The introduction of Thor to comic book movie fans was a mediocre one. Chris Hemsworth is great as Thor, but the movie lacks all believability and depth that the latest comic book movies have provided. Iron Man and Batman have set the bar so high that it is hard to reach those. I have never known much about Thor, so this movie did nothing to make me really want to know more.
As most know, Thor is the God of Thunder, and he comes from another dimension not from earth. He is cast away to Earth by his father, Odin, played by an underutilized in this movie, Anthony Hopkins. There he is taken in by some earthlings with one being the beautiful Natalie Portman. He, of course, falls in love with her in like a week. He must prove to his hammer or his father that he is worthy of his godly powers to return to his dimension and have his super powers.
To be such a big budget style movie, there is not much depth or explanation of Thor and his world. The overall plot is just not great at all. The Frost Giants are just pretty pathetic villains, and are so insignificant. There is no Joker or Obadiah Stane. It is just a wam bam thank you mam, meet Thor, come see the sequel, and go see Captain America/Avengers. The problem with it all is that I will go do all the above because I have to finish it off, and see how they put it all together to make the Avengers in a couple summers. Be sure and stay to watch all the credits like all the Avenger series movies to get a small sneak peak of what’s next. Hopefully, Thor is not a big player in the next movies, or maybe the Thor sequel is a lot better. I’ll give Thor another 3 M&Ms out of 5.
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