THOR THE MOVIE

Anyone who knows me knows I love the “Old Norse Vikings” and I like the much newer “Minnesota Vikings", too. Personally, I prefer the real Vikings who roamed the seas in search of new lands and had their own mythological gods like Thor, the god of Thunder, and Odin, his father, who ruled the realm of Asgaard where they lived. Marvel has published comics about superheroes for years, which included Thor. Recently, they decided to make movies portraying their comic book superheroes—Green Lantern, Captain America, Iron Man and Thor. The movie, Thor, takes place in a time long ago, when a mighty but arrogant warrior, Thor, finds disfavor with his father, Odin, and is stripped of his powers and cast down to Earth landing on a desert in New Mexico to live with us lowly humans. Of course, the first person he meets after his crash landing is Jane, who becomes his love interest while he tries to get his hammer back and find his way back to Asgaard. Nothing of course is ever simple and Odin puts a stipulation on removing the hammer from where it is stuck. "Whoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." Loki, Thor’s brother who really isn’t his brother at all but is a Frost Giant, causes more problems by trying to make himself King and sends a Destroyer to Earth to kill Thor. Thor is played by Chris Hemsworth, who definitely worked out for the show as he was a beautiful display of well toned muscles. Just looking at him would’ve made the whole movie worthwhile, but I thought they did a great job on the storyline, effects and the visual they created for Asgaad was amazing. I loved the movie and can’t wait for Thor 2 coming out in July 2013. There couldn't have been a more fitting way to end Syttende Mai then by watching a film about Thor, the Norse god!