There is apparently a 4-ish hour cut of this movie. Eat shit Zack Snyder, let me see that version Disney.
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Saw it last night. It was pretty fun, though definitely not as good as Ragnarok. Gorr was a great villain, and I found myself more than I expected to. Like yeah, fuck the Gods, they’re almost all assholes anyway.
There was one particular shot it seemed like they reused over and over again though… the one shot from the side with person jumping high into the air and smashing down into the enemies in slow motion. I swear they reused that shot at least 4 times in the movie I can think of. I mean yeah it’s a good shot, but jeeeez.
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I saw it today! It was a lot of fun. Tone was a bit schizo, which is the only complaint I have. I wish they had either gone full serious or full comedy.
Either way though, a lot of fun. I might have to see it again.
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I loved the look of the movie, got some cool action scenes, lots of funny scenes. I was entertained but at the same time part of me was annoyed at how almost everything was a big joke all the time. It's a waste of a cool villain that sounds so threatening on paper but gets overshadowed by the over the top silliness of almost everything else.
Should have waited for the Disney+ release. As stated, it couldn't decide on tone (worse than Ragnarok) and at best it hit "uneven".
I'll give a small amount of credit to teddy bear and jump rope girl, but otherwise cringe and for the love of Eternity don't let gimped enemy get in before you idiots.
Like I can absolutely believe there is a mountain on the cutting room floor, and I can only imagine, if there is, that it's where all the heart went. Or maybe Taika got too much influence after Ragnarok and the editor didn't have the ability to restrain him.
Like I can absolutely believe there is a mountain on the cutting room floor, and I can only imagine, if there is, that it's where all the heart went. Or maybe Taika got too much influence after Ragnarok and the editor didn't have the ability to restrain him.
Clearly Waititi was being self-indulgent, but it was still fun.
Like I can absolutely believe there is a mountain on the cutting room floor, and I can only imagine, if there is, that it's where all the heart went. Or maybe Taika got too much influence after Ragnarok and the editor didn't have the ability to restrain him.
Clearly Waititi was being self-indulgent, but it was still fun.
YMMV, but I did not have fun. I have fun when I'm invested in a character's journey. When it's non-stop sarcastic quips and jokes that don't land for me like 90% of the time and the plot is careening from place to place, painting everything in the broadest possible strokes, and there's little to no development and/or payoff for subplots, it's really hard for me to care.
I loved Thor Ragnarok and this was just a disappointment for me.
Like I can absolutely believe there is a mountain on the cutting room floor, and I can only imagine, if there is, that it's where all the heart went. Or maybe Taika got too much influence after Ragnarok and the editor didn't have the ability to restrain him.
The movie is like exactly 2 hours. The editor restrained the fuck out of Taiki. Well, probably Marvel Suits forced the editor to make sure this movie was nice and svelte.
The movie reeks of having been considerably cut down and the funny bits emphasized. Don't know who I think is more likely responsible for that choice.
It should have been Jane's movie. She felt like just a supporting character and they never took the focus off of Thor long enough to do her story justice. I didn't know she was going to die and I kept expecting the official handoff to happen and it just didn't. The introduction of the daughter as the actual new recurring character felt completely out of left field to me.
This is defnitely the most uneven Marvel movie but I think as a whole I really like it. The good parts make up for the bad ones and then some. And the good parts and the bad ones aren't even intertwined, I really disliked the first half and but loved the second.
In the first half the humor was bad enough for me to make me physically cringe, which no other Marvel or Waititi movie has managed so far.
But the moment that ship leaves earth... Everything after that and especially the Shadow Realm is my favourite MCU movie so far.
And even after seeing him in several other movies I can't get over how great Christian Bale was in this. Loved every second of his performance, except for the introductory scenes.
So I've just come back from seeing Thor, and my God do I hate commercials. I've stopped watching TV about twenty years ago now, so I'm simply no longer used to seeing commercials anywhere, except when I go to the movies. And because I'm no longer used to them, they get on every one of my nerves. I mean, I don't really mind the ads for local businesses. They have a kind of amateur charm, and they feel appropriate since they're part of the same local business ecosystem as the movie theatre. They fit. But the regular commercials are expensive, over-produced, meaningless garbage that have no business eating up as much time as they do. They're actively repulsive to me.
There was one particular shot it seemed like they reused over and over again though… the one shot from the side with person jumping high into the air and smashing down into the enemies in slow motion. I swear they reused that shot at least 4 times in the movie I can think of. I mean yeah it’s a good shot, but jeeeez.
