Thor review - Don't read if you haven't seen or are planning to see the movie

So if you don't know it already, this year is the year of the Avengers. For all of you like me not so up on superheroes bar Batman which I read about to try impress someone once, the Avengers are pretty much the Marvel version of the Justice League - so I am led to understand. As such a big movie is coming out next year including all the following superheroes:

• Thor
• Hawkeye
• Iron man
• Black Widow
• Captain America
• Nick Fury
• The Hulk
• Thors evil trickster brother Loki

Not sure if I have missed anyone there or not. But all this year as I understand it there are standalone movies for members of the Avengers. Thor being one that I viewed today. Now as mentioned earlier I did not intially go to see it because Im into superheroes. Oh no. I saw a trailer and being the gal that I am, thought bloody hell hes particually gorgeous I must see this movie. And I was rewarded with this:

Yum! Sorry guys I know if your still reading your shaking your head about now.

To the review. Thor tells the story of the Son of Odin, King of Asguard (another realm to you and me). The Asguardians have in the past saved humanity from these other beings called the Frost kings who tryed to invade Earth. This was back in viking times and they are the beings that we mistook as gods and became the legends we have today.

It kicks off with Thors dad showing kid Thor and his brother Loki the source of the frostkings power that he took off them and then flips to where they are grown up and Thor at this point in his life, arogant, rude and drunk on power, itching for war is about to be crowned the successor BUT an attack from the frostkings stops that. Thor insists he wants to go kill all of them so they can never threaten the kingdom again. His wiser father is against it so decides he's not ready to be king after all.

So Thor decides to take things into his own hands, convinces all his mates to go to the frostkings realm and kicks some butt. His father has to come rescue them, gets them home, gives them a royal good telling off and decides to banish his son to Earth to teach him a lesson. He strips him of his power - the hammer but send that through to Earth also enchanting it so he can have it back when hes learnt a lesson and is worthy again.

Queue Natalie Portman - a physics scientist person who runs Thor over. The Hammer follows and the US government go all secret agency x-files on it, build a base round it and confiscate all Natalies research into gateways/wormholes. Thor decides to break into the complex and after a good action scene where he kicks some butt and get rained on (again quite nice Chris Hemsworth all wet :0) - sorry guys!) Junior Odin discovers he cannot wield the hammer.

Meanwhile Thors brother Loki it seems has been rather naughty and jealous of Thor being the heir arranged the attack. He then discovers and it was a nice twist - that he is in fact a frostking. Daddy Odin rescued him as a baby back in the war and decided to bring him up as his own. Angry, hurt and particually stupid, his fathers health fails somewhat when they argue and Loki assumes the throne while Daddy Odin is healing up. He visits Earth and tells Thor that their father is dead and he can never come back as its a term of keeping the peace with the frostkings.

Natalie gets her friend to break Thor out of jail and they start to fall for each other - who wouldn't. Come on Chris Hemsworth is a smoking hottie. Good on you Natalie. Meanwhile Thors mates back on Asguard realise Loki is up to no good and leave to go rescue Thor. They reunite on Earth and pissed, Loki sends some weird large fire breathing robot thing to kill his brother once and for all. It looked like Loki was winning, he sent poor Thor flying and then stomped off intending to go back home again when Natalie pretty much professes her love for the norse god and suddenly Thor is worthy of his hammer again. It flys back in his hand, he gets his groove back and knocks the crap out of the robot.

The Asgaurdians then return back to sort Loki out. It climatise in a cool show down in which Thor has to break the bridge that allows travel effectively cutting off his way back to Natalie and Loki falling down to some presumable horrible fate but as I know hes in the avengers film - he's not dead lol. Natalie meanwhile is now heading up the US government research on portels and stuff and as Thor is also in the avengers film, que a nice reunion for both next year.

Likes: the asguard landscapes and Frostking realms was stunningly good. As previously mentioned Half naked beefed up Chris Hemsworth and generally the fact he got to kick ass. Story was fairly predicable bar the Loki twist which I enjoyed actually.

Niggles: If they had all that superior magic and tech on Asguard - why need a horse to get to the end of the bridge? Also Thor can fly. Thor also seemed to magically over night realise the error of his ways and suddenly become this decent honorable guy. Seemed to fast to me. He fell in love with Natalie pretty darn quick as well. Why did Thor not fly and rescue his brother at the end. He can fly yet was hanging there and had to be rescued by his dad.