Thor was a decent movie. I liked the CGI used to portray Asgard and the other places. It was quite good. Hemsworth and Huddleston play excellently in their individual roles. Thor gets thrown to Earth after being rash and kind of stupid. This is where he meets Jane. They start to fall in love, I really didn't care much more the falling in love thing but is wasn't bad the movie just got kind of boring in the beginning and then Odin decided to fall asleep until they needed him most, which I thought was annoying. Anyway it turns out that it was Loki all along and then the brothers fight it out in a beautifully cinematic way. Odin wakes up and saves Thor right before Loki dies and, but Thor can never get to Earth again. So he starts to search... Overall not bad but not fantastic either, I liked it, still.

As far as I was concerned, Thor was one of the less well-received MCU movies. Little did I know, this movie is actually quite enjoyable. Yes, the second one is a different story, but this is a pretty stellar superhero movie. Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings have great chemistry and really make the movie better. Chris Hemsworth isn't my favourite actor but he does do a pretty good job in his role. The real show-stealer, though, is Tom Hiddleston. He is absolutely perfect in his role as Loki and really makes the movie better than it actually is. The humour and action is enough to solidify itself as a good superhero movie without quite reaching Iron Man status. Rating: 7.5/10

Thor came about very early on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and ultimately it is neither the most successful, nor the worst of their early outings. Thor hits all of the notes that a typical Marvel film hits: spectacular visuals, good acting, charismatic leads, and some fantastic sequences of action. However, due to the large amount of films that exist like this, more is required to make a successful movie in the MCU. The missing link for Thor is the poor writing. It's such a shame as movie like Iron Man were so fresh and well written. Thor compiles a large group of cliches and then attempts to weave them together to create a more convoluted plot, but it does not work. You have the brother vs brother cliche, the fish out of water cliche, the romantic cliche, and the nonbeliever cliche. You could predict the entire movie from the beginning. And it is so disappointing, because the visuals are so top notch. Ultimately Thor is a very superficial outing.

I have been a huge fan of marvel films since my childhood despite the fact that i have never read the comics and have kept track of the mcu since it started. All of their films have been extremely entertaining though some have more faults than others. However, of the mcu's first five films, thor is my second favourite behind the first iron man movie. Positives: Good cast, particularly Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston Excellent visual effects Some good humour A positive message of redemption and humility in the story. Negatives: Introduction of Hawkeye was lacking as he only appears for a couple of minutes in the film. Earth- based storyline lacks in scope and develpopment in contrast to the asgard-based storyline How can thor redeem himself in just one day?