Bad Imitation

 

 (themoviedb.com)

THOR: END OF DAYS-2020-In this Marvel comics knock off, Norse god/superhero Thor (Max Aria) battles his arch nemesis Loki (Mike Milian) for the fate of the world or something like that. The acting, script and sfx are terrible. By Odin, this sucks! 

Writer/director Mike Shapiro had previously made GOD OF THUNDER (2015) which also featured Aria in the lead role, so I guess this is a sequel.

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Better Thor

THOR-2011-I really wasn't prepared to enjoy this movie and so maybe I liked it a little more than some. There were a 1000 ways for the filmmakers to screw it up but instead they did a pretty good "Hollywood job" with it.

Chris Hemsworth is the hammer yielding Norse god from the Marvel comic book. In Asgard he's a very arrogant thunder god who starts a new war with the frost giants and is banished by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) to Earth. But the real culprit behind it all is his jealous half brother Loki (Tim Hiddleston).

Natalie Portman is kind of miscast as Jane Foster, a scientist who becomes his love interest and Rene Russo is Thor's mom Frigga. Stellan Skarsgard is an archeologist who eventually figures in the future AVENGERS movie (a post end credits scene also features Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury). Even the Warriors Three are featured. Ray Stevenson is Volstag, Tadanobu Asano is Hogun and Josh Daniels is Fandril. Of course Stan Lee has a cameo as does J. Michael Straczynski who developed the story.

Actor-director Kenneth Branagh did a better job adapting this than he did Frankenstein.

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God Almighty Bad Thor

ALMIGHTY THOR-2011 -In this stupid made for TV fantasy ("presented" by the SyFy channel) Richard Grieco is a pasty faced Loki and pro wrestler Kevin Nash is Odin! They have a big fight because "the prince of mischief" wants "the hammer of invincibility" that Odin has. During their battle Odin is tricked into killing his eldest son. Then Loki kills Odin but not before the king of the gods sends the hammer to another dimension. It's left to the youngest son named Thor (Cody Deal who had un-credited roles in GET HIM TO THE GREEK and THE HANGOVER before this. From his acting I can see why!)) to retrieve the hammer and defeat the evil Loki who is assisted by several giant CGI like canines. The characters speak mostly modern English ("Just gimmie the hammer, Odin"). Thor meets up with Jarnsaxa (Patricia Velasquez) and they travel to Earth. He and Loki engage in several fights.

It was directed by Christopher Ray, the son of director Fred Olen Ray. You've been warned!

Thanks to Tony for giving me this (it's ok, we're still friends..).


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