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Thor (2011)

Directed by Kenneth Branagh

Adventure | Action | Fantasy

Most recently watched by CaptainBigTime, sleestakk, Javitron, Allison, Drew73, lordofthemovies, krazykat, noahphex, schofizzy, zombiefreak

Overview

Against his father Odin’s will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

Rated PG-13 | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Chris Hemsworth | Natalie Portman | Tom Hiddleston | Anthony Hopkins | Stellan Skarsgård | Kat Dennings | Clark Gregg | Colm Feore | Idris Elba | Ray Stevenson | Tadanobu Asano | Josh Dallas | Jaimie Alexander | Rene Russo | Adriana Barraza | Maximiliano Hernández | Richard Cetrone | Darren Kendrick | Joshua Cox | Justice Jesse Smith | Joseph Gatt | Luke Massy | Matthew Ducey | Jason Camp | Buddy Sosthand | Blake Silver | Jamie McShane | Dale Godboldo | Patrick O'Brien Demsey | Jim Palmer | Seth Coltan | J. Michael Straczynski | Ryan Schaefer | Matt Battaglia | Stan Lee | Joel McCrary | Isaac Kappy | Juliet Lopez | Rob Mars | Carrie Lazar | Harley Graham | Alexander Wright | Hilary Pingle | Shawn-Caulin Young | Walt Simonson | Kinsey McLean | Kelly Hawthorne | Dakota Goyo | Ted Allpress | Douglas Tait | Jeremy Renner | Samuel L. Jackson | Vanessa Bednar | Michelle Csitos | Stephen Oyoung

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

I’ll flat out admit that Thor was never very appealing to me as a comic book hero. Norse mythology just doesn’t float my boat.

I wasn’t expecting much here, so when compared to that, it’s actually a fairly entertaining and serviceable movie, even if it does feel like a filler/bridge between Iron Man and The Avengers.

Stan Lee’s cameo was actually pretty good here, and there are some great, light hearted, laugh-out-loud moments that let you know that this movie isn’t going to take itself too seriously.

Kat Dennings, Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth et al, do a good job in their roles; nothing standout. Being a huge fan of The Wire, it was cool to see Idris Elba as Heimdall, even if he was barely recognizable.

Since it’s been ages since I’ve read Avengers or Thor, the plot reveal after the credits didn’t do anything for me, but I’m ok with that.

REALLY looking forward to seeing Captain America, and then also Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye in the Avengers movie. I’m a Renner fan ever since 28 Weeks Later and The Hurt Locker.

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