Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Movie Reveiw

The most baffling Marvel universe film yet and a massive signifier of just how badly the wheels have fallen off after Endgame. Now way in the past would the first half of this film have ever been allowed, and the light seems to have slightly dimmed on wonder director, Taika Waititi, after the roaring success of Thor Ragnorak. It's like there is no quality control at all anymore and no one is at the helm. The first half maybe the worst of any Marvel film, its grating, Benny Hill like comedic tone (and completely misguided narration from the director himself) at incongruous odds with the story arcs of Christian Bale and Natalie Portman, plus no one wanted dad-bod Thor at this point. The vastly superior second half, resets everything, and feels like an entirely different director took over.