Thor: Love and Thunder

Taika Waititi's follow-up to the beloved Thor: Ragnarok has epic silliness, terminal illness and Russell Crowe in an almost tutu.

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Love and Thunder doesn't live up to the incredible stories that inspired it. Love and Thunder merely alludes to this, and largely reduces Gorr's villainy to kidnapping Asgardian children as part of a grander plot. It feels like this movie couldn't wait to get away from the pesky continuity and back to the Asgardian storyline of Thor's solo movies. Though the movie fails to explore her ennui enough, Thompson infuses the character with sufficient mischief that she's a joy to watch. But the God of Thunder totally outclasses his new allies, making him seem like an overpowered video game character as he crushes their enemies and leaves the Guardians looking a bit useless. Thor: Love and Thunder seemed guaranteed to be a slam dunk.

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There’s a C.S. Lewis book, “The Problem of Pain,” I kept thinking about when watching the characters of “Thor: Love and Thunder” ache. The filmmaker does not answer the problem of pain in a Marvel movie. Waititi also shapes much of the plot around children, which opens up thematic possibilities that end with a little too much sugar for my tastes. The heroes suffer, too: Jane with a lonely burden, Thor with serial losses, even Valkyrie with a grief that has not disappeared, only taken a new shape. With “Love and Thunder,” Jane finally feels free to be fun — and, with better chemistry with Hemsworth than ever, oh so heartbreakingly tragic. And while nothing could dim his spark, it’s a blessing that Portman returned after missing the third installment of the series. With “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the audience can finally sit back and appreciate the fantastic arc he’s taken this character on since 2011. Now, he’s traveling the stars (and ripping through Guns N' Roses on the jukebox) with the Guardians of the Galaxy. The walking definition of “it’s not fair,” even Hemsworth’s considerable physical divinity can’t distract from his god-level comic timing. An alien being called Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) is hunting down the gods — all of ‘em! — after his faith was rewarded with unspeakable tragedy. We’ve seen Thor reckon with loss, but never with as much humanity as this outing. It’s about gods, obviously, but specifically their works — and more often, failures.

The Thor: Love and Thunder post-credits scene feature surprise cameos, and one of them just leaked online - what you need to know.

The other, of course, is Idris Elba’s Heimdall, welcoming Jane to Valhalla. Thor: Love and Thunder will have two post-credits scenes, the recent leaks said. What’s important here is that Goldstein is playing Hercules in Thor: Love and Thunder, just as rumors suggested. After all these leaks dropped online in the days preceding the premiere, a blog confirmed they were genuine and provided ample details about them. And one of those reports even teased the surprise in these scenes. That’s how Valkyrie ends up with Zeus’s Lightning Bolt in the trailer. Whether or not you can still find the Love and Thunder post-credits cameo on social media, you should know that reviews are already pouring in. But the videos are deleted quite fast. That’s because we can finally see the actor playing Hercules, and it’s quite an exciting development. But, thankfully, he did not die by the end of it, as we had suspected. If you want to be surprised, you should avoid all Love and Thunder reports this week. As for the post-credits scenes, we only got written descriptions, not actual video clips.

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Thor: Love and Thunder is only in theaters on July 8, 2022. He also is part of the cast along with Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman, and Russell Crowe. But the real query on everyone’s minds is, can Disney Plus members enjoy the fourth solo iteration, Thor: Love and Thunder, or is that a right reserved for the gods? After three solo runs, the anticipation of the fourth entry is now at an all-time high, and it’s not surprising given what is set to go down in Thor: Love and Thunder.

The latest caper from Chris Hemsworth, Taika Waititi and Marvel Studios wrestles with an eternal theological question. Also, it has space goats.

There’s a C.S. Lewis book, “The Problem of Pain,” I kept thinking about when watching the characters of “Thor: Love and Thunder” ache. The filmmaker does not answer the problem of pain in a Marvel movie. Waititi also shapes much of the plot around children, which opens up thematic possibilities that end with a little too much sugar for my tastes. The heroes suffer, too: Jane with a lonely burden, Thor with serial losses, even Valkyrie with a grief that has not disappeared, only taken a new shape. With “Love and Thunder,” Jane finally feels free to be fun — and, with better chemistry with Hemsworth than ever, oh so heartbreakingly tragic. And while nothing could dim his spark, it’s a blessing that Portman returned after missing the third installment of the series. With “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the audience can finally sit back and appreciate the fantastic arc he’s taken this character on since 2011. Now, he’s traveling the stars (and ripping through Guns N' Roses on the jukebox) with the Guardians of the Galaxy. The walking definition of “it’s not fair,” even Hemsworth’s considerable physical divinity can’t distract from his god-level comic timing. An alien being called Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) is hunting down the gods — all of ‘em! — after his faith was rewarded with unspeakable tragedy. We’ve seen Thor reckon with loss, but never with as much humanity as this outing. It’s about gods, obviously, but specifically their works — and more often, failures.

