vpache asked: Thor was the weakest superhero movie I've seen yet. I think I even liked the third X-Men movie better! Maybe it was the fact that I just can't wrap my head around Thor being a superhero to begin with. I normally LOVE natalie Portman too, but I thought her performance was almost sarcasticly over the top.

If you have a hard time with the premise of the film, then obviously you will have a difficult time with it. I found myself pleasantly surprised by the contrast of epic Asgardian foolishness and a handful of people running around a dusty New Mexican town. I didn’t find Portman over-the-top; rather, she made very little impression on me, and the “romance” between her and Thor is admittedly difficult to swallow. Not because of the storytelling, which is typically Cliffs’ Notes-ish as comic books must be, but just because I didn’t feel much genuine heat between the characters. Chemistry: some couples have it and some don’t.

I enjoyed it quite a bit, and the more I think about it, the more I really appreciate what it did right.