I enjoy Taika Waititi as a film maker. I really like JoJo Rabbit and What We Do In The Shadows. He brought that same style to Thor: Ragnorak. And as a Thor movie, I didn't enjoy it much. I thought it wasn't what Thor should be. As a film I found it fun, but as a Thor film I thought it lacked gravitas. Sure Thor's father, friends, and planet was destroyed. But you never felt the weight of it because their were too many dumb jokes. Please don't get me started on how fast the Warriors Three went down. I was torn when Taika was going to be directing another Thor film. I was excited though when they said they were adapting The Mighty Thor.
I had never been a Thor reader, but when "Lady Thor" was released, I wanted to give it a fair shot before truly criticizing it. What I discovered was a great title being written by Jason Aaron and I've kept up with Thor comics ever since. The first trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder has arrived and it's everything I thought it would be. Thor cracks jokes because Taika turned him pretty much into a stereotypical jock, he has a funny moment with Star-Lord, and a popular song was playing in the background. But we also got more than that.
When we left Thor in Avengers: Endgame he was having a crisis of faith, riding off with the Guardians of the Galaxy to try and find his true path. From this trailer it looks like he's still on that journey. He's getting back into shape using chains from something big and dead, and it looks like he refuses to follow the Guardians into battle. "My superheroing days are over," he says. But who will be the God of Thunder? Bring back Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor! For those who don't know the comics, I kind of don't want to spoil it, but let's just say Jane Foster wielding Mjolnir is epic storytelling, and if Waititi can tap just a little of that into this film we could get some great drama.
I was surprised Natalie Portman came back. I thought she was done with franchise films after her experiences on Star Wars and Thor films. The whole trailer I was watching with curiosity if they were going to show her, but of course they waited till the end. I also can't wait to see her behind-the-scenes training videos. She looks jacked!
The rest if the trailer brought up some questions with cameos. Who is the blue haired lady Thor was kissing? Is that Russell Crowe as Zeus? And Valkryie looks so board in what appears to be some kind of diplomatic meeting. Christian Bale does play the villain of this film as Gorr the God Butcher. My guess is Thor will find some kind of peace with Zeus, but it will be short lived when Gorr comes to butcher some Gods. As for Valkryie, I was watching Spider-Man: No Way Home the other day and noticed a news headline on a TV that said, "Political Turmoil Continues In New Asgard." Maybe Valkryie isn't liking being the king?
From the trailer it feels like Star-Lord and the Guardians are going to be in more of this film that I thought, which is fine by me because Star-Lord is my favorite MCU character next to Steve Rogers. It also appears Thor will be hanging out with Korg (voiced by Taika Waititi) a lot. I just want another quotable line like "piss of ghosts!" I'm going into this film with hope and optimism. I like Waititi, I like Mighty Thor, and like Guardians of the Galaxy. This trailer rocked, now let's see if the film rolls.
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