I really liked the intro of the frost giants in Norway at the beginning. Nice touch of reminding audiences of the mythological Norse connections. The frost giants freezing and killing the humans was light weight disturbing for some reason.

Everything on Asgard was amazing. The costume design, the set design, the special effects. It all worked so well.

Loki was a very good villain. Not the typical "Bwahahaha," baddie but you could somewhat empathize with him. I like that even though he was evil, his plan wasn't actually to kill his father. I thought it was and didn't see it coming that it was all an elaborate plot to impress his father.

Hemsworth was perfect.

Heimdale was very cool. He really had that presence as an all seeing and hearing sentinel. He looked pretty bad ass too.
The comedy scenes were nice. Darcy was cute and funny ("Who's meow meow?")

ONLY THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE...
The Hawkeye cameo. What could have been a little nod was, imo, a little too much. I think that scene would have been more effective had it been just a regular sniper.

The music got just a little cheesy for a bit when Thor gets his hammer back.

You can always count on The Asylum for a good laugh or two. Each and every one of their shamelessly low-budget “mockbusters” seems to take great pride in delivering the cheapest and cheesiest thrills for the money, and I’ve yet to be disappointed with any of their recent efforts. Not surprisingly, director Christopher Ray’s SyFy original outing “Almighty Thor” has been scheduled for release around the same time that Kenneth Branagh’s big budget comic book adaptation “Thor” bows in theaters across North America. “Almighty Thor” is just as genuinely awful as I thought it would be, but as you well know, that’s precisely what I was hoping for. However, instead of mining the comic book for material, the filmmakers choose to plant their roots in the actual mythology surrounding the titular titan. Sneaky, sneaky.

Newcomer Cody Deal portrays the whiny, snot-nosed son of Odin (Kevin Nash), the latter of whom is currently in the midst of a very bloody war with the villainous Loki (Richard Grieco). Apparently this pasty middle-aged goth lord is highly interested in getting his sweaty little palms all over a magical hammer, which he will use to destroy the Tree of Life. However, before he can acquire said mystical weapon, Odin sends it hurtling into another dimension. Loki, understandably irritated with the whole scenario, savagely murders the old God and Thor’s bald, badass brother in a fit of rage. Upon discovering their bloodless corpses, Thor cries for a few brief moments before declaring revenge on the otherworldly demon who butchered his family. In order to prepare for the inevitable showdown, our hero teams up with a sexy warrior named Jarnsaxa (Patricia Velasquez), who desperately wishes to train the big blonde bozo for the fight of his life.

The first half of “Almighty Thor” is as follows: Thor whines about the death of his loved ones and claims profusely that he wants to kill Loki. Jarnsaxa informs him that he’s not yet ready to face his foe, and the pair run deeper into the forest. Loki, meanwhile, keeps taunting Thor, and sometimes he shows up to harass him face-to-face. A sword fight breaks out, Thor loses, Loki laughs and/or screams, and the whole processes is repeated once more. There’s also a fair amount of slow motion, a few shots that are used more than once, and a heaping helping of bargain basement CGI. It’s not until the 40-minute mark that Thor’s monotonous and occasionally-confusing adventures lead him into the land of the humans. And by the land of the humans, of course, I mean Los Angeles. And by Los Angeles, I mean a few back alleyways and a couple of warehouse parking lots.

Cody Deal channels both Luke Skywalker and Napoleon Dynamite for his portrayal of Thor, a combination that is almost lethal to the entire production. For the first half-hour, I really wanted Loki to beat the absolute crap out of the empty-headed bastard. Then a funny thing happened: Cody Deal’s annoying turn was eclipsed by the scenery-chewing powers of Richard Grieco. The “If Looks Could Kill” alumni’s pasty white mug often wears a wide variety of genuinely frightening expressions, all of which are accompanied by a limited selection of generic dialogue. The script, meanwhile, is a hodgepodge of tired action cliches, familiar sword and sorcery conventions, and mythological terminology gleaned from a quite perusal of Wikipedia. Then again, what do you expect from a concept created by someone who wrote “Snakes on a Train”. That’s right — “Snakes on a Train“.

But who am I kidding? I eat this sort of low-rent lunacy for breakfast with a big wooden spoon. “Almighty Thor” is schlock cinema at its finest, a cheap, unabashedly stupid action flick that will surely get plenty of free advertising from its association with a certain Hollywood blockbuster. Anyone expecting anything more from Christopher Ray’s impossibly campy romp is seriously barking up the wrong cinematic tree. There’s not a single drop of quality buried anywhere throughout the production; even the giant hellhounds aren’t very inspired or well-designed. But that’s precisely what I’d hoped “Almighty Thor” would deliver, and I couldn’t be happier with the end result. Hell, I wouldn’t even mind sitting down with a sequel. Assuming, of course, they can get Cody Deal and Richard Grieco to reprise their roles. I wouldn’t have the tale of Thor or Loki told any other way.

so what is the box at the end of the credits and how does Loki play into it? Does this mean he can control anyone at will now? or just the doctor?