Finally the god of thunder gets his representation on the big screen. ‘Thor’ stars new comers Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston alongside big screen regulars Natalie Portman, Ray Stevenson, and Anthony Hopkins. As for the story it’s pretty basic stuff for a movie about gods but it does do some very good stuff in the moments dealing with there family issues and of course in the action. Basically Thor, the son of the ruler of Asgard, odin, is banished to earth for an attitude adjustment when trouble arises in Asgard and he must return to save the day.
The biggest problem I had with the story here was that the whole thing takes place over the course of a weekend. A weekend?! A god is banished to Earth and stripped of his powers to teach him a lesson and after one weekend he’s changed his ways. I don’t buy it. Sure he’s almighty and everything but one weekend and he’s a completely different person who now cares for the good of all people. On top of that he also falls in love over the this weekend of enlightenment. I won’t mention the rest of the unreasonably quick timed events that occur over this weekend, but trust me there’s a pretty big list. Also I know that I’m focusing on this weekend thing a lot here but they couldn’t really have expected people to buy into this many things happening over the course of a weekend. I mean even if it had been at least a week and there had been more down time for Thor to get to know the humans and see a little bit more of what Earth was like, then it would’ve been a bit more believable, but I just can’t buy into it all happening so quickly.
Now on to the action, the beautifully done action. Seriously this movie’s action scenes were awesome, well minus the showdown with The Destroyer which just seemed kind of cheap. I’m not sure what it was but I think it had a lot to do with where the fight took place, which was some western looking town. You know, the town in the middle of the desert that is really only one road through the middle of the buildings, yea that one. Also The Destroyer held way to much resemblance to Gort (From ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’) making it hard to take him serious. The fight in the beginning of the film against the Frost Giants was definitely this films high point action wise. It featured not only Thor but also the Warriors Three, Sif, and Loki all battling it out with the Frost Giants. Some of the fighting is a bit childish or like something out of a video game but it works well and always backed up by something bad ass. Also helping is that they didn’t shy away from the comic book look. All the characters wear or have the outrageous looks of their comic book counter part, which was very welcomed here and really made it feel more like Thor.
Most of the movies problems arose during the scenes on Earth that don’t involve any of the family issues or fight scenes. They just seem dull and as I stated before are extremely rushed. All in all though, this is far from bad and is a very solid movie. Thor fans and most comic fans will love it for staying so true to the source material, while movie goers in general will probably feel a bit incomplete once the movie is over. I would say it’s definitely worth checking out, although I don’t think it’s one that needs to be seen in theaters, it can definitely wait until you‘re able to rent it. On the same note though if you want a very good movie to go see, this one won’t make you feel like you just wasted your money.
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