Lackingthe overall freshness that defined the previous movie, "Thor: Love and Thunder" is better with its bolder, dramatic sequences that are like mini movies about how love comes with the price of loss. Gorr is introduced in a harrowing piece of bubble gum Ingmar Bergman, cradling his dead child and renouncing his god before killing him THOR(2014) #2 is really turning more and more suspicious for my point of view..but its greatly enjoyablePublishe AfterYang (2022) - Film Review. This film held me in an enraptured state from the opening shot to the final credits. In fact, the opening credit sequence is one of the most fun and engaging openings to a film in recent memory. This is juxtaposed by the final shot of the film, leading into the end credits, which packs a tremendously emotional Thor Love And Thunder Movie Review: Critics Rating: 3.5 stars, click to give your rating/review,This genre fluid romcom is helluva fun but also underwhelming in scale for a Marvel film. Nggakcuma diharapkan film ini bukan cuma Thor: Ragnarok part 2 (alias mengulang formula kocak-kocakan yang sama), tapi juga Thor jadi superhero MCU pertama yang punya empat film. Penyelamat Taika adalah Christian Bale. Aktingnya sebagai Gorr the God Butcher bikin film ini bukan sekedar karya komedi belaka. Filmini termasuk film yang terlaris pada tahun 2013 dan mendapatkan keuntungan lebih dari $644.000.000. Jarak antara film Thor 2 ke 3 cukup lama, yaitu 4 tahun. Thor: Ragnarok (film ke-3 Thor) rilis pada November 2017. Anyway, film Thor 2 ini cukup menghibur menurut saya, karena walau judulnya The Dark World, film ini tidak terlalu 'gelap'. Thor#2 Review. She be worthy. By The David F. Sandberg-directed film, a sequel to the 2019 film Shazam!, continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word fqr9. Welcome to the world of Asgard, where everyone's got 99 problems. Thor is busy drowning his post-breakup blues he left Natalie Portman behind on Earth by saving the people of the Nine Realms from evil pillaging, Loki is a prisoner but still sneering about something, and father/king Odin played by Anthony Hopkins is throwing royal hissy fits every twenty minutes. Something's gotta give, and it does - millennia after first threatening to do so. A still from Thor 2. Agencies In Thor 2 which is the eighth installation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the dark elves of Svartalfheim were the original evil beings who were vanquished by Thor's granddad. Related Articles They possessed the ultimate evil, the aether pronounced eether, a dark red cloud of smoke it doesn't look any more threatening than it sounds. Thor's granddad, in his infinite wisdom, doesn't even bother trying to destroy this ultimate evil smoke, and instead decides to bury it, because as we all know, when dark evil things are buried, no one ever finds them. Flash forward to present time enter Natalie Portman. Portman plays a skittish scientist who is on the verge of discovering the celestial event of 'The Convergence', when the Nine Realms all line up, and time, gravity and space and all that important stuff goes out of wack. Portman, accompanied by her intern Kat Dennings and her intern's intern enters an old house in London looking for proof of this phenomenon. But before she knows what's happening, Portman is sucked into a portal and her blood stream is infected with the aether. Guess 'burying stuff' isn't the security measure everyone seems to think it is. And now, Malekith, the leader of the dark elves of Svartalfheim, is awake after his prolonged hibernation and looking for his aether. Enter Thor to smash his hammer, save his woman and defeat the cloud of smoke. Played by Chris Hemsworth, Thor is a strapping young man with a gravelly voice, stringy blonde hair, blue eyes and angst. About fifteen minutes into the movie, Thor is shirtless as superheroes are wont to be from time to time and I fleetingly understood why a friend had told me that 'Thor 2 is the girl's superhero movie'. Hemsworth is a good looking guy, and though I find the term 'girl's superhero movie' slightly sexist, if there were to be a girl's superhero movie, a shirtless Hemsworth would be in it. But the most interesting character, of course, remains Loki, who really deserves his own movie. Played by Tom Hiddleston, Loki is a wiry bundle of evil and angst. With his slicked-back hair and zingers Loki has the only worthwhile one-liners in the movie, Loki is too much fun to keep locked away as a prisoner. Thor enlists him into helping defeat Malekith, and the brothers' trust issues are on full display for the rest of the movie. Thor isn't the best movie in the franchise, but it isn't the worst either. It lacks the light touch of the first Iron Man, but Hemsworth, as the forthright manly man, has a good screen presence even with his armour on and has a fantastic voice. But Hiddleston's Loki, all malevolence and sibling rivalry, is by