Disney. Kevin Feige. Taika Waititi. What the heck did I just watch? Thor is one of the last OG Avengers left in the MCU. Kang’s gonna wreck the multiverse and you have my boy losing Stormbreaker on a dime.
A King’s Weapon. Personally, I liked the first two Thor movies including Ragnarok. This one dropped the ball, big time. He had such an awesome journey from Infinity War and Endgame, all ruined in one film. Remember that Dark World plays from Ragnarok Loki set up. It’s like that cranked up to 11.
Before I dive in somethings I liked were the opening villain scene, Marvel rock intro, the play, Guardians’ cameo, and that Shadowland fight. Everything else is hit or miss. Mostly missed. Korg narrates the whole film like a children’s book. Where’s Odin when you need him?
At least Bale lived long enough to see himself become the villain for a short time. Gorr kinda carried the movie. It’s just a shame that he didn’t live up to the name. I heard nothing but great things about him in the comics. The Necrosword is like a living symbiote created by Knull, God of the Symbiotes. It controls all the Symbiotes. Each time he kills a god, he becomes far more powerful than before. The movie is a little different. Marvel pulled a 2-hour Josstice League mandate for Thor Love and Thunder.
As much as I enjoyed Doctor Strange 2, there had to be a better film out there somewhere, Scott’s or Raimi’s. Nightmare would’ve made it far more sweeter if you know what I mean. I wanted to see him kill some gods for Pete’s sake. They showed slideshows of his kills but it just wasn’t enough. They even cut out Jane’s transformation. From what I saw from Moon Knight, gods are kinda selfish. Khonshu’s a terrible god. No lie Zeus was acting kinda sus, that mini skirt wasn’t doing Gladiator any favors at all. They had Russell Crow in their grasps; the same guy that played Jor-El in Man of Steel. It was a golden opportunity, and they put him in a mini skirt? I get Disney’s all about the whole kid-friendly appeal but this is Marvel we’re talking about. They’re known for stuff like that at least before Disney bought them in 2009. Great villain in there somewhere wished he had more screen time and butchering.
The God of Thunder? What A Joke. You think after killing Thanos twice, watching all his friends die, and saving the universe that he gets an Ultimate Form like Rune King Thor. The most powerful Thor from what I’ve heard. Gets more powerful like Odin in Kang and his cousins from the other side show up.
Looking at you Farmer Kang! This Kang grew up on a farm in the 31st century. Rides this high-tech tractor. He armed all his farm animals with weapons courtesy of the High Evolutionary. Just like Rocket Raccoon. He’s gonna be the villain of Guardians Vol 3. Some of them are from Outer Space. His biggest heavy hitters are Fin Fang Foom and Beta Ray Bill. Marvel I’m just sayin if you ever need me to write Avengers 5 I’m down. Make Thor Great Again. Nah, they gave him a kid, Gorr’s kid. Now I’m not denying the man’s happiness but it’s a missed opportunity. It didn’t help that they turned him into a buffon. Hulk’s already a laughing stock after Thanos whopped him and he never got a rematch. I wished Sif was in the movie more. I’d swap her for Korg, honestly.
I know Jane was Mighty Thor in the comics. It’s one of the reasons why I stopped reading comics until The Last Ronin kinda brought me back. I like Jane. Her chemistry with Chris Hemsworth is one of the few bright spots. So apparently between The Dark World and Age of Ultron Thor accidentally gave Jane the Mjolnir cheat code without even knowing he enchanted it. Was she really worthy? Hard to say. Like Padme, she died at the end, but not of a broken heart, cancer. That sucks. Post-credit scene later Heimdall welcomes her to Valhalla. That was weird. Then there was another post-credit scene introducing Marvel’s Hercules. Boy, he doesn’t look prepared, 3000 pushups bro. A for effort on the comic book accuracy. Their post-credits scenes have been lacking lately.
Something was very off with the VFXs here. When I rewatched the earlier Marvel films, they looked better. The first two Thor films are beautiful. Even The Amazing Spider Man 2 that got me through a cold, looked stunning all around. Here it’s all over the place. Korg seen better days. Zeus should’ve aimed for the head. And don’t get me started on that floating head.
Stuff of Nightmares. A day before I saw the film, an article popped up about Marvel Studios mistreating their special effects team and what not. Called them a horrible client. Now I normally don’t mind things like that, it was more of the tone for me. It just happened to look bad too in some areas. Eternity looked great, no complaints there.
A lot of things really went wrong with Love and Thunder really most of Phase 4 has to do with their release schedule among other things.
Quantity over Quality. Just like what happened with Star Wars. Heroes and Villains are being turned into jokes. Everyone’s getting a spinoff within a spinoff. Looking at you Echo! Some I’m more hyped for, others I didn’t even ask for. All I want is X-Men and Fantastic 4. Heck, I’ll take an Illuminati movie. Where’s my Nova movie Feige? This is not the Marvel I grew up with. It’s like Disney’s been slowly killing the MCU after The Infinity Saga.
Love and Thunder is a disappointment. The Worst Thor film on the planet. Maybe it’s a Branched Timeline that spun into its own universe after Sylvie killed He Who Remains. I wish that were the case. Infinity War Thor was Peak Thor. I know this is all leading to Secret Wars the way their handling it concerns me. At the end of the day, I’m all about quality. I still love Marvel. MCU, not so much.
I need to get this off my chest. Wakanda Forever is probably gonna kill T’challa again. The character barely got started. I wanted to see him probably lead the Avengers against Kang and Dr. Doom. Doom was the big bad of Secret Wars as God Emperor Doom. With Doctor Strange and Molecule Man’s help, he absorbed all the Beyonder’s powers (They Were A Race In The 2nd Version), took remnants of destroyed worlds from Incursions, and created BattleWorld. It’s like Game of Thrones but with Marvel Variants. They might change it to Kang tying everything to The Kang War teased in Loki. We’ll just have to wait and see. It’ll be funny if during The Kang Dynasty, Kang just defeated the New Avengers. He’s about to pull the final blow. But just before he could finish the job, Dr. Doom enters the stage.
A New Challenger Approaches. Kang’s all like Who Are You? Wait, This Isn’t In The Script! Doesn’t say a word. Beats him effortlessly, kills him, takes all his time gear, then takes one good look at The Avengers, Spider Man, Daredevil, Blade, Black Panther (T’Challa), Loki, Superior Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Wong, Midnight Sons, Scarlet Witch, Nova, Shang Chi, Xmen, Deadpool, The Fantastic Four saying one word. DOOM. Multiverse dies. End credits. Dr Doom will return in Secret Wars.
Doom might be teased in a post-credits scene in WF. He supposedly set off beef between Namor and Wakanda. It was Agatha all along but with Dr Doom. Gotta get that Vibranium Honey somehow, am I right? It doesn’t stop there. Meet the Fantastic Four; Fight Namor, Fight Wolverine, Meet Professor X, Have a crossover with Luke Cage, Fight alongside Shuri and M’Baku, Date Storm. Form the Illuminati. Become King of The Dead. Anything but death. There’s just so much left to tell. He was on the brink of death in the first movie, got SNAPPED by Thanos in Infinity War, BLIPPED back into existence by Smart Hulk just to die again in the sequel. Brother can’t catch a break. Chadwick Boseman embodied the character so well. He wanted the character to live on. I miss Chad but the show must go on. They have to Recast T’Challa. That’s how you honor his legacy, not whatever this is. I’ll do a review of Phase 4 once the film drops.