Jane (Natalie Portman) now has control over the giant hammer and joins forces with the Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Marvel Studios ...

The “Love” element of the equation is surprisingly underwhelming, and the “Thunder” isn’t as powerful as it should be. Tessa Thompson adds some spark to the proceedings as King Valkyrie, a brave and smart and heroic character who deserves a movie of her own. Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher has a fantastic, Nosferatu-like visage and he’s a potentially memorable villain, but he’s offscreen for large chunks of the story. Given how things ended between Thor and Jane, it’s a bit awkward for them to be on this mission together, and Korg doesn’t help matters when he keeps getting Jane’s name wrong, calling her “Jane Fonda” and “Jodie Foster,” because her name is Jane Foster, get it? As was the case with the Disney+ series “Hawkeye” and “Ms. Marvel,” the mere mortals on Earth have come to celebrate their superheroes with tourist attractions. Whereas the wildly talented director Taiki Waititi found the perfect formula for bruising action, legitimately effective drama, wicked-smart comedy and even a bit of social commentary in “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017), this attempt to recapture that magic falls flat.

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Last year, Warner Media opted to simultaneously release its theatrical slate on streaming, meaning HBO Max subscribers could watch movies like Matrix Resurrections at home. No. Thor: Love and Thunder is not streaming on Netflix and likely will never be streaming on Netflix, due to the fact that it will be streaming on Disney+ after its theatrical run. This year, however, Warner Bros. theatrical movies will have a 45-day theaters-only run before moving to HBO Max. You can find a showtime at a movie theater near you here. It is not yet available on streaming. Only this time, Jane has a hammer, too.

Taika Waititi shared insight into a Thanos-related Easter egg from Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder.

The people could be using this as a way to move forward from that event, but at the least, the ice cream at this shop is something visitors are sure to seek out as they enjoy their vacation. The Asgardians were one of the first groups to meet Thanos' wrath as he embarked on his Infinity Stone quest in Avengers: Infinity War, so it's a bit bizarre that the residents of the town are now poking fun at the Mad Titan and subsequently those that perished during the five year gap. Thanos' impact on Love and Thunder may only be minimal after the Mad Titan turned to dust in Avengers: Endgame, but he'll only be part of the tributes to the past that this movie will bring.

Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman reteam in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” a messy but emotionally ambitious film. FOX Digital film critic Caroline Siede ...

In fact, at its best, "Love and Thunder" is one of the most quietly philosophical entries in the MCU, as its characters grapple with the disappointment of meeting their godly heroes or question how to claim autonomy within the limitations of a mortal life. "Thor Love and Thunder" will beam into theaters nationwide on July 8. Jupiter Ascending (2015): Like a lot of the Wachowskis’ post- "Matrix"output, "Jupiter Ascending" is the sort of gonzo swing that definitely isn’t for everyone. About the writer: Caroline Siede is a film and TV critic in Chicago, where the cold never bothers her anyway. So, yes, there are some massive stakes at play (not to mention some delightfully wackadoo ideas about how gods spend their free time). But the most surprising thing about "Love and Thunder" is how much it operates as a small scale, introspective story about mid-life ennui. The largely episodic plot also struggles to generate the right sense of tension and pacing for a superhero adventure. The joke is that the godly powers turn the astrophysicist into a bit of an aggro lunkhead, but Portman mostly just winds up seeming lost amidst the beefy muscles and glossy airbrushing. Much in the same way "Spider-Man: No Way Home" had to clumsily deal with Peter Parker’s identity reveal before getting into the multiverse-hopping story it actually wanted to tell, "Love and Thunder" opens with an awkward throat clear as it tries and fails to find something interesting to do with the fact that "Endgame" sent Thor off with the Guardians of the Galaxy ( Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, et al.). And though it’s a tonal experiment that doesn’t entirely hang together, the unexpected dose of emotional maturity is a welcome way to bridge the gap between the old era of Thor and the new one. ( Jaimie Alexander’s Lady Sif is also on hand for a brief cameo, but sadly, and rather inexplicably, doesn’t get to be part of the main crew.) And when his vengeful reign of terror touches New Asgard, Thor and his friends must try to recruit some new allies and save the universe from Gorr’s godly assassinations. Rather than run from Thor’s convoluted past, "Love and Thunder" embraces it — literally bringing the character’s onscreen history back into the fold via Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster, the love interest who all but disappeared since 2013.