far the brightest presence on the screen. The special effects in Thor 2 are like something The Hulk might dream up - smash, bang, crash, cars falling, hammers hammering - there is enough action to keep viewers' mouths slightly open for an hour and 52 minutes. I personally loved how Thor's hammer frantically finds its way back to him even if they're in different realities. Another good hammer point/fish-out-of-water joke Thor enters a London flat and seeing a coat rack, hangs his hammer on a peg. Audiences might find themselves drifting off into the aether as well at times during some of the battle scenes I spent ten minutes debating cheese versus regular popcorn during a key sequence, but it's an enjoyable watch all the same - just the sight of a 62-year-old Stellan Skarsgård running naked around Stonehenge as a deranged scientist is worth the ticket price. Thor The Dark WorldPERHATIAN!Artikel ini mengandung spoiler mengenai jalan cerita dari film/drama ini. Karena pada ending film ini Thor kembali bersatu dengan Jane, kesannya jadi seperti film super hero klasik. Mirip dengan Spiderman yang pada akhirnya selalu berakhir dengan Mary Jane. Baik dalam film Spiderman maupun Thor, karakter pendamping wanita begitu kuat kehadirannya. Tapi, ini adalah penampilan terakhir Jane di serial film Thor. Karena, pada Thor 3, karakter Jane sudah tidak ada lagi. Mereka diceritakan putus begitu saja. Bahkan Thor juga tidak mengambil tahtanya karena ingin bersama Jane di Bumi, kan? Menurut selentingan beberapa surat kabar online, absennya karakter Jane pada Thor 3 didukung oleh ketidakpuasan Natalie Portman pada karakter yang ia dapatkan dalam MCU. Ada juga yang bilang karena Natalie syuting film Star Wars. Ada juga teori kalau terus bersama, Thor dan Jane hanya akan menyakiti satu sama lain, karena mereka telah melalui kematian ibunya Thor. Tapi menurut rumor yang beredar, Jane Foster bakal kembali di film Thor 4 yang berjudul Thor Love and Thunder coming soon akhir tahun 2021. Walaupun di judulnya ada kata Love, film ini tidak akan berfokus pada cinta-cintaan, loh. Penasaran? Tonton saja nanti kalau filmnya sudah tayang, ya. Spoiler Setelah Endgame, Thor tidak menjadi pemimpin Asgard karena ia menyerahkan tahtanya pada Valkyrie. Thor pun bergabung dengan tim Guardian of the Galaxy! So, kira-kira yang bakal menjadi 'Thor' di film ke-4 siapa, ya? Menarik! Menggabungkan Tiga Latar Tempat Malekith tinggal di Svartalfheim alias Dark World, tapi tempat itu telah hancur akibat peperangannya dengan Bor ayah Odin, kakek Thor sehingga tempat ini digambarkan sepagai padang pasir yang tandus dan suram. Kita juga mendapatkan visual Asgard dengan bangungan ala Eropa zaman dulu yang mewah, dan tentunya ada scene berlatarkan Bumi juga. Dialog yang Seru Saya pikir daripada jalan ceritanya, yang lebih seru dari film ini adalah dialognya. Seperti film MCU pada umumnya, terutama Thor, sering banget diselipi komedi. Kita tahu Thor dan Loki sering banter, saling membalas omongan dengan sarkastik, sehingga menyenangkan untuk penonton. Tidak hanya dengan Loki, Thor juga kadang berbalas ucapan dengan Jane Foster dengan voucher streaming Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Viu, dll murah di Lazada Saya juga sangat menikmati adegan 'rapat pembelot Asgard' di film Thor 2 ini. Pergantian scene ketika Thor memimpin rapat dan mengeluarkan idenya, lalu berganti dengan scene sekarang di mana rencana Thor sedang terjadi. Itu seru, sih. Apalagi diselipi komedi di mana-mana dan obrolan singkat antar pemainnya yang terkesan 'nyambung'. Belum lagi kameo Captain Amerika, yang walau singkat cukup mewarnai film ini. Loki & Darcy, The Scene Stealer Selain para karakter utama, saya pikir Loki dan Darcy sangat 'menyala' dalam film ini. Tentu Loki memang memiliki banyak penggemar sebagai anti-hero atau anti-villain yang memiliki kepribadian unik. Kita bisa cukup puas menonton Loki dalam film Thor 2 ini karena adegannya cukup banyak. Kita juga bisa melihat Loki beberapa kali melakukan kekuatan ilusinya. Kamu akan terus dibuat bingung, sebenarnya Loki akan menjadi 'baik' atau tetap menjadi Loki. Karena setiap adegan ia selalu berubah-ubah, it's fun to guess what will he do next. Selanjutnya, Darcy Lewis, asisten magangnya Jane Foster. Ia memiliki karakter yang nyeleneh, serampangan, juga bermulut lemes. Setiap kali ada Darcy, adegan itu pasti jadi lucu. Saya pikir pantas jika Darcy dikatakan sebagai scene stealer. Sedikit Membahas Tentang Infinity Stone di Mid-Credit Kalau menonton film MCU itu memang tidak boleh melewatkan post credit, karena selalu ada spoiler untuk film yang akan datang. Walau, kadang bukan dari film inti yang sama. Kalau film Thor 2 ada dua bocoran, yaitu mid-credit dan post credit. Kalau post-credit Thor 2 memberi tahu penonton kalau Thor akhirnya bersama dengan Jane di Bumi. Sedangkan mid-credit, tepat setelah film selesai dan sebelum daftar credit muncul, ada adegan di mana dua