Thor - 3.5 Stars

Rating: 7/10 (23 May 2012)

"Thor" is a movie adaptation of a popular comic book that stars good- looking people in the midst of wide spectacles of special effects. We get to see some fighting, flying, shouting, kissing, hammering, and also, a bit of shirtlessness. 150 million dollars was spent to make all of this happen. The season of summer movies has begun.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh, "Thor" has very little depth and complexity that we saw in Christopher Nolan's Batman movies, or even in "Spiderman 2". But so what? It is made with skill, with humor, and it exhibits mighty action sequences that can make Superman jealous. That Thor guy and his heavenly hammer can do some serious damage. This is very fun.
The Norse gods are enjoying peace and power in the land of Asgard, which is currently under the rule of its king, Odin, played by the famous Anthony Hopkins. But Odin's son, played by the soon-to-be famous Chris Hemsworth, desires to eliminate the Frost Giants, a race that Odin has a truce with. You see, Thor is arrogant and egotistic, and disobeys his father's orders to stay home. So he travels to Jotunheim, an ice ball the size of a planet, home of the Frost Giants.
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