Flawed, but the Power of Thor Goes a Long Way

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2011)

While it did sag in the middle, and could have used a tad more action, I found the movie to be enjoyable from start to finish. I especially loved seeing Thor getting his ego battered as a mortal on Earth, which is something that could have been worthy of a movie all on it's on. When I heard about the magical elements of the mythology being explained away as science fiction, I didn't like the sound of it, but I thought the movie did an excellent job of this, and I honestly loved the idea of magic as science and science as magic.
While the movie's time spent in the fantasy realms had an extremely stylish, polished, and cheesy quality that made it seem like a live action animated Disney epic (one of the classic and great animated Disney epics at that) , I was giddy as could be watching it play out, and loved how it contrasted with the Earthly setting.
And about Loki, I thought he was an awesome villain. Seriously, the guy's one slick, smooth operating fiend, one sympathetic enough to be understandable yet despicable enough to boo for. He ended up being my favorite character.
On a down side, I feel that the movie could have used more action, and more time in the eye-popping fantasy settings. I do like the Marvel easter eggs scattered across the movie, but it's getting to the point where these movies are being some what bogged down with attempts at interconnectedness (Iron Man 2 suffered from this problem as well). I'm hoping to see a sequel in the future, one with much more focus on Thor's mythology and maybe a more serious tone (not too serious, I still want the movie to be able to laugh at itself, but maybe not as cheesy). In the mean time though, this movie will do, despite it's flaws.