pejuang Asgard mengunjungi The Collector. Adegan ini berhubungan dengan film Avengers, Guardian of the Galaxy, dan Doctor Strange karena membahas infinity stone. Menurut saya, Thor 2 ini bukan film terbaik dari keseluruhan serial film Thor yang sudah ada. Saya tidak akan berpikir "Ingin nonton ulang film Thor 2, ah!" karena filmnya tidak seseru itu, tidak ngangenin. Saya kira menonton satu kali saja sudah cukup agar kamu mengetahui plot cerita tentang Thor dan MCU, atau beberapa kali untuk refresh your memory. Ada juga beberapa adegan yang saya rasa kurang lama, atau mungkin kurang jelas, sehingga penonton belum bisa sepenuhnya masuk untuk meresapi itu. Seperti kematian Frigga, ibunda Thor, misalnya. Belum sempat kita mengenal Frigga lebih dalam, eh sudah mati saja karakternya. Kita juga tidak bisa ikut sedih karena scene sudah berganti lagi ke Thor yang ingin menghancurkan Malekith. Sedangkan film ini memiliki waktu untuk membuat punch line sana-sini yang walau lucu, tapi tidak selalu semuanya berhasil. Film ini mendapat tinjauan yang beragam secara kritis, tetapi jelas sukses secara komersial. Film ini termasuk film yang terlaris pada tahun 2013 dan mendapatkan keuntungan lebih dari $ Jarak antara film Thor 2 ke 3 cukup lama, yaitu 4 tahun. Thor Ragnarok film ke-3 Thor rilis pada November 2017. Anyway, film Thor 2 ini cukup menghibur menurut saya, karena walau judulnya The Dark World, film ini tidak terlalu 'gelap'. Well, kecuali adegan kematian Frigga dan Loki yang hilang akal akibat kematian ibu angkatnya tersebut, sisanya dibuat 'tidak terlalu serius' sehingga tidak menakutkan. Bahkan adegan perang Thor dan Melekith saja ada sisi komedinya. Jadi, saya akan memberikan rating untuk film Thor The Dark World. Kalau menurut kamu, bagaimana keseluruhan film Thor yang ke-2 ini? TRAILER 215 TRAILER 129 CLIP 858 CLIP 100 Play all videos What to know In some ways, Thor Love and Thunder feels like Ragnarok redux - but overall, it offers enough fast-paced fun to make this a worthy addition to the MCU. 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But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher Christian Bale, who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie Tessa Thompson, Korg Taika Waititi and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster Natalie Portman, who - to Thor's surprise - inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher's vengeance and stop him before it's too late. Rating PG-13 Intense Sci-Fi ViolenceActionLanguagePartial NuditySome Suggestive Material Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy Original Language English Director Taika Waititi Producer Kevin Feige Writer Taika Waititi, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Release Date Theaters Jul 8, 2022 wide Release Date Streaming Sep 8, 2022 Box Office Gross USA $ Runtime 2h 5m Distributor Walt Disney Pictures Production Co Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, Fox Studios Australia Sound Mix Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital Aspect Ratio Scope View the collection Marvel Cinematic Universe Cast & Crew News & Interviews for Thor Love and Thunder Critic Reviews for Thor Love and Thunder Audience Reviews for Thor Love and Thunder Jul 15, 2022 It was fun to watch. Consistent with other MCU offerings. If you liked the other Thor movies, you will probably like this. Portman has some outstanding moments. Crowe was a delightful surprise. Super Reviewer Jul 11, 2022 Thor Love and Thunder reminds me a lot of Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, admittedly a film I've come more around on since my initial viewing in 2017. When Ragnarok was released later that same year, it was an irreverent blast, a breath of fresh air for a franchise that didn't really know what to do with its hero, and under director Taika Waititi's sensibility, the character had new, witty life. A similar response occurred with the original Guardians of the Galaxy as the world fell in love with the offbeat characters and storytelling and style from writer/director James Gunn. Before 2014, we didn't know what to expect with a Guardians movie. When the sequel was released, we had a template of expectations, and the follow-up didn't feel quite so fresh, quite so lively, and falling back on repeating too many of the same moments or jokes because it's what was expected. It felt a bit burdened with the creative shackles of upholding these expectations. The same feeling of same-ness permeates Love and Thunder, and to be fair that's also because the success of Ragnarok raised our expectations for a Waititi MCU movie. Thor Chris Hemsworth is trying to find his way after the events of 2019's Endgame. He's gotten in shape, spent some time palling around with the Guardians of the Galaxy returning in 2023!, and reconnected with the love of his life, Jane Foster Natalie Portman. She's been chosen by Thor's old broken hammer