Thor - god of blunder

Rating: Null/10 (11 September 2011)

I like superheroes I really do, but decent 'live' action superhero rarely work. I enjoyed all 3 Blade films, 2 of the Spiderman films and thought Chris Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark Knight surpass every other superhero film by some measure the rest of the genre have been pretty grim.
So onto Thor on the plus side it wasn't as bad as Green Hornet but its a close run thing. The Storyline (if it can be called a story) is Thor becomes too big for his boots in Asgrard, gets exiled to earth where he has some 'hilarious' fish out of water experiences before regaining his humility, immediately gets his powers back and everything is put right.
I'm not going to criticise this film because its plays fast and loose with Norse mythology - its based on a comic book or criticise the fact that it departs from the Marvel characters storyline, all the superhero films tend to do that - its just a very bad film. For something supposedly fantastical its just forgettable. I had no interest in any of the characters the dialogue was awful the special effects nothing special at all the editing was dire and the acting one dimensional.
Along with the Captain America film it felt like a very long trailer for the forthcoming Avengers film. Personally both films have made me dread the release of The Avengers. From now on i think i'll stick to Marvel's animated out put its better than the cinema releases.