Thor
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Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
What critics thought
Thor landed with genuine enthusiasm from audiences but split critics down the middle — those who loved it pointed to Chris Hemsworth's magnetic lead performance and the Asgard sequences' operatic energy, while detractors argued the Earth-bound stretches were derivative and the whole enterprise felt more like franchise assembly than filmmaking. The gap between popular goodwill and critical reservation is the defining feature of its reception.
“Thor delivers the goods so long as butt is being kicked and family conflict is playing out in celestial dimensions, but is less thrilling during the Norse warrior god's rather brief banishment on Earth”
Richard Kuipers·Variety
“Thanks in large part to a charming, funny and winning performance from Australian actor Chris Hemsworth in the title role, Thor is the most entertaining superhero debut since the original Spider-Man”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“Thor is a failure as a movie, but a success as marketing, an illustration of the ancient carnival tactic of telling the rubes anything to get them into the tent”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“an example of the programmed triumph of commercial calculation over imagination”
A.O. Scott·The New York Times
“an aesthetic stand-off between predictable elements and unexpected ones”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Action, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Kenneth BranaghDirector
Chris HemsworthThor
Natalie PortmanJane Foster
Tom HiddlestonLoki
Anthony HopkinsOdin
Stellan SkarsgårdErik Selvig
Kat DenningsDarcy Lewis
Clark GreggAgent Coulson
Colm FeoreKing Laufey
Idris ElbaHeimdall
Ray StevensonVolstagg
Tadanobu AsanoHogun
Josh DallasFandral
Patrick DoyleComposer
Don PayneWriter
J. Michael StraczynskiWriter
Ashley MillerWriter
Zack StentzWriter
Mark ProtosevichWriter
Haris ZambarloukosCinematographyFrom the studio
Thor
Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
What critics thought
Thor landed with genuine enthusiasm from audiences but split critics down the middle — those who loved it pointed to Chris Hemsworth's magnetic lead performance and the Asgard sequences' operatic energy, while detractors argued the Earth-bound stretches were derivative and the whole enterprise felt more like franchise assembly than filmmaking. The gap between popular goodwill and critical reservation is the defining feature of its reception.
“Thor delivers the goods so long as butt is being kicked and family conflict is playing out in celestial dimensions, but is less thrilling during the Norse warrior god's rather brief banishment on Earth”
Richard Kuipers·Variety
“Thanks in large part to a charming, funny and winning performance from Australian actor Chris Hemsworth in the title role, Thor is the most entertaining superhero debut since the original Spider-Man”
Richard Roeper·Chicago Sun-Times
“Thor is a failure as a movie, but a success as marketing, an illustration of the ancient carnival tactic of telling the rubes anything to get them into the tent”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“an example of the programmed triumph of commercial calculation over imagination”
A.O. Scott·The New York Times
“an aesthetic stand-off between predictable elements and unexpected ones”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Action, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Kenneth BranaghDirectorChris HemsworthThorNatalie PortmanJane FosterTom HiddlestonLokiAnthony HopkinsOdinStellan SkarsgårdErik SelvigKat DenningsDarcy LewisClark GreggAgent CoulsonColm FeoreKing LaufeyIdris ElbaHeimdallRay StevensonVolstaggTadanobu AsanoHogunJosh DallasFandralPatrick DoyleComposerDon PayneWriterJ. Michael StraczynskiWriterAshley MillerWriterZack StentzWriterMark ProtosevichWriterHaris ZambarloukosCinematographyFrom the studio
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