"Thor: Love and Thunder" movie review - how MARVEL tests our cuckoo
The fourth chapter in the lightning god story: the most sentimental and hilarious
Thor: Love and Thunder movie review - How MARVEL tests our cuckoo nTor (Chris Hemsworth), perhaps the most sensitive jock in the Avengers, emerged from depression, learned Buddhism and discovered the void in his heart created by his breakup with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman). Jane at the same time discovered cancer in its 4th stage of development, and since doctors could not help, the heroine went to the call of Mjolnir (Thor's former hammer) and became a goddess. Speaking of the gods, they greatly offended Gorr (Christian Bale) by mocking the death of his only daughter, so Gorr with a cursed sword at his side decided to exterminate them. The road has brought the murderer of the gods to Asgard, so Thor, Jane, Valkyrie and Korg have to stop Gorr, even if they have to ask Zeus himself (Russell Crowe) for help.
The fourth chapter in the lightning god story: the most sentimental and hilarious
What would happen if an independent New Zealand filmmaker was given $185 million and told to "do whatever you want"? Here we find out - he'll throw a psychedelic party to Guns'n'Roses' greatest hits, insert orgy jokes into a family movie, and even invite Melissa McCarthy to play Hela. Taika Waititi has never taken his projects too seriously, so the director's movies always look like one big playground, just always with different budgets. His early works "Boy" or "Eagle vs. Shark" are filled with childlike immediacy, but at the same time there is quite a mature reflection. The same energy is present in the new Thor: the infantile hero undergoes inhuman trials, faces earthly pain and takes the blows of fate with therapeutic irony, showing all signs of spiritual growth.
In addition to all of the above, Waititi is known for touching children's stories ("The Boy," "Hunt for the Savages," "Joe Rabbit Joe," etc.). In "Thor," the author creates an entire baby army of little demigods: the central character also becomes a child, and the leitmotif is unconditional love. "Thor" is not so much a Marvel movie as a multimillion-dollar creation of Waititi himself: his voice can be felt in funny dialogues, infantilism - in ridiculous situations, a craving for humanism - in the characters he writes.
Journalists did not appreciate this touchy-feely tone (68% on Rotten Tomatoes), criticizing Taika for his "non-serious" approach to such an important undertaking as the adaptation of a children's comic book. First, professionals want independent directors at the helm of big projects, and then they either complain that studios give them too little freedom, or they grumble that the director is too brazen. It's harder and harder to please audiences every year, though maybe it's the oversaturation of the market with superhero content, but it's certainly not Waititi's directorial style. Previously, if the viewer needed to be reminded of what happened in one of the endless Avengers installments, it was spelled out in the characters' lines or quite sparingly montaged in flashbacks. Taika, on the other hand, has integrated recaps of past installments of the franchise not into the usual tedious dialogues, but into theatrics with unexpected celebrity cameos or even a "romcom trailer" to quickly run through the story of Thor and Jane's relationship. Waititi seems to play by Marvel's rules, but at the same time goes far beyond what is expected, which is why the director was able to make the boring God of Thunder a really interesting character.
Chris Hemsworth himself didn't mind pushing Thor a little beyond the clichéd image of a stern boogeyman with a magic hammer. His character continues to smash masculine stereotypes, and the actor's charisma and sense of humor give the Scandinavian the necessary appeal to rightfully be called the "main character." Though the show in the film is still stolen by Christian Bale, who played the vengeful Gorr. We've known since "American Psycho" that death suits him, and Bale plays the antagonists as if the actor already has the Oscar in his hands (too bad superhero movies rarely get past technical nominations). So this multi-million dollar matinee with Hollywood stars is a success, and even if serious method actor Christian Bale is willing to put aside his lifelong contract with David O'Russell for the time being and play with everyone in the sandbox, I see no reason not to join in the festivities.
This article was sponsored by Jassem Al-Badi
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