Visually impressive and full of entertainment but could've been deeper

Rating: 8/10 (10 April 2013)

With 'Thor 2: Dark of the World' arriving later this summer, I decided now was the time to visit 'Thor' and all the other Avengers set up films. Released in 2011, a lot depended upon this film as this was really, an Avengers set up film.
The story of Thor is that an arrogant warrior, Thor, who wants to be brave and dangerous much like his father, the king of Asgard. As Thor is about to be crowned king, an event takes place as Asgard's enemies, the Frost Giants, return and begin their war. Thor then heads off to war unaware that his arrogance may prove costly so is put into exile by his father and lands on Earth, powerless and leaderless. During Thor's absence, Asgard is taken over and Thor must find a way to regain his power and prove worthy of the hammer.
Visually and storywise impressing, Thor has a lot to offer in terms of entertainment. The action sequences in this movie is the film's biggest strength, with these sequences being filmed extremely well. That is not all that is good about this film, the characters are written well, especially that of Thor and Loki, his brother.
This movie is generally directed well but suffers in terms of its romance plot, which really is an unrealistic portrayal of a romance between a wanna be scientist girl and a god of lightning.
If anything, the film's biggest weakness is that of Natalie Portman, whose performance at times resembles that of her in the Star Wars prequels. Her acting is very poor considering her Oscar worthy performance in 'Black Swan' a year earlier and her fantastic performance in Leon back in 1994. Her acting and her chemistry with Chris Hemsworth do make the romance plot extremely uncomfortable to watch and extremely unrealistic.
However, 'Thor' is mainly a Sci Fi Action film and that was what I was looking for. In most movies, that offer a sub plot romance, much like the Star Wars prew