One man and his Hammer!

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2020)

The forth movie in the MCU Thor was released just a year after Iron Man 2s end credit scene teased fans with a shot of Thors hammer being found by Shield in a crater. As a fan of Thor and the Avengers comics I couldn't wait to see how Marvel would bring Thor to the big screen for the first time and I wasn't disappointed at the result.
Thor really helped open up the potential of the MCU by not only introducing two strong and fitting leads to play Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his brother Loki (Tom Hiddlesten) but the movie also ventured into completely new realms outside of just earth where so far all the hero's have been and have all been humans with powers or advanced technology and uniquely honed skills such as Iron Man, Hulk and Black Widow. In this movie we get to see the god of thunder Thor and the god of mischief Loki in Asgard a new realm filled with gods, magic and the power to travel between the nine realms for Marvels first venture into more than just earth it is done very well and is visually breathtaking.
The movies storyline is strong and well written and gives Thor and Loki pretty much equal screen time building up their rivalry as brothers while also having their own storylines with unique ambitions and personalitys this movie set the stage for the later released Avengers Assemble movie and their rivalry and story's continue in future Thor movies which is great to see as both Thor and Loki are two of the best characters in the MCU hands down.
Thor also included a very brief cameo by Hawkeye not a great introduction for such a cool character but Avengers made up for that in the longrun so it's forgivable.
The movies special effects and CGI look amazing you can really see the difference between this movie and the Iron Man and Hulk movies that came before it more detail was added into Marvels movies after Thor giving us more colour and more detailed designs this mainly due to having a bigger budget as Marvels then new MCU idea was paying off and making box office record making more than enough profit to cover the budget costs.
I recommend this movie to fans of Thor, The Avengers and comic books in general this big screen interpretation of the classic superhero and god of thunder smashing foes with his trusty hammer shouldn't be missed by fans.