The visuals were quite spectacular, mainly, the sweeping canvas ofAsgard. The action scenes were also good though I thought could havebeen executed better with lesser use of the fast cut edit style that istoo often the norm in action film these days.
There is plenty of humour when Thor is on Earth but not in a put-offway as there is a suitable contrast of a serious tone with everythingset in Asgard. Even though the storyline was somewhat predictable, itwas still a riveting one.
For those like me, who were concerned about how Thor fits into theestablished Marvel connected universe set by the Iron Man films neednot worry. That is just another thing that Branagh and crew pulls offvery well. We can now fully embrace the forthcoming Avengers where aGod, a man who transforms into a giant green beast, and a man who fliesin a hi tech amour suit can share the same screen. So its all comingtogether nicely.
And make sure you stay for the end credit scenes. In case you did notknow of this before, I urge you to go back to the previous films (IronMan 1 & 2, Incredible Hulk) and watch the end of credit sequences ifyou haven't already. They tell a separate story strand that willculminate to a certain upcoming Marvel movie. The end credit sequenceof Thor is the most fascinating yet as it actually takes a major plotdevelopment in the story strand ;) And it was the longest bloody end ofcredit sequence I've ever seen in any movie! One last thing, the film Isaw was in 3d and once again, it practically nearly ruined all theaction scenes for me. In the non action scenes, it was pretty uselessand just simply made the film much darker.
Honestly, seeing that Branagh directed and J. Michael Straczynski wrotethe script is a large part of why I went to see the movie. Plus I'mgenerally a big fan of Marvel and their movies.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately it's one of the dumbest things I've seen in years, and iscompletely full of moronic clichés and the most superficial fauxmorals. Please do yourself a favour and spend your money on things thatare more deserving of it, especially if you've worked hard to earn it.
Just in case you want to know what you'll be missing ---
* spoiler alert * (though really I'm giving this film a massivecompliment by suggesting you could 'spoil' anything in it)
Thor's father takes his hammer away and sends him to earth forpunishment. While there Thor literally changes overnight from being anarrogant, rash and violent idiot to a wise, humble and pacifistpurveyor of all things noble, and the only possible reason for thisthat's presented in the movie is that he met Natalie Portman and wasthen told that his father died while he was gone. Once Thor the god ofthunder completes this astonishing and instant transformation andsacrifices his life for others, his hammer flies back to him, reviveshim and he beats the bad guys with it.
If you really, really love Marvel movies and viking folklore (to thepoint where you don't mind these things being made a joke out of) andhave 2.5 hours in which you'd otherwise be causing harm to humanity orthis planet, go see it. Otherwise you might as well spare yourself fromthis glorious waste of time and brain cells.
The idea of a "classic" director like Kenneth Branagh making asuperhero film might initially sound strange, but in the case of Thorthat ended up being very appropriate, because the comic always usedShakespearean drama and archaic language to tell the story of the Godof Thunder, the political/family conflicts in the Asgard kingdom andits interaction with the universe of Marvel Comics. And Branagh'scompetent direction, the excellent performances and the solidscreenplay make Thor to be a very entertaining movie.
ReplyDeleteI honestly had always preferred the character of Thor in small doses oras part of an ensemble, like he was on the beginnings of the comic TheAvengers and in its modern reinterpretation The Ultimates. So, I didnot have big expectations on a movie exclusively focused in thatcharacter; however, Chris Hemsworth brings a brilliant performance inthat role, because he could perfectly combine the pompous and operatic"classic" Thor with the dynamic and unstable modern Thor. I do not knowhow the purist fans of the Kirby/Lee era will take that mash-up, but Ithink it was a very good decision, specially because Thor does not onlywork as an origin of that superhero, but also as an efficient preambleof the highly anticipated film The Avengers, which will be anunification point of Marvel's film universe.
For example, we also have the character of Agent Coulson conductingscientific investigations from S.H.I.E.L.D. with his accustomedastuteness and efficiency; we also have a cameo of one of my favoriteAvengers (even though without his traditional uniform); and apost-credits scene where a few concepts we are surely going to see inthat future movie are established. But well...it would not be fair toonly consider Thor as an extra-large trailer of The Avengers. As Ipreviously said, it is a very entertaining movie with various positiveelements, like Branagh's efficient direction, which drives the movie ata perfect rhythm. As for the cast, besides of the previously mentionedHemsworth, I think that the rest of the actors is also worthy ofapplause, starting by Natalie Portman, who can perfectly express hercharacter's emotions. I also liked the work from Stellan Skarsgård; hisparticipation is relatively short and it would seem irrelevant if itwas not for the dramatic weight this actor brings to the character withhis mere presence. And Kat Dennings is quite funny and credible as thecomic relief.
As for the screenplay, it is very well written; the only thing I wouldsay against it is that it makes a few "traps" which feel a bit forced.As for the action scenes, I found them to be well filmed, with theexception of a few excessive close-ups which made them occasionallyconfusing; I think that is the only thing I can say against Branagh'sdirection.
In conclusion, I took a very pleasant surprise with Thor, and I canrecommend it as a very good re-invention of a difficult to handlesuperhero. It might not be a great film, but it definitely made me havea good time.
Thor was much much better than I expected. I didn't know if they couldpull of the balance between the Norse mythology stuff and the realworld Marvel Universe. I should've known better because Marvel knowstheir characters and knows what we want to see. Spider-Man set a newstandard for the superhero film genre back in the day. Iron Man uppedthe ante. Thor takes the ball and runs with it and places that bar evenhigher. I look forward to seeing it again and know it will do wellenough to be worthy of a sequel because word of mouth is going to begreat. Trust me when I say Thor REALLY IS as good as Iron Man and ismost worthy to be called one of the greatest adaptations ever.
ReplyDeleteChris Hemsworth as the Norse god Thor, and Tom Hiddleston as hisvillainous brother Loki show they have the acting ability and starquality to become mega-marquee names in the future. Marvel found twoabsolute diamonds in the rough. Both actors make a HUGE impression andare wonderful on screen. You knew Acedemy Award winners Anthony Hopkinsand Natalie Portman would bring it but these relative unkowns more thanhold their own on screen. I know the script is written mostly for thembut they carry it in a big way. From what I've read, Hemsworth andHiddleston were cast almost a year in advance of filming the story so,they had time to get into shape and do character research. They certaindid these long-time Marvel greats proud. Intelligent comic-book popcornepics are rare and this one is definitely a cut above the usual fare.