falling down

Rating: 1/10 (8 May 2011)

Don't be mistaken, this is not the story of a fallen god, this is, rather, the story of a fallen movie director.
How could the director of Dead Again and of several rather watchable Shakespeare adaptations have fallen so low? This movie is so broken beyond repair that it is hard to believe it was not designed to be that way.
The characters are ridiculous and uninteresting, the psychology and the science, an insult to the viewer's intelligence, the dialogs could have been written by a 4 year old, the storyline could have been written by a 3 year old, the special effects are ugly and pointless; last but not least: the acting is so plain bad, that you believe that the director selected the worst shots on purpose.
Is the lost hammer the symbol of Brannagh's lost inspiration? Is Thor's success in attaining "worthiness" by getting drunk in a bar a suggestion to the disparaged moviegoer?
Without any hesitation, this is by far the lowest point in Marvel's movie series. (Until the foreshadowed release of the Avenger sequel....)