Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is the arrogant son of the God of Asgard. During his ceremony to become king, the sworn enemies of Asgard disrupt the ceremony. Thor takes it upon himself to exact revenge upon the enemy by breaking the truce they have together and inciting war upon them. When the king of Asgard (Anthony Hopkins) discovers this problem he banishes Thor to Earth.
On Earth Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) is a scientist studying some storm phenomena’s, and chances upon the worm hole that Thor is traveling through. She runs into him, and takes him to the hospital for observations. They become friends and she helps him recover his beloved hammer.
Battles ensue between the sworn enemy of Thor and the people of earth, he become good again in the eyes of Asgard and all is right with the world in the end…or is it???
Let me pause here and explain that I truly enjoy the simplicity of comic book themed movies. X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Superman, Iron Man, etc.; they are an easy escape and generally a good popcorn movie. I also am a huge fan of Kenneth Branagh as an actor and director so I am going to be very forgiving for this movie as I give it four stars. I understand that this is just a bridge to the Avengers movie of 2012; the only glairing flaw was the choice of Hopkins as the King of Asgard. It felt as though he was just calling in his performance, which is hard to say for such an incredible actor.
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