By the power of Asgard, a norse god with a hammer dominating the cinemas in the 21st century, maddness you say? Well it's happening and now you ask what is this trechary of a film about good sir? Fear not I shall inform you. Thor (Chris Hemsworth), our hero, is eager to prove himself worthy of taking over his father the dying King of Asgard, Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and that he is aware of the responsibility it takes to be a leader. Thor believes that to prove himself he needs to show his strength as a warrior and so sets out to the land of the Frost Giants in order defeat the Asgardians long term enemy. However, Loki (Tom Hiddleston)Thor's brother, reports his sibling to their father who in a rage goes forward and steps in between Thor and The Leader of the Frost Giants, unable to prevent the fury of the enemy and all out war Odin has no choice but to banish Thor to earth. With Thor's banishment he must come to terms with his new found hummanity with the help of Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and attempt to reclaim the power of his mystical hammer Mjolnir. While Loki back in Asgard relishes in his plan to remove Thor and by doing so taking the throne for himself, so begins a bout of brotherly rivalry to see who shall take the throne and the power of Asgard.
Chris Hemsworth does a great job of portraying the otherworldly god Thor, starts off with a mix of Tony Starks playboy antics and arrogance while later growing to become more human and caring, in realising why he himself isn't ready for the throne and essential that there are more important things then power. While Tom Hiddleston steals the show at times, portraying the envious brother Loki, who wants nothing more than to be acknowledged by his father and actually has no real care for the throne, as well as his enjoyment of toying with Thor and being a silent yet, secret evil, Loki really is the best Marvel villain so far. Natalie Portman plays the classic damsel-in-distress and albeit playing it well there isn't much that changes in the formula, while Anthony Hopkins seemed to fade out of memory after i left the cinema and perhaps could have played a bigger part. Thor's friendly Asgardian chums could also have had a larger role as they only really appear as a filler aspect of how to progress the story, also only having a short appearance, if a Thor 2 is in the pipeline i hope Heimdall(Idris Elba) returns as the gatekeeper who added a sense of low key coolness and humor.
While the cast were great and they all worked well in their roles, the action (which for a Marvel film is quite important) seemed to be kept on the back burner. Had the reason for less action meant for a better look at the story of Thor i would have been glad, yet the story seemed rather dull and i found myself not really caring about Thor's plight (and to be honest rooting for Loki) and as one of Marvels step ups for the Avengers i was hoping for a bit more than just a few cameos and a bit more excitment, which is what Thor is really missing. Everything looks pretty, sounds great and acted brilliantly but i felt Thor was missing a core aspect of a great story something that superhero films seem to be really lacking. Though, it wasnt brilliant, it was good and one of the better Marvel movies and in comparison to the likes of Daredevil and Fantastic Four actually did a fair amount of entertaining.
6 / 10
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Chris Hemsworth does a great job of portraying the otherworldly god Thor, starts off with a mix of Tony Starks playboy antics and arrogance while later growing to become more human and caring, in realising why he himself isn't ready for the throne and essential that there are more important things then power. While Tom Hiddleston steals the show at times, portraying the envious brother Loki, who wants nothing more than to be acknowledged by his father and actually has no real care for the throne, as well as his enjoyment of toying with Thor and being a silent yet, secret evil, Loki really is the best Marvel villain so far. Natalie Portman plays the classic damsel-in-distress and albeit playing it well there isn't much that changes in the formula, while Anthony Hopkins seemed to fade out of memory after i left the cinema and perhaps could have played a bigger part. Thor's friendly Asgardian chums could also have had a larger role as they only really appear as a filler aspect of how to progress the story, also only having a short appearance, if a Thor 2 is in the pipeline i hope Heimdall(Idris Elba) returns as the gatekeeper who added a sense of low key coolness and humor.
While the cast were great and they all worked well in their roles, the action (which for a Marvel film is quite important) seemed to be kept on the back burner. Had the reason for less action meant for a better look at the story of Thor i would have been glad, yet the story seemed rather dull and i found myself not really caring about Thor's plight (and to be honest rooting for Loki) and as one of Marvels step ups for the Avengers i was hoping for a bit more than just a few cameos and a bit more excitment, which is what Thor is really missing. Everything looks pretty, sounds great and acted brilliantly but i felt Thor was missing a core aspect of a great story something that superhero films seem to be really lacking. Though, it wasnt brilliant, it was good and one of the better Marvel movies and in comparison to the likes of Daredevil and Fantastic Four actually did a fair amount of entertaining.
6 / 10
FIN.
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