Thor Love and Thunder just released on Disney + and while I wouldn’t go out of my way to go watch it, you won’t hate it if you have to sit through it. This isn’t the worst movie on the platform, but it is a mediocre superhero film. It certainly has some solid moments, but there are too many issues with it that make it hard to recommend. If you have nothing better to do, want a family movie night option, or just need some background noise, this can certainly fill a hole.
The movie deals with a Thor who has lost much of his purpose. With his homeland destroyed and his relationship over, Thor roams the universe with the Guardians of the Galaxy in search of a new purpose. This all changes when an entity begins to hunt down and kill the gods of the universe. With the aid of some new and old allies, Thor must put a stop to this new evil before the universe is robbed of all of its gods. Will he be able to save the universe once again? Probably.
This movie was fine, but it is hard to ignore its issues. The acting is good, the music is fantastic, and the villain is great. My issues with this movie are with some of its stylistic and narrative choices. This movie is desperate for a laugh, but not all of the jokes land. It’s hard to sit through a comedy that’s not funny, but at least it is not a Kevin Hart movie.
Another issue I have with this movie is how much it tries to be meta. This isn’t Deadpool, but I did enjoy Matt Damon putting on a play recapping the events of the last movie. That said, it gets old, and it feels out of place. There is an overbearing narrator that only comes in to completely destroy all the tension or change the tone of the movie. There is way too much comic relief in this movie when all I want is cool epic Norse mythology. As a result, the movie will feel slow because nothing happens or the jokes just aren’t funny. They made a mistake trying too hard to make this movie kid-friendly, and the narrative suffers for it. There is a kid-friendly way to tell this story without it being for toddlers. I don’t even want to touch the nauseating moral of the movie that someone believed would be a clever tie-in at the end. It is not.
This movie isn’t all bad though. I loved the villain of this movie, but they didn’t do enough with him. I wish this movie were darker and serious because it plays around with a lot of seriously dark mythology. Instead of leaning into a lot of what makes these gods and mythology cool, they traded it for a goofy overtone that never really works. I wouldn’t mind this movie being a comedy if it was actually funny.
If you have nothing else to watch, sure, why not? But your time is better spent elsewhere. But if you don’t believe me, you can watch it on Disney+.
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Nice review! I had very similar thoughts – one of my biggest gripes is they didn’t use Gorr the God Butcher more advantageously. Christian Bale was marvelous but he needed way more screen time.
That was my biggest gripe as well. They would sort of forget about him, but when he showed up, it was amazing! He deserved way more screen time! Thanks for reading!
I watched it on Saturday evening at the invitation of my adult sons. I found it too silly for enjoyment but always appreciate spending time with my sons.
I get that, I watched it because my wife wanted to watch it. She liked it a lot better than I did, but it was fun watching it with her. I agree though, it was way too silly.
Ok, don’t block me yet😉, but I have never watched a marvel movie. But, I’ll really look forward to this one.
I won’t block you for this, I only watch marvel movies because I have to. The better ones are Sheng Chi and the Guardians of the Galaxy ones. Doctor strange 2 was cool, but the story wasn’t very good.
My take away from the movie is Dr Jane Foster and Mjölnir. https://butungislayp.wordpress.com/2022/07/30/broken-mjolnir/
and Christian Bale is always lit.