to be its new wielder, granting her superhero status. Except in her human status, she's dying from stage four cancer. Just as Jane comes back into his life, Thor might have to come to terms with losing her all over again. This movie just doesn't feel like it has the same natural prankish energy of Ragnarok, though part of this again might be myself acclimating to Waititi as a filmmaker and storyteller. Prior to Ragnarok I had only known him for the delightful vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, and since Ragnarok Waititi has become his own industry, winning a screenwriting Oscar, lending his name and acting to hit TV shows, including a version of What We Do in the Shadows, and even Disney wants his mark on Star Wars. In short, the man is everywhere. In 2022, we now have a much better idea of what to expect from a typical Waititi project. Love and Thunder is recognizable to the man's omnipresent brand, and still a fun movie with some solid gags, but it also feels a bit sloppy and repetitive. I kept thinking about all the powerful dramatic potential in the different storylines that are barely explored because the driving plot is a universe-hopping caper to save a bunch of kidnapped children yes, the children represent something, the next generation, renewal, legacy, but let's carry on. Tackle the pathos of Jane Foster, who in her normal human state has her body betraying her. She feels weak and incapable of the greatness she feels burdened to still accomplish with her declining time. With the power of Thor, she becomes a superhero, and with super swole arms. However, this power trip also has its own ironic downside. Every time she powers up, the magic hammer is actually draining more of her life force, meaning she's actually speeding up her terminal illness. Here is a character given a dire situation and an escape and yet that escape only worsens the illness. There's such powerful drama there to explore as she comes to terms with how to spend her final moments, among them reconnecting with her super ex-boyfriend. This could have sufficed as the entire movie and told from her perspective. Then there's Gorr the God Butcher, gloriously played by Christian Bale like he's in a James Wan horror movie. Here is another example where the villain doesn't just have a sympathetic back-story but where they are correct in their aims, though maybe not in their methods think Killmonger arguing Wakanda should do more. Gorr is tired of the gods crushing the little guy with their general entitlement, indifference, and selfishness. These fancy deities aren't worthy of worship. The power structure needs upending. It's easy to get behind Gorr's plight and see connections to our own imbalanced world. This too could have sufficed as the entire movie and told from his perspective. Now, things could have gotten even more interesting and complicated for Jane, because she's not officially a god unless she's yielding Thor's hammer and joins those rarefied ranks. It would pose another question of whether wielding this power would be worth her remaining time, especially with a heat-seeking missile coming for her on a righteous quest of vengeance that is slowly eating him alive. Both are dying but can they fulfill their goals? If these storylines had been given careful development and the necessary time to breathe, Love and Thunder could have been one of the most interesting movies in the ever-expanding MCU cannon. Instead, it's galloping to work so hard to stick to the Waititi brand expectations, to reignite our feelings of Ragnarok, and so these promising elements ultimately get shortchanged by hit-or-miss comedy bits. I liked several of them even despite myself. The set piece where Thor and Jane and friends travel to Omnipotence City has such imaginative heights. Russell Crowe is having a grand time as a hilarious Greek caricature of Zeus that is more concerned about the upcoming company orgy and brushing feta crumbles from his beard. I loved the almost Lego Movie-esque zany sight gags of the cohabitation of gods from different religions Korg's god sits on an iron throne of scissors, its own visual joke. It's such a fascinating concept that I wish we could have spent even more time here. Let's see the Egyptian gods mingling with the Sumerian gods while pranking some weird alien deity. The set piece serves two narrative purposes gathering a powerful magic weapon, and learning the gods are sitting out the battle with Gorr for their own short-sighted self-preservation. It's mostly a pit stop. Again, there was more pathos that could have been explored here as people meet gods, but this is my cross to bear. The general banter is amusing and has more hits than misses even if the hit percentage is lower. I laughed every time the magic axe would silently pop onscreen in jealous judgement. I even enjoyed the screaming goats even though from their first moment they are the exact