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By *asycouple1971 OP Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Must be the worse Marvel film.

Avoid if you have not seen it.

Glad I did not pay to watch that.

Not read the comics in ages but they portray Thor in movies as a Himbo with air between the ears and really thick, turning him into a all muscle no brains figure.

4/10.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its too all over the place for me overly cheesy or really depressing think i was bummed out for days by the end

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No. Wait. What.

I’ve been waiting to watch this on Disney now that it’s out .. this afternoon was the plan.

I’ll still give it a shot, but tell me it’s not gone all terribly PC

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Must be the worse Marvel film.

Avoid if you have not seen it.

Glad I did not pay to watch that.

Not read the comics in ages but they portray Thor in movies as a Himbo with air between the ears and really thick, turning him into a all muscle no brains figure.

4/10.

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the new version of thor started when he did that aweful ghostbusters

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By *asycouple1971 OP Couple
over a year ago

midlands

"Must be the worse Marvel film.

Avoid if you have not seen it.

Glad I did not pay to watch that.

Not read the comics in ages but they portray Thor in movies as a Himbo with air between the ears and really thick, turning him into a all muscle no brains figure.

4/10.

the new version of thor started when he did that aweful ghostbusters "

Avoided Ghostbusters, what were they thinking?

Proves Marvel can make any shit and people would watch it.

Hope it is the end of Thor but doubt it.

Ended up like a bad Carry On film without the jokes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s pretty grim

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
over a year ago

chichester

Pretty much found most marvel movies repetitive these last few years

I think for me it’s more to do with superhero burnout They are thick n fast with series / movies popping out. Bouncing between arcs

They have become the new zombie / vampire genre of over saturated imo

Good news is chris film about hulk hogan is coming and he is jacked in that. Plus he did say there is an extraction 2 movie in works as well. That was a solid film if you not seen that

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By *rishman75Man
over a year ago

Chessington/epsom

it was a so so film but gone down hill now so no more thor please . extraction was a surprise hit for me and are you for real they are doing another one

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

I Loved it

The way they are taking the humour is in line with guardians of the galaxy and loki, yes it has completely skewed away from the comic book portrayal, but you cannot please everyone and I like how Thor's character is developing through the films

NB no his nakedness did not skew my opinion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched on Friday. It was pretty disappointing. Ragnarok was great, just the right mix of comedy and action. This one just didn’t hit the mark. Although my wife suddenly became more interested when his clothes fell off.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

I liked it ...I wasn't bothered about the plot ..it was so cgi ..a cartoon with people in...I don't read marvel comics so I don't know the marvel back story ..but I have read the norse myths ...it was a great amusing escaping adventure film ...entertaining as topgun 2 .the new star treks..bond films ..Paddington. and Peter rabbit or kung fu panda

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved it, but then I love Taika Waititi's humour. The first two Thor films took themselves so seriously.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I quite liked it, despite seeing so many polarising reviews.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We love it. It's classic Taika Waititi. Gentle, sill,childish humour.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We love it. It's classic Taika Waititi. Gentle, sill,childish humour.

**Silly**

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I liked it, I thought it was a bit silly in places but on the whole I enjoyed it.

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By *heArrowsCouple
over a year ago

I really enjoyed it.

I found it funny and some scenes were absolutely amazing cinematography wise.

As for the point OP made about them dumming thor down ... it's true. But that's why it's funny. The dude is a specimen! And how boring was it when he wore his mother's drapes and took everything super serious.

Thor being a "himbo" allows you to laugh along with one of the universes most powerful beings. It gives him something to over come. It gives him character growth.

If it was a straight up action movie marvel would be getting panned for being unoriginal.

"Here we go again ... boring Hemsworth delivers another wooden performance as thor. How many times do we need to see the swollen biceps wield his axe and hammer in this pointless franchise blah blah blah"

It's no ragnorok. But it's funny and very tika wattiti.

7.5/10

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By *affeine DuskMan
over a year ago

Caerphilly

"Not read the comics in ages but they portray Thor in movies as a Himbo with air between the ears and really thick, turning him into a all muscle no brains figure.

