First Thor Reviews Are In

The mighty Thor is on his way to cinemas this Friday, so critics have begun posting their thoughts on the new film by Marvel Studios. IGN gave the fantasy adventure 3.5 stars, calling it a "solidly entertainment comic book movie" with "enough action and otherworldly elements to appease the core fans and possibly even win over some skeptics, and enough humour and humanity to engage general audience". Reviewer Jim Vejvoda did have some gripes, though, including huge antagonist the Destroyer, who ultimately "was a bit underwhelming" and "the brevity of Thor's stay on Earth", commenting that the majority of the film takes place on the magical planet of Asgard. Meanwhile, SFX's Dave Golder rated it 4/5, dubbing lead Chris Hemsworth "a fine Thor" and the film itself "witty, pacy and [with] moments of real poignancy (oddly less to do with Thor's relationship with Jane and more to with his relationship with his hammer)". Golder did criticise it for feeling "oddly small-scale", but said "it's decent enough fun to make you hope we get a sequel". TotalFilm, on the other hand, gave Thor 3 stars due to the fact that "the ending is a little weak", but noting that "the most problematic hurdle in The Avengers' is cleared with ease and style by a film that makes a virtue of its inherent silliness." In their 4 star verdict, Den Of Geek said that the film  "offers the strongest hints yet at what we can expect to see in The Avengers"! From what's being said, then, thankfully Thor looks to do for the hammer-wielding hero what Iron Man did for its hero. My exclusive day one review of Thor will be here on April 29th when it releases in cinemas.