Despite a good central character arc and some interesting 'fish out of water' moments, this is one of the weakest films in the 'MCU' mainly because it is actually pretty dull.

Rating: 5/10 (29 October 2017)

Though the central character arc is relatively complete and almost constantly at the heart of the piece, the transformation from arrogant and frankly annoying Asgardian to humbled and king-worthy warrior occurs pretty late on and over just a couple of scenes so that, though the motivations and key moments do generally land, 'Thor' tends to feel fairly rushed and the payoff never seems quite as important as the flick wants it to (especially considering it falls into the old and frustrating 'revive the dead hero just in time to save the day' trope); the best moments are the ones where the eponymous hero acts as a 'fish out of water' in his newfound dimension, as these are the sequences that provide the most character development and the least overly-serious exposition, whereas the action set- pieces are honestly some of the worst as they are chopping edited and the CGI leaves something to be desired, to put it politely, but in the end it's really the fact that the piece is so contrived and actually pretty consistently dull that cements it as possibly the worst that the so-called 'MCU' has to offer, tied only with its equally monotonous sequel. 5/10