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

[Streeter]

Was alright not great but decent. I was hoping they would of done Eternity a little better.

Was better thsn the first 2 but levels worse thsn Ragnorak.

 

[Hitman81]

I didn't read any spoilers going in but I did listen to some general reviews which I think was a good thing because they brought my expectations down to reality.

That said I don't really even agree with most of the criticisms

Gore being underused? Christian Bale was excellent but I thought he was used adequately. I'd love to see some of his cut scenes but I wouldn't describe him as underused.

Too much comedy/overused gags. Ragnarok was just as silly and people loved it for it. I thought the use of comedy was appropriate and funny.

And as someone who generally hates children in movies I thought they were fine. Not great but not terrible or cringeworthy.

My only real criticism is I thought the pacing in third act was a little poor and the last two big action scenes could have been condensed into one.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: July 10, 2022

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Opens to Thunderous $143 Million in the U.S. and $302 Million Globally

Marvel and Disney’s Thor: Love and Thunder added further fuel to the summer box office rally with a domestic opening of $143 million, the best showing of the standalone franchise starring Chris Hemsworth as the hammer-wielding superhero.

The pic opened in line with expectations in North America, where it scored the third-best opening of the pandemic era behind Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260 million) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($187.4 million).

Thor: Love and Thunder also did well overseas, earning $159 million from the international box office for a global start of $302 million.

The Disney and Marvel movie is a direct sequel to Thor: Ragnarok — both were directed by the maverick filmmaker Taika Waititi — and is the fourth entry in the Thor standalone franchise. It’s also the 29th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe empire of titles.

The Thor films have never been known for mega-openings. Ragnorok fared the best at $122.7 million in 2017. The first Thor debuted to $65.7 million in 2011, followed by $85.7 million for Thor: The Dark World in 2013.

Audiences gave Thor: Love and Thunder a B+ CinemaScore, compared to an A for Ragnorak.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...ove-and-thunder-box-offic-opening-1235177814/

 

[Anung Un Rama]

I can see this won’t be a popular opinion but

Spoiler

I thought Thor empowering the young Agardians and them demolishing the shadow monsters wasn’t bad at all

haha.

At that point the movie already sucked, and the kids as a plot point was completely stupid, but I also enjoyed that scene.

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

Damn, I wonder if it could pull 1.5 B globally.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Update: July 10, 2022

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Opens to Thunderous $143 Million in the U.S. and $302 Million Globally

Marvel and Disney’s Thor: Love and Thunder added further fuel to the summer box office rally with a domestic opening of $143 million, the best showing of the standalone franchise starring Chris Hemsworth as the hammer-wielding superhero.

The pic opened in line with expectations in North America, where it scored the third-best opening of the pandemic era behind Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260 million) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($187.4 million).

Thor: Love and Thunder also did well overseas, earning $159 million from the international box office for a global start of $302 million.

The Disney and Marvel movie is a direct sequel to Thor: Ragnarok — both were directed by the maverick filmmaker Taika Waititi — and is the fourth entry in the Thor standalone franchise. It’s also the 29th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe empire of titles.

The Thor films have never been known for mega-openings. Ragnorok fared the best at $122.7 million in 2017. The first Thor debuted to $65.7 million in 2011, followed by $85.7 million for Thor: The Dark World in 2013.

Audiences gave Thor: Love and Thunder a B+ CinemaScore, compared to an A for Ragnorak.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...ove-and-thunder-box-offic-opening-1235177814/

I'm an OG MCU fan. But if people keep consuming bad product - thank you, Stan Edger - like this, Disney will have no incentive to produce high quality films like No Way Home, Civil War etc. Just slap Marvel on whatever glitter-sprinkled turd you like and you'll still make a profit.

You know things have gotten bad when someone like me, who's been on the MCU train since it pulled out of the station in '08, can see the problem.

 

[Busgosu]

UFC MCU is dying bro!

 

[SammyPops]

more phase 4 weak sauce from the MCU.

Not sure how the MUC has fallen off so much.

 

[heavyarms21]

Damn, I wonder if it could pull 1.5 B globally.

No it's opening wasn't as good as Doctor Strange 2 and that is laboring to get to 1B.

