Thor Delivers a Mighty Blow with a fantastic film

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2011)

The Asgardian God finally hits the big screen with the movie adaptation of Stan Lee's comic book series "THOR." Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Chris Hemsworth as the mighty Thor, does this movie strike gold with the powerful Mjolnir or does it fail to live up to the Marvel's iconic name and fan expectations.
I was very excited when I heard that Thor was coming out with a movie adaptation, since Thor has been my favourite superhero for many years. I was expecting a decent superhero along with those of 2008's Incredible Hulk, but what I did not expect was this movie to easily become my superhero movie to date. All elements of this film are well-balance, nothing seems to overwhelming. There's just the right amount of action, comedy, and a romance story between Thor and Jane Foster wasn't to over the top but was still very effective in the end.
The acting in this film is no less then top notch, every actor was able to bring there characters to life no matter how much or little screen time they got.. Chris Hemsworth as the hammer-wielding Thor was remarkable. Not having seen \Chris in any other film then Star Trek I was amazed at how he was able to carry the film on his shoulders as the main character. Natalie Portman's supporting role as physicist and Thor's love interest Jane Foster truly brings the human-world connection to this fantasy setting. Anthony Hopkins brings another legendary performance as Odin, showing great emotions through every line he had. The highlight of this film would have to be Tom Hiddleston performance as the God of Mischief and Thor adoptive brother Loki. He is able to make you feel sorry for Loki through his performance even though he is this evil, maniacal, villain.
"Spoilers!"
A great scenes of his is a conversation turned argument over Loki's truly being a frost giant offspring and realizing that he was adopted by Odin after the war against the Frost Giants. END SPOILERS
And of course Stan Lee has to make a cameo appearance, and he probably makes his best one yet.
THOR demonstrates exactly what a superhero adaptation needs to be. It's not hard to recommend this film to anyone who is a fan of superhero films and anyone who wants to see a very fun adventure. This film is making me very excited for the Avengers film. I hope the Avengers is this well made when it comes out.