same joke. Regardless, whenever Thor and company would travel to a new place and I heard that familiar goat scream, it would make me giggle despite my reservations. I also had my qualms with the concept of Eternity, a magical place located at the center of the universe but destined to grant a wish to whomever gets there first. It's too transparent as a plot device and its very existence this far into the MCU creates too many nagging questions. In the history of the universe, no other creature successfully reached this wish-granting locale? And if this existed at least to Thor's understanding, then why didn't the characters think about this as an option to thwart Thanos and his universe-halving finger snap? I know the answer, because it wasn't written into a movie until now, but this is the drawback of throwing ultimate power plot devices without more careful context. Eternity could have been a secret just to the inner circle of the famous gods, unknown to all but a few, but even that strains some credulity. If Zeus is such a carousing hedonist of legendary status, I'm sure he would have either blabber-mouthed its existence or sought it ought for his own gain. I genuinely liked the set piece at Eternity, a small planet that sucks all color from existence, making the imagery even more striking like the inky panels of a comic. The same question happens when Thor shares his power late in the movie. Couldn't the Avengers have used this too? I fully acknowledge that my criticisms are butting against the movie Waititi wanted to tell. I'm pushing for its inherent dramatic potential while it wants to be a more comic and romantic adventure about the power of love. I think by the end it gets there, and the dramatic confrontations have some emotional weight to them, especially about the idea of what we leave behind for others after we're gone. Although, even this is mitigated by the general stakes-lowering reality that death never seems so permanent in the world of comics and monetarily useful IP. It's a joke how many times Loki has been brought back from the dead and Thor doesn't even know that his trickster brother has been brought back from the dead again again again. We've now established time travel and an emphasis on the multiverse of alternate universes, which means at a moment's notice, any meaningful death or sacrifice has the possibility of being undone. This is also the reality of a moneymaking machine that has dominated the movies and pop-culture landscape for 14 years. No death is ever going to be for real in this environment so why should I put so much emphasis on the dramatic potential of what losing a loved one, or your sense of self, can have? I can sit back and enjoy the lesser, but still enjoyable, Waititi quirk on display for two hours of silly. Hemsworth Spiderhead is so sharply skilled at comedy that I feign to remember his previous existence as a dramatic actor. He's still on the same sublime, charismatic yet blithely self-effacing vibe he was with Ragnarok. Portman Annihilation comes back after close to a decade for a clear reason to leave her mark on what had been an otherwise forgettable character and giving her a renewed sense of power and direction and agency. Bale Ford v. Ferrari, as mentioned, is fantastic. I appreciate that his character isn't physically huge and bulky. He looks quite the opposite, like he's wasting away, like somebody slathered an ashy coat of paint from living-skeleton Bale after The Machinist yes, also the obvious Voldermort comparison. He is relishing every teeth-stained syllable as a nightmare creature living from the shadows. The prologue with his character is heartbreaking and yet understated and truth be told, having young children in my household, it hit me more personally, and I turned to my fiancé and said, "I'm supposed to not like this guy?" I wish the opening credits were then a montage of Gorr seeking and slaying wicked gods. Bale is playing his role like he's definitely not in a Waititi movie about goofy screaming goats; he's playing Gorr like a tragic hero of myth. This is why I would have been happy had the whole movie been told from his perspective. The new characters from Ragnarok suffer the most and become sidelined as "Others Along on the Quest." For Korg, this is fine, but for Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie, I mourn her absence. Also, both characters are definitively queer now, though Korg might be more a question, making Love and Thunder the gayest movie in the MCU, and just after Pride Month, so take that for what you will, folks. As a fun matinee, Love and Thunder will amuse and brighten, even if its comedy highs don't quite hit as high this time under the burden of franchise expectations. Love and Thunder is a movie that will be best known for Portman and Bale, both of whom elevate the scattershot material with their dedication and professionalism. It might even be