{"id":2473,"date":"2020-11-22T22:10:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T16:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2021-02-21T13:33:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T08:03:59","slug":"thor-movie-review-origin-of-god-of-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/thor-movie-review-origin-of-god-of-thunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Thor Movie Review: Origin of &#8220;God of Thunder&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All Marvel movies, good bad, or average bring nostalgia to Marvel fans. &#8220;Thor&#8221; is no different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony Stark AKA Ironman calls him &#8220;Point Break&#8221;, Hulk calls him &#8211; &#8220;Baby Arms&#8221; and Odin asked if he is &#8220;God of Hammers&#8221; :), but he is still &#8220;God of Thunder&#8221; and Marvel or any Universe is poorer without him in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s recall Thor&#8217;s first adventure \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One Line Review<\/strong>: Not the best Marvel movie, still a must-watch for all Marvel fans.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thor-Movie-Review.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2474\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thor-Movie-Review.jpg 511w, https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Thor-Movie-Review-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/category\/genres\/action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Action<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/category\/genres\/adventure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adventure<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/category\/genres\/fantasy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/category\/genres\/superheroes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Superheroes<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<span class=\"imdbRatingPlugin\" data-user=\"ur81579180\" data-title=\"tt0800369\" data-style=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0800369\/?ref_=plg_rt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/images\/imdb_38x18.png\" alt=\" Thor\n(2011) on IMDb\" title=\"\">\n<\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,stags=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)){return;}js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/js\/rating.js\";stags.parentNode.insertBefore(js,stags);})(document,\"script\",\"imdb-rating-api\");<\/script>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">YouTube Trailer Thor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JOddp-nlNvQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director:&nbsp; <\/strong>Kenneth Branagh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Starring: <\/strong>Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Idris Elba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Release Date:&nbsp; <\/strong>29<sup>th<\/sup> April 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stream Online in United States<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thor-Natalie-Portman\/dp\/B005H9B2CE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/button_stream-on-amazon-prime.png\" alt=\"button_stream-on-amazon-prime\" class=\"wp-image-1510\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stream Onlie in India<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotstar.com\/in\/movies\/thor\/1660000044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"49\" src=\"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hotstar.png\" alt=\"Stream on Hotstar\" class=\"wp-image-1594\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s it About<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Thor&#8221; is the origin story of &#8230; well you guessed it &#8211; Thor! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The movie is a liberal adaption from portions of Thor&#8217;s comic book lore, altered to fit in a more modern and current reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thor introduces us to centuries old war between the Asgardians (evolved into a peace-loving community) and the conflict centric Frost Giants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cThor is on much safer ground here on Earth. The tone is immediately different: more relaxed; comic, not cosmic.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>~ Tom Charity from The independent<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jotunn\/Frost Giants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Jotunn<\/strong>, or as Asgardians call them &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Frost Giants<\/strong>, are a race of humanoid giants that live on&nbsp;Jotunheim, one of the&nbsp;Nine Realms. &#8220;Frost Giants&#8221; are scary beings ever eager for war and bloodthirsty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the movie starting with Frost Giants, they don&#8217;t even come close to being the main antagonist of the movie, they are merely a catalyst of events that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Odin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Odin is the king of species known as Asgardians who (not surprisingly) live in Asgard. Anthony Hopkins plays the all important Odin and plays it well. His presence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will always be felt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asgardians<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Asgardians <\/strong>are beings that live for long periods of time and can travel through space from their home realm of Asgard to various other worlds, such as Earth, via the Bi-Frost bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asgardians come as close to Gods from Norse mythology as they come in the fantasy world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thor <\/strong>is an Asgardian and son of Odin ( hence the name Odinson). Thor being Odin&#8217;s &#8220;true&#8221; son is Asgardian prince and next in line for the throne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thor is the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> character that had been introduced in the phase1 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Ironman and Hulk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comic book fans interestingly have always debated who will win the fight between Thor and Hulk. Thor\u2019s creator Stan Lee quoted \u201cI would have to say, Thor, because as strong as Hulk is, he&#8217;s still a mortal. Thor is one of the Norse gods!\u201d. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Loki<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Loki is Thor&#8217;s brother, his jealousy and desire to sit on Asgard&#8217;s throne results in a Love-Hate relationship with Thor. This Love-Hate relationship between Thor and Loki is a massive part of the MCU story and is at the forefront of this film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things to look forward to in the movie is the incredible performance from Tom Hiddleston. He truly lives up to the character of &#8220;The God of Mischief&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Did you know Tom Hiddleston who plays Loki auditioned for the role of Thor?<\/p><cite><strong>Trivia<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hawkeye<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawkeye Aka Clint Barton makes his first appearance in this movie. We watch him drawing his arrow towards Thor, who goes to pick up his hammer. We get to see more of him from The Avengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also get to see Idris Elba as Heimdall and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster in brief roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>Plot\/Story Line<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thor is young and powerful, has fought many battles by his father&#8217;s side. Blinded by his arrogance he goes to war with Frost Giants against his father&#8217;s wishes who wants to keep the peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odin tried to reason with him but grows tired of his unrelenting son and punishes him by sending him to earth after taking his powers. And from here Thor\u2019s real journey starts when he is in a different world without any powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s to Like\/Dislike?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The father-son relationship between Odin and Thor is definitely worth watching as it forms the base of Thor&#8217;s character arch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CGI battle in the climax is good, but it has a predictable ending. Thor\u2019s loose plot is much better than The Incredible Hulk, but it\u2019s still far away from Ironman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Favorites ?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The CGI battle scenes that we get to see. Loki\u2019s transformation from a jealous brother to a complete antagonist. Stan Lee\u2019s appearance (adorable as always) and the post-credit scene of an infinity stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opinion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironman 2 was released before this one. So I had mixed feelings about what to expect.&nbsp;MCU already gave us good and bad origin movie with Ironman and The Incredible Hulk<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the first appearance of Thor\u2019s hammer (Mj\u00f6lnir) in Ironman 2 Marvel fans had been excited to see the first on-screen appearance of Thor on screen.  There was a positive reaction amongst fans after Marvel announced that&nbsp; Chris Hemsworth is going to be Thor. Tom Hiddleston also auditioned for the role, but he was cast as Loki, the antagonist of the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things got more interesting when we realized Anthony Hopkins is going to be Odin. Anthony Hopkins knew nothing about Odin or Thor, he agreed to do the role because he was intrigued by the father-son relationship in the plot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We finally get to see the Gods from the Marvel comics on the silver screen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final Words <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The cinematic entry of Thor, is a good mix of fun, a wise choice of actors playing key roles, Shakespearian level drama, and some very cools graphics. Just don&#8217;t compare it to Ironman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Must Watch<\/strong> for every superhero fan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thor:<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s recall Thor&#8217;s first adventure \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,116,88,97,115,55,142,133,101,35,77,70,79,112],"tags":[64,99,66],"class_list":["post-2473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action","category-adventure","category-american","category-disney-hotstar","category-fantasy","category-genres","category-marvel","category-marvel-dc","category-movie-review","category-movies","category-origin","category-review","category-streaming-service","category-superheroes","tag-editorial-picks","tag-movie-review","tag-spoiler-free-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3429,"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions\/3429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fandom.yougle.ai\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}