Gods. Asgard. Odin. The rainbow bridge. This is the stuff that Viking boys clamor around Grampa Bjorn’s feet to hear by the light of the bonfire. Brought to life on the big screen by Kenneth Branagh, Thor is impressive—and does not disappoint.
Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) are brothers, sons to the King of Asgard, Odin. Thor, the war-hero, blond-locked and blue eyed, wielding the mighty Mjolnir, a hammer of immeasurable power. Loki could not be more opposite—crafty, lithe, and a master of magic. Thor rushes into battle, swinging first and asking questions later. Loki works angles, plots and politicizes behind the scenes.
The main conflict with the people of Asgard comes from the Frost Giants, a race of large, blue-skinned goliaths that can turn people to ice with a touch. Thor’s reckless actions against the Frost Giants reignites an ancient war, and Odin banishes Thor to Earth as punishment. Loki, for his own reasons, has struck a deal with the Frost Giants to take over Asgard—as Thor’s closest warriors look for a way to bring their fallen leader back home.
Thor is a bit of an oxymoron—it’s an epic comic book movie with incredible special effects, but with a very real, emotional heart beating at its center. More than that, it’s laugh-out-loud funny at moments. The thunder god from Asgard, suddenly thrust onto Earth without any powers, brought down by a taser or accidentally backed over by a truck. It’s pretty funny stuff.
The movie is perfectly cast. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and Erik Selvig (Stellan Skarsgard) play scientists, studying the strange atmospheric phenomenon that brings Thor to Earth. Tom Hiddleston as Loki is amazing; humble, a perfect, supportive brother, until we see his plan unfold as he stands in his father’s place as King.
Overall, Thor is a blast. The action scenes married to the CGI effects are stunning. The story, for a comic book movie, has twists, surprises, and heart. Rated PG-13 for the fantasy violence, Thor is a fantastic watch for preteens on up.
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I thought at first the Thor movie trailer must have been outside advertising put onto you website without your consent. I was mistaken. How could you show an evil, worldly antichrist movie and review for people to view and try to use it as a Christian example of pride and submitting to one’s elders? Isn’t God’s Word enough on it’s own? Of course it is! I hope I would never want to watch a movie that is that insulting to God and His truth. It has so many bad things in it but just like the devil transforming into an angel of light so they try to make this movie look good. Many false religions have their philosophies that may sound plausible to some. They talk about peace, truth, love, etc, but it is not Godly peace which surpasses all understanding, not truth but deception, and not Godly love. there is no comparison between God’s Way and the world’s so I don’t know how you can merge the two. I do not see how you can try to make something good out of something evil.
I actually meant that Satan ‘masquerades’ as an angel of light, not ‘tranforms,’ sorry. Most movies are unfortunately worldly, therefore they try to deceive us that the main character is a hero, when in fact they are the complete opposite. Thor, false gods, magic, Superman, Spiderman, etc, are all evil against God! Harry Potter and all other movies that have magic, fairies, witchcraft, darkness, coarse language, sexual immorality, etc, are all evil! These movies are all against Christ and everything Christianity stands for! The same goes for ‘worldly’ books, CD’s, music, television, etc. Anything that does not have God in it is worldly and I am not talking about educational things like cooking, house decorating, etc. Yes, Halloween is all about darkness too! How shameful to give children sweets for dressing up in evil costumes. We should reward them for doing good not evil. Parents should not teach their children to take part in darkness, let alone go to strangers doors, a risk in itself. It sends confusing messages to them. Jesus came to bring Light not darkness. Jesus was never violent when He was here on earth, even to the point of death on the cross, because He (who is God) detests violence, but in all of these movies the so called heroes are mostly always violent. Thankyou.