Marvel Studios' THOR
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman,
Anthony Hopkins and Tom Hiddleton
Based on the Marvel Comics characters by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Larry Leiber
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
This movie has been hyped for a long time now, and I finally got to watch it yesterday.
Was courage really immortal as the tag-line said?
Did it live up to the hype-machine that Marvel Studio's created?
I'm not gonna lie.
It met and even exceeded expectations. One of those rare summer blockbuster hits that GOT ME SMASHING FOR MORE.
Kenneth Branagh's Thor is a big eye-candy that showcases stunning visual effects which bends the line between reality and fantasy, and one that is also emotionally deep and entertaining to boot.
Packed with a lot of epic action sequences, the movie had a lot memorable moments that would go down as the best, not only in comic book film adaptations, but also in cinematic history. Like the hammer-smashing, Earth-shattering epic battle between the Thor's 6-man Asgardian gang with the Frost Giants of Jotunheim from the beginning of the movie, to that awe-inspiring kick-ass transformation by the hero after his trusty hammer - Mjolnir - comes back to him after being separated with it as part of his father's (Odin) punishment. That one got me literally wide-eyed giddy like a child going like: "WOOOOW".