4/10.

I agree completely.

8/10, plus an extra 0.5 for throwing a lil' ass in there.

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By *olkestonenewbiesCouple
over a year ago

Folkestone

Had me in stitches.

It's a don't take me serious fun type film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Having watched this afternoon .. 7/10

Leave your brain at the door, standard CGI-heavy fare. It was ok, not a masterpiece but not woeful either. Funny in parts. Bring popcorn.

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By *isCockHerTailCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

I think they went 'People liked the quirky Taika Waititi stuff in Ragnarok... let's dial it up to eleven...'

I enjoyed it mainly(a lot of GnR) but it was a bit much.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Must be the worse Marvel film.

Avoid if you have not seen it.

Glad I did not pay to watch that.

Not read the comics in ages but they portray Thor in movies as a Himbo with air between the ears and really thick, turning him into a all muscle no brains figure.

4/10.

I actually enjoyed it. Thought it was funny

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Watched last night. Really enjoyed it. Hadn't realised both his wife and daughter were in it too!

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By *igerstyle2k2Man
over a year ago

Oxfordshire

I really enjoyed it. I liked the back story of the bad guy and thought The Mighty Thor was really cool too.

I thought it has a good balance of humour, action and story.

It also set up the next few films/characters well too.

Ragnarok, though it had a really good bad guy I thought it tried too hard to be funny to the point where it wasn't funny and it was such a tonal shift from films 1 and 2 that it doesn't fit the series.

Too much cgi? What do you expect from a modern superhero film? It's not going to be in the style of Christopher Reeves Superman from 1978 where he's flying on wires. It's not going to be like Christopher Nolan's Batman series either because it's a different style of superhero.

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By *arkman69Man
over a year ago

Erdington

I must've watched about half hour of it and just wasn't impressed at all. Everyone I know who have seen the WHOLE film all say the same thing - SHITE!!

"Must be the worse Marvel film.

Avoid if you have not seen it.

Glad I did not pay to watch that.

Not read the comics in ages but they portray Thor in movies as a Himbo with air between the ears and really thick, turning him into a all muscle no brains figure.

4/10.

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

40 mins in and all I can think is that I'm watching an 80s knock-off.

What a complete load of alpaca pooh.

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

"Must be the worse Marvel film.

Avoid if you have not seen it.

Glad I did not pay to watch that.

Not read the comics in ages but they portray Thor in movies as a Himbo with air between the ears and really thick, turning him into a all muscle no brains figure.

4/10.

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I've seen it 11 times now. I liked it.

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

Yeah... it wasn't great...

LvM

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

I actually enjoyed it and thought Christian Bale was really good.

Although Tessa Thompson seemed very disinterested and only there for the money.

Russell Crowe was awful.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Russell Crowe was awful."

But very good at it

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Russell Crowe was awful.

But very good at it

Brilliantly crap

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By *iss DevilWoman
over a year ago

Bedford

"We love it. It's classic Taika Waititi. Gentle, sill,childish humour.

Same here, loved it, had great fun watching it at the cinema and then last Sunday, with my partner. It's fun, easy to follow, great music and I love the screaming goats! Lol. Don't care what the reviews say.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jumped the shark ages ago.

Felt like a TV show at times.

Naff.

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Travelling

Horrible comedy to drama pacing.

Guardians of the galaxy walked close to the line in terms of silly comedy but worked, Ragnarok walked the line and was lightning in a bottle but also was following up on the far too serious Dark World so was nice to see the tonal shift.

The god butcher is very fitting to what they did to Thor, because that is exactly what happened to two very awesome Thor storylines that could have been much more serious (still with comedy). They butchered it. Combining the two was a great idea, the execution terrible.

The plot points they had, worked, some of the jokes were okay but when every scene has a joke (or more) it is way off tone.

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By *hil most chillMan
over a year ago

South East & Europe

I found it disappointing after Ragnarok. Definitely not the worst Marvel film (hello Thor The Dark World), but it lives and mostly dies by its attempts at comedy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We love it. It's classic Taika Waititi. Gentle, sill,childish humour.

