Thor: Love And Thunder 'Here There Be Spoilers'

[chicago_bastard]

Considering the first director for Thor, Kenneth Branagh is coming off a big success, with his Oscar Winning Belfast, I am forever forced to always look at Thor as an example of What if. What If Marvel evolved artistically from phase 1.

Yeah, one has to wonder what would have been if this movie were helmed by an Oscar winner. Wait, only someone who has no clue what they are talking about would wonder about that, as others would know that the director of this movie is as much an Oscar winner as Kenneth Branagh.

[Ravin' Ray]

I wonder how long it is going to take before social media blows up with protests like "Jane can't call herself Thor, it's a name not a title!" Which became a hotly debated thread at the Marvel forum.

[Donald]

It looks as bad as Ragnarok with much worse music. Ah, well.

[choptop]

It looks as bad as Ragnarok with much worse music. Ah, well.

Ragnarok was the best of the 3 movies ya it did feel more like a GOG movie but it's still pretty good.

[Frontier]

I wonder how long it is going to take before social media blows up with protests like "Jane can't call herself Thor, it's a name not a title!" Which became a hotly debated thread at the Marvel forum.

Well, it really depends on how they handle it.

Like, in the comics she literally transformed into Thor. She took his personality, his speech patterns, his powers, every single thing. She was basically a straight-up gender flip aside from her internal narration which was still Jane Foster.

I also don't think MCU Thor has the same issues with his name that he did in the comics.

But Jason Aaron's attempt to try to make Thor a title instead of a name was more of "don't overthink it and just accept it" kind of plot development in my opinion, which got even more clunky when he let Thor be Thor again. God of Thunder is more of a title than a characters' actual name.

[Immortal Weapon]

Make MCU Jane thunderstrike. Problem solved.

[Powerboy]

People were afraid of a Jane Foster movie? I was praying for it and I'm a little --upset? because it seems very Odinson-centric.

That's what I thought too. My hope is that, with each succeeding trailer, Jane will emerge more and more as an equal character or even the main character.

[choptop]

That's what I thought too. My hope is that, with each succeeding trailer, Jane will emerge more and more as an equal character or even the main character.

Natalie Portman was horrible in the Thor movies though.

[Powerboy]

Natalie Portman was horrible in the Thor movies though.

I couldn't tell by her acting. Though she apparently decided to stop doing them due to what she considered the quality. I've heard she was quite impressed with this script though.

[Bunch of Coconuts]

Yeah, one has to wonder what would have been if this movie were helmed by an Oscar winner. Wait, only someone who has no clue what they are talking about would wonder about that, as others would know that the director of this movie is as much an Oscar winner as Kenneth Branagh.

Lol I’m dead.

[AnakinFlair]

Natalie Portman was horrible in the Thor movies though.

Portman can be a good actor when she wants to be. I was surprised when she was cast as Jane in the first place, because I figured after Star Wars, the last thing she'd want to do is tie herself to a franchise. Which proved to be accurate when, if I remember correctly, she tried to get out of The Dark World, and Marvel had to enforce her contract. But it does seem like she wants to be here this time.

[choptop]

Portman can be a good actor when she wants to be. I was surprised when she was cast as Jane in the first place, because I figured after Star Wars, the last thing she'd want to do is tie herself to a franchise. Which proved to be accurate when, if I remember correctly, she tried to get out of The Dark World, and Marvel had to enforce her contract. But it does seem like she wants to be here this time.

She's good in just about everything else just not Thor.

[WebLurker]

Looks cool enough. Liked Ragnarok, so I'm up for more. Kind of agree with the users who were hoping for more focus on Jane; am really curious about how that's going to go. Kinda rooting for a Jane/Valkyrie romance but not sure that's going to happen.

MCU cannot do stand alone films anymore and this trailer shows it...

Let's see, going from Infinity War on (the first half of the mega big crossover story), six -- Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Black Widow, Shang-Chi, and Eternals -- have been standalone. Heck, the only recent crossover ones have been Infinity War/Endgame and Spider-Man: No Way Home, and only the Spider-Man one was unique, since the point of Avengers movies is the crossover.

[Anthony W]

"I need to figure out exactly who I am"

I'm looking forward to Thor finding out who he is in this movie...

Just like in the first Thor movie....

And the second Thor movie...

And the third Thor movie...

And Avengers Endgame!

[Castle]

I kinda get what Castle is talking about (and agree with almost none of it, of course). But it does help me contextualize what I was feeling about this trailer.

Thanks that I can help with POV and contextualization, however I get this is a comic film and it is always very fan driven in thought.

It didn't feel like a Thor trailer. It felt like a GotG trailer, complete with an older rock song in the background. Don't get me wrong- I was expecting them to be in the movie, and I'm always happy to see them. And I don't think they will be around for too long- probably just the opening, and maybe they'll come back for the final battle. And I guess that they did what they did with Endgame- the trailer probably focuses on the first few minutes of the movie, with only a couple of random scenes from later thrown in. That way, they can try and minimalize spoilers.

The rock song is the cringe of the trailer. We have gone from Shakespare set in Thor 1 to Rock songs. Rock songs may have been good for the GOTG thing, but not too much for Thor, if marvel had other ideas, instead of usually copying and pasting from eachother. Additionally, you are easily predicting the story plot. I see this as the subconsciousness of what we say about these movies. if you have seen one, you have seen it all.

My big issue, though, is that I want a Lady Thor movie. Hemsworth has had his films, plus the Avengers films; I kind of wanted him to have more of a supporting role in this. Maybe he does- we probably won't know until July.

Natalie Portman was never a fan favourite in this movies. She is trying to get back to the good graces here after her phoned in performance in Thor 2. Maybe it is best to first see her in a featured movie of thor before she gets her own lady Thor movie.