Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is a cocky, arrogant warrior who lives in a realm called Asgard along with his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston). His father King Odin (Anthony Hopkins) rules the realm with his magic and strong leadership and possess a magic underneath the city which has been a long battle over their realm and the freezer people (I think that's what they said they were, trust me I am having trouble writing the start of this review as I'll explain why). After Thor misses out on becoming King due to an attack by the freezer people, he grabs his mates, his weapon of mass power his mighty hammer and straps himself in for a battle to win back the devotion and respect from his father. Instead things turn nasty and his father is sick and tired of his irresponsible behaviour and feels he is not fit for king and banishes him to Earth. On Earth he comes into contact with Jane (Natalie Portman) an aestronoma who chases after changes in the stars with her fellow scientists Professor Andrews (Stellan Skarsgard) and Darcy (Kat Dennings). Thor does not believe he has been banished to Earth and asks the help of Jane to get him home. What he doesn't know is that his hammer has also been thrown close by and only when he truely figures out why he has been banished will he once again be one with the hammer and return home. Throw into the mix romanace, a sub-plot of the brother wanting to take over Asgard, a big black guy who is the gatekeeper of the realm transportation system thing and Rene Russo poping up to say about three lines in her whole role and pretty much thats all I could make of this film.
Here is my big problem with this film. I didn't like it. I actually had to sleep on it to figure out if I liked it or not, but I can clearly say if I had to choose between the movie Paul (out now) or Thor I would choose Paul hands down. Last year Inception came out which made everyones mind go weird, but I could understand it. For Thor I could not understand a single thing. I don't know why I just had no idea what was going on in the realms and who was who and when someone said a weird name I was like, "was that a person or was that a realm, I have no idea?" To me, they have made this movie for people who have read the comic books. Unlike being smart as they did for X-Men and Iron Man where you didn't have to know a thing I felt that they were not catering to the larger audience, which could also mean the biggest problem the movie could face at the box office. I mean it is $150 million project, that really may not see back their investment.
I have to admit I was not sure Kenneath Branagh could pull this movie off. He seems fine when they actors are speaking, but I feel the action scenes (or lack of) were not really all that. The actors were all fine, with none really jumping off the page, and Rene Russo should just give up. I don't know why she even bothered turning up for work as Thor's mother and her three lines. Poor thing, probably half her stuff was on the cutting room floor. To me all I wanted to watch was the actors on Earth. It made more sense, I could understand it and it just looked more like all the actors seemed to work better without special effects around them. Asgard was pretty impressive visually, but the 3D was awful. With 3D you could not even feel the whole scope of the world with much of it looking smaller than what is was supposed to be. Maybe that's what was pissing me off about this movie. So don't feel that you are missing anything in 2D. Save youself money for the candy bar instead of paying the inflated price for the glasses.
But this is where my main problem is with this movie. What is going on with Marvel studios and The Avengers movie? If you hadn't heard The Avengers is built up of Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Nick Fury and Hulk. There was huge up roar last year as Iron Man 2 was just a movie to introduce the new characters instead of a movie as good as it's predecessor (when you hear even the director hated it, you know something went wrong.) This is what I feel has happened here. They are making such a big thing of The Avengers movie that they are forgetting if people do not like any of the individual movies, why would they come to this huge event in comic history?
If you are expecting an awesome movie, which happens to be a comic book with excellent action scenes and heart, rent out Iron Man, Spider-Man and X-Men. If you want to be very confused, have no idea what is going on and want to watch a movie which feels like the middle chapter of a much larger book then Thor is your movie. Maybe Iron Man set the benchmark too high for all other Marvel films, as really nothing has succedded it. I only hope for Marvel's sake that Captain America does it much better. 2.5/5
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