Thor leads a cast in a show of epic proportions!

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2011)

The movie Thor presents the superhero on a spectacular scale worthy of the comic book stories and does not disappoint its regular readers or newcomers to this important Marvel comics character. The story and the purpose behind Odin the All Father's decisions and Thor the Thunder God's calamities are pretty well handled and explained. I liked Thor's determined, but just as virtuous, display in Asgard and down on Earth (Midgard) convincingly showing us that Thor is a god of a colorful mythology. The other Asgardian gods and inhabitants are depicted as being pretty impressive also. In this movie, actress Natalie Portman and the Earthlings thrill the audience equally well from the mortal side of life on Earth and give the audience fine acting too. All together it sets the stage for meaningful interaction between the two groups. The movie has plenty of fun special effects also so as to measure up to such a good story line. I enjoyed the depth of characterization given Loki and some of the rest of the cast. The movie has a very upbeat ending and leaves the audience in a good mood when Thor triumphs in his battles despite the many changes that happen during his visit to Earth (Midgard). Other character tie-ins (the Avengers) are appropriately mentioned here and there which gives the character Thor some great potential to be connected to other superhero movies as well. All this makes for a very exciting Marvel super drama to entertain many different ages of movie goers.