He's basically in town for the weekend and in that time he learns the error of his ways? (Oh, don't act like that's a spoiler!) Exile ain't what it used to be. The biggest problem with the earthly storyline isn't its tone or setting, but rather the brevity of Thor's stay there. (The sight of super-powered badasses busting up a small town - coupled with the story of an alien hero stripped of his powers, who is in love with an Earth woman and who cries out to his heavenly father - was more than a little reminiscent of Superman II.) Perhaps the Destroyer sequence wouldn't have felt so anticlimactic if he were letting loose on a place that didn't seem like a fake western town set. The Destroyer was a bit underwhelming, coming across as a lesser version of Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still. The visual effects are largely good, especially the Asgard and Jotunheim sequences. These moments feel like the ones that Branagh and his leads were the most emotionally invested in, and that sincerity helps you buy into this otherwise fantastical world, one which we see far more of than the marketing has heretofore revealed. Thor's scenes with Loki and Odin crackle with an intensity and emotion sometimes lacking in the earthly scenes.
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The movie's strongest moments aren't necessarily the comic booky ones (although they are pretty cool), but rather the familial ones in Asgard. Outside of these occasional moments of comic relief, director Kenneth Branagh keeps the focus squarely on Thor's dramatic arc. Judging from the taser and hospital clips that have been released, you might think the film is chock full of physical comedy, but happily they are just a few moments in an otherwise straightforward Thor tale. Thor understands Earth and humans he's just a little out of step with our customs and tech. Thor may be the proverbial fish out of water here, but we're thankfully spared many of the goofy things that come with that oft-tread movie territory. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth). He must change if he's ever going to return to Asgard and stop Loki. Alas, Thor is not yet worthy to hold the hammer again.
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and its agent on the scene, Phil Coulson ( Clark Gregg from the Iron Man films). The area is now under the control of S.H.I.E.L.D. While earthbound, Thor attempts to retrieve Mjolnir from the crater it made when it landed. Selvig ( Stellan SkarsgÄrd) and her assistant Darcy ( Kat Dennings). Landing in the middle of the New Mexico desert, Thor is found by astrophysicist Jane Foster ( Natalie Portman), her colleague Dr. Enraged at this violation of the peace and by Thor's defiance, Odin strips his son of his power, his mighty hammer Mjolnir, and casts him out of Asgard and down to Midgard (aka Earth) to learn humility, which leaves Loki standing to gain the throne.