Thankfully they go Over-the-Top

Rating: 7/10 (4 January 2012)

Thor seems like a movie that should have been really really bad when you hear the premise. The God of Thunder is punished by his father for disobeying him. So he sends him to Earth where he meets a college student and falls in love. Meanwhile his father has fallen ill and Thor's brother, who becomes evil, takes over as king. Yeah, doesn't really sound like it would turn out good, but surprisingly it came out pretty well.
I think the only reason this movie worked as well as it did was because they played it so over the top. Everything is overblown, and that's why the film is entertaining. It's downright hilarious in a few parts. Had they taken itself as seriously as The First Iron Man, or the first two-thirds of the Incredible Hulk this film would have been a disasaster.The character's themselves are fine, Thor starts out as a bit of an ass, but since they play it so over the top I didn't mind it as much as Iron Man. The villain was pretty cool. And I really liked Darcy, I don't know why exactly, but I just really liked her.
However, because the film is so over the top, when it does try to take itself seriously, it doesn't always work. Sometimes it just comes off as unintentionally hilarious. Other problems I have: the action is too short at times and too few of them. But like I said, it's funny enough to where I forgive that. I didn't like how quickly Thor just adjusted to human life. This may be a spoiler, but after Loki tells him his father is dead and he can't return, he mopes for one night, and then seems like he's perfectly happy with it. Come on Thor you can't get over this that quickly.
Really this film just didn't blow me away. It was entertaining, but there was only one part where I was really impressed. That was the scene at the end of the credits. I won't spoil it, but of all the pre-Avengers movies post credits scenes, this one is my favorite