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back to my channel movie files elliott back again with a brand new review and today we're
breaking down the 29th film within the marvel cinematic universe and the fourth film within
this franchise we're talking thor love and thunder a film i got the chance to check out early in imax
and i'm so excited to talk about this film in this spoiler-free review before we get into the
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you've seen the film let's talk about it from your pros cons favorite new characters favorite
returning characters what worked what didn't work and as mcu fans we got to talk about our
ranking so where does this film rank amongst the other three thor movies and of course as far as
the other 28 mcu films where to store love and thunder rank on your list i'm gonna share mine
at the end of this video so stick around for that but let's talk about that in the comments
it's so funny because if you were to ask me 10 years ago elliot out of the trinity of the
characters i'm talking captain america iron man and thor who would have been the first character
in the mcu to get their fourth solo film thor was last on that list but hey here we are discussing
his fourth film and i think that goes to thanks to the director and co-writer of this film starting
off with my positives taika waititi i am such a fan of his work hunter the wilder people what
they do in the shadows thor ragnarok and of course my personal favorite is jojo rabbit
he has an energy to his films he has a lot of heart to his films they're a lot of fun
and those words perfectly describe this film i thought the direction as well as the co-writing
that he did in this film was just so well balanced for the most part we'll get into my natives a
little bit later but his direction to me the way i would describe tyka in this film in particular
it does have a lot of thor ragnarok vibes and the color palette the style the rock and roll
80s stuff going on but it is a throwback saturday morning flash gordon type of energy that's within
this film that it just made me have fun you know it's fun to be in these type of films especially
when it comes to the thor world and being in you know asgard different planets different characters
fun is a perfect way to describe this film and i think that goes to part to the direction that
tyka brings but you can have all the fun in the world but is there heart there and i think
there is because i think his writing sensibilities with the jane foster story that we have here the
gore story line all the people that thor has lost and all the various other characters that are
going through an emotional journey tyka's doing his thing he is doing his thing in this film and
i really applaud his direction and his writing in this film but going back to his direction
he's directing some incredible actors in this film and i want to start off with the performances here
talking about the lead of the film the thor the odin's son you know chris hemsworth who i
personally want to put on record as far his solo outings go i think that this is his best
performance i think he has given us of course the badass moments the hero moments chris hemsworth
comedic time is absolutely incredible he's very funny in this film but more importantly
putting aside infinity war which i thought had like the most emotional moments with thor
this is second to me i thought the emotions and the range that chris hemsworth gives in
his performance was fantastic again if you've seen thor you know he's lost and this isn't a
spoiler if you've seen the films he's lost a lot father mother brother his hammer
his brother you know as i mentioned loki several times he's has a lot of loss and you see the
reflection of how chris hemsworth and thor kind of uses that loss and kind of uses it as far as
like the way he interacts with people the jokes that he kind of puts into positions where he's
maybe upset or nervous i i think chris hemsworth has given us a lot in this role and again i think
this is probably his best performance in any of the thor films translating that to your your hero
is great but what about the villain christian bell is bringing his a game in his role now i do
have some issues with the gore character that i'll talk about later but i think christian bell gave
me more than what the some of the script did and again we'll save that for later but christian bale
he i know some people have him like automatically top five he's not in that bracket for me he's top
10 mcu villains but it's the the performance that christian gives that really kind of elevates the
role for me because again without getting too much into the minutia of what's going on there
is a lot of comparisons with gore and we'll talk about jane here in a bit but what happens when
hate drives you when pain drives you and you're you're set on this path of destruction chaos
that's what christians doing he's ministering but he's more importantly he is you can sympathize
you understand his motives which i really appreciate about a good villain so christian bell
fantastic again i have some some criticisms that i'll talk about with gore but for the most part
you can't deny christian bill's performance but the person that really surprised me in this film
which it shouldn't be a surprise because she's a fantastic actress but natalie portman's brought
back into the franchise we haven't seen her since thor the dark world and you can tell she was kind
of phoning them just because she didn't you can tell she wasn't connected to the character but
jane foster in this film to me this makes up for all the previous appearances in the mcu
she's never been better in the mcu now of course natalie portman you know academy award-winning
actress she's fantastic but this is the best performance we've seen her in the role she's
fun she's having a good time she's kicking a lot of ass as mighty thor but again going back to what
i've talked about with the other two characters the emotional beat it's the heartbeat it's the
emotion it's a journey that she's going on i don't want to give too much away about what she's going
through in the film but if you all have read a particular run of thor comics you can probably
assume what she's going through in the film and that stuff to me really sucked the landing and i
just applaud natalie portman and tyka bringing her back and really giving her character a lot to do
in this film which really was a lot of standout moments for me so the performances were there
we're talking marvel so you got to talk about the action there is a particular action sequence
in kind of the middle half of the second part of the film that takes place on a particular if you
see in the trailer there's a black and white sequence that takes place in the shadow realm
