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Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder (Thor : Amour et tonnerre)

Movie · 2022 · 15 people

Marvel Studios' 2022 production Thor: Love and Thunder returns to the Marvel Comics god of thunder in an American superhero adventure released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Coming after Thor: Ragnarok (2017), it ranks as the 29th Marvel Cinematic Universe film and sits in Phase Four. Taika Waititi directed it and co-wrote the screenplay with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. It premiered in Hollywood on June 23, 2022 and reached US cinemas on July 8. Critics praised Hemsworth, Bale and Portman but faulted the visual effects. It grossed $760.9 million worldwide, the eighth highest-grossing film of 2022.

After the clash with Thanos, Thor travels space with the Guardians of the Galaxy while searching for inner peace. He has to return to battle when Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) appears, vowing to kill every god in the universe. At his side are Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), queen of New Asgard, his friend Korg (Waititi), and his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor while fighting cancer. Chris Hemsworth plays Thor, and the cast also includes Jaimie Alexander and Russell Crowe.

Unlike Ragnarok, Waititi wanted a romantic adventure inspired by the 1980s, and drew on Jason Aaron's Thor comics. Filming ran from January to early June 2021 in Sydney.

DirectorTaika Waititi
Production companyMarvel Studios, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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Russell Crowe Russell Crowe Actor · 62 years old Idris Elba Idris Elba Actor · 54 years old Chris Hemsworth Tessa Thompson Natalie Portman Taika Waititi Christian Bale Chris Pratt Jaimie Alexander Pom Klementieff Matt Damon Sean Gunn Luke Hemsworth Dave Batista Karen Gillan

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A villain sworn to kill every god raises the stakes from the start, and there's a reason critics praised Christian Bale. But Waititi's choice of a 1980s-inspired romantic adventure risks draining the tension that threat creates. The criticism of the visual effects is another thing that dulls the big set pieces. If you want a fun adventure you'll be happy; if you want a tight superhero thriller you may come away a bit empty-handed.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

A superhero film that mixes romance with adventure, fine for watching with older children and teenagers. Two things are worth flagging, though. The villain has sworn to kill every god, and some scenes may scare little ones. Then there is Jane's fight with cancer, which can make for a tender moment in a family that has been through illness. It helps to prepare younger children a little beforehand.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Waititi's aim of a 1980s-flavoured romantic adventure, unlike Ragnarok, is on paper an interesting move to keep the series from repeating itself. Putting Jane Foster at the centre as the Mighty Thor, wielding Mjolnir while fighting cancer, is a bold choice too. Yet balancing an illness drama, a god-killing villain and a light romantic adventure in one film is hard, and the script does not always seem able to carry those layers with equal weight. That critics praised Hemsworth, Bale and Portman while keeping their distance from the visual effects suggests the cast is the film's firm ground, and the technical side never quite catches up with it.

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