Thor: Love and Thunder is finally out now in cinemas. This movie is simply too rushed. It’s almost as if someone mandated writer-director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) must fit his movie under two hours. The fourth Thor movie runs for 119 minutes, and that includes the usual lengthy Marvel credits. Look, don’t get me wrong, I detest long movies, but given how much Waititi puts on his plate here, Thor: Love and Thunder needed to be longer to do justice to it. Because as it stands, Thor: Love and Thunder suffers from narrative gaps, wild tonal imbalances, and weightlessness. More importantly, it under-utilizes nearly every actor and character at its disposal.
Plot
There are more than five Oscar-nominated actors in this movie, under-using them hurts you personally and it hurts the narrative. The character of Thor has only become more layered and complicated with time. Thor has evolved from this god to a human who has found his place as much as humans can. The Norse mythology in general is very interesting and plays a very important part in every Thor movie. The story has more depth The movies are usually woven around the Norse myths.
The presence of Norse mythology gives the picking up from the end of Avengers: Endgame, where Thor Odinson (Chris Hemsworth) joined up with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Here even Chris Pratt and Co. show up for a few minutes, mostly to stand around. Thor: Love and Thunder find a drifting Thor looking for his next adrenaline hit.
But Thor is undeniably full of himself and fails to see that the Guardians have grown tired of him. So when Thor learns that a guy nicknamed the God Butcher (Christian Bale, from The Dark Knight) has New Asgard next on his list, the Guardians see it as the perfect excuse to go their ways, leaving behind Thor, his rock expository friend Korg (Waititi), and the two new giant goats they were gifted. But as Thor returns to (New) Asgard, he’s reunited with two exes: Mjolnir, and Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman).
Review
This movie might induce a super hero fatigue in you. However if you are looking for a fun time at the movies then this might be it. The movie is fast paced, something or the other keeps happening in the movie. This Taika Waititi film lacks a beating heart something that was present in Thor Ragnarök.
The under developed charecters do not get enough screen time for us to develop any sympathy for them . For marvel and Thor fans this might be a treat becuase there is a lot of thunder and a lot of love stories. What is not there is cinema, a story which would engulf you, a narrative is what is missing from this movie. Also you get to watch some very talented actors so who cares about charecter arc, story etc. The CGI and the action make up for the lack of emotions. You can watch Thor: Love and Thunder in your nearest theatre now.
