Thor is a Superb Movie Which Begins the Summer Movie Season
The summer movie season has officially kicked off with Marvel Comics' release of Thor. Thor is really a combination of action, fantasy and even humor that integrates very well together through this super hero picture directed by Kenneth Branagh. While director Branagh is known for helming Shakespearian movies, Thor can be a welcome inclusion to his resume, and he serves a fun action flick that is certainly comparable to the first Iron Man flick. Branagh's Shakespearian expertise also helps in his direction of the characters. About 50 % of the movie takes place inside the mythical world of Asgard, which is run by King Odin and is inhabited by many mythical Norse figures. Branagh shows this legendary realm the same respect and touch he gives to all of his Shakespeare films, and I feel that this is what makes Thor's story succeed.
I came into this film without knowing much about Thor or even the Marvel comic series. In truth, I thought that the premise of a Norse God-like figure mixing it up together with Captain America or Iron Man sounded a bit silly. The backstory, along with the acting by Chris Hemsworth made this saga credible and exciting. In my opinion, Hemsworth is perfect for Thor. Casting a somewhat unknown actor in such a role was fantastic since it allowed me to get lost in the personality and mythology of the film without going "Hey, that's Brad Pitt (or whomever)". Hemsworth had starred in 2009's Star Trek as Kirk's dad, but because he was only in that movie for a small amount of time, I didn't recognise him in this one. Anthony Hopkins was probably the biggest actor in this film, and he blended into this film effectively as King Odin.
I don't want to talk about the plot in Thor too much out of chance of getting into spoiler territory. Thor is a powerful warrior of Asgard who becomes banished from his home planet, has a change of character during his time spent on Earth, and then inevitably defends Earth and Asgard from wicked forces. In many ways, it's a fairly straightforward story, yet that's the key reason why the acting and directing is left to take this movie to a higher level. The end of the movie claims "Thor will be back in The Avengers", which makes me all the more fired up to check out The Avengers when it comes out, since Thor was the character I had been the least enthusiastic about before this flick. As with most Marvel movies, you'll want to sit tight until after the credits are over for an Avengers easter egg film clip with Samuel Jackson, that could even be a hint towards Thor 2. Thor is definitely a exciting action movie that I imagine everyone can enjoy. The film is mainly PG-13 for a few intense and scary scenes, but easy enough to make Thor an effective family film.
A breakdown of this movie is incomplete without a Thor 3D movie review. I made a decision to cover the 3-d effects last as they do not deserve anywhere near the attention I gave everything else. The film had not been shot in 3-d, and had been converted to 3-d at a later point, and so the 3-d effects are quite minimal, and the glasses make everything within this movie much darker. From the beginning of the movie, there's a massive war on the dark, frost giant planet, and I needed to push my glasses off a couple of times simply to see what was happening. It's a shame that it's the 3D which brings this picture down, rather than strengthening it, because I was really fired up to watch a major 3-d superhero battle. It's really simple, go see Thor in 2D and save a couple dollars on the 3D...you'll be rewarded with an exciting and well directed movie that you won't have to keep fidgeting through.
I came into this film without knowing much about Thor or even the Marvel comic series. In truth, I thought that the premise of a Norse God-like figure mixing it up together with Captain America or Iron Man sounded a bit silly. The backstory, along with the acting by Chris Hemsworth made this saga credible and exciting. In my opinion, Hemsworth is perfect for Thor. Casting a somewhat unknown actor in such a role was fantastic since it allowed me to get lost in the personality and mythology of the film without going "Hey, that's Brad Pitt (or whomever)". Hemsworth had starred in 2009's Star Trek as Kirk's dad, but because he was only in that movie for a small amount of time, I didn't recognise him in this one. Anthony Hopkins was probably the biggest actor in this film, and he blended into this film effectively as King Odin.
I don't want to talk about the plot in Thor too much out of chance of getting into spoiler territory. Thor is a powerful warrior of Asgard who becomes banished from his home planet, has a change of character during his time spent on Earth, and then inevitably defends Earth and Asgard from wicked forces. In many ways, it's a fairly straightforward story, yet that's the key reason why the acting and directing is left to take this movie to a higher level. The end of the movie claims "Thor will be back in The Avengers", which makes me all the more fired up to check out The Avengers when it comes out, since Thor was the character I had been the least enthusiastic about before this flick. As with most Marvel movies, you'll want to sit tight until after the credits are over for an Avengers easter egg film clip with Samuel Jackson, that could even be a hint towards Thor 2. Thor is definitely a exciting action movie that I imagine everyone can enjoy. The film is mainly PG-13 for a few intense and scary scenes, but easy enough to make Thor an effective family film.
A breakdown of this movie is incomplete without a Thor 3D movie review. I made a decision to cover the 3-d effects last as they do not deserve anywhere near the attention I gave everything else. The film had not been shot in 3-d, and had been converted to 3-d at a later point, and so the 3-d effects are quite minimal, and the glasses make everything within this movie much darker. From the beginning of the movie, there's a massive war on the dark, frost giant planet, and I needed to push my glasses off a couple of times simply to see what was happening. It's a shame that it's the 3D which brings this picture down, rather than strengthening it, because I was really fired up to watch a major 3-d superhero battle. It's really simple, go see Thor in 2D and save a couple dollars on the 3D...you'll be rewarded with an exciting and well directed movie that you won't have to keep fidgeting through.
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