Thor 4: Love and Thunder - 2022

[MansizeRooster]

Taika Waititi has signed on to direct Thor 4.

[Bucky]

I, for one, look forward to another THORtful handling of this character by Waititi.

[Liamness]

Article says the live action Akira remake is in the wind now as a result. As I didn't want to see a director I like try to make a film that would always struggle to justify its existence, never mind actually elevate the material, I consider this doubly good news.

 

We're going to get a lot of Thor over the next couple of years I guess then, seeing as it was heavily implied he'll be part of GotG 3 too.

[Chadruharazzeb]

I had no idea this was on the slate. 

[Harsin]

27 minutes ago, Bucky said:

I, for one, look forward to another THORtful handling of this character by Waititi.

 

I thought the last one was a bit over the top, hope the next is bit more loki.

[Thor]

[MidWalian]

Good. 

 

I've only recently caught up with the MCU films, watched Thor: Ragnarok many times as my 5 year old daughter loves it. 

 

I haven't seen the second Thor film, is it worth watching? 

[Thor]

1 minute ago, MidWalian said:

I haven't seen the second Thor film, is it worth watching? 

[JoeK]

I'd say it's worth watching

 

All the MCU films are worth a gander - it's not up there with the best of them, but it's got some lovely design work in it, and it's very adequate entertainment for an evening.

 

 

[cubik]

Thor: The Dark World is atrocious. Possibly the worst film in the MCU.

[Nick R]

Thor: The Dark World has some good jokes and a nice concept for its final action sequence (gravity-disrupting portals), so it's worth watching once. But it has plenty of problems, most of which revolve around the fact that it has by far the MCU's worst villain.

 

As long as The Incredible Hulk exists exists, I can't ever bring myself to call The Dark World the worst of the MCU - and I'd also rank it above Iron Man 2, because its tone and pacing don't constantly lurch around in different directions.

 

On the whole, this is probably the best way to watch it:

 

[Thor]

For what it's worth, I feel TDW is underrated, especially when you get nutjobs saying Iron Man 3 is amazing. IM3 is not amazing, people need to stop saying that. 

[Alex W.]

Thfour.

[Nick R]

Iron Man 3 is amazing. 

[Harsin]

Everytime he goes off on one about Iron Man 3 like this we just nod and smile until he eventually drops off.

[MansizeRooster]

My inner Rain Man is quite annoyed that this will break the pattern of the big 3 Avengers all having trilogies. But a new Waititi Thor can only be a good thing, and I suppose I can rationalise it as this being a Mulligan after the dud that was Dark World.

[Ryan]

I hated the first two Thor films but loved Ragnarok. It's only behind the MCU finale as best film for me.

[HarryBizzle]

It’s worth watching Dark World just because Ragnarok seems to rip the piss out of it in a few places and you’ll get a better appreciation for it. 

[Uncle Mike]

Thor 2 isn't very good, in fairness. But then neither was Thor 1. And at least Iron Man 2 had Sam Rockwell and a terribly-served Mickey Rourke. Iron Man 3 has that short bit with SIR Ben Kingsley and then nothing.

[Mr Ben]

4 hours ago, Thor said:

Dont think Thor would agree, seeing as he lost him mum during the events of that film.

[Tet]

8 hours ago, Alex W. said:

Thfour.

Thphoarr!!

[Stig]

Thor 2 is quite integral to Endgame but it's a boring as fuck film. 

 

More Taika for more Thor is awesome though. 

 

I wonder why they didnt just wait for their Hall H panel to announce it though. 

[Steely]

So we are not getting an Asgardians of the Galaxy?

[DukeOfEarlsfield]

10 hours ago, Uncle Mike said:

Iron Man 3 has that short bit with SIR Ben Kingsley and then nothing.

…and then the greatest two and a half minutes in the entire MCU.

https://youtu.be/OxL1p99EVCQ

[JohnC]

31 minutes ago, Steely said:

So we are not getting an Asgardians of the Galaxy?

Sounds like that may come before Thor 4.

[Festoon]

Phew! No Akira so. Gods be praised! Thor specifically.

[jonathanhoey]

When this comes out I assume everyone will, like me, be finding three friends to attend a 1600 showing.

 

Spoiler

"Four for Thor 4 for 4."

 

[Nick R]

17 minutes ago, beenabadbunny said:

When this comes out I assume everyone will, like me, be finding three friends to attend a 1600 showing.

 

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"Four for Thor 4 for 4."

 

 

Mark Kermode reference?

 

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The best joke I ever heard about the Saw series was from a listener to my Radio 5 Live film review show who had gone to a 7 p.m. multiplex screening of the fifth installment [...] and had taken great delight in being able to to stride up to the ticket office and demand: "One to see Saw Five in Six at Seven." This began a long-running theme that found listeners seemingly planning their entire evening's entertainment on the basis of a numerical pun such as "One to 3-D Thor in Five at Six", which I found ludicrously entertaining.

 

[Stig]

35 minutes ago, JohnC said:

Sounds like that may come before Thor 4.

 

I dunno, James Gunn has already written the script for GOTG3 although other events in Endgame are going to have to him to rewrite it anyway. Hes also busy with Suicide Squad. I could see Thor coming first with that featuring the Guardians and leading into GOTG3.

[Liamness]

3 hours ago, Nick R said:

Mark Kermode reference?

 

I don't think the poor sods at my local multiplex get paid enough to have to deal with puns, on top of everything else.