The New Zealand director Taika Waititi stands for colorful pictures, crazy humor and chaotic energy. With a lot of charm, he managed to breathe new life into what is probably the most bizarre superhero in 2017: “Thor: Day of Decision” was entertaining, gripping and didn’t take its hero too seriously. A good idea, after all it’s about a Norse god who, for some reason, fights evil in North America with a red cape.
Waititi staged the Avenger with a lot of tongue in cheek and bombastic action. The film grossed $850 million. The expectations for the successor “Thor: Love and Thunder” were correspondingly high.
At the beginning of the film we meet Gorr (Christian Bale), who blames the gods for his daughter’s death. He has only one goal: With the necro sword he goes hunting as a “Godbutcher” and wants to wipe out all the gods. When the villain then attacks Asgard, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) naturally comes to the rescue. However, he is not the only person in the Thor outfit during the fight. He meets his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who, after being diagnosed with cancer, is only staying alive with the power of a hammer. Together they try to defeat Godbutcher.
A genuine love film
Waititi announced in advance that he wanted to make a romance film. Sometimes this works well, sometimes not so much. “Thor: Love And Thunder” thrives on the strengths and weaknesses of Waititi’s production art. The film jumps from candid scenes of the blonde god talking about love, to self-deprecating wink moments, then back to bombastic action scenes and back again. This is exciting and impressive but also a little tiring. There is hardly any real tension.
But that’s not the fault of the actors. Christian Bale makes a big splash as Godbutcher, but appears too infrequently. The chemistry between Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman is also right. The film creates touching moments (have tissues ready for the end) and addresses relationship problems that even people without superpowers know only too well.
Big plus: the soundtrack. Listening to Enya or ABBA also softens the heart of any superhero film critic. All in all: good popcorn cinema. Not more but also not less.
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