Dir. Kenneth Branagh (2011)
Rated PG-13 Thor, the son of Odin, lives on a planet called Asgard. This is one planet of nine realms, which also include MidGuard (earth) and Jotunheim, where the enemy Frost Giants live. Thor, son of the King Odin, is about to inherit his father's throne. He is going to be king over his brother, Loki. Thor's coronation and ceremony is quickly disrupted when Odin learns news that the Frost Giants have invaded Asgard in an attempt to steal the Tesseract, held in the Casket of Ancient Winters, which is Asgard's most prized possession. The Tesseract is the source of power for all of the planet. Thor is infuriated that his ceremony has been interrupted, and also that Asgard's source of power has been taken. Odin strongly advises his son to not do anything, but Thor goes against his father and rounds up Loki and a few warrior friends to travel to Jotunheim to retrieve the Tesseract. This requires passing through Heimdall, the gatekeeper, who has to open the Bifrost (the means of traveling through the realms). Thor and his team fight the Frost Giants, and for a while it looks like they will win, when things turn poorly. Thor is almost defeated until Odin appears to defend them and return them to Asgard. Even though no one was hurt, the battle that Thor caused started a war between Jotunheim and Asgard. Infuriated, Odin strips Thor of his powers and exiles him from Asgard due to his arrogance. He is sent to Midguard, and lands in New Mexico. His hammer, Mjolnir, is stuck in the ground, since Thor is not able to wield it without his powers. In New Mexico, he meets Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), an astrophysicist, her intern Darcy, and their mentor Dr. Erik Selvig. They offer to let Thor stay with them, though they are confused by who he is and his incredible strength. During this time, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents located Mjolnir and built a site around it to investigate more and try to archive it. Hearing this, Thor goes on a mission to try to get Mjolnir out of the ground, which is impossible because he has been stripped of his powers. Meanwhile in Asgard, Odin has fallen into a deep sleep to recover from illness. Loki has overthrown the crown and named himself king, and travels to Jotunheim. After discovering that he is the son of Laufey (leader of Jotunheim), and he was adopted by Odin as a baby, he returns to make a deal with Laufey to travel to Asgard and kill Odin while he is asleep. Opposing Loki on the throne, Thor's friends and warriors travel to Midguard to rescue Thor. Hearing this, Loki summons the destroyer, which is some large metal giant that shoots fire out of his eyes to go after them. On earth, Thor finds his friends, but they are defeated by the destroyer. Thor then sacrifices himself to save his friends, and near death, he proves that he is morally capable of having his powers back, and Mjolnir is returned to him. He defeats the destroyer and leaves with the warriors to go to Asgard to fight Loki. In Asgard, Loki betrayed Laufey and used the fake plot as a way to destroy Jotunheim to prove to his family that he is worthy of being King. When Thor arrives, he fights Loki and destroys the bridge to the bifrost to stop Loki from his plan. Doing this, he destroys the only way to Midguard, severing his chances of ever seeing Jane again. Loki then jumps into the destroyed space portal, supposedly committing suicide. Thor is now back on Asgard with Odin, while Jane is still in search of another way to open the portal. So, this was actually the first Avengers movie I watched. I was not disappointed. Thor is probably my top two with Captain America, even after watching Iron Man. The plot of this movie seemed a little more basic in terms of a superhero movie (not that I'm well versed in any of that), but I can see why because it's the first addition in the Thor series. That wasn't really a con for me, because there were other parts of this movie that made me really like it. First, the special effects were GREAT. I loved the way Asgard looked and all the realms and that good stuff. And it was even made in 2011! Wow. It was just fun to watch. I can tell they are already setting up Thor's personality to be pretty comical, like the one scene in the diner where he smashes the glass of beer. This movie was mildly funny, so I am looking forward to watching his humor and personality grow as the movies progress. I've heard Ragnarok is hilarious, but I still have a long way to go before I get to that. But Thor's character was probably my favorite, along with Darcy. I really hope Darcy is in the other movies because she's pretty funny too. The one character I didn't really get or see any relevance to was Jane.... sorry, Natalie Portman, but she did nothing to the plot besides being the romantic interest. Even though she was a scientist and had her own gig going, which is great, really her only lines were her ogling over Thor and being completely entranced with him. It was just annoying to watch. They could have made her more developed and with her own actual personality. That was really the only part of the movie that I disliked. Other than that, it was pretty solid. I don't think I need to go more in depth because everyone has seen Thor except me, so this was really just a test to see if I would actually like it. I did.
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