Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder

Jhoselin Albuja-Palacios, Staff Writer

Thor is back with a new movie, “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which is now available on Disney Plus. The film was released on July 8, 2022, starring Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, and Natalie Portman, and directed by Taika Waititi.

This new movie follows Thor and his former love interest Jane Foster. The audience sees the reason why the couple broke up and their journey to inner peace. Thor, Jane Foster, and Valkyrie work together to locate the God Butcher and bring him to justice in order to save the children of Asgard that he has kidnapped. Along the way, Thor loses a big part of himself but is able to come to terms with this and grows as a person with a new companion to take care of. 

There have been mixed reviews for this movie. Many Marvel fans have found this new Thor movie to be refreshing and fun compared to the old MCU projects. These fans have found themselves content with the contrast of comedy and dark theme done by Taika Waititi and are hoping to see him return to another Marvel project. Yet other Thor fans have found themselves disappointed with the new movie, calling it too “silly” and out of character for Thor. They say that the film was underwhelming but have found the actor Christian Bale’s acting to be some of the best they’ve seen in a villain. Regardless, this is another movie that Marvel can add to Phase Four of the MCU, and many fans are excited to see what else they’ll see.