On July 8, the latest film starring the God of Thunder from the Marvel factory arrived in our cinemas, Thor Love & Thunder. This film marks, neither more nor less, than the twenty-ninth cinematographic installment within the so-called UCM and the fourth film starring Chris Hemsworthmaking him the only one of the original Avengers to earn that mark, ahead of Iron-Man, Spider-Man, and Captain America.
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In this new adventure of our favorite Asgardian gods, Thor must face the fearsome Gorr, the butcher of gods, a villain with the goal of eradicating all the deities in the universe after a personal experience… let’s call it frustrating. However, this time our hero will not be alone since he will have the help of Korg, Valkyrie and Jane Foster, his former love, who now has the repaired Mjolnir in her possession.
This fourth installment returns to be directed by Taika Waititi, responsible for the previous tape of the character, Thor: Ragnarökwhich quickly became a resounding success for Marvel Studios, reaching scores of 7.9 on portals such as IMDb, and grossing more than 800 million dollars globally at the box office. And to mention the virtues that it brought to the franchise, we can affirm that the film was a revitalization of the character that had been stagnant since its second installment in 2013, Thor The Dark World, which received very poor reviews and grossed a modest amount at the box office. Does the same story repeat itself?
A lot of Gorr for so little Thor
And we transport ourselves to this year 2022, when the fourth installment of the franchise opens. This film was highly anticipated by fans, since would bring us back to Natalie Portman, this time playing the Mighty Thor, as well as the incorporation of Christian Bale to the Marvel Universe, giving life to Gorr, one of the most formidable villains of the God of Thunder and who gets almost all the compliments from critics thanks to an interpretation that deserves much more. Maybe be the axis of a whole future plot of the MCU?
If we look at some major media reviews we find a bit of everything. Empire, for example, it states that Thor Love & Thunder is “a great and precious burst” while CNET hits a major stick: “A disappointingly empty delivery from Taika Waititi.” Nevertheless, new york post sees something essential in this film, which has “a villain as fantastic as you’ve ever seen.”
Despite the above, Love&Thunder is collecting scores around 7.0 on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. As happened with the previous Marvel Studios tape, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Regardless of the opinion of critics, what is clear is that the fans of the MCU are loving itas it quickly became the best debut of a Thor movie, as well as the fifth best opening of a Marvel Studios film, behind only avengers endgame, avengers infinity war, Spider-Man No Way Home Y Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessachieving the incredible figure of 302 million dollars.
As a curious fact, that figure is almost the entire box office of films such as black widow either Eternals. And you? doYou like the comic tone of Thor Or do you think they are already starting to happen?