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This year's streaming festivities are planned for September 8, which is 64 days after Love and Thunder's release date. Most recently, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness saw the shortest time exclusively on the big screen as it started streaming only 47 days after release in theaters. Love and Thunder has been a long time coming, as fans eagerly await Marvel Studios' latest theatrical adventure.

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I’ll be back with more box office updates for Thor: Love and Thunder in the coming days and weeks, so be sure to check back soon. So, take care of yourselves and of each other, and make sure the fun of seeing movies in theaters again doesn’t have to include a life-or-death risk. Some will point to those films having shorter theatrical windows and debuting on Disney+ streaming as a contributing factor to their box office struggles. Likewise, Top Gun: Maverick appears to be on course for a $1.2+ billion finish, riding high on the same tremendous outpouring of audience good will. No audience scores yet, of course, but word of mouth is going to be a lot more important than reviews. Despite the continued Covid pandemic and surging variants with higher transmissibility, audiences are enthusiastically filling theaters and should easily drive the final worldwide opening cume north of $300 million.

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The kid army that helps save the day in “Love and Thunder” is just the latest uprising in Waititi's ongoing war against adulthood. The love of “Love and Thunder," which Waititi co-wrote, most directly applies to relationship between Thor and Jane, but it also relates to other aspects of the “Thor” sequel, including Christian Bale's grieving villain and the kidnapped children who play increasingly central roles in the film. The primacy of kids in “Thor: Love and Thunder” is also very much in line with Waititi's other films. “It’s more just the idea of Burbank as a place,” Waititi clarifies. That includes collaborators like Jemaine Clement (with whom Waititi made “What We Do in the Shadows”), Rhys Darby (currently paired together in the HBO Max series “Our Flag Means Death”) and many others. “The way Taika directs, the way that he does things, it’s about spontaneity,” say Harjo, who next month will debut the series’ second season. “Ragnarok” grossed $850 million worldwide, and expectations are similar for “Love and Thunder.” His ability to connect with mass audiences — despite his best efforts to subvert expectations — is surpassed by few current filmmakers. “My job is to go in and have as many ideas as I can and not think about the consequences too much, and let them keep me in the Marvel lane," Waititi adds. It was a massive leap in scale for Waititi, who after spending years painting in his late 20s turned to making comic independent films ("Boy," “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”) with deadpan absurdity and freewheeling tonal shifts. His “Jojo Rabbit,” a child’s view of Nazi Germany in which Waititi played an imaginary Hitler, received six Oscar nominations in 2020. “I wanted to show him in a light that most Thor fans wouldn’t really want if you were to tell them,” Waititi says. In “Love and Thunder” there are things that usually never enter the MCU, like kids and cancer.

Costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo talks about the costumes in 'Thor: Love and Thunder' for Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman. Read more here.

It was an interesting textile — it was handwoven and that gave it that kind of antiquity and ancient feeling to this God Butcher who comes from a very archaic world.” We created a wonderful, lightweight, dynamic and very ’80s [headpiece], and the [costumes’] colors, we wanted to make them similar to old Thor, but because Thor has all these new colors, we wanted to do something a little different for her.” For the character, Rubeo wanted to reflect his ancient background, so she referenced old marble statues and created an intricately draped costume for Bale. “It really is an explosion, and I don’t think you can go any louder than with Thor’s costumes.” She produced other versions of Thor’s uniform by incorporating more vibrant colors, like reds, blues and metallic golds to match the exaggerated aesthetic of the film. “He is a constant fountain of wanting to do a lot of new things with new technology.

