Thor must stop Gorr the God Butcher from eliminating all gods and save the children of Asgard.
Where as Thor: Ragnarok was a colourful cosmic adventure, director Taika Waititi's Thor: Love and Thunder delivers a fun outing, packed with one liners, quips and puns; but it's tonally off making Chris Hemsworth's Thor a buffoon, even more so than in previous films. Unreined Waititi and
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson's high-stakes plot and drama is overshadowed by comedy and far removed from the feel of the Marvel Comics.
There's a handfuls of humorous cameos including Matt Damon, Sam Neil, Melissa McCarthy, Luke Hemsworth and Russell Crowe along with the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy to name a few. Despite a great effects, soundtrack and score even with Christian Bale's solid performance trying to ground it and death themes throughout, Waititi's offering desperately falls short. Love and Thunder becomes almost a parody played for laughs, hints sarcasm, trading in adventure for book of shoehorned jokes.
Overall, if you're completely checked out it could be a cheap blast, but it's a sobering reminder that character is everything and even with a solid director and big budget it's possible to still miss the mark.
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