A very good comic book translation

Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2011)

After suffering through a slew of generally horrible superhero movies (the old 1992 version of Captain America, Superman 4 and whichever one had Richard Pryor in it, Catwoman, Elektra, the so-bad-they're-great Lou Ferrigno Incredible Hulk movies, etc), we're finally getting some great superhero flicks! I was very worried that Thor, a favorite of mine since I was a kid, would be ripped from my childhood memories and slaughtered before my eyes - this happened twice before, with Transformers and G.I. Joe - but the end result was quite good. Thor is no Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago. It won't be remembered in 30 years as an epic that changed movie history. However, for a guy who was just hoping for a fun flick that made me forget about real life for a couple hours, Thor really came through.
The action and effects were tremendous. I am not at all a fan of 3D (it's more distracting than anything, especially when things are up close), but I didn't let that affect my rating.
The acting won't win any awards, but all of the actors were believable. I really felt that this was the Thor from the comic books. I wasn't too sure about the comedy bits (you've seen the taser bit from the commercials, I'm sure), but after seeing the movie as a whole, it turns out that these funny parts were actually quite memorable.
In all, Thor is right up there with the Iron Man movies (mindless entertainment that is true to the comic series) and is a perfect lead-up to the Avengers movie.