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Taika Waititi's "Thor: Ragnarok" is a splendid re-invention of the "Thor" movies, carefully straddling the line between being earnest and being glib while serving up a buffet of colorful cosmic visuals and loveably off-beat new heroes like Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie. It's also the first MCU film to fully tap into Chris Hemsworth's comedic prowess, completing the God of Thunder's evolution from haughty jerk to wise-cracking, bumbling himbo. "Ragnarok" pits Thor and Loki against their sister Hela, the Goddess of Death, whose existence is only revealed to them by Odin right before he passes aways. Despite his weakened state, he joins the other surviving Avengers on a "time heist" to undo what Thanos did. By the end, however, Thor declines to succeed Odin as king of Asgard after saving the day and returns to Earth to reunite with Jane, once again hoping to make things work. This conclusion would have also spared us an ungainly line about Thor and Jane's off-screen breakup in the third "Thor" movie. It also nicely sets up Thor's family drama while establishing that being in a functional relationship with the God of Thunder is much easier said than done, as Jane comes to learn. Most of "Thor" centers on its namesake being stripped of his powers and banished to Earth by Odin for his insolence. It's not a good film, don't get me wrong, but it is a pivotal one to Thor's story in the MCU. The film marks Chris Hemsworth's eighth time playing Thor on the big screen, which is a whole lot of backstory to keep straight for any single movie, much less one that acts as a sequel to not just the last "Thor" adventure but the greater Infinity Saga (e.g. the first 23 MCU films). Never you fear, though! Indeed, he barely pauses to reconsider before defying his father Odin and declaring war against the Frost Giants of Jotunheim after a handful break into Asgard. All the while, Thor's brother Loki subtly plays the devil on his shoulder. With " Thor: Love and Thunder" arriving in theaters this week, it feels like a good time to help bring everyone up to speed on what's happened to the eponymous God of Thunder in the MCU so far. When we meet him in Branagh's film, Thor is a skilled but arrogant warrior who wouldn't hesitate to chuck his magic hammer Mjolnir at someone's face if he felt it was justified.

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The film is looking at a $300 million worldwide opening — an estimated $140-$160 million of that in the United States and Canada. In a new behind-the-scenes video from Entertainment Tonight, director Taika Waititi and star Chris Hemsworth take viewers on a tour of the Love and Thunder set, showing off a bit of New Asgard, including that interesting ice cream shop. The shop features a large Infinity Gauntlet protruding from the building holding an ice cream cone, the ice cream itself decked out with candies that are an homage to the six Infinity Stones. It's kind of a clever idea, though given the destruction that Thanos caused to the universe writ large but specifically the horrors that the Asgardians endured due to Thanos' quest to gain the Infinity Stones, having an ice cream shop devoted to him seems like a really strange choice.

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If you walked into a room and said, 'I want this and this and this.' Who's in it? Allow your expectations to be free from the influence of great Films that came before. He also said that, "If you wrote down all the elements of this film, it shouldn't make sense." Key takeaways: Key takeaways: It sounds like you don't really need to know many Marvel Cinematic Universe specifics before going in.

Thor: Love and Thunder clocks in under two hours, largely because a plethora of scenes were removed from the film. According to Thor star Natalie Portman, ...

To date, five films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have yet to receive the honor: Thor: Love and Thunder, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Incredible Hulk, Thor: The Dark Worlds, and Eternals. Thor: Love and Thunder clocks in under two hours, largely because a plethora of scenes were removed from the film. Usually, it's like, you're just trying to get enough good stuff to put in the film, and this had overflow.

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That’s not the unconditional Love and Thunder ending, of course. For example, this Love and Thunder plot coverage tells us that the Guardians only appear in the movie briefly, leaving Thor to figure out what he wants to do with his life. And hat’s where Thor and Jane will make their last stand against Gorr. Thor will admit defeat, but he will convince Gorr to choose love over vengeance. The two plot leaks that we saw were identical, and included details about the post-credits scenes as well. We saw a couple of bare-bones Love and Thunder plot leaks in the past few weeks. Thor: Love and Thunder opens on Friday, with some previews happening as early as Wednesday. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) fans will undoubtedly storm theaters, with current estimates of a massive $300 million box office take for the film’s opening weekend.

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Thor: Love and Thunder will be in theaters as early as tomorrow afternoon with the wider release date of July 8. The vast majority of MCU movies, including all three previously released Thor movies and all four Avengers movies, are available to stream on Disney Plus, rather than Netflix or HBO Max. If you currently have a Disney Plus subscription, you can stream those movies for free on the platform. One of 2022's biggest summer blockbusters is upon us, as Thor: Love and Thunder finally hits theaters this weekend.

