User blog:M1shawhan/Thor Movie Review by M1shawhan

I'd first off like to rant about my experience with this movie to get it out of the way before really reviewing THE MOVIE itself (so you can see why I rated it what I did).

I've been looking forward to this movie for some time and I had already gotten tickets to the midnight showing in 2D (which I actually chose over 3D). We got to the theater and I immediately ran to grab a beer to take with me to enjoy the movie with. Then the theater employees guided us to another theater that was filling up but was actually seating while the one we had tickets for was being cleaned.

We went ahead and sat in the new theater (got "eh" seating) and waited through the continued barrage of stupid quotes and trivia that seemed to go on forever... literally. 12:01 passed -- the start time of the movie. The natives began to get restless. After a 15 minute wait, I finally got angry enough to go to the manager and demand that we either switch to another theater or get our money back. They said the projector had broken and that it was "fixed" as soon as I approached them. I went back to the theater and sat down and waited another 5 mins before the lights went down and the previews started. Not 30 seconds into the X-Men trailer, did the lights come up and the screen went black. Rather than tell the angry (and growing inebriated) mob what was going on, the employees ran up the aisle to the projection room and continued to try to "fix" the projector for another 30 minutes. That's THREE-ZERO. Never EVER have had an experience like that and though the early morning yawns began, I was still eager to see how Marvel did on this latest film. The lights went down and after the umpteen previews the film FINALLY began... so on to the review.

Although I am trying to avoid them (which will make this review a little disjointed) -- SPOILERS MAY EXIST SO READ ON AT YOUR OWN RISK!

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Storyline: I'd put this one just under Iron Man and the original Spider-Man, but the dynamics were different than those stories -- and literally out of this world. The movie completely leads into the Avengers film and in the credits it actually ANNOUNCES that Thor will be in the Avengers film. By the way, there are several references as well as APPEARANCES of Avengers in this film so be on the lookout for names as well as images of the characters. Overall, I think the flow of the film was good, except for the very first five minutes which show Thor's arrival on Earth and then the "flashback" explanation as to why Thor came to Earth in the first place. The other thing I didn't like as much was the last 10 seconds of the movie (which I understand lead into the next ones, but seemed to cut it off a little quick).

Characters: The director, Kenneth Branagh, however did a surprisingly good job with this movie for building the story of Loki versus Thor and how he "plays both sides". This always confused me in the comics where I wondered why don't they just defeat Loki once and for all instead of letting him be a part of the ruling family (this is explained in the movie). The Frost Giants ROCKED (great antagonists) to the Asgardians. Even the humans had great parts in this. Overall, I actually thought each character had great parts. The only ones I was a little upset about was the Warriors Three and Sif. They should have built up their characters a little better.

Great film, though it had a rough start (and I could have easily waited for the Friday showing than the midnight one) I liked it a lot on its own merits. Check it out and I'll soon put up a poll to see how others liked it. Oh... be sure to wait out the credits for a bonus "eater-egg" feature at the end... and lead in to the Avengers or another Thor movie.

M1shawhan 15:28, May 6, 2011 (UTC)