Thor Now showing at Rave, Quality 16, Brighton Review by Jeff Meyers of the Metro Times Grade: B+

Paramount Pictures

Entertaining, silly and overdesigned, "Thor" is an exercise in comic-book excess. As a summer blockbuster, it offers enough bang-for-the-buck thrills to overcome its predictable plotline. As the umpteenth superhero flick to hit the screen this year, it's as boisterous as it is superfluous. As yet another warm-up for next year's "The Avengers" movie, it's annoyingly plug-and-play, with far too many minutes wasted on SHIELD agents and character tie-ins.

Luckily, director Kevin Branagh and his winning cast keep things likably accessible and fantastically opulent, delivering an adventure with genuine humor, spectacle and gravitas. Fanboys will lap it up like mother's milk. Everyone else will have a pretty good time.

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