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Thor: The Art of Thor the Movie [Hardcover]

Marvel Comics (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: MARVEL (4 May 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785151303
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785151302
  • Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 2.5 x 27.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 321,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A collection of the excellent concept art used in the making of a Marvel superhero movie, as well as photographs of many of the props, sets and costumes.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good character art 6 May 2011
By Parka HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
Length: 1:26 Mins
The Art of Thor is a 240 page hardcover art book that comes with a slipcase. The cover has a faux leather texture with the title embossed and a sticker of a piece of art pasted. The paper quality is like thicker magazine paper, just like the Iron Man movie art books, also published by Marvel.

If you haven't watch the movie, the spoilers in the book will come in the form of characters that aren't shown in the trailers. There are lots of designs for the characters, namely Thor, Odin, Loki, Destroyer, enemies and other lesser characters. Each character has several costume variations. The armor and especially the helmets are very beautifully designed. The costumes designs are done really well. Designs for the Destroyer is very cool.

The environment art are on Asgard and its various places like Odin's chamber, palace ground, Heimdall's Observatory, Jotunheim and also the sets on Earth. They aren't digitally painted - touched up definitely - and have a very CGI look with the photo textures. The concepts and design are great, you get the feeling that Asgard is a beautiful place but somehow the style of the art just doesn't bring that out.

The rest of the book have other stuff like designs for the hammer, Odin's horse, photos of the props and actors, movie posters etc. Most of the art are accompanied by commentary providing interesting background information, like why they create runes on the hammer and what they are.

The downside of the book is the less than satisfactory resolution of the art included. The image resolution isn't high enough for the large format book. Some of the pictures look pixelated, especially for those that are scaled over 2 pages, typically the background art.

So overall, the character art is great, but the background art and low image resolution don't quite make the mark for me.

(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and interesting keepsake and insight to behind the scenes of Thor~ 20 July 2012
By IGotAJarOfDirt
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
First of all, I'll kind of apologise for giving 5 stars, as usually reviews giving things 5 star are just a big fangirly chunk of text that says 'OMG I love it so much it's so beautiful everyone buy it it's the bestest!', but I thought I'd be honest, because it really is very beautiful.

It comes in a sturdy hardback kind of sleeve, which has on it some of the golden designs on the walls of Heimdall's observatory in the film, which is a nice touch.
The book itself is covered with embossed leatherette and the cover features some concept art of the fight between Thor and Loki on the rainbow bridge.
Inside, the book begins to tell you how Thor came about in the Marvel universe, how Stan Lee got his inspiration, and then goes on to say how the comic book Thor was translated onto film, with photographs and lots of concept art developing the aesthetics and costumes of him. Sadly, there is not quite as much detail spent on Loki as I'd hoped, considering that he is arguably the main character, Thor aside.
There is also a detailed few pages on the development of Mjolnir, Thor's Hammer, as well as the other props. If I had to find a flaw in the book (save Loki's brief detail), I'd only really say that it'd have been nice to see some of the actual storyboards, or some concept art of scenes from the film.

Otherwise, this book is a highly recommendable investment, the kind of thing that is just a nice possession to have, even if you don't read it very often. I suppose the price seems fairly steep at first, but I think it's worth the extra cost, and am wanting to buy 'The Art of Avengers Assemble' now~ Who knows, this sort of thing might even go up in value after time.

Alice-Rose, age 16
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Art Book 1 Dec 2012
By sarah mansfield
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great for any fan of the Marvel Thor Movie and who appreciates beautiful concept art, however some of the images are a little grainy/pixelated.
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