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Thor: Love and Thunder will indeed be coming to Disney+ at some point in the future. Several titles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have taken different timeframes going from the big to the small screen. But Thor 4 will be online to watch on a certain streaming service (as well as VOD services) sometime in the future.

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I had a great relationship with Taika and we had a great sense of banter and I thought we should cram that into this space." "I think the conversation we had was, 'I'm really bored of Thor,' and 'I'm really bored of Thor too!' Then we decided not to be bored and anytime that feeling came into play we'd go into a different direction," he added. In fact, the filmmaker said in one recent interview we wanted to turn the character into a version longtime fans wouldn't even recognize.

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Gorr plans to use Thor’s Stormbreaker as a key to open the “Gates of Eternity,” of course. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the fourth “Thor” film, is all over the place. Armed with his god-killing “necrosword,” Gorr, meanwhile, kidnaps a village’s children, imprisons them in a ship-shaped cage of wood and sends them into the “Realm of Shadow.”

Like most Marvel films, "Thor: Love and Thunder" features several post-credit scenes and one features a particularly exciting introduction in the MCU.

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Turns out they're all useless (although Russell Crowe's quasi-Greek accent as the lord of lightning is terrifically funny), some fighting happens, and Zeus gets struck by his own lightning bolt. The big villain of this one is Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), for one, who whets his appetite for deity dissection after he meets his own almighty — a lazy, belligerent sun being who allows Gorr's daughter to die, sending him into a bit of a loop. but not quite quickly enough to save the village kids, rounded up and kidnapped by Gorr and his shadow monsters.

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Thor: Love and Thunder marks the first time an MCU hero has ever gotten a fourth freestanding film to himself—an odd distinction for Thor, perhaps the least introspective of the whole Avengers class. Taking her leave of one of Zeus’ comely attendants in Omnipotence City, Val gallantly kisses the young woman’s hand, and it may be the most erotic moment yet to be seen in a Marvel movie. A well-done early montage hints at what a Type A, on-the-job king Val was during her brief tenure in charge of New Asgard: We see her cutting ribbons, resolving disputes, and coolly staving off disasters. As a critic who herself has had limited exposure to many of the properties this polymathic creator works on, based solely on the viewing of this movie, I say no. He has worked both in front of and behind the camera on overlapping film and TV projects ( What We Do in the Shadows, The Mandalorian, Our Flag Means Death, Reservation Dogs), taking breaks to look handsome in vibrantly hued ’fits on red carpets. Returning to Thor world five years later, not as a rising writer-director making his first big-budget film, but as an established Disney-Marvel company man, is a tall order for a onetime wunderkind.

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He’s heavily based on the Hercules of Greek mythology, who is the son of Zeus and shares a similar backstory to the myth. (Find out more in our guide to Hercules in Thor: Love and Thunder.) The Thor: Love and Thunder post-credits scenes are not to be missed. (We have a guide to everyone who dies in Thor: Love and Thunder in case you missed some of those other deaths.) Below, we’ve compiled the ultimate guide to the Thor: Love and Thunder post credits, including how many there are and whether they're worth staying for. Read on for everything you need to know about the Thor: Love and Thunder post-credits scenes.

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What happens when the son of Odin stops being worthy of the enchanted hammer Mjolnir? Apparently the hammer goes out and finds a new owner for itself, resulting in the creation of a new Thor, as unlikely as that might seem. While the version of the team that appears in the most recent comic book incarnation of the franchise isn’t exactly the same one that director James Gunn has made into a household name, this take on the Guardians is arguably the best seen in years. The price of being a Thor is a heavy one. Waititi isn’t the only one returning for Love and Thunder. It also features Natalie Portman reprising her role as Jane Foster, who—in a move inspired by Jason Aaron’s fan favorite comic book storyline—becomes the new Thor. And that’s not the only Aaron influence in the movie. Not only does it introduce the threat of the seemingly unstoppable Gorr, it also shows Thor growing into the person he never thought he could be. An epic dive into the lifespan of a god told across three time periods, Jason Aaron’s first Thor story was an incredibly bold debut.

