Review | Thor: Love And Thunder – ‘Thor’oughly Charming

Thor: Love and Thunder is an American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson and Jaimie Alexander.

General Rating

In a nut-shell:

‘Thor’oughly Charming

There’s almost a conversation between God of Thunder (Chris Hemsworth), his ex and his current. The latter two are his magical hammer Myjolnir, now wielded by Dr Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and Stormbreaker, the axe that’s his supreme weapon. Sheer goofiness with two girlfriend-like armaments, one even turning up like a reminder while Thor’s looking longingly at the other, peppers MCU’s 29th blend of heart, humour and action. Punning on ‘minutes’ and lines on Jane Foster’s name (Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, oops Jane Foster) keep it breezy.            

Heartstrings are played with Jane the scientist and Thor the warrior who distract themselves from their inseparable chemistry by saving humanity in their own different ways. But come together they will, he with his “This ends here and now” before he goes into another battle and she with her “Eat my hammer” before hurling Myjolnir at the villain. The Asgardians must be saved as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) has his evil gaze on this planet.

But evil too has a heart. The tale of why Gorr turned God killer is told right at the beginning. And even if bereaved Gorr’s confrontation with his almost sadistic God seems like an animated cartoon strip, there is a source detailed for the villainy.        

Making wacky stops like one at Omnipotence City with its lineup of Gods for everything, even a God of Dumplings, director Taika Waititi (who returns after Thor: Rangnarok) and co-writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson bring in children that must be rescued, love, loss, emptiness, happiness and cheekiness for a slightly disjointed but watchable adventure. Family, friendship and feminism (Lady Thor would rather be called Mighty Thor), all the politically correct and emotive essentials of entertainment on Planet Earth today, mark their presence. With a sprinkling of stars like Russel Crowe (as self-absorbed Zeus) and a couple of surprises that would amount to spoilers.

But, with so much coming together, why isn’t this new addition to MCU not the current best show in the galaxy? The answer’s in the word ‘emptiness’. At the end of some wit and much war, it’s the pointlessness of telling this non-story that leads to a verdict only Indians will understand: picture time pass hai, yaar

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