known for Crowe's hammy scene-stealing, or the super-powered cadre of cute kiddos, or even the screaming goats. It's a movie more of moments and ideas, too many underdeveloped or lacking the gravitas they deserve, especially concerning Jane and Gorr. I feel like a grump bemoaning that the big superhero movie should have more time spent on a woman contemplating her own existential demise as well as man's relationship and fealty to our gods. Still, it's Waititi doing his signature brand of quirk with $200 million of house money from Disney. Thor Love and Thunder is a lesson in diminished returns but when you have Ragnarok as your starting point, it's at least guaranteed to still be worth your two hours once and deliver some chuckles and smiles. Nate's Grade B- Jul 11, 2022 It is watchable and has enjoyable moments to be sure but lacks the narrative consistency of Waititi's last Thor movie as silly as Ragnarok was, it at least had clear character growth and a fresh new take and it often feels like they are grasping to find a reason for this fourth Thor entry to exist. Super Reviewer Jul 09, 2022 Being a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I must say that the first two instalments of the Thor franchise haven't been anywhere near my favourites. When Taiki Waititi was brought in to direct Thor Ragnarok, he injected some much-needed life. Since then, Thor has been a much more enjoyable character to follow and I now look forward to seeing him every time. Hearing that Waititi would once again be back for the fourth film excited me a great deal, but I also knew it would be a very hard task to top the third film. Thor Ragnarok is one of my favourite Marvel films, and while there are more than a few moments in Thor Love and Thunder that harken back to what made Ragnarok great, it's not quite on the same level for me. Still, Thor Love and Thunder is a genuine blast at the movies and here's why I recommend checking it out. Picking up after the events of Avengers Endgame, while still being a sequel to the Thor films, the premise here is that Gorr Christian Bale who now wields a sword known as the "Necrosword", has a mission to murder every God in existence. After having killed many already, Thor Chris Hemsworth is next in line. With the addition of a very well-done story that brings back Jane Foster Natalie Portman, this film has a lot going for it. The villain storyline and Jane's storyline are both serious elements of the film, but otherwise, this is just a straight-up comedy, through and through. I liked the tonal shifts throughout the film because Taiki Waititi knows how to tread that line, even though a few moments tread a little too closely. If you were a fan of the silliness in Thor Ragnarok, you'd probably love watching this film, but I will say that Thor Love and Thunder dials it up to a hundred here. From giant screaming goats to a love triangle between his axe Stormbreaker and his "ex-hammer" Mjolnir, I was laughing throughout. This will absolutely be a deterrent for some viewers though. Marvel is known to have a lot of comedy sprinkled throughout their films, but this one probably takes the cake for the amount of humour. The humour landed for me about 90% of the time though, so I had an absolute blast. Christian Bale is a fantastic addition here and is completely committed to this role, even though I wish he had a little more screen time. Where his storyline goes by the end may also leave viewers dissatisfied, but I kind of love how it concluded and I can't wait to see where those last few story beats lead. On top of that, I will say that Natalie Portman brings her A-Game here. I wasn't a huge fan of her in the first two Thor films, but her reason for being in this film was easily the best aspect of the movie for me. Again, like Gorr, I just wish a little more time was dedicated to her storyline. This is a film that clocks in at under two hours, but I believe an added 20 minutes or so could've fleshed everything out just a little more. In the end, this is the most fun I've had with a Marvel film in a while. Taiki Waititi's kinetic energy is on full display here, more than I've ever seen before What We Do in the Shadows included and Chris Hemsworth commands the screen with his portrayal of Thor, as always. The jokes fly a mile a minute, but I enjoyed that about this film, even though I was worried it would ruin my enjoyment. I do feel that it suffers a little from having multiple storylines and not quite enough time to explore them all, but I was ultimately satisfied with how everything played out. For being such a big story, I will also say that the scale of this one felt a little smaller than the rest of the Thor films. It almost felt episodic at times. Overall, Thor Love and Thunder is absolutely a must-see if you enjoyed the silliness of Thor Ragnarok, but some may be turned off. I personally give it a big recommendation because I had a lot