Thor: Love And Thunder Movie Review: The Taika Waititi Film Does Not Live Up To Its Name
Thor: Love And Thunder which was supposed to be the MCU redeeming movie, disappoints. The film has a great concept piggybacking Thor: Ragnarok but it is not easy to recreate. Taika keeps the heart up with good intentions
Star
Cast:
Chris
Hemsworth,
Natalie
Portman,
Christian
Bale,
Taika
Waititi,
Tessa
Thompson
Director:
Taika
Waititi
Available
In
Theatres
Duration:
2
hours
Language:
English
Plot:
Thor:
Love
And
Thunder
follows
the
God
Of
Thunder
has
he
continues
the
quest
of
rediscovery
and
it
lands
him
in
the
path
of
Gorr
The
God
Butcher.
In
an
attempt
to
save
Asgard,
he
has
to
team
up
with
Mighty
Thor
AKA
his
ex-girlfriend
Dr
Jane
Foster.
Review:
Thor:
Love
And
Thunder
is
all
in
all
a
children's
film
that
makes
space
for
a
reserved
few
laughs
for
the
adults.
It
does
and
at
the
same
time
fails
to
live
up
to
the
Taika
Waititi
name,
as
much
as
it
is
chaotic
(which
can
be
embraced),
unfortunately,
Thor:
Love
and
Thunder
is
also
messy.
Its
struggles
begin
in
the
very
first
ten
minutes.
Usually,
when
a
film
starts
with
narration,
it
is
bound
to
end
in
less
than
ten
minutes
leaving
the
rest
of
the
run
time
for
the
characters.
However,
in
Thor:
Love
And
Thunder
the
narration
never
ends,
it
comes
and
goes
as
Taika
narrates
most
of
the
story
throughout
the
runtime.
So
much
so
that
eventually,
dialogues
feel
like
a
short
narrative
summary
of
an
entire
subplot
or
emotional
journey
that
the
characters
were
supposed
to
take.
The
film
begins
with
Thor
or
more
like
a
comic
version
of
Thor
on
one
of
his
adventures
with
the
Guardians
Of
The
Galaxy.
There
he
finds
out
that
most
of
the
Gods
around
the
universe
are
being
killed
by
someone
who
calls
himself
The
God
Butcher.
On
finding
an
unexplained
distress
signal
from
Siff,
an
Asgardian
warrior,
Thor
rushes
to
her
aid.
There
he
finds
out
that
Gorr
is
on
his
way
to
New
Asgard,
so
he
returns
to
Earth.
Meanwhile,
Dr
Jane
Foster
who
has
written
a
book,
saved
lives,
and
helped
science
in
"some
way",
finds
out
she
has
stage
4
cancer.
While
getting
chemo
therapy
she
continues
her
own
research
to
beat
the
disease,
but
she
hears
Mjolnir
calling
to
her.
Hence,
finding
her
way
to
the
power
of
Mighty
Thor
and
becoming
the
God
Of
Thunder
herself.
But
unfortunately,
Jane
foster
remains
a
plot
point
for
the
male
superhero
character
Thor,
like
she
always
was.
She
gets
a
few
heroic
moments
but
the
messy
plot
keeps
fans
from
enjoying
it,
or
truly
appreciating
the
one
real
female
human
character
MCU
had
to
offer.
From
Thor's
perspective,
Jane
had
also
been
about
his
character
development
and
the
film
begins
with
Thor
being
lost
and
finding
his
love
back
in
Jane.
She
only
represents
the
loss
he
has
to
endure
to
become
better.
Coincidentally,
Thor
in
the
film
also
accepts
it
saying
that
he
wasn't
worthy
of
Mjolnir
when
they
first
met,
she
made
him
worthy.
The
film
also
took
away
from
her
the
power
of
being
worthy
to
lift
the
hammer
when
a
scene
shows
Thor
asking
Mjolnir
to
take
care
of
her
when
he
isn't
around.
Moreover,
the
plot
remains
chaotic.
In
a
genre
where
timing
is
everything,
Thor:
Love
and
Thunder
misses
on
a
lot
of
it,
from
any
real
moments
that
characters
should
have
shared
to
jokes
that
don't
quite
land.
For
most
of
the
first
half,
the
plot,
film
and
characters
are
distant
from
each
other.
The
makers
heavily
rely
on
narration
as
they
scramble
to
make
the
second
half
more
sensible.
The
second
half
of
the
film
had
beautiful
cinematography
and
a
few
redeeming
moments
but
by
then,
it's
too
late.
Kids
on
the
other
hand
could
have
fun
watching
characters
of
their
own
age
take
the
forefront
in
a
fight
sequence.
Christian
Bale's
Gorr
is
the
only
actor
and
character
in
the
film
who
seems
real
and
takes
himself
seriously.
Throughout
the
run
time,
he
continues
to
evoke
empathy
despite
being
the
bad
guy,
when
the
good
guys
end
up
behaving
like
a
joke.
This
phase
in
Thor's
arc
is
disappointing
not
only
as
a
God
in
MCU,
but
also
as
a
beloved
character
for
the
MCU
fans.
Overall,
Thor:
Love
And
Thunder
which
was
supposed
to
be
the
MCU
redeeming
movie,
disappoints.
The
film
has
a
great
concept
piggybacking
Thor:
Ragnarok
but
it
is
not
easy
to
recreate.
Taika
keeps
the
heart
up
with
good
intentions
but
lets
down
his
own
characters.