Summer has begin!!

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2011)

I like to call this summer "The Summer of the Comic Book Movies" it's a long title I know but it's what this summer consist of. Thor is the first one.
Thor the comic books is based on the God of thunder in Norse mythology, for all you non comic book reading people. The movie explains how there is other realms consisting of different races and how one realm called Asgard protects them all. Odin played by Anthony Hopkins is the king and is about to place his son Thor played by Chris Hemsworth as king. The ceremony gets interrupted when an old enemy attacks the palace and Thor wants to go and punish them. Odin forbids him and Thor with his friends goes to the enemy's realm and causes havoc. Odin punishes him by banning him to Earth and stripping him of his powers and hammer. There he meets Natalie Portman and her crew of astrophysics and together they help each other fight of a malevolent force.
The film is well acted by its leads which are Hemsworth and Portman and they do have good chemistry but it just mostly appears as two very attractive people hooking up. Everybody fits the cliché role of any other superhero flick. Stellan Skarsgard plays the older mentor and always giving out advice and he was like a father to Portman's character how many times I heard that before. Clark Gregg plays the regular agent that appears in every comic book movie and when he comes out the special effects comes out. For comic relief we have Thor sidekicks and I have something to say. Why is Kat Dennings in this movie she played Portman's assistant she provided nothing in the movie matter of fact she looked homeless and wandered on set and they didn't tell her to leave out of kindness. Where the film shines is in its special effects and action sequences which are pretty impressive. The film was directed by Kenneth Branagh whose experience is mostly directing Shakespeare's plays. He does a pretty good job for not being an action director.
The only thing that prevented the movie from getting a higher rating was that the movie has no pathos. Other better comic book superhero films has true pathos ranging from psychological, egos, vanity, insecurity and much more. Thor is just one big fun movie during the summer.
Thor might be lacking in depth but it's still a lot of fun at the movies.
MP 4/5