Lame

Rating: 2/10 (11 May 2011)

Probably the funniest movie I've ever seen. Not because the humor was well-written. Was there any? Can't remember. But because the effects were so ridiculous that I just had to laugh. Granted, I saw this movie with my theatre group after an exhausting play week at 11:00 at night. But that may just have been the movie's saving grace for me. If my friends and I hadn't been so exhausted that everything was funny, I probably wouldn't have made it through the ending. I love Kenneth Branaugh. Anthony Hopkins is amazing. Natalie Portman just got an Academy Award. But none of them could make anything of this movie. The acting was awful. The sounds were way too loud. The effects were unbelievably dumb. All of the flying scenes were hilarious. I can't even describe them. And when Thor is lying there dying, and his hammer suddenly flies through the air, and he reaches up and catches it in conjunction with the lightning and epic music... Oh man. So hilarious. And I may be a writing snob, but there was no character arc. Thor went from arrogant and stupid and annoying to kind, peaceful, humble, stupid and annoying. So yeah. Don't spend money to see this in theaters. If you're curious, at least wait for it to come out on DVD. I'm not really a superhero movie person, but our theatre director is. And she didn't like it. No one in our group did. Don't waste your time. That's 2 1/2 hours you could be spending doing way better things. Like chopping your appendages off with a butter knife or something. That would have been way less painful.