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That holds true for “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which is a solid movie that just doesn’t live up to the insurmountable expectations set by its predecessor. Although “Love and Thunder” emulates its predecessor in its endless stream of surprises and goofy humor, it fails to top the masterpiece that was 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok.” The characters don’t blend together quite as well in this fourth “Thor” adventure. Parts of the film also get too scary for a conventional PG-13 Marvel movie. Gorr isn’t one for cracking jokes, a stark contrast to Cate Blanchett’s Hela, who in “Ragnarok” spared viewers a few laughs as she trampled over the bodies of her victims. Despite its flaws and simple plot, it’s hard to totally mess up a Marvel movie. “Love and Thunder” also misses Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, with whom Hemsworth always shared a special chemistry.

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Read more on him in our guide to Hercules in Thor: Love and Thunder. We see her undergoing chemotherapy, and when she stumbles across a book that says Mjolnir gives its wielder good health, she travels to New Asgard in the hopes of finding a way to get better. Zeus isn't so keen on the idea, and ends up throwing his lightning bolt at Korg, which strikes him to rubble. However, Gorr makes it to water and food, lured by the sound of the Necrosword – a weapon capable of slaughtering Gods. He's responsible for most of the movie's other deaths. Then you've seen Love and Thunder – and you know not everyone makes it out of the movie alive. Thor: Love and Thunder might be a fun thrill ride, but there are still some major deaths that are sure to tug at your heartstrings.

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“We looked at the comic book character, who’s quite muscular, and I said, ‘Well that just can’t happen, so we have to look at his supernatural powers instead,'” he said to ET. “And also, how can you compete with Chris [Hemsworth] in terms of muscles, you know? But when it came to recreating the cartoonishly bulked-up outline of the comics character, Bale’s dedication to his roles actually tanked the plan. And when Bale tells you he was skinny, believe: He’s dropped unhealthy amounts of weight for several roles. I was like, ‘I can’t eat, I’ve got long nails.’ I was trying to type. “I hadn’t heard that. Bale, 48, is the industry’s standard for body modification.

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The first Thor movie is 114 minutes long, and its follow-up, Thor: The Dark World, comes in at 112 minutes. That comes in at five minutes shorter than Doctor Strange and The Multiverse of Madness and almost 40 minutes shorter than Eternals. The 29th Marvel feature has a very reasonable runtime and comes in at less than two hours.

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With the addition of new gods and a wider cosmic pantheon than we’ve seen before, it looks as though Thor: Love and Thunder will broaden the MCU like never before. And I’m going to make it better, you just don’t know it yet.’” Where does that leave Thor? Well, he’s not exactly his usual, mighty self…

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The pandemic put it on hold for a year, then I went back and kept working on it at the same time that we were finishing “Thor.” I think that the plan — I’ll probably say it and then it’ll be changed — but the plan right now is early next year. I want to work as much as possible in this little moment that I have. If something is about to happen and it doesn’t happen, that can be the best thing for me because I can take a break or work on some of the other things that I might be neglecting. Now and then it comes to mind, but I feel like I’ve strived so much in the past as a filmmaker to have multiple projects going on. It’s the idea that these things just are, in a Marvel film, in a mainstream film that young, queer people will see. But now you’re going to do a “Star Wars” movie, and a lot of directors have have had problems with recent projects there due to creative differences with the studio. It will still have the same scale to it, which you wouldn’t be able to have with a budget cut in Los Angeles. I’m very different in that anyone I’ve broken up with or have had a relationship with in the past — after eight years, I’ve never, ever felt like I’ve wanted to be in a relationship with them again. On that note, let’s talk about “Our Flag Means Death.” In addition to your starring role as Blackbeard, you’re an executive producer on the show, but even as it had a huge following HBO didn’t renew it right away. Is it going to feel like a Kaufman sketch that will make people start banging their TVs? It helped to have little bits of color here and there on the main characters. We had already talked with Kevin Feige about a few ideas for this film, but you can never be sure, because once you get comfortable, that whole section of the film you love so much gets cut out and you have to go in a different direction. I don’t do any research into all of the threads and storylines of Marvel because there’s too many and I don’t know half the characters.

New films streaming or in theaters this weekend: Chris Hemsworth's thunder god returns in 'Thor: Love and Thunder,' Netflix unleashes 'The Sea Beast.'

There's an interesting narrative thread about family legacy and siblings that ends up taking a backseat to plot swerves in this decent but flawed thriller. "Moana" fans will get a kick out of this comedic animated adventure with colorful creatures and a big heart. Thor's path in the Marvel movies has led him to a bit of an identity crisis, and on top of that he runs into his ex Jane (Portman), now a powerful goddess herself wielding Thor's old magic hammer.

