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I grew up reading comic books on a daily basis, so to see the movies today is quite an excellent revelation. The Thor movie is not the best Marvel movie, but it does a great job of introducing the Thor character to the Marvel movie universe and it has lead to other phenomenal movies, such as Thor Ragnarok. You need this movie to fulfill your Marvel movie collection, but it is in their early stages, when the films were building up momentum.
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From the Marvel Universe and Greek mythology, Thor "The god of Thunder" blasts into action spanning Earth to the legendary Asgard. The story primarily follows the development of the would be king from a hot headed warrior who resurrects an age old war to a just ruler. When Thor is exiled from Asgard due to his arrogance his brother attempts to usurp the Throne. Will Loki succeed in betraying his family and claiming rule for himself? Will Thor learn what traits are required of a true hero, and king? The movie Thor also includes the background information and serves as a prequel of sorts for the Avengers movie.
i have been looking for this movie a long time now and i finely find it at a great price and i saw it the other night,,,wow what a great flick to watch over and over again.....
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A good sign of what's right with Thor, Kenneth Branagh's take on comics' most unapologetically Nordic superhero, comes in the form of a throwaway detail. A pair of black-suited agents are crouching on the roof of a building, holding sensors meant to track the cavalcade of extraterrestrials storming through a tiny desert town. As one agent watches Thor's chest-plated allies tromp down the middle of the street, the agent sips from a giant convenience-store soda cup. Because, right? You're sitting on the roof all day, someone's gonna make a run to SuperAmerica. That kind of human detail comes across so well in this film that one only wishes there were more, well, humans in it. Thor's humanity, or lack thereof, is left a little ambiguous in the screenplay by Ashley Edward Miller, Jack Stentz, and Don Payne. Thor comes from another planet and is not strictly speaking a god (oh, those naïve Medieval peasants!), but when in possession of his hammer he can fly, summon lightning, and commit other feats of telekinesis. When his Earthling girlfriend quotes Arthur C. Clarke on the subject of magic and science, Thor smiles winningly and explains that he comes from a place where magic and science are one and the same. Point, set, match! Thor's realm of origin, Asgard, is a major setting for this film, as is its enemy territory where ice giants sulk icily, having been neutered by King Odin's theft of the energon cube (to take a term from the Transformers cartoon, which hinged on a similar technology) that allowed them to be intergalactic badasses. Odin (Anthony Hopkins) puts his son Thor (an appealing Chris Hemsworth) on the time-out planet (Earth) after Thor leads a rash and provocative attack on the ice giants. The whole thing stresses Odin out and he has to take a long, magical nap—during which time his younger son Loki (Tim Hiddleston) takes the throne and predictably screws up. Meanwhile, Thor is canoodling with a mortally sexy astrophysicist (Natalie Portman) who foretold his coming via scientific sketches in her Moleskine. At its best, Thor is reminiscent of two of the all-time great superhero movies, Richard Donner's Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980, started by Donner and completed by Richard Lester). Those films combined genuine awe with empathetic characters and a winning attention to detail—remember the bro on rollerskates trying frantically to keep his balance while a very unchill battle raged overhead? At the preview screening I attended, Thor earned a lot of laughs with scenes like one where a collection of locals try their hands at extracting Thor's hammer from the crater where it's landed. Unfortunately, though, Thor never makes it to the big city—he's too busy shuttling back and forth from Asgard, and he hurriedly evacuates the locals from the one town he does visit.Read full review
This is a action film that keeps you interested through the whole movie. Chris Hemsworth(Thor) and Tom Hiddleston(Loki) and Anthony Hopkins(Odin-King of Asgard) are all great actors in this movie. It has a full cast of talented actors/actresses that take you to adventure with some comedy. I have watched this movie so many times and I still will find something new and interesting. I will continue to watch again and again!!! I love it!!!!!
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