The deleted scenes (and final cut) show Thor crying in the desert. He is a god reduced to a mortal hitting a metal bowl with a fork. This is not fun. It is tragic.

That is drama. That is cinema. That is

Thor: Ragnarok is a great rock concert. Thor: Love and Thunder is a messy improv set. But Thor (2011) is an opera.

In the sprawling landscape of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Kenneth Branagh’s Thor (2011) often gets relegated to the "awkward Phase One" corner. Sandwiched between the grounded militarism of Iron Man and the pulpy patriotism of Captain America: The First Avenger , Thor faced an uphill battle. It had to translate Shakespearean family drama into a superhero origin story, all while convincing audiences to take a golden-haired god wielding a hammer seriously.