Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

[Starkers]

I actually enjoyed Love and Thunder but it's tonally all over the place, Bale is in a different (and arguably better) film to everyone else, Jane's cancer played for laughs feels uncomfortable (though Portman is probably the best thing in the film) Korg goes from being a minor character who was a lot of fun to an irritating distraction who never shuts up and Thor steps over the idiot line a little too far. The video of Waititi and Thompson ragging in the special effects, and by extension the SFX people, left a sour taste as well. Still way more enjoyable than say Quantumania though.

 

[cooleddie74]

Bale is capable in the film but easily - IMHO - one of the weakest and most disappointing villains in the entire MCU. It's not as disappointing as a film as Quantumania turned out to be, which with time becomes a movie that I find rewatchable for only the Jonathan Majors and Michelle Pfeiffer flashback scenes and the Bill Murray cameo.

Love and Thunder is - overall - a more enjoyable ride but it's hampered by an antagonist who just doesn't work for me. Russell Crowe is infinitely more fun to watch.

 

[Christopher]

Bale is capable in the film but easily - IMHO - one of the weakest and most disappointing villains in the entire MCU.

I'd say that of the four main villains in Thor movies, Gorr ranks #2, though it's a distant second to Loki. I thought Gorr was a sympathetic antagonist with a relatable and tragic motive, and I loved the way the conflict was resolved. Malekith was a relative cipher. And Hela was a huge disappointment, because here was a bitter, long-lost sister Thor never knew he had, and they did absolutely nothing with that family relationship, just made her a generic menace, which was a profound letdown after all they did with Thor & Loki. Hela didn't become interesting until her What If...? episode.

 

[Rich Watson]

He's called Gorr the God Butcher, kills one god and gets his ass kicked by a bunch of little kids.

 

[Christopher]

He's called Gorr the God Butcher, kills one god and gets his ass kicked by a bunch of little kids.

Yeah, and Palpatine's empire got its ass kicked by a farmboy, a blowhard smuggler, and a bunch of talking teddy bears. Underdog stories are a thing.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Chris Hemsworth on Love & Thunder.

“I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself. I didn’t stick the landing.”

Pretty much the Thor characterization in most of his MCU appearances (post the 1st film and part of TDW).

 

[FreezeC77]

Pretty much the Thor characterization in most of his MCU appearances (post the 1st film and part of TDW).

I personally thought the character changed most in Ragnarok becoming more like the 'parody' bits where he was living with that Australian guy and Love and Thunder was just a continuation of that.

 

[JD]

Also, I think I'm the only person who loved the screaming goats. Normally that kind of thing would drive me buggy, just like they did for most people, but for some reason, I loved them here.

I like goats, so they were one of my favorite parts of the movie.

 

[Tuskin38]

Another falcon and winter soldier deleted scene
https://collider.com/falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-deleted-scene/

 

[Captaindemotion]

I like goats, so they were one of my favorite parts of the movie.

They were, ahem, Greatest Of All Time.

I’ll show myself out.

 

[The Knappos]

The best thing about Thor 4 was the cameo at the beginning of Nimbus III

 

[Captaindemotion]

Paul Walter Hauser, who this week joined the cast of the Naked Gun reboot in George Kennedy’s old role, is also in the Fantastic Four movie but his role is unknown for now
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...tic-four-casts-paul-walter-hauser-1235889021/

 

[Rich Watson]

Paul Walter Hauser, who this week joined the cast of the Naked Gun reboot in George Kennedy’s old role, is also in the Fantastic Four movie but his role is unknown for now

 

[JD]

I could definitely see that. I hope maybe this means we'll get a break from Dr. Doom and they'll give us a different villain.

 

[Relayer1]

I like goats, so they were one of my favorite parts of the movie.

I laughed at the screaming goats, so that makes that *checks notes*, yup - the only bit of the movie I liked.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

None of the Thor films are without problems, and they all have their moments.

 

[The Knappos]

None of the Thor films are without problems, and they all have their moments.

Same as every movie ever then pretty much?

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Same as every movie ever then pretty much?

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is pure perfection from start to finish.

 

[4Lights]

Quantumania was a fine film. Better than the 2nd film in my opinion.

Damn haters.

 

[Cr0sis21]

I'd say that of the four main villains in Thor movies, Gorr ranks #2, though it's a distant second to Loki. I thought Gorr was a sympathetic antagonist with a relatable and tragic motive, and I loved the way the conflict was resolved. Malekith was a relative cipher. And Hela was a huge disappointment, because here was a bitter, long-lost sister Thor never knew he had, and they did absolutely nothing with that family relationship, just made her a generic menace, which was a profound letdown after all they did with Thor & Loki. Hela didn't become interesting until her What If...? episode.

I was disappointed because Gorr could have been so much more. Blood rain over a battlefield. Cutting off a god's eyelids so he has to watch the other gods die. Torturing Thor for the location of Asgard. Gods crucified in a field. All scenes from the comic, and way better than what we got on screen.