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Thor: Love and Thunder fumbles its interesting pieces. Jane's developments are compelling (albeit cheap), the villain has motivation, there are vague themes, and the ending is bittersweet. However, these aspects crowd each other rather than synergizing. Particularly, the emotional romance tonally clashes with the abundant humor and fantasy. The seriousness is often unclear because Love and Thunder jumps across comedy, camp, and drama without finding a unifying baseline. Overall, Love and Thunder wants both levity and substance (which is commendable), yet undermines both ends of its spectrum. Some viewers will respect its intentions, but others will find it insincere.
Conversely, Love and Thunder has consistent technicals. There are varied effects, distinct song choices, and impressive cast members. The acting employs humor, vulnerability, chemistry, and internal conflict. Specifically, Bale elevates his material. The sound introduces plot points and punctuates jokes. The cinematography uses composition, focus, and motion. Plus, its lighting and color are exceptional, adding to the surreal production design. Each planet has a specific style, and costumes reflect emotions. Ultimately, Love and Thunder is proficient besides its flawed tone. Yet, since that's fundamental to the viewing experience, responses will depend on that sticking point.
Writing: 6/10
Direction: 6/10
Cinematography: 7/10
Acting: 8/10
Editing: 7/10
Sound: 7/10
Score/Soundtrack: 8/10
Production Design: 9/10
Casting: 10/10
Effects: 8/10
Overall Score: 7.6/10
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Thor: Love and Thunder landed with a bang adding even more to the already ginormous MCU mythos, however with wavering plot structure and waaay too many jokes to the point it is getting ridiculous.
The story of Thor has been an interesting one from super serious from 1 and 2 to a goofball in Ragnarök. His character was perfected in Infinity War and Endgame with the brilliant mix of serious and jokey humor. Love and Thunder is yet again directed by Taika Waititi and after Ragnarök, people knew that humor will be at the front, but sacrificing story structure for humor is not the way to do it. In our showing people were laughing hard as was I, but then you go home, you sleep on it and then the next morning you start to notice the serious cracks.
It shined brightest in its cinematography and, of course, choice of soundtrack. To be honest, Ragnarök was shot better with more interesting places and scenes, but then we get to the black/white scenes. Those scenes with the only light source coming from the weapons and that being what actually introduces color was a bold choice and it was magnificent to watch.
In terms of supporting characters, everyone from Valkyrie, Mighty Thor and even Korg did a splendid job here. They added to overall lightheartedness of the scenes with a plethora of jokes and almost perfect comedic timing. Mighty Thor added levity to the movie with a predicament stated almost from the start and that said predicament acts as a ticking time bomb. However, Gorr was creepy, unnerving and had a relatable back-story, but his screen time was way too short.
Thors newest adventure brings the heart and an overabundance of jokes. It will make a lot of money for the Disney overlords which will be reinvested into projects like Thor 5. His next outing should be in another direction or if it stays the same, reduce back the humor a little and remember all the character growth you did in previous movies.
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