Thor: Love and Thunder **BEWARE SPOILERS**

[Ropen]

7/10, it was good but honestly they forced too many jokes every 10 minutes.

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[ironwez20]

Holy crap!

What i’m about to say is very specific to me and my family.

Because of my cancer this movie did a number on my wife enough so that our son felt down and sad while watching it.

A very emotional evening for us including me obviously.

It was a very personal movie for us.

So yes i’m tainted and biased now oh well such is life.

The love story at the center of this movie is very powerful and moving not a dry eye in the theater.

Few other thoughts.

Movie is not woke I repeat not woke AT ALL!

Thor is NOT emasculated AT ALL!

Thor is super powerful and never put in his place by Mighty Thor or any other woman AT ALL!

I went into this expecting a movie 100% ruined by humor and that is not the case at all the humor complaints are being blown way out of proportion and the humor that is there is very naturally presented.

The black and white sequence looked cool!

Movie has a ton of heart!

Go see it.

Hmmm interesting. I’ll catch it on Disney plus then

 

[jye4ever]

My favorite genre movies for 2022 so far are:

1. TGM/TB tied
2. Thor
3. DS2

I think that’s a pretty fair and accurate assessment.

 

[RavenAsh]

Hope everything is well with your family @jye4ever, glad to hear this movie was so touching for you, but still hope you all are well.

Spoiler

I absolutely agree on something @e30ernest said- the first 1/4 is super weird because there's two of the more heartfelt scenes in the movie surrounded by Guardians/Thor/Korg banter. Once the storylines converge it gets far better but I really wonder if the Bale stuff missing is from this first act, which could have really balanced the tone out a bit more. I also didn't mind the tonal shift in the second half because it adds to something Jane says at the beginning, 'once people know they look at you differently'. Everyone involved did an amazing job in portraying the strength of Jane when she's Mighty Thor, and also the heartbreak when she's not. It's no surprise why Portman returned for this story.

I think I loved that Thor and Jane truly become a team throughout the movie, only together can they hope to win the day. Thor's worthiness of Mjolnir is never actually under question- he's truly just trying to find his place in the world, and by the midpoint I think he's really understood that balance between mortal and god better than in any of the previous films. Their love is extremely touching to me because I really have always loved their connection in Thor 1, and I love how the ending choice Jane makes really parallels well with the heartbreak she felt when he left her behind there.

Yeah unabashedly love it personally but it's definitely proving to be quite divisive online.

 

[ironwez20]

Honestly this year has been very crap for movies this year for me. I only went to go see Batman and sonic. Lol. Mom didn’t look to appealing and love and thunder just ain’t worth it. Although mom was entertaining on Disney plus it wasn’t the movie I expected it to be.

 

[e30ernest]

Also really wonderful that Chris' real life kids had roles to play in this movie. I heard Natalie's, Christian's and Taika's kid were in here too (I did not spot them though).

 

[Bleah]

Honestly this year has been very crap for movies this year for me. I only went to go see Batman and sonic. Lol. Mom didn’t look to appealing and love and thunder just ain’t worth it. Although mom was entertaining on Disney plus it wasn’t the movie I expected it to be.

Top Gun Maverick will solve your issues.

 

[jye4ever]

I agree with this. As I mentioned before, I did not find Thor to be emasculated at all. He's not a dumb oaf here too. He's every bit as intelligent and capable as ever.

Once you get through the first 1/4 of the movie, things shift to a more serious tone and everything starts falling into place. This is now my favorite MCU film of Phase 4, ahead of NWH and Multiverse of Madness.

I'm watching this again next week for a charity screening with my kids. Can't wait!

Edit: missed the part about your wife's cancer. I hope she was ok Jye.

That’s ok apology not required.

Actually my wife doesn’t have cancer I do but she lost her best friend to it.

I’m doing good though thank you and Raven for asking.

 

[Rotfish]

7/10, it was good but honestly they forced too many jokes every 10 minutes.

Soooo it's an MCU movie.

 

[e30ernest]

The goats are now two of my favorite MCU characters.

 

[jye4ever]

Don’t read it will ruin the movie!!!

But LOL at Thor

Spoiler

sending kids into battle wtf lol

.

 

[pixletwin]

Just saw it. Strong 5 to low 6 out of 10 for me. It was like an SNL sketch making fun of Thor and, like many an SNL sketch, the jokes either were overplayed and too often fell flat.

I loved Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit. But I am worried that Taika is helming the next Star Wars movie(s) after seeing this.

 

[TheeWanderer]

SO much better than Multiverse of Madness.

 

[jye4ever]

Just saw it. Strong 5 to low 6 out of 10 for me. It was like an SNL sketch making fun of Thor and, like many an SNL sketch, the jokes either were overplayed and too often fell flat.

I loved Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit. But I am worried that Taika is helming the next Star Wars movie(s) after seeing this.

Lets face it the build up to IW/EG this is not.

 

[Rotfish]

Is Beta Ray Bill (or any reference to him) in this movie? Feel free to respond either way with spoiler tags.

 

[e30ernest]

Is Beta Ray Bill (or any reference to him) in this movie? Feel free to respond either way with spoiler tags.

Spoiler

Nope. Not that I saw.

 

[Ropen]

Soooo it's an MCU movie.

It’s borderline slapstick/SNL to be honest, in the previous movies it was decent, even in The saddest scenes they threw some joke that killed the mood. They could had tone the MCU humor to 85% at least, this movie felt like 150%.

 

[greygoose]

But I am worried that Taika is helming the next Star Wars movie(s) after seeing this.

I keep getting reminded of this. I always thought it was a joke however it looks like it's really going to happen. I have no idea of what to expect, from Taika or what Disney want from it.

 

[The Entity]

I went to see it last night and I loved it! Turns out my expectations and worries were unfounded.

I expected Thor to be pushed to the back while Jane would be the hero of the film. I expected Thor to die, so Jane could keep going forward as the character. I expected the Greek (and many other) gods to be killed by Gorr to show how powerful he is...

But none of that happened...

What we actually got was:

• Thor still being the main character in his own movie. He was strong, brave and intelligent, but also funny and a bit of a goofball like he was in Ragnarok.
• Jane being awesome and having a great, but sad, storyline. For a moment I thought Thor would be te one to make the wish in the end and he would wish to have her cured. The way it actually ended was way better and much more powerful.
• Loved the idea of Thor having a "daughter" now. I got goosebumps when the Korg voiceover said they are now known as Love and Thunder. Gives the title a whole new meaning.
• I ended actually liking Valkyrie, whereas I wasn't a big fan of her in the previous films.
• Loved the first bit of Thor fighting alongside the Guardians!
• Gorr was an awesome villain. It was good to see the backstory about how he became the way he is. He looked very creepy in the scenes where his eyes glowed in the dark.
• Great music selection.
• Russell Crowe was awesome. Loved the way he walked down the little stairs, holding his skirt

So yeah, I had a great time and I'm already planning on seeing it a second time.

 

[TheeWanderer]

It’s borderline slapstick/SNL to be honest, in the previous movies it was decent, even in The saddest scenes they threw some joke that killed the mood. They could had tone the MCU humor to 85% at least, this movie felt like 150%.

Uhhh. Maybe you walked into the wrong theatre.