THOR

The Thor movie has to be one of the most authentic & entertaining Comic book movies I have ever seen. The film is one large delight, and doesn’t drift from the true origins of the comic book character. If you want the real God of Thunder experience, I suggest you see this movie.

The film is a quaint mixture of Comic book trivia, Out of this World action, and true marvel humour. It seems as if the film has taken a page from jon favreau’s Iron man, and not taken the film too serious. There’s a lot of immature moments that will make you chuckle, no matter your age. Whilst at the same time, presenting you with a new exciting world, never really captured in cinema.

However the film isn’t just laughs, as it also offers a good does of High Octane Brutish violence. And lets face it, you can never get sick of seeing a Mighty Hammer plant into a bad guys face. However even though Thor possesses the Mjöllnir hammer, which was forged in a star and hold incredible power. His battles are no walk in the park, yet he doesn’t quite see it that way.

The Thor character, if you don’t know(Which you really should, and should be ashamed of yourself if not) is the Norse God of Thunder. Now you might think of God’s as; all seeing, wise and powerful leaders. With knowledge and understanding, the surpasses any mortal by miles. Well, Thor is more like a toddler im afraid. Hes very arrogant, very immature, quite unwise and doesn’t half go on a tantrum when he doesn’t get his way. He’s like a child with a Hammer. But never the less, you instantly fall in love with the 3-dimensional Character. Since represents all of these faults, in a easy going and simply careless manor. He’s just seems like the guy you’d hang out with, given the chance.

The performances of all the cast, is brilliant to say the least. But focusing on that of Thor(Chris Hemsworth), Odin(Anthony Hopkins), Loki(Tom Hiddleston) and Jane Foster(Natalie Portman). They each give amazing performances, and the cast is above average for a comic book movie. Each choice of actor, give a different range of characteristics. Which all complement each other, and each character has been wrote into the script with 3-dimension’s. The only thing I have to say about Hemsworth and Hopkins, they do like to shout.

I can easily say that a large portion of this film is CGI enhanced, but it is done very well. Especially when the City of Asgard is displayed in all its Golden Glory. Its these scenes, that are created so well that make the film so authentic. You know that its CGI, but as each real and fake scene bleed into each other, you eyes make no adjustment. The collation between light and effect give a simply majestic feel.

Now there are cheesy bits to the film, which you gotta expect with any marvel movie. My favourites always been the small cameo scene for Stan Lee, and Yes hes in Thor too. But even with the cheesy scenes, and the few over the top actors its still very entertaining.

The film as you might know, is part of a series of marvel origin movies. All finally leading to the Avengers movie, coming out 2012. So through the film, you will see connections to the avengers. Very noticeable ones, like the small introduction of Hawk-eye. As well as very small mentions of ‘Tony Stark’(Iron Man), and the Shield. Its just nice to see films begin to merge into each other, and create one large movie universe. You see it a lot in comics, and its refreshing and interesting to see it in Cinema.

Avengers Cast

All I have to say, is that this is one of the most entertaining Comic book movies to date. But if this is just a set-up movie, just laying the cement for the Avengers movie. You better get prepared for a hell of a ride when it hits next year.