Yeah, it was fun while it lasted

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2013)

I'm not sure if there is all that much I can say about this superhero movie. Personally I'm not a big fan of superheroes nor am I a big fan of comic books. I prefer prose any day since comic books do seem to take a little more effort to read than does your average novel (okay, I know, I'm nuts, but I guess that is just me).
This movie has more to do with the marvel comic book hero than it does with the Norse god, though the movie does suggest that they are one in the same. It is a part of the marvel story arc that I am told began with Iron Man, though I am unsure where it is completed, though it suggests that it will be the avengers. Captain America comes out shortly, as a new Hulk is also being filmed. As for Spiderman, well I liked the Sam Rami Spiderman movies, but that is probably more to do with Sam Rami than anything else.
Anyway, the movie is set on Asgard, Thor's home, and on Earth. The people of Asgard are at war with the frost giants, but Odin, the king of Asgard, won and stole their magical item that gives them immense power. However, a frost giant sneaks into Asgard and is stopped, however this angers Thor and he travels to the land of the frost giants to declare war on them. This upsets Odin who casts him out of Asgard and to earth where he has been stripped of the hammer that gives him his power.
So, in a nutshell this movie is a sort of fish out of water movie, and this was something that I could tell from the trailers. We have Thor, the superhero without his powers trying to understand an alien world. We have Shield, which is a secret organisation of superheros, who are trying to free his hammer from the rock, and we have the humans who, well, simply tag along because we need humans in this movie to relate too. Of course, there is the love interest between Thor and one of the humans, though I generally get on edge when we have mortals and immortals falling in love. I guess that has a lot to do with my classical and biblical education. However, it is an enjoyable movie, and is a good waste of 2 hours with ones friends.