He's Marvel's attempt at Superman, and a very cheap one because he's not even an original character. He's an existing mythological figure. It's almost like fan-fiction. Now Marvel does write Thor differently than he's portrayed in Norse mythology but... what's so interesting about him? He's just a headstrong meathead with a hammer and a lot of power. Now this is just my opinion but he has no character depth. He doesn't inspire any kind of emotional response from me when I read his comic books or watch any of his movies. Because I can't get invested in his character.
Becoming unworthy of lifting Mjolnir for the 783rd time will not make him more interesting to me, LOL. To me, Superman is a more interesting character. Yes they're both very powerful characters but Superman represents an ideal. He represents the ideal of righteousness as part of the human condition. He's a character who represents many of the moral philosophies that we as people find to be ethically ideal. Now a lot of people can't relate to Superman for the same reason it's difficult to relate to a character like Captain America. They're usually presented as almost always being morally right and the most ideal version of good, and of course nobody's actually like that but that's missing the point. They're not meant to be characters we can relate to because though represent the best qualities of humanity, they're not presented as actual people because people have many flaws.
Superman (like Cap) is an ideal so we're not supposed to relate to him. We're supposed to admire him and be inspired by him. He's a source of inspiration for people to believe that tomorrow can be made better than yesterday. And Superman being presented as this almost morally perfect being, it creates a lot of narrative potential that we see explored in a lot of alternative storylines. We know he's a good man who uses these great powers for the greater good and that almost nothing can force him to broke his moral code. But what if something can? How far does an antagonist have to go to push him to his breaking point? To discover the line where his morality breaks and something dark can be found? What would it take to change his morals, to turn him into someone darker?
I've always liked those questions about him. I love it when he's thrown into a situation where the choice thrown his way is a difficult one. Say there's two children. In five minutes, Superman has to make the choice of which kid he has to choose to die otherwise the antagonist will blow up a city. This is a moral and psychological dilemma that I love. Because it basically asks of a character whose identity is fundamentally rooted in his morality, "Can you make the choice? Or do your moral beliefs supersede the lives of the millions of people in that city?". It's such an interesting scenario because the potential for psychological torture is ridiculous. It's the kind of scenario that forces Superman to question everything. Does he let one of the kids die? Would he? If he would, would he still be Superman?
So for me, Thor is not interesting at all because in my opinion he's a poor attempt at trying to be the equivalent of another powerhouse character who actually is interesting. Or at least a character I find to be interesting.
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