Thor: Love and Thunder is a good, misunderstood movie. It abandoned the epic sense that the first three episodes have been pursuing, and changed from a classical court drama to a romantic comedy, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among fans of the first three episodes, but for viewers who have never liked "Thor", " Thor" 4" might make you start liking the series.
In the past "Thor" movies, the stories of classical epic films such as "The Prince's Revenge", " Ten Commandments ", " Ben Hur " and so on are often used, and they are full of bridges such as saving the country, usurping the throne, and brothers falling in love and killing each other. , the themes are mostly the problems of the aristocratic class such as "becoming a wise king" and "wanting the country or the beauty", but the actual effect is often limited by the monotony of war scenes and the lack of political thinking.
Even the best Thor: Ragnarok in the series, its climax is little more than a skirmish. Although the big villain Hela is aggressive, her political motives are not clear, and she just stays on a shallow level of revenge.
While the "Black Panther" and "Aquaman" of the same period have reached a high level of political speculation, the villain's motives are reasonable and convincing, revealing the deep contradictions in modern society. Only wars caused by contradictions of this level are worthy of the word "epic". The biggest problem with
"Thor" series is that it has always pursued epic, but refused to think deeply, thus becoming mediocre.
And "Thor: Love and Thunder" wisely abandoned the pursuit of "epic feeling" and completely became an action-adventure film interspersed with romantic comedies. The story no longer revolves around resisting foreign enemies and saving the kingdom, but about Thor and his ex-girlfriend in order to save the kidnapped child and launched an investigation and pursuit of the godslayer. During this period, their relationship rapidly heated up, and in the end, they must learn the true meaning of love. . The scale of the
film is much smaller than the previous ones, but it doesn't prevent it from being good-looking. Because the plot is simple and popular, the audience can quickly immerse in the story. Director and screenwriter Taika Waititi added a lot of comedy content, making the first half of the film almost every 10 seconds with a laugh, which is full of entertainment. More subtly, the use of comedy style brings a more complex emotional experience to the film.
Taika Waititi won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 2020 for " Jojo Rabbit ," a film about the whimsical world of a German kid in World War II . In the film, Waititi wraps the cruel history with comedy, forming a unique black humor, which further highlights the cruelty of the war.
And in Thor 4, Waititi uses this technique to make Thor a character who looks silly but is full of pain. Just like a buzzword on the Internet: the more serious the appearance is, the more affectionate the heart is. Thor's laughter and frenzy, and the inner closed pain, form a tension. Compared with the arrogant and arrogant Thor of the previous work, I think this Thor is more affectionate and attractive.
I have to mention that Christian Bale played the Godslayer, and his outstanding performance made the most exciting opening of the whole series. The contradiction between traditional religious beliefs and the rise of individualism in godslayers is an important issue in modern society, and it is worth discussing even today.
In my opinion, "Thor 4: Love and Thunder" surpasses the first three in terms of entertainment and ideological content, and is a masterpiece that cannot be missed. But because it drastically modified the style of the Thor series and was too far away from the "Avengers" system, it was hated by fans.
If you're like me, you don't like the previous "Thor" work very much, or you don't care about the layout of the Marvel universe and just want to watch a good movie, then don't miss "Thor 4: Love and Thunder".