"It looks so stunning on film, but every time I see it, I'm like, 'That's a Best Buy parking lot.'"

It looks so stunning on film, but every time I see it, I’m like, ‘That’s a Best Buy parking lot.'” Natalie Portman told Entertainment Weekly that “ Thor: Love and Thunder” has one of the most visually stunning scenes she’s ever seen on film, and it just so happens to have been shot in a random Best Buy parking lot. “It’s so wild to be on this size of movie, and we were literally in a parking lot with a blue screen, doing this really dramatic thing.

As the world prepares for the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 'Thor: Love and Thunder' may become banned in multiple theaters.

At the London premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder, one audience member asked the director and leading ladies how gay the new Thor movie was. Now, while questions surrounding Thor: Love and Thunder‘s focus on LGBTQ+ characters like King Valkyrie are still being asked, it seems that Thor 4 may go the way as the aforementioned movies as Waititi, Thompson, and Portman revealed that the MCU film is, in fact, “super gay.” Once upon a time, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige promised MCU fans that Valkyrie’s sexual orientation, would be explored in future sequels.

As with almost all other Marvel Studios offerings, Thor: Love and Thunder features two post-credits scenes. We break them down here.

It may not feel like it, given how obscure he is, but Hercules (full name Hercules Panhellenios) is a prominent character in the House of Ideas’ sprawling tapestry, and he opens the possibility of an exciting new chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During the third act, Jane and Thor struggle to stop Gorr from opening a gate to the being known as Eternity to wish for all gods to die. Moving on to Jane, Love and Thunder reveals she has cancer. But Thor is the God of Thunder, and not even Zeus will stop him from achieving his goals. Nearly five years after Thor: Ragnarok hit theaters, Thor: Love and Thunder has arrived to continue the God of Thunder’s story. Love and Thunder features two exciting after-credits sequences that hint at Thor’s next adventure and give closure to a beloved character.

The new Thor movie is the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, coming very soon to a streaming service near you.

Thor: Love and Thunder is the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU) film to come to theaters. It seems likely that Disney will now stick to around a 45-day theatrical window for its MCU releases. Spider-Man: No Way Home, however, is not on Disney+ due to it being a Sony release.

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Still, his the material that remains is the strongest in the entire picture, even if it has to coexist with a pair of screeching space goats and Thor dealing with some relationship issues with his axe, Stormbreaker. The comedic elements last time were funnier, and made a lot more sense in that story about Thor trapped on a bizarre planet full of oddballs like Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster. Love and Thunder’s colorful visuals feel less in sync with Thor riffing like an improv comic, and neither one mesh with the screenplay’s strained attempts to say something profound about the nature of life and death. In Thor: Ragnarok, Waititi managed to fuse over-the-top heroic imagery with a contemporary sense of humor and a kitschy aesthetic. The good news: Thor: Love and Thunder finds a genuinely new angle on Thor. The bad news: It finds it in the movie’s very last scene. It should, but it doesn’t. There are some very heavy sequences in Love and Thunder and they fit uncomfortably with the movie’s non-stop goofball comedy. As he did in Ragnarok, Waititi gives Thor a ragtag group of allies including Valkyrie ( Tessa Thompson) and Korg (Waititi himself). (And yes, Thor ditches one group of friends so he can be alone, only to bring together a second group of friends about six minutes later.) Most importantly, Thor’s ex-girlfriend Jane Foster ( Natalie Portman) reenters his life, this time as a superhero in her own right.

Director Taika Waititi's second outing with the godly hero is a major fall from grace.

Maybe that’s Waititi’s secret intention, to take the piss out of the endeavor to such a degree that we see how dumb all this stuff really is. A visit to a sort of Pleasure Island for galactic gods does nothing for the story, though it gives Waititi ever more room to garrulously riff. There is no sense of occasion or larger narrative meaning to be found in Love and Thunder. It’s simply a vignette-y ramble, a hyper-colored string of gags that never land. Never ones to let a good thing lie, Marvel has tapped Waititi for another Thor adventure, Love and Thunder (in theaters July 8), hoping he can sustain this property with ever more of his sideways New Zealand drollness. Though it debuted 11 long years ago and my memory of it is faint, I do dimly recall that Marvel Studios’s original Thor film took itself a little seriously. Well, as seriously as one can take a movie about Norse gods living in space and battling elves and wicked foundling brothers and whatnot.