It had decent reviews, the proceeding comic book movies with Thor had been amusing, and it's run at the Jax Jr is over today. So I went to see it last night. OK but not great.
Chris Hemsworth plays Thor, and plays him fairly well. They got Cate Blanchette to play the part of Helle, goddess of death, and general purpose bad guy (bad chick?). I'm surprised she took the part, 'cause she didn't get much in the way of a speaking role. No sign of Jane Foster, Thor's earthly girlfriend, played by Natalie Portman, back in the first Thor movie.
There isn't much in the way of plot in this movie. It just drifts from fight to fight. We have Thor going up against The Incredible Hulk, Thor going up against Helle, assorted armies of guys in armor carrying spears going up against each other, and various minor characters hacking and whacking on each other. The Thor vs Hulk fight takes place on a distant planet, in a huge arena, packed with screaming fans, presided over by a sadistic, but wimpy looking nameless ruler addressed simply as "The Grand Master". How the Hulk gets transported from Earth to this mysterious distant planet is not explained.
Other features unexplained. Asgard now has a civilian population, under attack by Helle, that Thor manages to save, loading them all onto a giant spacecraft, obtained by mysterious means. Asgard used to be just the home of the gods, now it has a civilian population in need of evacuation.
Thor has finally wised up about Loki, and out wits him a couple of times. Thor used to be a sucker for Loki's treachery, in this flick he keeps one step ahead. Although there is a lot of swordfighting, Thor and Loki both find automatic firearms convenient for clearing out snake infested areas. And everybody, even Bruce Banner, can fly the numerous aerospace craft that turn up.
If you like Marvel's Thor character, go see it. If you are only lukewarm on comic book movies, you haven't missed anything with this one.
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