Thor
So it's the God of thunder's time in the Marvel Avengers arena. However, does he really stack up with the other Avengers members, or should he just stay on the sidelines? Let's find out.
The film opens up with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and her family driving through a desert. They spot something weird happening and go to investigate. Once they get there, they accidentally hit a man, knocking him unconscious. This man turns out to be Thor (Chris Hemsworth). Suddenly, a flash back comes up of Thor's childhood with his father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), and his brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston). The boys both want to be the next ruler of their land known as Asgard, but only one of them can. Zoom ahead to when the boys grow up and we see that Thor has become a mighty warrior. Eventually, Asgard is under attack by the Frost Giants, but Thor makes quick work of them. He travels to their home planet, with Loki and some other warriors, in hopes of reaching a truce. This doesn't work and ends up getting a bunch more Frost Giants after them. Eventually, Odin comes in and stops the fighting to take the group back home. Once home, Odin is furious with Thor for not being a good protector. He strips Thor of his hammer and his armor and banishes him to Earth. He also throws out Thor's hammer in hopes that whoever finds it will be a better leader than Thor. So now Thor has to find his hammer and get back to Asgard before something terrible happens.
I really loved how they took this story. They could of easily just had him go to war with the Frost Giants and let that be the entire movie. However, that's more or less a minor part of the story. What takes up the majority of the film is Thor learning how to interact with people and how to protect them. Yes, it's the fish out of water story, but it works here just due to how hilarious it is watching him interact with everything. This just adds a lot of humor to the film, which is great for any comic book movie. As for the characters, some were pretty interesting. Aside from Thor, we have Loki, the God of mischief. He's downright cruel at times and definitely deserves the title he is given. As for the warriors that Thor travels around with, they're all interesting in their own way. They all stick together through anything, and when it comes to them being in trouble, they all know how to handle the situation.
Yes, there are problems here. For starters, there just isn't that much action here. Most of the movie is just Thor talking to the family and learning how to live on Earth. While I did love this, with the film being a comic book movie, I was expecting a bit more action. Maybe him fighting a bear or something for food or entering a wrestling tournament just to make some quick cash and yes I know that would be ripping off Spider-Man, but who cares. As for the battles that are offered, they're entertaining enough, except for the final battle against some giant robot. It seems completely one-sided until Thor gets his powers. Then it's still one-sided, only for the other side. This would of been a lot better had the fight seemed like they were equals when it came to power instead of wrapping it up in a few seconds. Then there's Odin. This is a major missed opportunity. He's the king of the Gods, yet he's sleeping for most of the movie. I love Anthony Hopkins, so to see, not only the king of Gods put to waste, but to see this really talented actor put to waste, disappointed me. It's the same for all the other characters that you would think would play a somewhat decent sized part. I'm, of course, talking about the families. Both Thor's family and the Foster family do little to nothing in the entire movie. They just fade into the background.
So should you see Thor? Certainly. Yes, it's not as action filled as the other Marvel movies, but it's still just as fun as the others. I can almost guarantee that anyone watching this will have a blast watching it.
The film opens up with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and her family driving through a desert. They spot something weird happening and go to investigate. Once they get there, they accidentally hit a man, knocking him unconscious. This man turns out to be Thor (Chris Hemsworth). Suddenly, a flash back comes up of Thor's childhood with his father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), and his brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston). The boys both want to be the next ruler of their land known as Asgard, but only one of them can. Zoom ahead to when the boys grow up and we see that Thor has become a mighty warrior. Eventually, Asgard is under attack by the Frost Giants, but Thor makes quick work of them. He travels to their home planet, with Loki and some other warriors, in hopes of reaching a truce. This doesn't work and ends up getting a bunch more Frost Giants after them. Eventually, Odin comes in and stops the fighting to take the group back home. Once home, Odin is furious with Thor for not being a good protector. He strips Thor of his hammer and his armor and banishes him to Earth. He also throws out Thor's hammer in hopes that whoever finds it will be a better leader than Thor. So now Thor has to find his hammer and get back to Asgard before something terrible happens.
I really loved how they took this story. They could of easily just had him go to war with the Frost Giants and let that be the entire movie. However, that's more or less a minor part of the story. What takes up the majority of the film is Thor learning how to interact with people and how to protect them. Yes, it's the fish out of water story, but it works here just due to how hilarious it is watching him interact with everything. This just adds a lot of humor to the film, which is great for any comic book movie. As for the characters, some were pretty interesting. Aside from Thor, we have Loki, the God of mischief. He's downright cruel at times and definitely deserves the title he is given. As for the warriors that Thor travels around with, they're all interesting in their own way. They all stick together through anything, and when it comes to them being in trouble, they all know how to handle the situation.
Yes, there are problems here. For starters, there just isn't that much action here. Most of the movie is just Thor talking to the family and learning how to live on Earth. While I did love this, with the film being a comic book movie, I was expecting a bit more action. Maybe him fighting a bear or something for food or entering a wrestling tournament just to make some quick cash and yes I know that would be ripping off Spider-Man, but who cares. As for the battles that are offered, they're entertaining enough, except for the final battle against some giant robot. It seems completely one-sided until Thor gets his powers. Then it's still one-sided, only for the other side. This would of been a lot better had the fight seemed like they were equals when it came to power instead of wrapping it up in a few seconds. Then there's Odin. This is a major missed opportunity. He's the king of the Gods, yet he's sleeping for most of the movie. I love Anthony Hopkins, so to see, not only the king of Gods put to waste, but to see this really talented actor put to waste, disappointed me. It's the same for all the other characters that you would think would play a somewhat decent sized part. I'm, of course, talking about the families. Both Thor's family and the Foster family do little to nothing in the entire movie. They just fade into the background.
So should you see Thor? Certainly. Yes, it's not as action filled as the other Marvel movies, but it's still just as fun as the others. I can almost guarantee that anyone watching this will have a blast watching it.