Um...Thor? Really?

Rating: 3/10 (31 March 2012)

It was a somewhat entertaining movie. Great CGI, you can really tell Marvel did their best with this one. First off is the characters. Thor is quite funny to watch when he's turned human, as he thinks he's invincible, and ...he's not. Loki was a bit weird. I wasn't sure what they were trying to do with his character. I've seen some down right wacky Loki's over the years, but this one was just bland and boring. It's like they were trying to make a good villain for the movie, but then changed their minds half way through, and making Loki a "frost giant" was just pointless. Honestly, there's really not much as far as villains go in this movie. Sure there's the frost giants, but they're just there. They want to conquer Asgard,but then there's the big "Why?" because someone like Thor can just go Rambo and kill their entire species. Moving on to Jane. She's your basic stereo-type female scientist, not much to say. She's completely average as far as characters go. Thor's merry men were no better. There's the samurai- looking guy, Xena the warrior princess, a guy that looks like a tall dwarf from the Lord of the Rings, and a blond guy. They're as pointless as the frost giants. Overall, the movie has beautiful CGI, and not much else. Also, I have to add, Thor is just too powerful to really work as an effective hero. Hercules, for example, was a human with god-like strength. Thor is a god, with god-like strength. It doesn't really work, since he doesn't have any krytonite or any weaknesses like that. The worst a villain can do is threaten or kill his loved ones. I'm eager to see how Marvel will try to balance Thor in The Avengers movie.