Saturday, July 16, 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

 

In which Dr. Jane Foster finds and fulfills her ultimate destiny.  She, Thor, Val and Korg all try to figure out a way to stop Gorr, the God Butcher.  This involves all kinds of other deities, including the Olympians.  Why did they leave Olympus?  Or are the just visiting Milliways, I mean Omnipotence City for fun? How about the rest of them?  Well, some things you just have to not put much thought into.  Of course, Jane has other issues going on, which I knew about from the comic book series I never read.  So the ending was pretty obvious, but still worked.  

So this was no Ragnarok, or No Way Home, but it was better than The Multiverse of Madness.  I had already seen Jane as Thor(dis) way back in the 70s, which was a really fun story.  I never cared much for Natalie Portman's Dr. Jane Foster.  She just never seemed right for the role. She was better here, and looked great in the costume.  She really put the work in.  This movie was a fitting send off for the character.  The rest of the cast was good, though really, Jaimie Alexander's wonderful Sif could have had a little more time onscreen.

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