Pretty good introduction movie

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2011)

Surprisingly enough Thor isn't a disaster of a movie it could have been. It actually is a pretty strong fantasy/sci-fi tale of one of the more outlandish Marvel characters. The strongest parts of the movie happen outside the Earth, in where the movie treats the audience with poetic and majestic imagery of Asgard and frosty Jotunheim.
There was a genuine change, that Thor would have turned out ridiculous piece of crap. It has all the element, which in wrong hands would deliver a movie full of campy comedy gold. But instead of that, a seasoned filmer of Shakespeare Kenneth Branagh treats the more fantastical story elements with necessary seriousness and lightness, thus managing to turn the movie into an interesting, yet a bit flawed, introduction of Marvels version of an ancient Nordic deity.
As I said before, the most interesting parts of the tale are told outside our fair planet, which serves as a scene of punishment, when Thor is cast away from Asgard, stripped from his powers. The people Thor meets there serve little more else than a path to bring god of Thunder back to Earth in the future Avengers movie. though the banishing of Thor itself is good story.
I'd also give a nod to the cast, as the relatively new leads playing Thor (Hemsworth) and Loki (Hiddleston) manage to out stage more seasoned Hopkins, who plays their father, Odin. But then again, Earth based characters, such as Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) are left very shallow and ultimately uninteresting.
On a final note, I saw Thor in 3D and found that to be utterly unnecessary, as while it didn't take anything away, it added very little as well. So if you can, I'd suggest you to see it in regular 2D.