of fun. Summary Thor spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster, has aThor spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster, has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It's while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth. Paramount Pictures, Marvel Studios … Expand Genres Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Rating PG-13 Runtime 114 min By MetascoreBy User Score "Thor The Dark World" Late in "Thor The Dark World," Chris Hemsworth's title character crash-lands on a British Underground platform. He's dazed but knows that he has to get back to fighting Malekith ex-Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston, a malevolent dark elf. Thor asks for directions back to Greenwich, and promptly boards the train. As the train lurches forward, a woman falls onto his broad chest. He smiles knowingly. This scene is one of several high points in "Thor The Dark World," a blocky fantasy-adventure whose plot is never as exciting as its characters. All three "Iron Man" films have this same basic problem, but story was never more important than personality in those earlier films. "Thor The Dark World"'s characters are often very charming, but they're only so much fun when they're stuck going through the motions. "Thor The Dark World" mostly concerns Malekith's "Transformers"-worthy schemes. Malekith was previously put in his place by Bor, Thor's grandfather, when he tried to turn matter back into anti-matter using Aether, an ancient, all-powerful energy source. Now, after Jane Foster Natalie Portman, Thor's super-smart human scientist not-quite-girlfriend, stumbles upon some Aether, Malekith returns. Leading an armada of black splinter-shaped spaceships, he sets out for Asgard, home of Thor and his fellow Norse Gods. But the Asgardians are still recovering from Thor's half-brother Loki's Tom Hiddleston recent failed coup. Now, Thor and Loki must team up to save Jane, Earth, Asgard, and the other eight realms of existence from complete may be a major threat to life and the universe as we know it, but he's just one of a handful of characters who are run through their paces in "Thor The Dark World." This sequel is consistently unfocused in that sense major characters get to flex their muscles for a scene or two, but only when they're absolutely needed. There are a couple of scenes where characters get to be both important and exciting, like when Kurse Adewale "Mr. Eko" Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Malekith's super-powered henchman, breaks into Asgard, and starts a prison riot. But there are just as many scenes where inherently exciting characters, like Thor, kill time connecting plot points. Watching Thor make quick work of an inconsequential enemy in an opening scene should be fun. But the scene has no flair to it, and feels like a perfunctory introduction to the character. The first scene in the film where Hemsworth gets to be really charming comes later, when he's squabbling with Hiddleston about operating a commandeered dark-elven space-ship. The squabbling itself isn't that funny, but the scene's pay-off is. Hemsworth's eyes light up as he gets the ship to fly, instantly reminding you why you came in the first place. Still, more often than not, "Thor The Dark World" is more busy than exciting. There are a couple sub-plots too many, like the one with frequently-naked super-scientist Erik Selvig Stellan Skarsgard. And too many characters that are introduced with a promising scene, like Rainbow Bridge guardian Heimdall Idris Elba, are forgotten during the film's climactic battle. The film's world also generally looks slapped together, especially the dark elves, who look like a cross between "Land of the Lost"'s Sleestaks and "Doctor Who"'s Cybermen. Visually, "Thor The Dark World" is a step back after "Thor," which at least looked unique in most other respects, "Thor The Dark World" is a step in the right direction. The scene where Thor enlists Loki's help is a perfect example of the film's slight but memorable improvements. The conversation they have is inconsequential, but watching a defeated Loki surrounded by over-turned furniture and a reddish-brown PG-13 blood-substitute on his prison cell's walls makes the scene worthwhile. Hemsworth and Hiddleston have such good chemistry that it sometimes looks like Thor and Loki will kiss before Thor and Jane will. There's just enough tension and humor in "Thor The Dark World" to make the film's otherwise listless proceedings worth watching, but only just. Simon Abrams Simon Abrams is a native New Yorker and freelance film critic whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Village Voice, and elsewhere. Now playing Film Credits Thor The Dark World 2013 Rated PG-13 112 minutes Latest blog posts about 8 hours ago about 11 hours ago about 12 hours ago 1 day ago Comments

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