Thor love and thunder movie#
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They feel like feature-length seasons of a TV series, released every few months. MCU films, particularly after 2017, follow the same structure, down to the obligatory post-credit scene.

The homophobic activist group One Million Moms has attacked Disney, the owner of Marvel, for releasing the film, but the fact that they had to reach as far as a child having a gender-neutral name to fuel their fire shows how tame it really is. The alien Korg (voiced by Waititi) acknowledges that he had two fathers. But the most she does onscreen is kiss another woman’s hand. When Valkyrie tells Thor “we’re on the same team,” it has a double meaning, suggesting they’re both attracted to the same woman. The film’s few moments of “representation” are designed as catch-them-if-you-can moments, easily overlooked by conservative audiences (and countries). Thor teams up with a group of gods, including Valkyrie (pansexual actor Tessa Thompson) to rescue them, traveling to Omnipotence City and battling Zeus (Russell Crowe).Īt a press conference, Waititi claimed that “Thor: Love and Thunder” is “super gay.” This turns out to be far from the case. One is able to communicate to Thor and ask for help. Gorr kidnaps a group of children and takes them to a purgatorial realm. His ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) is struggling with stage four cancer. Thor, hanging out with the Guardians of the Galaxy, is then summoned to New Asgard. “Thor: Love and Thunder” begins without its title character (Chris Hemsworth), as Gorr (Christian Bale) and his daughter fight in a desert, leading to his death.

Thor love and thunder movie#

It’s the kind of movie whose needle drops play like music industry product placement. But while I would not make great claims for Waititi as a director, “Thor: Love and Thunder” only faintly echoes the wit of his New Zealand-made comedies. To Marvel fans, this corporate vision is genuinely exciting.

When Argentine director Lucrecia Martel met with Marvel about working for them, she was told she wouldn’t get to direct the action scenes. If the MCU has a single auteur, it’s him. It’s no accident that Feige, the president of Marvel Studios and producer of all MCU films, gets named first. “Thor: Love and Thunder” runs the titles “A Kevin Feige Production” and “A Taika Waititi Film” during the credits.