a5c7b9f00b After wanting to wage war against the Frost Giants, the mighty warrior Thor is cast out from Asgard by his father Odin and sent down to Earth. With no way home and his hammer Mjolnir lost, Thor struggles to reclaim his powers. Meanwhile on Asgard, Thor's devious brother Loki had seized the throne and seeks to help the Frost Giants reclaim their glory. With help from scientist Jane Foster and her team, Thor must learn the true virtue of being a hero and return home to stop Loki and save Asgard from destruction. The powerful, but arrogant god Thor, is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. I went to the cinema to watch this thinking 'might be alright' but no..no it wasn't. Normal people (not the comic obsessed people who like myths and legends) will look at this film thinking 'well I like films such as Transformers and Lord of the Rings, so I should like this??'. Sadly you'll be wrong!<br/><br/>It starts off a bit far-fetched but still bearable till half way through the film. Then it becomes so stupid its not worth trying to follow as it became far too confusing. The last 30 minutes was unbearable as the ending was dragged out. I heard people snoring behind me and I could not blame them!<br/><br/>The only plus point about the film was that Natalie Portman fans will like this as her character was believable compared to the rest of them and she performed well. Anthony Hopkins needs to get a better agent though and read the script beforehand as his acting ability is so much better than this type of film!<br/><br/>All in all don't watch this, only morons who live in fairy tales would find this remotely appealing! I watched this film with absolutely no foreknowledge of what it was about other than the viking god of thunder. What I got was something I could have sworn was directed by Michael Bey in the lack of quality storytelling, character development or acting. There was a great deal of CGI and very little else. The only thing which nearly held the film together was a halfway decent story written (at least in part) by J. Michael Straczynski (BABYLON 5) but his writing was ruined by poor directing, poor character development and poor acting. Yep, just another CGI demo reel like 99% of everything else that has been shat out of Hollywood. It's not art, but it's mighty fun. Exiled by his father Odin (<a href="/name/nm0000164/">Anthony Hopkins</a>) for his arrogance and desire to drag Asgard into a war with the frost giants of Jötunheim, crown prince Thor (<a href="/name/nm1165110/">Chris Hemsworth</a>) is banished to Earth to live amongst humans. Aided by three astronomers—Jane Foster (<a href="/name/nm0000204/">Natalie Portman</a>), Erik Selvig (<a href="/name/nm0001745/">Stellan Skarsgård</a>), and Darcy Lewis (<a href="/name/nm0993507/">Kat Dennings</a>)—Thor searches for his hammer and the right to bear Mjolnir as a worthy successor to the throne. Unknown to Thor, however, this entire scenario was spearheaded by his trickster brother Loki (<a href="/name/nm1089991/">Tom Hiddleston</a>), who aspires to the crown while Thor is banished and Odin lies deep in sleep. Thor is based on a character created by comic book writers, artists, and editors Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby. He debuted in the August 1962 issue of Journey Into Mystery (#83). Thor, the film, is the fourth movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is the first to feature Thor as a starring character. It is followed by <a href="/title/tt1981115/">Thor: The Dark World (2013)</a> (2013) and <a href="/title/tt3501632/">Thor: Ragnarok (2017)</a> (2017). Marvel's Thor also appears in <a href="/title/tt0848228/">The Avengers (2012)</a> (2012) and <a href="/title/tt2395427/">Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)</a> (2015). Only some of them. All cinematic material made under the Marvel Studios banner, e.g., , <a href="/title/tt0800080/">The Incredible Hulk (2008)</a> (2008), Thor (2011) and(2011), are all set in the same universe (known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe), with the characters crossing over (most notably SHIELD personnel—Fury, Coulson, Romanoff or Barton), culminating in <a href="/title/tt0848228/">The Avengers (2012)</a> (2012) which ties these films together. Marvel Studios also owns/owned The Punisher and Blade, however <a href="/title/tt0330793/">The Punisher (2004)</a> (2004), <a href="/title/tt0450314/">Punisher: War Zone (2008)</a> (2008), <a href="/title/tt0120611/">Blade (1998)</a> (1998), <a href="/title/tt0187738/">Blade II (2002)</a> (2002) and <a href="/title/tt0359013/">Blade: Trinity (2004)</a> (2004) are/were not in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Other Marvel-based films owned by other studios are not set in the MCU, due to differing ownership. This includes, for example: <a href="/title/tt0145487/">Spider-Man (2002)</a> (2002) and <a href="/title/tt0259324/">Ghost Rider (2007)</a> (2007) (both owned by Sony); <a href="/title/tt0120903/">X-Men (2000)</a> (2000), <a