Thor: Love and Thunder is a 2022 American superhero film. It is based on the Marvel Comic character Thor. It is produced by Marvel Studios and is distributed by Walt Disney Studio motion pictures. This is the sequel to Thor: Ragnarok (2017). It is the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
The film is directed by Taika Waititi. She co-wrote the script with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jamie Alexander, Waititi, Russell Crowe, and Natalie Portman.
It premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on June 23, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 8, as part of Phase Four of the MCU. Also, it earned praise for its light-heartedness and cast performances while criticism was aimed at its inconsistencies in tone and screenplay.
The Plot of Thor Love and Thunder:
After the death of his daughter Love and his pleas for help are ignored by his god. Gorr is called to the god-killing weapon the Necrosword and uses it to kill Rapu, vowing to kill all gods.
Elsewhere, He parts ways with the Guardians of the Galaxy after receiving a distress signal from Sif. Upon arrival, a beaten Sif warns Thor of Gorr and that his next target is New Asgard. Dr. Jane Foster. She was Thor’s ex-girlfriend who is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
She arrives at New Asgard in hopes of seeking medical treatment. Thor’s destroyed hammer Mjolnir reforges and bonds itself to Foster after years. Earlier, Thor had unknowingly enchanted it to protect her. Thor arrives in New Asgard just as Gorr starts attacking the town with shadow creatures.
He is surprised to find Foster with Mjolnir but nevertheless teams up with her, Valkyrie, and Korg to fight Gorr. The group thwarts Gorr, but he escapes, kidnapping several Asgardian children.
The group travels to Omnipotent City to warn the other gods and ask for their help. The Olympian god Zeus is unwilling to help and has Thor captured.
They were forcing the group to fight off Zeus’s men. He. injures Korg who is in anger and Thor impales him with his own thunderbolt which Valkyrie steals during their escape. They then travel to the Shadow Realm to save the children.
However, this turned out to be a ruse for Gorr to take Stormbreaker. He intends to use the Bifrost to enter Eternity and ask for the destruction of all gods. Gorr manages to overpower Thor’s group and successfully steal Stormbreaker. Gorr uses Stormbreaker to open the portal to Eternity.
Valkyrie is badly injured and Foster ends the battle drained by her use of Mjolnir and with one more such use likely to hasten her death from cancer. He, therefore, goes alone, imbuing the kidnapped Asgardian children and their weapons with the power of Thor to fight alongside him. Foster joins Thor in fighting Gorr and destroys the Necrosword.
Admitting defeat, He manages to convince Gorr that all he wanted from Eternity was not to destroy the gods but to get his daughter Love back. Foster succumbs to her illness and dies in Thor’s arms. Eternity allows Gorr’s request to revive Love, whom he asks Thor to take care of before he dies from the effects of the Necrosword.
The children return to New Asgard, where Valkyrie and Sif begin training them. Meanwhile, Thor, now in possession of Mjolnir again, continues to go on adventures to help people, with Love, now wielding Stormbreaker, by his side.
Cast
We have Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher. Also, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Jaimie Alexander as Sif, Taika Waititi as Korg, Russell Crowe as ZeusNatalie Portman as Jane Foster / Mighty Thor.
Box office:
As of July 8, 2022, Thor: Love and Thunder have grossed $29 million in the United States and Canada and $48.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $77.6 million.
In the United States and Canada, the film is projected to gross $140–167 million in its opening weekend. Along with a total gross of $345–420 million. The film made $29 million from Thursday night previews. It is the second-best of 2022 (behind Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) and fifth-best for an MCU title.
