![]() ![]() It starts as a tale of the up-himself prick learning to sit down and be humble – the #2 theme audiences love the most – then turns into an underdog story – the #1 theme audiences love the most. This isn’t about a superhero growing with power it’s about growing WITHOUT power. It’s a subtle but effective way to flip the script on origin stories. Odin bans Thor from using the hammer until he’s worthy. The battle with the Frost Giants effectively demonstrates how awesome a deity with a propeller hammer could be.Īfter Thor’s reckless actions against the frost giants, Odin (Anthony Hopkins) takes away his right to the throne, exiles him to Earth, and puts the ban hammer on him. We’re treated to a beautifully realised rendition of Asgard, showing off the art department’s hard work from the sleek costuming to a depiction of the rainbow bridge that somehow doesn’t look silly. In fact, almost everything that makes Thor great happens at the beginning. The early scene of Thor entering the Asgard throne room does a near-perfect job of establishing his cocky sense of kingly entitlement. The image of him shirtless has already resurfaced in your mind in 4K. Hemsworth commands the screen with his authority, charm, and the abdomen that needs no picture. Not that you needed an article to tell you that. ![]() Turns out, that rumour was a horrific, vile lie. In many ways, the story of Thor is also the story of Branagh and Hemsworth: they all needed to prove themselves worthy.Īt the time though, idiot dumb dumbs (*points to my dumb dumb face*) were stubbornly sceptical and wholeheartedly jumped on the report that claimed Anthony Hopkins backhanded Hemsworth’s acting abilities on set. This responsibility went to Shakespearian actor-director Kenneth Branagh, who had not proven himself as a blockbuster filmmaker, and lead Chris Hemsworth, who had not proven himself a star. Thor was the first film in this universe to go beyond Earth and into the actual universe, so it needed to prove that the world of Norse Gods could work alongside our puny human world without looking goofy. ![]() Out of all the MCU films, this was arguably the biggest nail to hammer. “This is going to suck.” Some idiots uttered these awful, hurtful, untrue words about 2011’s Thor before it came out. In the lead-up to Avengers: Infinity War (in cinemas 25 April), Liam Maguren re-watches the first Thor. ![]()
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