href="/title/tt0120667/">Fantastic Four (2005)</a> (2005), and <a href="/title/tt0287978/">Daredevil (2003)</a> (2003) (all owned by Fox). SHIELD Director Nick Fury (<a href="/name/nm0000168/">Samuel L. Jackson</a>), has a cameo in the scene after the credits, similar to his appearance in <a href="/title/tt0371746/">Iron Man (2008)</a> (2008). In this scene he shows Erik the Cosmic Cube, foreshadowing events in <a href="/title/tt0458339/">Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)</a> (2011), much like the scene in <a href="/title/tt1228705/">Iron Man 2 (2010)</a> did for Thor. SHIELD Agent Phil Coulson, who was introduced in the Iron Man films, plays a considerably larger role in this film as the person in charge of studying Thor's hammer. Clint Barton (<a href="/name/nm0719637/">Jeremy Renner</a>), a.k.a. Hawkeye, appears as one of the SHIELD agents trying to stop Thor from getting his hammer back. The big, muscular black agent who briefly fights with Thor in this scene has also been acknowledged by fans as Luke Cage (though he may not be). All of these characters (except the supposed Cage) appear in <a href="/title/tt0848228/">The Avengers (2012)</a> (2012). (1) Erik tells Jane and Darcy of a fellow scientist he once knew who studied gamma rays and who came into contact by SHIELD who then went missing shortly afterwards. As this movie is a setup for The Avengers, he is like referring to Bruce Banner, the Hulk, although it could be Hank Pym or Betty Ross but neither of them are in The Avengers movie. Also, both Erik and Banner will be in The Avengers movie and so could have a "reunion" scene. (2) The special SHIELD agent at the crater site with the compound-bow 'n' arrow who has Thor in his sights is Clint Barton, a.k.a Hawkeye. (3) The big, strongly-built black agent who fights with Thor in the scene previously mentioned could be Luke Cage, or a reference to this character. (4) When the Destroyer first appears and is surrounded by the SHIELD agents, one SHIELD agent asks Agent Coulson, "Is that one of Stark's?", to which he replies, "I dunno. That guy never tells me anything." They are of course referring to Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man. (5) Nick Fury appears in the post-credits sequence. Clint "Hawkeye" Barton (<a href="/name/nm0719637/">Jeremy Renner</a>) joins the Avengers in <a href="/title/tt0848228/">The Avengers (2012)</a> (2012). Asking for Jane's forgiveness, Thor uses Mjolnir to destroy the Bifrost Bridge in order to close the portal between the worlds and keep Loki from destroying Jötunheim. The bridge begins to crumble, causing Thor and Loki to fall off. But Odin, having awakened from his sleep, manages to grab hold of Thor's leg, and Thor grabs onto Loki's staff. As the brothers hang there, Loki tries to assure Odin that he could have been successful, but Odin says, "No." Dismayed by Odin's disapproval, Loki releases his hold on the staff and allows himself to fall into the abyss. Some days later, while the castle feasts, Sif () asks Frigga (<a href="/name/nm0000623/">Rene Russo</a>) how Thor is doing, and the Queen replies that he mourns for his brother and misses the mortal woman. Meanwhile in New Mexico, Jane, Erik, and Darcy notice that the portal's gateway has disappeared. Thor admits to his father that he has a lot to learn but hopes that someday he will make Odin proud. Odin puts his hand on Thor's shoulder and replies, "You've already made me proud." In the final scene, Thor and Heimdall (<a href="/name/nm0252961/">Idris Elba</a>) stand on the Asgardian side of the broken bridge. Thor bemoans that Earth is lost to them, but Heimdall replies, "No, there is always hope," and reveals that Jane is working in her lab and searching for him. Following the credits is a short scene, a lead-in to The Avengers. Erik meets with SHIELD Director Nick Fury (<a href="/name/nm0000168/">Samuel L. Jackson</a>), who shows him briefcase containing a device that he says could be a source of unlimited power. Loki's reflection suddenly appears in a nearby mirror, and he whispers to himself, "Well, I guess that's worth a look." Erik says the same thing to Nick Fury. Stan Lee does make a short cameo in the film. He is a truck driver at the crater where Mjolnir landed. In the Marvel Universe, Asgard is actually another dimension with extensive lands and continents reaching well beyond Valhalla. In the comics there have been Asgardians with East Asian features so the idea of one with black features isn't as outrageous, since it's only one of multiple races among humans and Asgardians. The Vikings worshiped the Asgardians as gods due to their fantastic powers, though they are not gods, simply a race of incredibly powerful beings. The character Darcy points this out in the film. The reason such characters may have been interpreted as all being Caucasian is because the Vikings may have assumed they all were, or the stories changed them to resemble Norseman as the stories passed through history.
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