Film Review: “Thor: Love & Thunder”

Unfortunately, this one is unworthy.

There is no doubt that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the most successful film franchises of all time. Spanning nearly 30 movies since 2008 with “Iron Man” and even making their splashes on the small screen since 2013’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”, It seems that there are no brakes on this train of profit. I would argue that their success, for the most part, is very well deserved. Disney had a perfect market: a family-friendly reputation, legions of devoted comic book fans, and people who seek spectacle. I, myself, enjoy these films despite some of them being incredibly flawed. However, since both “Avengers: Endgame” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, there hasn’t been a whole lot for me to look forward to.

This is where the Thor movies come in for me. Out of every MCU character, Thor has had the weakest standalone films. I really liked his 2011 big screen debut but, I found 2013’s “Dark World to be forgettable. That film, in particular, had the absolute worst villain in the entire MCU and, until “Eternals” came out last year, was regarded as the worst movie in the MCU. In 2017, we had “Ragnarok” which was fine but, not as balanced with its comedy as the first film was. It’s kind of perplexing for me to call Thor’s set of standalone films the least interesting because I really like him in the…