Thor: Love And Thunder Review Roundup
Reviews for Marvel's next big movie, Thor: Love and Thunder, have begun to appear online ahead of the film's release this Friday, July 8. Critics are weighing in, and the overall sentiment is mixed.
You can see a sampling of review excerpts and scores below, including GameSpot's own Thor: Love and Thunder review and others from across the internet.
Love and Thunder was directed by Oscar-winner Taika Waititi, who previously helmed the beloved 2017 movie Thor: Ragnarok. It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor once again, with a cast that also includes Natalie Portman as Jane, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, and Christian Bale as the villain, Gorr the God Butcher. Russell Crowe plays Zeus, while Waititi portrays the fan-favorite Korg. The main cast of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy also appear in Love and Thunder.
The story picks up after the events of Avengers: Endgame, with Thor having an existential crisis and seeking inner peace before getting pulled back into the fight against Bale's Gorr the God Butcher. Bale revealed in an interview that a scene involving his character and self-mutilation was deemed «too extreme» for a family-friendly movie, so they were cut.
Love and Thunder releases July 8 in theaters exclusively. It will presumably come to Disney Plus at some point later, but a release date hasn't been announced yet for Disney's streaming service.
"....Love and Thunder feel[s] less like a movie and more like a scrapbook of random ideas, cut up in between some neat looking music videos. Some of those ideas are great--Jane, the humor, the visuals--while others are lackluster and meaningless. It just never really comes together into a cohesive thing, which ultimately makes the whole experience ring hollow at best and
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