July 27
While it serves as mildly excusable superhero entertainment, Thor: Love and Thunder sure doesn’t live up to the comics it was based on and suffers from tonal inconsistencies with its too often forced humor that unfortunately overrides what should be dramatic and world ending stakes. Ragnarok had a far better balance between drama and humor. Chris Hemsworth will always be enjoyable to watch as Thor and he still carries that same lovable charisma and charm. Christian Bale crushes it as Gorr the God Butcher. He’s creepy, intimidating, and has a sympathetic reason for doing awful things like he does in the comics, but even he is frustratingly underutilized and underdeveloped. This movie has the strongest chemistry between Thor and Jane, with Natalie Portman completely selling the physicality of the Mighty Thor. I was happy that she finally got more to do. What it comes down to is it feels like Taika Waititi (who I think is great) got a bit ahead of himself in allowing his strengths in comedy to overshadow the potential dramatic impact of some of the more serious segments. There are times that I thought I was watching a SNL skit, it was that silly. It works in that respect, I laughed quite a bit, but this is a high stakes superhero summer popcorn action flick, and I never felt the urgency it wanted me to. Sure, there are plenty of desktop worthy visual frames of mythological proportions, exhilarating battles, and a lot of meta humor to go around, but as I get older and more cynical, that’s not enough for me to feel fully satisfied with an MCU movie anymore. Don’t get me wrong, most of you are going to love this movie, and I certainly enjoyed it more than something genuinely awful like Eternals, but considering the hope I had for Thor’s MCU future post Ragnarok/Infinity War/Endgame greatnesses, I found much to be desired with Thor: Love and Thunder.
GRADE: C-
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