yeah but what was the title of the movie called? I had no idea Gorr was going to be in the movie. Didn’t even know who he was since I had quit reading comics before he came around.
This balance of darkness with lots of humor has been around, especially with some Spidey movies (last one for sure). Previous Thor movie - Ragnarok he loses his father Odin, slavery in Sakaar, Warriors Three and Heimdall die, Asgardians being tortured (or inferred), includes topic about PTSD (Valkyrie from losing all her companions), Asgardians lose their world (immigrant topic) and Thor loses one of his eye in a fight. Ragnorak was pretty dark as well but it was perfectly balanced with humor to mask it all.
I enjoyed the movie a lot that’s all I can tell you. My point was this Thor movie was going to have all those funny moments that Batman movies have little of.
edit: Heimdall didn't die in Ragnarok. Thanos killed him. my bad.
The title of the movie, or that you weren't familiar with who the villain was doesn't change what was in the movie, which is what I was judging it on. His name is Gorr, and he is called the God Butcherer.
These movies don't exist in a vacuum, and the last time we saw Thor was after End Game.
I'm not saying you shouldn't have enjoyed the movie. I was just responding to your comment:
It's a comic book movie. Not sure what people expected. A dark gritty movie like Batman??? That wouldn't make any sense at all.
"It's a comic book movie" doesn't mean the movie doesn't have to make sense/have a balanced tone. We've had enough comic book movies to know that they can be goofy, they can be serious, they can be a mix, and many other things.
You used Ragnarok as an example, but that goes to my point.
It IS possible to balance dark subjects and humor. What I am saying is that Love and Thunder DID NOT balance the dark subjects with humor. You never had a chance to really absorb anything because it would be immediately followed by a joke...and 9 out of 10 times..not a good one.
Ragnarok had a lot of things happen, but it was still able to balance those things with humor and entertainment. You had a chance to feel Odin's death and Loki and Thor's feeling. Valkyrie's whole arc made sense and was rewarding in the end. Asgard ending wasn't treated as a joke.
It's not a choice between The Batman or the goofy movie they gave us---there's plenty of in between, and we've already seen Marvel do it--Ragnarok was a good example.
Not to mention the things that just didn't make sense for the larger MCU, or the characters. If Thor knew this magic wish granting deity existed, why didnt he use it against Thanos? Why didn't he give everyone the power of Thor if he can just give it to any random kid? Valkyrie just sits out the final battle...? What? All of the gods were all pricks that don't care about anything? The story was just bad all over.
Also, the device that knocked out Thor in Ragnarok wasn't necessarily electric based just because it zapped him. It's a machine, but they didn't go into the technology behind it--but it'd be pretty safe to assume that an alien world that was controlling beings like Hulk and Thor wasn't using basic human technology.
