Thor: Love & Thunder
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Looks awesome, can't wait to see it. I love how Marvel Studios ties all the movies together. This one clearly happens chronologically after Endgame. Saw awhile back speculation that the "female Thor" was Jane Foster.
They killed it, or is it merely an unlimited multi-year delay? Dammit, I want my Deadpool!
I heard/read it's still on track - had to nail down contracts, conversion to MCU, etc. Can't wait.
Sigh, I don't know how Deadpool retains it's raunchy and well deserved R rating in the MCU.
Sigh, I don't know how Deadpool retains it's raunchy and well deserved R rating in the MCU.
Disney+ brought Punisher and Daredevil (from Netflix) to their streaming platform and they’re still very hard R - assume they won’t fix anything not broken (you do have to ‘opt in’ to the harder programming offerings though).
Looks to be a great summer blockbuster. Good story, charismatic stars, self deprecating sense of humor and great soundtrack.
Already got my tickets for 5/7. Multiverse of Madness looks fantastic (hopefully the movies is as good as the previews suggest).
Literally just finished. Awaiting the final end credit scene. I liked it a bunch - it’s a bit too jokey in parts but Bale as Gorr is fantastic and tremendous ending. Love that they keep expanding into more obscure Marvel mythology such as ‘Eternity’ too. Just not sure where they go from here…
Jane Foster is ‘terrible’. She’s not part of the Waititi Thor reboot and sort of shoehorned into the film. She doesn’t always work, but I think she adds weight to Thor’s story and closes a romantic loop there. The film is really trying to do six things at once and some (Bale) are more successful than others (Portman) but she’s far from terrible IMO. It’s a comic book movie.
Not to hijack this thread, but I loved Marvel comic books in college. My RA on 4th floor Beam Hall got me started, and I went through some really good periods for the Claremont-Byrne X-Men and the Avengers. I really really really really want to like the MCU movies but except for the first Iron Man film I’m cold to them all. They just don’t work for me.
I wasn't saying she's terrible in this movie- she's terrible in any role I've seen her in. The girl can't act.
Movie sucked. They jumped the shark with avengers end game. To bad but marvel has run its course with these. I’ll add the whole talk about orgys and Thor naked wasn’t appropriate for kids among other things that Disney tries to instill in all of their current movies.
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Just got back from seeing it. Kind of agree with others, Portman is really awkward in this film (her dialog about the catch phrase with Thor was brutal to watch). In general the movie was forgettable. Bale as usual was phenomenal. Too bad people probably won’t remember much of it. I’d wait to see it when it comes to a streaming service near you.
But…. No one is excited about Roy F’n Kent as Hercules?
Claremont/Byrne X-Men run is iconic. Great time to be a comics fan!
^^ My thoughts exactly. I was entertained, for sure, but it wouldn't be any near my Mt Rushmore of Marvel Movies. Wish they would have done a little more backstory on Gore, like the origin of the sword.
And more about the Eternity character.
If you have the time, it's worth seeing in a theater IMO. It looks and sounds amazing. Waititi is the first filmmaker to use a new VFX technique called PlateLight that is just brilliant on a big screen (a previous version of this was used in a flashback sequence in Thor Ragnarok). It's at a critical point in the movie and has both Thors and Bale going at it. Some of the awkward tonal issues aside, the fight sequences are some of the best in a Marvel film.
For Thor: Love and Thunder, Waititi employed PlateLight, a technology which uses the same principle as Dynamiclight (high-speed lights combined with slow-motion footage) to capture what WIRED UK described as multiple lighting set-ups simultaneously within a single shot. “And then when you break down that footage into increments of 24 frames per second, you have every single kind of lighting, all individually captured," Waititi explained. "So later you can choose your lighting in post-production."
www.cbr.com
For Thor: Love and Thunder, Waititi employed PlateLight, a technology which uses the same principle as Dynamiclight (high-speed lights combined with slow-motion footage) to capture what WIRED UK described as multiple lighting set-ups simultaneously within a single shot. “And then when you break down that footage into increments of 24 frames per second, you have every single kind of lighting, all individually captured," Waititi explained. "So later you can choose your lighting in post-production."
Thor: Love and Thunder Uses Brand-New Technology to Bring the VFX to Life
Thor: Love and Thunder uses new VFX technology developed by Satellite Lab, which also created the tech for Thor: Ragnarok's Valkyrie/Hela flashback.
www.cbr.com
Found Love & Thunder to be two hours of fun, light-hearted entertainment. Worth seeing in theaters for the reasons @Midnighter suggested. Didn't hook me quite like 2011 or Ragnarak did, but those two set the bar really high with a rare combination of compelling storylines and playful humor. Love & Thunder had the humor down, and it had a solid plot, but it never quite felt like we were whisked away on a high-stakes adventure. There were some good cameos and I enjoyed Russell Crowe's pompous role as Zeus in Omnipotence City. New Asgard was also an interesting idea as a theme park - maybe stick it in Disney World.
Midnighter, funny how you said you weren't sure where Thor goes from here when the credits started rolling (I was thinking the same), but it looks like they opened the door for a new world of possibilities after all. Hope Chris Hemsworth stays on as it's hard to imagine anyone else playing the role of Thor.
Agreed that Christian Bale was good as Gorr who physically reminded me a bit of Jarl Varg from Norsemen:
Midnighter, funny how you said you weren't sure where Thor goes from here when the credits started rolling (I was thinking the same), but it looks like they opened the door for a new world of possibilities after all. Hope Chris Hemsworth stays on as it's hard to imagine anyone else playing the role of Thor.
Agreed that Christian Bale was good as Gorr who physically reminded me a bit of Jarl Varg from Norsemen:
It was worth seeing. Not as good as Love and Thunder but still a good movie. I agree with the comment about it being a bit too light-hearted to start. It really switched gears midway through. They pulled it off but just barely.
Man you're really nailing the recap of the movie. Totally agree with what you've said.If you have the time, it's worth seeing in a theater IMO. It looks and sounds amazing. Waititi is the first filmmaker to use a new VFX technique called PlateLight that is just brilliant on a big screen (a previous version of this was used in a flashback sequence in Thor Ragnarok). It's at a critical point in the movie and has both Thors and Bale going at it. Some of the awkward tonal issues aside, the fight sequences are some of the best in a Marvel film.
For Thor: Love and Thunder, Waititi employed PlateLight, a technology which uses the same principle as Dynamiclight (high-speed lights combined with slow-motion footage) to capture what WIRED UK described as multiple lighting set-ups simultaneously within a single shot. “And then when you break down that footage into increments of 24 frames per second, you have every single kind of lighting, all individually captured," Waititi explained. "So later you can choose your lighting in post-production."
Thor: Love and Thunder Uses Brand-New Technology to Bring the VFX to Life
Thor: Love and Thunder uses new VFX technology developed by Satellite Lab, which also created the tech for Thor: Ragnarok's Valkyrie/Hela flashback.
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