Yes. I’m a few years behind in reviewing Thor. I’ve always been more of a DC superhero fan (well, except for Spider-man, I’ve always liked Spider-man) and really have never read any Thor comics. So, it was never high on my list of movies to see. I enjoyed Hemsworth performance in Avengers and, on a lazy weekend afternoon, I sat down to finally watch the movie. Let’s see what happened.
Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is from the Norse pantheon of Gods. His father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), sees Thor as not ready for the throne and his brother, Loki(Tom Hiddleston), is jealous of the attention Thor gets. After Thor starts a battle with the Frost Giants (who the Asgardians have a truce with), Odin strips Thor of his power and his hammer. He sends both to Earth until Thor is ready to step up and learn the leadership lessons his father has been trying to teach him.
On Earth, Thor associates with some scientists including Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgård) and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), with their assistant Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings), who are working on studying the atmosphere near where Thor was cast out to. Thor and Jane start a cute flirting relationship and then the problems set in. SHIELD (including Agent Coulson and Hawkeye) take some of the scientists equipment as they have found Thor’s hammer (which, of course, they can’t move) and hope the equipment can help explain what happened. Thor attempts to take his hammer back (after a fight with some SHIELD guys), but hasn’t learned his lesson yet, so he is unable to lift the hammer.
The movie then follows as Thor is forced to learn his lesson and try to stop Loki, who is planning on taking Thor’s place as the heir, even if he has to betray his entire family. Thor makes cute with Jane as he starts realizing that he can’t go off half-cocked if he wants to save his world as well as Earth.