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Dark Raven XLaugh hard, run fast,be kindRegistered Userregular
So I've just come back from seeing Thor, and my God do I hate commercials. I've stopped watching TV about twenty years ago now, so I'm simply no longer used to seeing commercials anywhere, except when I go to the movies. And because I'm no longer used to them, they get on every one of my nerves. I mean, I don't really mind the ads for local businesses. They have a kind of amateur charm, and they feel appropriate since they're part of the same local business ecosystem as the movie theatre. They fit. But the regular commercials are expensive, over-produced, meaningless garbage that have no business eating up as much time as they do. They're actively repulsive to me.
But anyway, the movie. It was neat. I had fun.
We usually go to Regal and in addition to the typical "use our app!" and "buy some bepis n' corn!" ads, they have one that's just like... go to the theater? The one you're already sat in? It's weird.
Anyway they refreshed it recently to one with a buncha teens and Danny Trejo communicating with each other entirely in movie quotes and every time I see it I fear I might cringe myself into a singularity.
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Danny Trejo would have had me, but wow, that's a rough trailer.
The theater here kinda revamped during COVID. Got the sticky stuff off the floors, replaced the seating with some nicer, wider chairs that are soft and recline a lot, and have little swivel tables. It's nice! Screens are still on the small side, but I'm in the woods here. I can't complain much.
I especially like the recurring bit with Stormbreaker lurking about like a jealous girlfriend.
Christian Bale was an excellent villain, but he seemed a bit wasted on such an un-serious movie. There's such a thing as being too goofy and Love and Thunder may have strayed a bit too far over that line.
Chris Hemsworth has great comedic ability, but I worry that Thor has become far too much of a cartoon character these days. Especially when you consider that he's actually one of the more tragic figures in the MCU.
I couldn't help but notice that Gamorra was missing from the GotG crew.
I don't really get what a "god" is in the MCU. It seemed like the Asgardian children were not considered to be gods. But Odin and Thor definitely are. What's the difference? Aren't they all just aliens? Moon Knight had gods which seemed to work quite differently. I never really understood where Thor's inherent god of thunder powers came from in Ragnarok. Is it just a royal bloodline sort of thing?
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I don't really get what a "god" is in the MCU. It seemed like the Asgardian children were not considered to be gods. But Odin and Thor definitely are. What's the difference? Aren't they all just aliens? Moon Knight had gods which seemed to work quite differently. I never really understood where Thor's inherent god of thunder powers came from in Ragnarok. Is it just a royal bloodline sort of thing?
It's whatever they say it is.
Don't think about it too hard, this is comics, where literal Thor stands next to a dude that can shrink to subatomic size or grow to the size of a building.
As far as I can tell, it seems like it's magic, but maybe some bloodline linked version.
I don't really get what a "god" is in the MCU. It seemed like the Asgardian children were not considered to be gods. But Odin and Thor definitely are. What's the difference? Aren't they all just aliens? Moon Knight had gods which seemed to work quite differently. I never really understood where Thor's inherent god of thunder powers came from in Ragnarok. Is it just a royal bloodline sort of thing?
The implication from previous movies, especially Thor 2, was that the Asgardians weren't really capital-G gods, but aliens or human relatives that had technology so incredibly advanced that it was indistinguishable from magic, and that had perhaps been around so long that even its users had bought into the mythologizing they used to describe their tech to 'lesser beings' like modern humans. It's why Asgardian stuff is considered different from what the mother teaches Loki, which is described as actual magic (might operate on the same principles as Doctor Strange's stuff or not, who knows).
So, yeah, that's kind of tough to square now with how this movie depicts the cosmology, where they are Gods and shut up.
While I had fun, it definitely felt like a movie that was pulled in too many plots, and didn't spend enough time with any of them. I could definitely have seen two movies, the first being Odinson off doing his own thing, while Mighty Thor was doing the heroic things, then ending with some beats around Thor finding out Jane was dieing/kids getting kidnapped. Then the second movie is Thor coming to terms with that, and becoming a leader in his own right, etc.
Overall, good, but the first half-ish felt very underbaked and/or chopped together out of a much longer cut.
Sif I felt got really short shrifted with the whole lost arm thing, and Thor was like "shrug it off". That was a low point of the movie, for me.