Oh I love the goats (Nell hates them too). I do have a thing for annoying animals though.

MrWho.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

The screaming goats where great.

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By *..WillowCouple
over a year ago

East Lincs

We both sat down to watch it with some excitement. What a huge let down. I cant remember smiling at any of the jokes let alone a chuckle. It did remind me of the old carry on films but without the cheap sets. Marvel are going down hill rapidly for me. The GNR soundtrack was the only saving grace.

Still can't beat Iron man trilogy for storytelling funny one liners and far better acting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I started watching it and it’s more like a comedy than an action film .

I turned off after about 20 minutes.

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By *aucyxx1Couple
over a year ago

troon

I was the same 20mins of rubbish just couldn't watch anymore x

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By *illnatMan
over a year ago

wherever i need to be

Each to their own… whilst it wasn’t the greatest cinematic adventure ever… I enjoyed it.

Probably as I have a similar childish humour at times and yeh…. Loved the goats ??

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By *unfriendly 123Man
over a year ago

boston

I have watched them all

Now iron man and captain America have gone it's not ever gna be the same

No film will ever compare to infinity wars and end game

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By *ighty DuckMan
over a year ago

andover

It may be burnout, but it just felt like I’ve seen this film before but without the great execution.

Ragnarok was so good. The performances from others like Cate, Jeff and Karl were great. The comedy beats were amazing like the Snake piece and I work with him.

This movie to me just felt like it wanted to be emotionally deeper but didn’t hit the marks that an Endgame did.

It’s worth a watch if you’re a marvel fan but I’d be surprised if it made your top ten.

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By *ohnnyB82Man
over a year ago

Blackpool

You think Love & Chunder is bad, wait until you watch the non comedy snooze fest that is She Hulk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You think Love & Chunder is bad, wait until you watch the non comedy snooze fest that is She Hulk"
zzzzz zzzzzz

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By *ohnnyB82Man
over a year ago

Blackpool

Looking at Marvel Phase Gone (five) after all the garbage from Phase Bore (fore) has pushed my loyalty to the limit.....Kevin Feige & Disney have done fucked it up

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By *..WillowCouple
over a year ago

East Lincs

"You think Love & Chunder is bad, wait until you watch the non comedy snooze fest that is She Hulk"

Have to agree with you on that one.

Watched two episodes and came to the conclusion its rubbish. Actually realised that 15 mins into the first episode but thought we would give it a fair trial. It just seems Marvel are milking the franchises for all they can before the bubble completely bursts.

She hulk is kinda sexy in a green Amazonian way though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thunder cats

Ghostbuster

Beetle juice

Transformers ( couldn’t wait to learn speak English as I couldn’t read the sun titles )

Danger Mouse

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

I liked Love & Thunder.

Is it different to many of the Marvel flicks? Yes.

Is it as bad as the last Dr Strange movie? Hell no.

Is it anywhere near as appalling as Green Lantern (yes I know that's DC...) ? Nothing will ever be that bad.

It's has its own sense of humour. It's not meant to be like the other films in the MCU. And as such you'll either love it, hate it or be indifferent.

Just like any other movie.

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Travelling

"I liked Love & Thunder.

Is it different to many of the Marvel flicks? Yes.

Is it as bad as the last Dr Strange movie? Hell no.

Is it anywhere near as appalling as Green Lantern (yes I know that's DC...) ? Nothing will ever be that bad.

It's has its own sense of humour. It's not meant to be like the other films in the MCU. And as such you'll either love it, hate it or be indifferent.

Just like any other movie.

Except it is exactly like other Marvel movies but failed at it.

Ragnarok was lightning in a bottle (pun!) still a bit heavy on the comedy slapstick side, but it worked because it was paced out fairly well. Taika attempted to raise the bar from Ragnarok but failed hard because he leaned too much in to comedy.

Varied genres is good, Winter Soldier being a spy thriller was different. Ant man's heist movie also a good change of genre mixed with superhero.

