Worst Supporting Actor for sure this Zeus portrayal is unfaithful to the comics and a total bastardisation of Greek Pantheon
shareI also felt that they did Zeus a disservice. In the comics, he is a bad a$$! In the comics, he easily beat the Hulk in hand to hand combat. In fact he nearly killed him!
shareHe was hilarious. You're not taking into consideration the TONE of the movie.
shareYes. The tone, to me, was, Thor is a dumba$$ and a clown, but Zeus is a bigger clown. They could have gone a slightly different way. Like Zeus receives the heroes cordially, and he and Thor talk quietly by themselves while the others interact with the other gods.
Then, Thor and the others leave because Zeus tells Thor, that, out of respect for the late Odin, he will send his strongest warrior to help them, (and that is where we meet HERCULES) but that he will not endager any of his subjects or other Gods.
None of this fighting each other and Thor KILLING Zeus (albeit temporarily)
I wish Russell Crowe had been allowed to act more like Maximus (from Gladiator), then I think we would have gotten a much better Zeus.
Yes, because Marvels Asgard is a carbon copy of the Norse pantheon and totally not a bastardised version.
As an actual Norse person, I'm just glad someone else thinks our old Gods are cool and interesting. Kinda like the Japanese likes that we like ninjas, geishas and samurai.
I thought he was amazing. I mean, it was SUPPOSED to be bad, right? It seemed like they were intentionally trying to take the piss out of Zeus in the most ruthless way possible. If it wasn't meant that way, it sure came off that way. I thought that sequence was actually pretty funny. Crowe is an oscar winning acclaimed actor. He was clearly trying to be as bad as possible.
shareWhoa,... I knew people did not like the way the character was portrayed after seeing the movie just one time and leaving the theatre people spoke about how bad he was. I thought he was just average. Really did not think he was this bad. That is quite a shame, Russell is usually really good or great in a lot of movies I've seen him in.
shareI enjoyed the Crowe performance quite a lot.
Zues was a dummy that couldn’t keep his dick in his pants.
Imagine being the god of the weather, and thunder and lightening would crash down upon your command and you were The Lord of an army of mighty Titans!
Zeus mostly just tried to screw everyone he met…What a worthless god that sad fuck was.
I liked Crowe in the role, he was really good 👍
Strange portrayal. An Italian caricature of a Greek God. It's a me Zeus.
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