: Thor
Surprisingly good, but not great. There’s much to like. I loved the serious take of the film, which doesn’t go for camp at all, and I liked the story of rebellious Thor being stripped of his powers and exiled to earth as punishment. In terms of action, there really isn’t that much: a CGI battle scene in the first half, and an anti-climatic battle on earth against a strange robot creature at the end. I find such action tedious as there’s zero suspense since we know Thor will win. I did like some of the action of his compatriots, a team of his friends who battle with him, but I think Thor’s a difficult character to realize as a superhero since his powers are vague and undefined (he’s a god and pretty much invincible) and I never did understand the power of his hammer. (What does it do, exactly?) I did like the nice blend of magic and science (the film even quotes Arthur C. Clarke’s famous “advanced science appears as magic” line). Overall this is a well-acted, well-scripted piece. It’s solid and entertaining, but not ground-breaking in any way. I had fun, but I doubt I’d bother seeing it a second time.
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