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I don't really get what a "god" is in the MCU. It seemed like the Asgardian children were not considered to be gods. But Odin and Thor definitely are. What's the difference? Aren't they all just aliens? Moon Knight had gods which seemed to work quite differently. I never really understood where Thor's inherent god of thunder powers came from in Ragnarok. Is it just a royal bloodline sort of thing?
The implication from previous movies, especially Thor 2, was that the Asgardians weren't really capital-G gods, but aliens or human relatives that had technology so incredibly advanced that it was indistinguishable from magic, and that had perhaps been around so long that even its users had bought into the mythologizing they used to describe their tech to 'lesser beings' like modern humans. It's why Asgardian stuff is considered different from what the mother teaches Loki, which is described as actual magic (might operate on the same principles as Doctor Strange's stuff or not, who knows).
So, yeah, that's kind of tough to square now with how this movie depicts the cosmology, where they are Gods and shut up.
I can't see why what Loki and Freja do is magic but what Thor, Odin, Hel, Heimdall, etc. etc. is "science". Or what a "real" god is.
The Capital-G God of Christians, Jews and Muslims can't be stabbed by a sword and doesn't fistfight monsters, and all the gods of ancient mythology were basically superheroes who did often stab each other, they'd bicker, politic, romance, fight, kill and die and I don't know why they'd need any more of an explanation than any other Marvel hero.
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Eternity's whole look and feel seem almost exactly like the Trials of the Nine end? Even down to the inch of water...
Loved the movie. I like that I can go into these cosmic marvel movies like Thor and GotG and know that im gonna get flashy visuals, humor, and fun action.
But yes, that was a cool movie I really liked it. Some of that shit was so 80s metal dialed up to 11 :P
Edit: Wow, a lot of people here didn't like it. I'm surprised. It definitely wasn't my favorite Marvel movie but I had fun
I wrote the thing so when you cut anything it's a little bit of a challenge to yourself because you're like, "Am I not that good? Should I have seen this coming?" But every film I've done I've probably cut the same amount out. When you go into the edit you just never know. A scene on its own could be the most funniest thing or intriguing thing, but sometimes those things if you keep them in will just make the movie screech to a halt. So you have to do what's best for the film.
Stuff that's in the deleted footage:
Jeff Goldblum
Lena Headey
Peter Dinklage
Russell Crowe doing his entire performance in a British accent
Also, the goats originally didn't scream - they were added in post-production when one of the CG vendors got goofy during an update and added that Taylor Swift song with screaming goats edited in, and Waititi loved it and went bonkers.
Oh, and it was Kevin Feige who requested the gigantic
I had fun at the movie but I'd still rank as worse than all but Dark World among the Thors. As my friend put it, it's like after Ragnarok Waititi dialed it up 3 notches when just 1 was needed.
Like that fight scene on the alien planet against the potoo muppets was for the most part really really bad. I just really wanted it to be over, and I generally never have strong negative opinions about MCU fights, with the exception of the really bad CGI in that one shot in Black Panther.
And as someone else called out, the side shot of the slow motion jump in with weapon overhead and as well as the sliding in were used so much it felt like they were memeing on themselves.
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I liked the visuals of the fight on that small planet, but it was so small that it looked like a high def game of Mario Galaxy and it bumped me out the movie for a minute.
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There was one particular shot it seemed like they reused over and over again though… the one shot from the side with person jumping high into the air and smashing down into the enemies in slow motion. I swear they reused that shot at least 4 times in the movie I can think of. I mean yeah it’s a good shot, but jeeeez.
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Either way though, a lot of fun. I might have to see it again.
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Clearly Waititi was being self-indulgent, but it was still fun.
YMMV, but I did not have fun. I have fun when I'm invested in a character's journey. When it's non-stop sarcastic quips and jokes that don't land for me like 90% of the time and the plot is careening from place to place, painting everything in the broadest possible strokes, and there's little to no development and/or payoff for subplots, it's really hard for me to care.
I loved Thor Ragnarok and this was just a disappointment for me.
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The movie is like exactly 2 hours. The editor restrained the fuck out of Taiki. Well, probably Marvel Suits forced the editor to make sure this movie was nice and svelte.
The movie reeks of having been considerably cut down and the funny bits emphasized. Don't know who I think is more likely responsible for that choice.
But the moment that ship leaves earth... Everything after that and especially the Shadow Realm is my favourite MCU movie so far.
