Thor $150 million

Rating: 8/10 (27 April 2011)

According to IMDb, this film cost $150 million to make, surely after 20 years plus of CGI becoming and essential element of the film production process surely these films could look as though they cost that much money.
There were elaborate cityscapes and tron line flashing bridges, the failing of this film though is it looks cheap. The ice monster, is nothing spectacular.
Like Flash Gordon (1980)it has enough action and OK actors to distract the eye and mind from thinking wow this is a tatty looking film for the majority of the time. Seeing Ray Stephenson beard made me think director Kenneth Branagh wanted to cast Brian Blessed in the role and make Thor his homage to Flash Gordon.
Luckily I saw the film in 2D, and it was an enjoyable romp. Maybe the stereoscopic version added something to it for fans of 3D but I don't think I missed anything special in that department.
The plot and background is bare bones, I suspect there are more than a few minutes of deleted scenes, the cinema patron will have to pay to see or even an extended cut on DVD/BLu Ray Considering this film is set in the same universe as Iron Man,Hulk etc surely its time that people started to focus on the doppleganger of Stan Lee who regulalrly crops up and can surely no longer be classed as cameo appearances.
Stay patient enjoy the Foo Fighters closing tune, read the credits for 5 minutes and the viewer will be rewarded