one of not the best but it is one of my favorite action sequences not just within phase four but of
the mcu and when you see the film you'll know what i'm talking about it's like kind of a it's all in
black and white there's no color it's like a stop motion beetlejuice kubo and the two tring strings
type of action sequence that i thought was just jaw-dropping so the action's on point and when
it comes to the marvel cinematic universe without giving too much away i did not expect something to
appear in this film that blew my socks off so for my marvel fans there is something that they bring
to this film that definitely opens up the realm of possibilities i'll just kind of leave it at that
of course you all know when it comes to post credit scenes you always got to stick around i
won't say what they are but there are two in the films and the first one is very exciting uh for
many different reasons the second one is also very exciting so definitely stick around in your seat
you all should know that by now but wrapping up just kind of my positives this is a classic thor
adventure saturday morning flash gordon cartoon it has heart the themes of love overcoming which
is something we've seen a thousand times but it's when it sticks to landing that really works and
resonates with me it's the themes of fighting for what you love for living in the moment
and just allowing yourself to grow so i really applaud the themes that taika brought to this
role but let's talk about some of my criticisms now we all know when it comes to taiko films and
like i said i'm a fan but sometimes taika you know when you're eating your dish and
some people put a little bit too much flavoring on there and i'm referring to the comedy that's
haika you know sprinkles throughout his film the comedy works but there's a a bit of an imbalance
for me and i thought that you know thor ragnarok which i'll talk about my rankings i really enjoy
thor ragnarok and i thought that film had a little bit of a better balance in the comedy department
because when it comes to comedy it's always good to have you know the funny man who's thor korg you
know you have these funny characters valkyrie's having jokes natalie portman's having jokes
but when you have everyone else kind of bouncing those jokes off of and they're being funny as well
the balancing to me kind of throws it off and it's just everyone's having a moment to be funny it
doesn't always work for me so i do think there was a points in films where it was just a little bit
too comedic too funny and a little bit goofy and silly at points for my personal taste and
a theme that kind of takes away from those jokes are some of the lack of development of
characters i mentioned gore earlier who again i applauded the performance of christian bell but
i want it more from christian and this film comes in at two hours which i think there's another 15
to 20 minutes that i thought would have been perfectly placed to be added in this film to
really flesh out the pain and the motivations like again i said that christian bell gave me
more than what he was given i felt where he was coming from but i would have loved to have seen
more of that development from the character to what he is going on in this mission in this film
also i think of natalie portman and valkyrie's relationship which valkyrie great performance
by by uh tessa thompson i wanted more from her but more particularly the relationships
that she develops within jane foster so there is some moments where the film's moving at a break
you know a fast pace we're getting straight to the points but i wish we would have spent more time
with agor and his backstory and his motivations to you know flesh out more more of that relationship
with valkyrie and jane foster so i wish there was a little bit like i said 15 20 more minutes would
have really ironed out all the details your boy is a guardian as galaxy fan i love the guardians vol
1 volume 2 but i'm going to be honest with you all they were pointless in this movie
there is something that peter gives for as far as motivation that i i understand why they put them
in the film but honestly as a fan of guardians i thought you could have went without them in a
film and i won't say how much they're in the movie but i just feel like their inclusion couldn't have
been left out and that and that sucks because again i'm a guardians fan but i thought that
they were kind of pointless within this movie so last thing i want to mention again is so there is
for his maturity level has been kind of inconsistent with an mcu and i think there
are moments in this film when he is maturing up and there's a moment where he has to become mature
but i am hoping that you know if there are more stories to be told with thor that they really
kind of give us a different you know we've seen the more serious side and thor one and kind of
the balance of serious kind of silly and thor too and then obviously as the avengers went on
he's become more of the thor that we see now but i hope that they can because there are moments where
again i feel like thor hasn't really regressed and progressed to a more mature god level you
know leader of the potentially the avengers at some point in time so i hope that they mature
him up because there are very a lot of moments where it's like thor come on man can you be
a little bit more serious in a moment so those are my main pros my main cons before we get into
my score if you should see it and where this film ranks for me if you stuck around to this point in
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is a fun thor classic adventure it has some good laughs some good adventures some good action some
great performances a lot of heart there are some moments where i wish we could develop things out
more flesh the world out a little bit more flesh out the characters in relationship but overall i
enjoyed this film it's a fun time i'm at my first viewing as i'm recording this i'm gonna give thor
love and thunder a 3.8 out of five that number might go up a little bit more the second time
the third viewing and probably a watch along that we'll do in the future for this channel but i'm at
a 3.5 out of or 3.8 out of 5 for this film when it comes to rankings i personally have this film as
my second favorite thor film within its franchise i do have thor love and or stay thor ragnarok
above this film it's just more balanced to me and i just enjoy that film more and as far as mcu's go
as far as the 28 other films it's right now at my 15th slot i'm gonna put my letterbox rankings
on the screen now so you can see where it places so there you have it my pros my cons my rankings
and my score let me know your thoughts on all that again once you've seen the film where do
you rank the film what do you think about those post-credits scenes and let's have
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