Being a big fan of super hero films I had a bash at Disney +'s new THOR: Love and Thunder entry, as I am keen on the Asgardian god and was a comic-reading kid.
Alas, despite an obviously large budget, Love and Thunder has done what I personally dread in super hero flicks. Its descended into a parody of itself, with comedy the main thrust of the plot. Not even Christian Bale's creepy God Butcher could wrestle the thing out of cosplay cheese for me.
Such a shame. I won't spoil it as my cinematic tastes won't be universal so I'll leave Love and Thunder at that [except to say what an awful title!]
Oddly enough, I saw an earlier Chris Hemsworth fantasy tale last week, The Huntsman: Winters War. I saw the first Huntsman: Snow White years ago. I get them both mixed up in my mind with the two Malificent movies for some reason. Hemsworth clearly cut his teeth for future Thoring during these Huntsman flicks.
I also caught Jason Momoa, he of DC's Aquaman, in Wolves, an early vehicle for his action style. It was on Legend here on TV in the UK last week. For Legend [nee the Horror Channel] it wasn't a half bad bite at a werewolf picture, without filling the screen with teens too! I enjoyed it.
Have you seen any of the flicks readers?
I just accepted L&T as a goofy story, having followed on from Ragnarok. I could accept the wild tonal swings, having watched a bit of French cinema where they go from tragedy to comedy in an instant.
ReplyDeleteIt seems a lot of comics fans are howling about the injustice, but having witnessed the flash-mob outrage directed at the female Ghostbusters film and the Star Wars Sequels, I'm paying less attention to their greivances.
I prefer the Marvel films drama with a bit of comedy to the po-faced DC movies that seem to think Grim/Dark is the only way to go...
Horses for courses eh Looey! There'll be no one single opinion about Marvel and DC movies! Just like the comics when we were kids discussing them in the playground, they'll always generate debate but God Forbid flash-mob outrage!
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