What
was I doing going in to see "Thor"? I am not the audience for this type
of film and the recent 3D movies have been, charging more money, have
been a rip-off. I had heard that there was breakout performance, (it is)
, by Chris Hemsworth and
that he is the new hunk in the movies, (he is.) I am a big fan of
Anthony Hopkins, though his last few movies have just seem to be for the
money, and I am really trying to like Natalie Portman and I do in her less serious movies. Last, but not least, for whatever
reason, the campaign for the movie lured me in to the theatre.

After
about 20 minutes I was ready to leave the auditorium and sneak into
"Bridesmaids" but I don't walk out on movies hoping something will
happen and I am glad I stayed. No, it wasn't the special effects that
kept me and the 3D was really a con not adding anything to the movie
while Hopkins made another movie for the paycheck. I did like Portman in her role and the fact that she helped bring Thor to earth where the
plot is interesting, realistic, not to forget, and funny, sometimes
laugh out funny..

The
begining and end of the movie, with its Marvel comic aspects, special,
yes sometimes spectacular, effects, is basically the same as most movies
in this genre but the middle section sets it apart with Hemsworth's
'fish out of water' performance.

The direction, by Kenneth Branagh, is pedisterian, some of the performances are cartoonish, while the production design, including a spectacular bridge, by Bo Welch are eye catching.

By
the way I was told to stay after the credits which I did and what
seemed after 20 hours of credits--no wonder movies cost so much--there is a minute trailer of the next Marvel hero film based on Captain American. No need to stay to see it!

"Thor"
should be seen on a large screen for the special effects but on a
smaller screen for the middle, humorous section. And, yes, Chris
Hemworth delivers.

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"The greatest revolution of our generation

is the discovery that human beings,

by changing the inner attitudes of their minds,

can change the outer aspects of their lives."

William James, 1842-1910  American Psychologist and Philosopher