To say I'm disappointed is a massive understatement. A fan of the comic and characters that this storyline was based upon, but able to disassociate myself from the necessity that the storyline must be copied identically, Thor: Love and Thunder takes everything from Ragnarok and triples down on it. Where the humour in Ragnarok was palatable, this film hits you over the head with certain reoccurring themes - just to make sure you understand the joke that Taika Waititi is going for. There's a weird unexplainable adjustment in this film, it never feels like a Thor film, it also never feels like it gets going until Christian Bale is on screen. There's a weird throughline involving kids, that never feels relevant or important enough to move the film along. And often the film just bypasses the established rules for the sake of convenience.
While Bale (and Portman as well) are fantastic, they are hindered by an incomplete film that makes up rules as it goes along. Maybe I'm over the MCU format. The stories and the characters I've loved have started to feel meaningless.
Shout by TheLazyReviewerBlockedParent2022-07-06T12:49:41Z
To say I'm disappointed is a massive understatement. A fan of the comic and characters that this storyline was based upon, but able to disassociate myself from the necessity that the storyline must be copied identically, Thor: Love and Thunder takes everything from Ragnarok and triples down on it. Where the humour in Ragnarok was palatable, this film hits you over the head with certain reoccurring themes - just to make sure you understand the joke that Taika Waititi is going for. There's a weird unexplainable adjustment in this film, it never feels like a Thor film, it also never feels like it gets going until Christian Bale is on screen. There's a weird throughline involving kids, that never feels relevant or important enough to move the film along. And often the film just bypasses the established rules for the sake of convenience.
While Bale (and Portman as well) are fantastic, they are hindered by an incomplete film that makes up rules as it goes along. Maybe I'm over the MCU format. The stories and the characters I've loved have started to feel meaningless.