newguy85

I recently got the bug to re-watch the Blade Runner movies back to back, what I saw was that their is a complete throughline through both films, the style, the acting, the music, the themes. Absolultely amazing.

The best part of this film is the pacing, you really get to feel what life is like in this new world, from how they eat, to how waste is handled, to interactions with technology.

The story is amazing, and they way that it is uncovered to us at the same rate as K's revelations, amazing.

This film uses light masterfully.

The final fight sequence we're shown is one of the most brutal realistic fight scenes I've ever seen.

It seems like the world is set up for a natural trilogy but if it never gets it, that will be fine.

This review is for parents who read about the teen romance, and want to know details, but who don't want to kill 105 minutes figuring it out.

The teen's love/crush interest is the B-story of the movie. The teen's interest in the other teen is clearly shown in ACT I, is talked about with every adult in ACT II, and is again shown clearly in ACT III. It was so prevalent, we ended up skipping ahead.

That being said, the rest of this movie was an Onward knockoff, a boy trying to understand his role in this world in light of a missing grandfather/father.

The thing is, Onward has a coherent tight story, and this was a mess. My six year old said after, "yeah that's not my favorite" (which was hilarious) but we asked why, and he said he didn't understand what was going on. The kid understood Inside Out when he was 5, but couldn't understand this.

One thing I will give positive review on - the art style was amazing, the comic strip animation in the front, the bright colors, etc, all 10/10 so I can understand why this was a $200M+ property.

Not hard to see why this flopped so hard, it's not memorable, it's not really a kid's movie, and it's difficult for me to want to pass this on via word-of-mouth, even though it's free with Disney+

I gave Ragnarok a 10 and it's one of the only MCU movies I seek out for repeat viewings. It's stylish, hilarious, balanced, and treats the source material with dignity.

I saw the trailer for Love and Thunder and immediately wanted to see it opening night, which I rarely do anymore, but thought this warranted a big-screen viewing.

Without spoilers, my opinion of what we got is too much silliness and irreverence and poor writing, pacing and plot in the first half of the movie that dampens the very exciting and fun second half.

A very important plot point happens in the cold open in a very fast vision, and multiple plot developments happen off camera, yet we get a multiple moments of on-screen gags like Natalie Portman coming up with catch phrases, Stormbreaker being jealous of Mjolnir, the Zeus lightning bolt show from the trailer, and easily ten minutes of goofy flashbacks narrated by Korg that get old really fast. There are times that it apparent that director Waititi just likes the sound of his own voice (as Korg)

As for the acting: Christian Bale's Gorr is the only character that works; Natalie Portman looks out of place and amateur trying to be Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson barely gets a line in despite being King of New Asgard, Russell Crowe's Zeus sounds like Borat and made his scenes unwatchable, and Chris Hemsworth goes full himbo Thor.

Where Ragnarok felt like a love-note to comics, Love and Thunder felt like everyone involved believes Marvel Comics and the MCU are undignified and something to be mocked.

As for content, if you are taking kids be aware that there is a lot of sexually charged dialogue, a scene about orgies and when Chris Hemsworth is disrobed a lot of jokes about the size of his genitalia.