Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now inexplicably wields Mjolnir as the Relatively Mighty Girl Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.

As usual for the MCU, ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ is a good watch. I did want more from it, though.

Chris Hemsworth remains the star of the show, I’m adding nothing new by saying he is just perfect for the role. Tessa Thompson, Taika Waititi and Natalie Portman all make for good support. Christian Bale is also someone I enjoyed, I like the look of his character but kinda felt that I wanted to see more of him – it’s like we see a beginning and an end, but part of me feels like we coulda had something in-between.

The special effects are solid, as is the music; even if the track choices aren’t the most creative. I probably would’ve shortened the run time a little, though that isn’t anything all that noteworthy to be honest. There are some funny moments in there, which is always something I expect from a Taika Waititi flick.

Marvel is thinking too big picture and they’ve stopped focusing on the smaller picture. Ever since they started really getting into connecting the entire marvel cinematic universe, the quality of their individual movies has gone down. It’s disappointing because I know they can produce a good movie. They are looking at a complete puzzle and they’ve stopped focusing on the details of the puzzle pieces. You should be able to watch any marvel movie/ tv show on its own, and it should be enjoyable. But that’s not the case anymore. You almost have to watch every single thing they release, and that’s less entertaining and more like a full time job.

Thor is one of my favorite superheroes in their universe, but this movie was a flop. I was excited when they released the title and commercial because I thought it would be more 70s/80s themed. There was hardly any reference to that theme at all. The humor was geared towards children, yet some of the scenes boarded on too in appropriate for kids. The best part of the movie was the stupid goats and that’s not saying much because they were annoying.

As for me and my own personal Thor ranking, this – like the 2011 original (also 3) – isn’t one of my favourites (fwiw, I enjoy ‘Thor: The Dark World’ and ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ (both 4) way more) but it’s still a fun enough time that I’d recommend it.