Almighty Thor (2011)

Such a frustrating disappointment

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I'll be honest - I can see why this film has the IMDB rating and user review hatred that it does, this is a stinker! If Marvel's Thor is the pinnacle of what is right, this version of Thor is a somebody doing cosplay using only items found in a small charity shop as the props and costume. The casting is horrible - c'mon Kevin Nash - I loved you as a wrestler but you couldn't act in the ring and you shouldn't be acting in a film. Richard Grieco is Loki, which was upsetting - his was probably one of the better performances, however I've still seen human statues more animated. Cody Deal - what was the deal, Thor - c'mon really - you come across like a brainless halfwit!? Don't even get me started on Patricia Velasquez - what was that about!?Loki attacks Asgard because he's jealous that Thor could soon be ruler. Loki kills Odin and others. Odin sends Thor's hammer to Earth. Thor goes in search with Jarnsaxa to find it before Loki can. With what feels like no plot, no acting skills, no structure to the film, and no - well, just no hope!This really has to be the worst film I have seen this year and I pride myself on watching terrible films. I regret watching this.1 out of 10.

I can forgive a lot in movie-making; a film may have severe flaws but if it is brought with enthusiasm and some creativity it can still win me over. This is not one of those films.The glaring flaw of the Almighty Thor is the kindergarten level script. There is nothing almighty about Thor here, apart from him being almightily annoying. If it was Homer Simpson, his stupidity might have been funny, but in this pretense-mythical flick it is merely irritating.Unfortunately, the flick does not have any redeeming qualities to make up for the lack of any story line. The props and costumes look like what you would expect in a hayseed community theatre, the sfx are at a level that was impressive sixty years ago, the acting is cardboard and the score nondescript. Still, Blubberella is worse.

Nowadays we are submerged with great movies. There are so many of them that year after year our standards keep increasing, and we fail to recognize all the effort that is required to produce a good movie. I will resume a few of the ingredients I have identified that, in my humble opinion, are required to make a good movie:1) Script. No good script, no good movie. 2) Good acting. 3) Correct filming, good decor, good CGI (if needed) 4) Good music, used at the appropriate momentsAlmighty Thor fails on almost every count, except for #3. The filming was OK, and it looked like expensive tape was used. The CGI was not convincing but for the overall quality of the movie it exceeded expectations.The acting was just amateurish. "Jarnsaxa" is played by a female who seems to have a rather heavy Latino accent. Strange for a warrior who has been trained by the Valkryies, yeah? Also, some parts of the dialogue are not read out properly. And the script - oh the script - what a disaster!Don't watch this movie unless you want to lose at least 10% of your IQ.

Lacking in any merit whatsoever, even as a spoof. This is my only review so far and considering how much of a couch potato I am at the moment, it's a measure of how truly awful this film was that I've made this effort. I thought that I could laugh at/with almost anything. This film is so far from my almost universal sense of humour and tolerance for low standards that you'd need a telescope to see it ... utterly dreadful. I didn't even realise that it was a spoof until googling it a few minutes ago and even then can't believe that the critic found it in any way creditable at all.It only needs to have a passing acquaintance with the source material so I really don't have a problem with that. I can also accept relatively poor acting. Even if this was negligently acted on purpose, it was indeed poorly executed. In fact, I initially thought that this was a poorly dubbed foreign film.It didn't flow, was poorly edited, and had special effects that the original series of Dr. Who would have been ashamed of. OK, that's an exaggeration, but considering current levels of technology this film's makers have proved far less able to utilise the technology available. The script/dialogue had me doing so many cartoon double takes that I felt like my neck would snap. I'm not going to dignify the film by providing a plot line ... I wouldn't want my synopsis to accidentally entice someone to watch the film.I can honestly say that I only continued watching because I couldn't believe it to be so inept. I fell asleep at one point and had to reverse in order not to miss any of the fatigue inducing experience at all ... I want to be able to say that I managed to watch all of it. This is probably not the worst film ever made, but it's certainly the worst I've ever watched. Feel free to try it out but it's not worth your time and I certainly hope no-one paid any money to watch it. Even as a spoof, it's a complete waste of minutes of your life. I need a shower now just to wash the experience away. I'd seek memory loss but then I'd run the risk of accidentally watching it again.