Movies THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (Dragonlord's Review)

If you have seen THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, how would you rate it?

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mantis_fist said:
Seeing how Doctor Strange was big disappointment along with Disney pushing their agenda, this will definitely getting streamed.
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I'm on the fence at the moment. But only because Bale's Gorr might be worth seeing on the big screen.
 
armbarforhire said:
No there are lots of films left considered to be phase 4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_Phase_Four

Black Panther 2 (with no Tchalla, mayan Namor and maybe the introduction of Dr Doom)
Ant-man & Wasp
Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Marvels (because no one demanded a Captain and Ms team up)
Fantastic Four

Deadpool and Blade are supposed to be phase 5.
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lmao I’m scared for blade. They’ll probably have him and the vampires he’s chasing be a bunch of watered down pussies with jokes shoehorned into every scene smh.
 
Corona said:
lmao I’m scared for blade. They’ll probably have him and the vampires he’s chasing be a bunch of watered down pussies with jokes shoehorned into every scene smh.
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Ali is a legit A-List actor. He's also pushing 50. So the fight scenes will be difficult to sell, especially when he's being compared to Prime Snipes. There's only so much that stunt double can do.
 
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Herwald said:
He was getting ready to play the Hulkster in a Hulk Hogan biopic. Once "Joker 2" is done filming, apparently they'll try again.

https://screenrant.com/hulk-hogan-movie-biopic-updates-chris-hemsworth/

They CGI'd her muscles on. Serious.
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Well if you read your own link -- it's fans who thinks that he was preparing for Hulk Hogan movie. I doubt it -- they were filming Thor in Winter of 2021 while there were no news/announcements/updates about shooting of Hulk Hogan movie. Like, they announced it in 2019 and writer in September of 2021 had some update about script. Movie is unnamed and doesn't have any actors aside from Hemsworth announced.
armbarforhire said:
No there are lots of films left considered to be phase 4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_Phase_Four

Black Panther 2 (with no Tchalla, mayan Namor and maybe the introduction of Dr Doom)
Ant-man & Wasp
Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Marvels (because no one demanded a Captain and Ms team up)
Fantastic Four

Deadpool and Blade are supposed to be phase 5.
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From what I've seen Blade is gonna start filming this Autumn and people think that spot of unnannounced November 2023 movie is for Blade. Also there were news that someone like production set designer were hired for Deadpool 3 and usually people like that are hired few months before filming starts. Plus, Deadpool 3 has director, writers, Reynolds -- Fantastic Four has no actors, no director and no writer.
 
Feniamin said:
Well if you read your own link -- it's fans who thinks that he was preparing for Hulk Hogan movie. I doubt it -- they were filming Thor in Winter of 2021 while there were no news/announcements/updates about shooting of Hulk Hogan movie. Like, they announced it in 2019 and writer in September of 2021 had some update about script. Movie is unnamed and doesn't have any actors aside from Hemsworth announced.

From what I've seen Blade is gonna start filming this Autumn and people think that spot of unnannounced November 2023 movie is for Blade. Also there were news that someone like production set designer were hired for Deadpool 3 and usually people like that are hired few months before filming starts. Plus, Deadpool 3 has director, writers, Reynolds -- Fantastic Four has no actors, no director and no writer.
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Hemsworth said the reason he's so jacked is he was under an extended period of lockdown in Australia. In his words, "All I could do was train, eat and rest". It turned out to be the perfect training camp.
 
Feniamin said:
Well if you read your own link -- it's fans who thinks that he was preparing for Hulk Hogan movie. I doubt it -- they were filming Thor in Winter of 2021 while there were no news/announcements/updates about shooting of Hulk Hogan movie. Like, they announced it in 2019 and writer in September of 2021 had some update about script. Movie is unnamed and doesn't have any actors aside from Hemsworth announced.
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Hey, man, all I know is what has been said on the news by Chris himself.
https://netflixjunkie.com/hulk-hogan-upcoming-netflix-biopic-played-by-chris-hemsworth/

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/...k-hogan-physical-transformation-a4489841.html



Now everyone's saying the production just hasn't started yet. Who knows what investors pulled out once the global shindig started. But it certainly seemed like he was prepping for it.
 
Thor is a boring character. They tried to make him fun by turning him into a goof and it's backfiring. The Hulk made Ragnarok watchable and I had a feeling this one would be back to missable like the first two Thor movies were.
 
KnightTemplar said:
Hemsworth said the reason he's so jacked is he was under an extended period of lockdown in Australia. In his words, "All I could do was train, eat and rest". It turned out to be the perfect training camp.
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I'm sure it was just chicken and broccoli he was consuming.
 
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KnightTemplar said:
Of course. Not that I care. He's not competing in a sport, so he can do whatever he likes.
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I got cranky during the Congressional hearings regarding PEDs in baseball. The reason being that the chairman of the committee, Henry Waxman, claimed that he needed to go after baseball players because "children look up to them". Mind you, Waxman literally represented the district that includes Hollywood. I wonder why he didn't go after Hollywood for the same reason "children look up to them."
 
Dragonlordxxxxx said:
Update: July 5, 2022

Dragonlord’s Review of THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (Minor Spoilers)

Bottom Line: Thor: Love and Thunder doesn’t live up to expectations but it was still a decent, fast-paced entertaining sequel with a promising set-up with poor story execution that just fails to stick the landing.