And even after seeing him in several other movies I can't get over how great Christian Bale was in this. Loved every second of his performance, except for the introductory scenes.
But anyway, the movie. It was neat. I had fun.
yeah, because it's fucking METAL
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We usually go to Regal and in addition to the typical "use our app!" and "buy some bepis n' corn!" ads, they have one that's just like... go to the theater? The one you're already sat in? It's weird.
Anyway they refreshed it recently to one with a buncha teens and Danny Trejo communicating with each other entirely in movie quotes and every time I see it I fear I might cringe myself into a singularity.
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The theater here kinda revamped during COVID. Got the sticky stuff off the floors, replaced the seating with some nicer, wider chairs that are soft and recline a lot, and have little swivel tables. It's nice! Screens are still on the small side, but I'm in the woods here. I can't complain much.
Also the local drive-in wasn't showing Thor.
Jesus, I expect more from the lot of you
It was a bit disappointing. Had some good jokes.
Christian Bale was an excellent villain, but he seemed a bit wasted on such an un-serious movie. There's such a thing as being too goofy and Love and Thunder may have strayed a bit too far over that line.
Chris Hemsworth has great comedic ability, but I worry that Thor has become far too much of a cartoon character these days. Especially when you consider that he's actually one of the more tragic figures in the MCU.
Or at least I think I read that in some random place I don't remember of undoubtedly dubious credibility.
So much of the humor just didn't land and the bit of "undercut a serious moment with a joke" got old real fast.
The last third saved the movie.
I really think there would have been a better and more interesting movie focusing on Foster.
It's whatever they say it is.
Don't think about it too hard, this is comics, where literal Thor stands next to a dude that can shrink to subatomic size or grow to the size of a building.
As far as I can tell, it seems like it's magic, but maybe some bloodline linked version.
Who the hell knows?
The implication from previous movies, especially Thor 2, was that the Asgardians weren't really capital-G gods, but aliens or human relatives that had technology so incredibly advanced that it was indistinguishable from magic, and that had perhaps been around so long that even its users had bought into the mythologizing they used to describe their tech to 'lesser beings' like modern humans. It's why Asgardian stuff is considered different from what the mother teaches Loki, which is described as actual magic (might operate on the same principles as Doctor Strange's stuff or not, who knows).
So, yeah, that's kind of tough to square now with how this movie depicts the cosmology, where they are Gods and shut up.
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Overall, good, but the first half-ish felt very underbaked and/or chopped together out of a much longer cut.
Sif I felt got really short shrifted with the whole lost arm thing, and Thor was like "shrug it off". That was a low point of the movie, for me.
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I can't see why what Loki and Freja do is magic but what Thor, Odin, Hel, Heimdall, etc. etc. is "science". Or what a "real" god is.
The Capital-G God of Christians, Jews and Muslims can't be stabbed by a sword and doesn't fistfight monsters, and all the gods of ancient mythology were basically superheroes who did often stab each other, they'd bicker, politic, romance, fight, kill and die and I don't know why they'd need any more of an explanation than any other Marvel hero.
Gimme the sequel where Thor and Valkyrie start tearing Olympus apart. Then Valkyrie can bring the woman who's hand she kissed back with her.
But yes, that was a cool movie I really liked it. Some of that shit was so 80s metal dialed up to 11 :P
Edit: Wow, a lot of people here didn't like it. I'm surprised. It definitely wasn't my favorite Marvel movie but I had fun
Stuff that's in the deleted footage:
Jeff Goldblum
Lena Headey
Peter Dinklage
Russell Crowe doing his entire performance in a British accent
Also, the goats originally didn't scream - they were added in post-production when one of the CG vendors got goofy during an update and added that Taylor Swift song with screaming goats edited in, and Waititi loved it and went bonkers.
Oh, and it was Kevin Feige who requested the gigantic
Best bet is throwing those deleted scenes on Disney+ alongside the film.
Like that fight scene on the alien planet against the potoo muppets was for the most part really really bad. I just really wanted it to be over, and I generally never have strong negative opinions about MCU fights, with the exception of the really bad CGI in that one shot in Black Panther.
And as someone else called out, the side shot of the slow motion jump in with weapon overhead and as well as the sliding in were used so much it felt like they were memeing on themselves.
What was the gap with the new Dr Strange film ?
Looks like about 1-2 months. Like.... 1.5 months :P
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So, unless Thor really shows some legs for box office returns, I would place the earliest date for a D+ release at August 24.