Thor

Marvel Comics' much anticipated Avenger solo film Thor has stormed into theatres this weekend like a bolt of lightening. It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Son Of Odin (Anthony Hopkins), alongside Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, scientist and love interest. Furthermore Tom Hiddleston brilliantly plays Thor's brother and complicated foe Loki. Plus good performances by Kat Dennings, Jaimie Alexander and Stellan Skarsgård.

Thor is a well made movie in my opinion. I admit that I went into it not really expecting too much. I never really have seen the purpose and necessity of the second Iron Man movie and with that being the most recent of the Avenger movies I saw I was kind of not feeling good about this one. I was wrong (and happily so).

At its core Thor is about father-son-brother relationships. It is also about accepting responsibility and making the right and mature choices. These are lessons and principles that Thor (and Loki) must try to learn and grow through. Thor, by our earth realm standards, is a god. He has immense power but his decisions as he approaches his time of coronation to succeed his father Odin as king cost him that power...and he is banished to earth. His famous Hammer is also cast down to earth but is lodged into a stone and separated from Thor. It's at this time that Thor must forge new relationships with the people he meets on earth, mainly Jane. Will he find his Hammer, regain his power and rise to glory?

That's just half the story. While Thor is on earth we see another plot develop between Loki and Odin. Thor does a superb job of essentially telling two stories without rushing through anything.

From an action and visual standpoint Thor does not fail in the slightest. It is awesome and has cool effects. The entire film is well balanced in how it uses action and character development. All the performances of both major and minor characters are strong.

This is easily my favorite of the Avenger movies so far...............GO NOW!!!