 

[D3THRONED]

movie sucked. phase 4 sucks dick.

 

[method115]

They handled the Jane as thor better than I thought. I enjoyed all of that. Gorr just seemed like a secondary part of the movie more than a real threat was probably my biggest issue with the movie.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

i put this movie slightly above the new doc strange movie - was good, has some rewatch factor, unlike black panther, captain marvel, shangchi, eternals......

 

[D3THRONED]

I might be done with these movies tbh. This second half has been incredibly underwhelming. They're just bad movies.
As a movie I actually think Eternals was the best made of the bunch, but who the fuck cares about the Eternals? NOBODY.
And if we're being honest with ourselves No Way Home was only cool because of what we brought to the movie, not so much what they put on the screen. IMO

This. No Way Home is extremely overrated. People just freak out over the 3 spider mans in the same movie. Shit was awfully written and villains were a total snooze fest. Movie wasn't bad but it didn't come close to meeting my expectations. They just played to peoples nostalgia and of course they are suckers for that shit.

 

[Zazen]

This. No Way Home is extremely overrated. People just freak out over the 3 spider mans in the same movie. Shit was awfully written and villains were a total snooze fest. Movie wasn't bad but it didn't come close to meeting my expectations. They just played to peoples nostalgia and of course they are suckers for that shit.

To be honest, I liked No Way Home walking out of the theaters. Once, I actually sat down and digested over the course of the next few days to a week I realized that it actually has nothing really interesting going on. It went from an 8/10 to a 6/10 for me. You're right, all that movie has going for it is nostalgia. I actually like the second one better with Mysterio. I think No Way Home will age poorly as people realize it was pretty shallow.

 

[PEB]

Christian Bale gave high praise to Natalie Portman transformation to Thor and said her physical presence was very intimidating in some parts and he said he did not take it lightly. He said she was quite a bit bigger from her past parts and she had develop muscle on her frame. He did not mention she's 41 and packing on pounds of muscle is not that easy lol. She did say she put on a lot of weight and they cut down as filming was about to start very similar to how bodybuilders add size before shows. So it was not as much digital as many people thought but I doubt they will use her again. Even though she went to valhalla there is nothing stopping her return but in another body according to someone who has expertise in MCU cannon.

 

[Herwald]

UFC MCU is dying bro!

Fertittas conned Kev Feige.

more phase 4 weak sauce from the MCU.

Not sure how the MUC has fallen off so much.

It's almost as if they're relegating the characters and actors people actually wanna see into secondary and background roles.

 

[Corona]

I read an article on my phone today that pointed out that Phase 4 has already produced 55 hours worth of viewing. And is still no nearer to a coherent through-line. All of Phases 1 - 3 had Thanos and Infinity War/Endgame as it's focus. Even movies that didn't directly advance the story arc had an effect on the main characters that paid off in the final movies.

In Phase 4, so far, there's no sense of moving towards a final goal. No overarching Big Bad. Thanos had already been mentioned or shown in multiple films before Infinity War. Kang, if he is the next Big Bad, has only appeared in Loki. And then died. We haven't even seen his Variant yet.

the big bad is toxic masculinity and white supremacy. At a strength so high that it can only be defeated by epic heroes such as falcon, Kate bishop, ms marvel, she hulk, America chavez and Gorrs daughter.

 

[JBSchroeds]

Just stopping by to get a feel of the reviews and...damn. I had very little interest in this, I hate Waititi's sense of humor (laughed maybe twice in Ragnarok, had to turn What we do in the Shadows off after 20 minutes), and it sounds like not only is it an unfunny cringefest, it's also a poorly written mess. Seeing the hate this is getting from some of you MCU stalwarts sure is shocking.

 

[hohner]

I thought it was pretty decent. The Thor and his weapons as if they're in a relationship got stale real fast. Fat Russel as Zeus was funny, but the accent was pretty terrible imo. Bale was good as Voldemort. I think my biggest complaint is that he seemed like one of the darkest villains to date, but the movie was so lighthearted it never really felt like it mattered. That character in a darker film would've been pretty awesome imo

 

[Jesus X]

Is one of the characters non binary or trans in this film?