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After revitalizing the Thor franchise with one of the best MCU films - Thor: Ragnarok, director Taika Waititi returns with Thor: Love and Thunder. Unfortunately, lightning doesn’t strike twice as the fourth installment fumbles due to poor story execution despite a promising build-up.

One of the major reasons why Ragnarok was so much successful than Love and Thunder probably boils down to one of the most underrated elements in comic book cinema – the writers. Ragnarok was written by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher L. Yost which all three combined have more than a dozen superhero writing to their credits. For Love and Thunder, Waititi mainly wrote the story himself with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson polishing it and neither of the two have any superhero writing credits under their belt. This situation is similar to how Patty Jenkins was given free rein to do whatever she wanted in Wonder Woman 1984 with disastrous results.

Adapted (but not so well) from Jason Aaron’s run on The Mighty Thor comic book, Thor has to stop Gorr the God Butcher from killing all the gods. Odinson recruits King Valkyrie, Korg and his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster who now wields the newly reformed Mjolnir and is now the Mighty Thor. Together, they have to travel to Omnipotent City to ask the gods for help in stopping Gorr and save the Asgardians kids that have been kidnapped by the God Butcher.

Chris Hemsworth looks more jacked up than ever before but there’s just something about the characterization of Thor in here that I found off-putting. Oftentimes it doesn’t feel like he’s the main character, like he’s still stuck being portrayed as a buffoon from Avengers: Endgame. He always says something clumsy and idiotic that feels too forced. Sure, the character was also the butt of many jokes in Ragnarok but it was tempered with many redeeming cool and heroic moments that made him feel like he was still the leading man. In short, they Joey’d Thor.

Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor was fun and I have to give her props for putting in the work at the gym to look the part. Her backstory from being a cancer patient to how she gained the power of Thor and how her arc resolved were done satisfyingly. She and Hemsworth always had good chemistry together and the flashback scenes when they were still dating were adorable.

From the unique look and intense performance, Christian Bale was magnificent as Gorr the God Butcher. His origin story was told splendidly but some of the scenes they gave him later were not really good. For a being called God Butcher, we didn’t get to see much butchering. It would have been awesome to see Gorr slay a few more gods before going up against Thor, similar to how Hela got to have that badass fight scene with the Asgardian army in Ragnarok. Gorr's master plan also seemed trite and misuses a comic book character turning it into a magical genie.

My favorite part was the Shadow Realm scene where all the bright colors were drained and it’s mostly black and white (did Zack Snyder direct this?). The noir-ish imageries looked amazing with each frame fit for a screen grab. There were some scary moments in here and made me wish that the film was a bit more serious like this. The opening action scene with Thor kicking major ass was great as well. The visual design for Omnipotence City was gorgeous and it was nice to see the other gods as well with Russell Crowe hamming it up (figuratively and literally) as Zeus was another high point. The return of the Asgardian theater troupe with a new cast member was hilarious as well.

Similar to Ragnarok, Taika infuses Love and Thunder with a metal motif from its font to its song selection with a Guns N’ Roses theme as four of their songs are featured. I hope I get to see someday an INXS theme soundtrack for a young superhero film. Thor has three costumes in the movie and I love all of them. I’ve always wanted to see Thor with a fur cape or fur shoulder accessory and I finally get to see it here.

Thor: Love and Thunder doesn’t live up to expectations but it was still a decent, fast-paced entertaining sequel with a promising set-up that just fails to stick the landing. The film could have used an extra 20 minutes to flesh out some of the characters. The ending climax involving the children was so… childish and cheesy that it almost ruins the entire movie for me and forces me to deduct its movie rating. Not too thrilled with Thor’s ending as well because it felt too abrupt (I’m conflicted about this and needs a second viewing). Stick around for two post-credits scenes.

PRELIMINARY RATING: 6.5/10

The mid-credit scene reveals Zeus is still alive and vowing vengeance on Thor and to make the humans fear the gods again. We then see Hercules, played by Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein. On paper it’s a terrible choice as the actor is too short to play the Olympian powerhouse. But he seemed tall and ripped in his appearance (CGI or camera trick?), so there’s a chance this might not suck after all? Needs a second viewing to be sure.

The post-credits scene shows Jane Foster arriving in Valhalla where Heimdall (Idris Elba) welcomes her. I dunno why but Heimdall looked odd with him seemingly lost weight. A second viewing is again needed.
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So rarity for me but yeah I'm rating it lower than you for the 1st time. The attempt at "Comedy" was excessive. Also while Korg was the surprise Gem of Ragnarok, he was terrible in this one.

The Best part of this was Christian Bale as Gorr
even if there were times where his Gorr tried to channela version of a Joker, ultimately he is was the correct part of menacing sympathetic for me.
I hated the Chldren actors in this , they were not charming at all to me and that scene with them powered up was super eye roll to me.

The Twist Victory at the end feels wasted because the over all movie didn't earn that moment, maybe because it's been years but to me Portman and Hemsworth don't Have natural chemistry
 
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Dragon is right, that ending sucked.

Fun movie but a lot of ?huh? moments.

6.5

Id still recommend it, but i can understand some loving it and some hating it.
 
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