Movie Review - Thor

I've been posting so much about the 12WBT lately, that I thought it was time for a non-12WBT post. 

I went and saw Thor on Friday night (and did walk to the cinema which is about 5.5km away).

I loved it.  I didn't go in with high expectations, and to be honest, partly saw it because it was on at a good time, and the only thing else that interested me as "Something Borrowed", which had gotten terrible reviews.  I'm so glad I picked Thor.

Obviously, it's not going to be an Oscar winning deep thinking movie.  But it is a very enjoyable 2 and a bit hours.  

Thor is played by Chris Hemsworth, who got his start in the Aussie soap Home & Away.  He also played Kirk's father in the 2009 Star Trek movie (I'm a trekkie so he gets some bonus points for this!)  He has piled on the muscle for the role.  At the start I didn't like his character at all - far too cocky, which obviously was the point.  But that changed as the movie went on.  (And it doesn't hurt that in my mind, he is gorgeous).  Essentially I thought all the actors were good, I preferred the actors who were characters in Asgard (e.g. the other warriors, Loki, and Thor's father), I think because they were able to have a bit more fun with the roles. 

There was a lot of CGI - and obviously so - but Asgard was so beautiful that I didn't care it was computer generated - I was almost disappointed when the scenes switched to present day Earth!

Overall, if you like either action or fantasy movies I would recommend this.  There is a bit of a love story, but not overdone.  I enjoyed the ending, as not everything ended "perfectly" - and left room for a sequel!   (No word of that on IMDB, but Chris Hemsworth is playing Thor again in The Avengers).