Guardians of the galaxy walks the same line of silly and comedic but does it so well. It has heart, something that despite the premise of the storyline, Love and Thunder was greatly lacking. Even Antman manages the comedic yet serious tone better.

Take Thor's reunion with Sif, should be heartfelt considering her situation yet topped off with a joke.

Taika is a great filmmaker, but Thor is overall the wrong character for him to take on.

100% serious Thor is bad, wall to wall comedy Thor is also bad. There was no balance.

Thor is/was the last remaining true OG avenger (we don't count Hulk as he is a side character for now) on the big screen, so the centre pillar of the franchise, having your legacy character reduced to mediocre slapstick comedy/joke after joke turns people off because that is not what made the character nor the franchise as popular as it is. The formula has changed too much and if its to last until the planned phase 6 and beyond it need to return closer to its phase 1, 2, and 3 roots.

Infinity war, following on from Ragnarok did Thor as a character justice.

The major difference between Thor/Marvel in general and "any other movie" is that its part of a feanchise and a interconnected grand story, if it does not fit in, it does not work and effects the movies that follow it.

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

Dire. Marvel just gets sillier and sillier and Thor: Love and Thunder was scratching the bottom of the barrel. It was an intelligence-insulting movie. Puerile.

Can we have some more adult themes please, with real consequences and characters without "plot armour". DC does darker, challenging themes quite well. Marvel seems hellbent on cute and fluffy and it's wearing thin, IMHO.

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By *edheadjMan
over a year ago

High Wycombe

Yup, by far the weakest film in the series so far. No jokes landed and the plot was all over the place. Bale was wasted as the and guy and it all felt very lazy.

Since End Game, very few of the marvel films have been any good. I liked Shang Chin and the last twenty mins of Spiderman. But everything else has become so boring. It doesn't help that the power levels of everyone now as just over the top

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Travelling

"Dire. Marvel just gets sillier and sillier and Thor: Love and Thunder was scratching the bottom of the barrel. It was an intelligence-insulting movie. Puerile.

DC goes too far in the other direction. Too dark, not enough lightheartedness, and when they do its out of place.

Marvel had it right in phase 1-2 with the tone, it was balanced and served the majority of viewers, it was damn close to pleasing everyone as much as it could.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Being a nerdy Thor comic fan. This film was dire compared to his previous movies. Too much comedy. Thank heavens Taika Waiting is out. Can't stand him.

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By *it-chrissyTV/TS
over a year ago

sw. london

some of you should probably read the comicbooks these films are based on. tho probably y'all too Grown Up for that now and watch a film about super heros instead.

then be suprised/offended because it's a bit silly.

might as well criticise buck rogers or flash gordon or OG star wars or tarzan for not being deep or serious or historically accurate !

It's all Saturday morning at the flicks comic book scifi fantasy super hero fun. keep knickers un-twisted

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By *ereforgigglesMan
over a year ago

Scotland

It's a fucking horrendous movie... The "humour" is simply cringe worthy and I never made it to the end.. I tried to put up with it but after an hour it was either turn it off or use the toaster as a bathbomb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s not great but the first 2 Thor films are just as bad and Eternals is 10x worse.

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Travelling

"some of you should probably read the comicbooks these films are based on. tho probably y'all too Grown Up for that now and watch a film about super heros instead.

then be suprised/offended because it's a bit silly.

might as well criticise buck rogers or flash gordon or OG star wars or tarzan for not being deep or serious or historically accurate !

It's all Saturday morning at the flicks comic book scifi fantasy super hero fun. keep knickers un-twisted

I have read them, I grew up reading them, still do from time to time. Quite a few of the much better storylines and comic runs tackle darker and more mature plots. Even for comics.

Gorr the God butcher is a dark storyline, even with the "silliness" of the concept of superheroes it can still walk the line of mature themes without crossing the line in to the 18 rating territory.

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By *iddle ManMan
over a year ago

Walsall

I don't get the need to put humour in most thing's now, I blame the success of deadpool

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was good. But then again I like entertainment before anything too deep and meaningfull.

But they’ve steered away from what the marvel films did well at the beginning.

And I like guns n roses so there was that.

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