Slow going, not very much action nor awe-inspiring

Rating: 2/10 (7 May 2011)

Thor starts out really slow. Some scenes of Asgard, Thor and Loki interacting, ho-hum, and then he is banished to earth for starting a war (that never actually got off the ground...). They seem to have skipped all the parts where he didn't know who he was (etc) - This Thor knows he is the God Thor all through the movie, and is a nearly unlikeable fellow. Over the course of a day and a night, he somehow goes through a catharsis that completely, and unbelievably, changes him from a spoiled fool into an noble hero. My kids liked it, but not as much as they've liked any other move they've seen the past few months (rio, etc). My wife fell asleep. I stayed awake, but kept hoping for some emotion, some soul-searching, some well, some anything. Never got it. As for the 3D... Well it's OK. Not great, but not bad either. Succumbs to some of the normal problems with 3D movies (ie, too much out of focus -- the coolness of 3D is that you can focus on anything, not just on what you want us too - remember your view master?)
All in all, this movie is probably near the bottom of super-hero movies, Somewhere between "The Phantom" and "The Punisher". Don't expect Iron Man quality.