Does Thor: Love and Thunder Work Better As A Romcom Than An Action Movie?

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the biggest thing in cinema and that level of ubiquity amplifies the cultural reaction to its every success and failure. Every detail of every project that comes out with the Marvel brand attached will be systematically dissected by a thousand different viewers with a thousand different perspectives.

Taika Waititi is, bizarrely, one of the most controversial filmmakers in the business today. He seems to subscribe to a «one for me, one for them» model, alternating between big-budget studio fare and independent passion projects. Even in his more mainstream outings, Taika has a unique fingerprint that swiftly marks out his contribution to the larger brand as special, for better, and for worse.

Thor: Love And Thunder Makes The Case For Creative Freedom

Thor: Love and Thunder is a bizarre new part of Marvel's output, and it has left fans divided. The previous film, Thor: Ragnarok, was beloved by many, but also received some pushback for its comedic writing. While most fans loved the action, imagery, and space-hopping adventure of Thor's third outing, some felt that the first two films' more serious tone was somehow more appropriate for the material. Whatever venue fans chose to voice their concerns about the previous film, Taika Waititi either did not hear them or did not care, because he and co-writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson doubled down hard. Thor: Love and Thunder is probably as close to a screwball romantic comedy as Disney will allow a mainline MCU film to get.

Of course, there is still a ton of action in the newest Thor film, it would be hard to imagine the alternative. The fight scenes are spectacular, making use of unique visual effects to strike a distinct visual style and stand out,