On July 8, the latest film starring the God of Thunder from the Marvel factory arrived in our cinemas, Thor Love & Thunder. This film marks, neither more nor less, than the twenty-ninth film installment within the so-called UCM and the fourth movie starring Chris Hemsworth, which makes him the only one of the original Avengers to achieve that mark, above Iron-Man, Spider-Man and Captain America.
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In this new adventure of our favorite Asgardian gods, Thor will have to face the fearsome Gorr, the butcher of gods, a villain with the goal of eradicating all deities in the universe after a personal experience… let's call it frustrating. However, this time our hero will not be alone since he will have the help of Korg, Valkyrie and Jane Foster, his former love, who now has the repaired Mjolnir in his possession.
This fourth installment is once again directed by Taika Waititi, responsible for the character's previous film, Thor: Ragnarok, which quickly became a resounding success for Marvel Studios, reaching scores of 7,9 on portals such as IMDb, and grossing more than 800 million dollars globally at the box office. And to mention the virtues that it brought to the franchise, we can affirm that the tape was a revitalization of the character that had been stagnant since its second installment in 2013, Thor The Dark World, which received very bad reviews and raised a discreet amount at the box office. Does the same story repeat itself?
Much Gorr for so little Thor
And we are transported to this year 2022, when the fourth installment of the franchise is released. This film was highly anticipated by the fans, since would bring us back to Natalie Portman, this time playing the Mighty Thor, as well as the incorporation of Christian Bale into the Marvel Universe, giving life to Gorr, one of the most formidable villains of the God of Thunder and who gets almost all the compliments from critics thanks to an interpretation that deserves much more. Maybe be the lynchpin of a whole future MCU plot?
If we look at some major media reviews we find a bit of everything. empire, For example, he claims that Thor Love & Thunder It's "a big, beautiful bang" while CNET He hits an important stick: "A disappointingly empty delivery from Taika Waititi." However, New York Post He focuses on something essential in this film, which has "a villain as fantastic as you've never seen."
Despite the above, Love & Thunder is collecting scores that are close to 7,0 on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. As happened with the previous Marvel Studios tape, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Regardless of the opinion of critics, what is clear is that UCM fans are loving it, as it has quickly become the best debut for a Thor film, as well as the fifth best opening for a Marvel Studios film, behind only Avengers Endgame, Avengers Infinity War, Spider-Man No Way Home y Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, achieving the incredible figure of 302 million dollars.
As a curious fact, that figure is almost the entire box office for movies like Black Widow o Eternals. And you? whatDo you like Thor's comedic tone? Or do you think they are already starting to happen?