Thor: Love & Thunder Review - A Mighty Return To Form For The MCU
Thor: Love and Thunder is a return to form for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, delivering a great solo story that is emotional, exciting, and downright funny as hell. After recent Marvel films leaned on multiversal stories (to fun effect), Thor 4 quickly jettisons shared universe connections and draws, instead, from the Asgardian's three prior solo outings to tell a heartwarming tale that sees the God of Thunder and his ex-girlfriend-turned Mighty Thor reunite for an interstellar adventure that is sure to satisfy MCU diehards and casual filmgoers alike. The result: Love and Thunder is easily the best entry of Thor's standalone outings, and is among Marvel Studio's best entries post-Avengers: Endgame.
Following the events of Endgame, Love and Thunder sees Thor (Chris Hemsworth) tiring of life on the road with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Yearning for purpose, he returns to New Asgard, joining Queen Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) in fighting a shadowy figure known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who is stealing the village's children. In the battle, Thor discovers his former love, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), is now wielding his beloved (and previously destroyed) hammer Mjolnir, which has imbued Jane with the Power of Thor. However, as the heroes mount a rescue mission and chase Gorr to the center of the universe, Thor begins to suspect that, in spite of her new super-powered persona as Mighty Thor, Jane may be hiding a deadly secret.
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Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi returns to helm Thor: Love and Thunder, this time taking the rapid-fire comedy of the previous entry and injecting a saccharin story that explores the challenges of love and loss.
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