Christian Bale as Gorr, a sinister figure who threatens the balance of the galaxy by losing his daughter
Martin Scorsese hit Marvel hard. He says superhero blockbusters are amusement parks that have nothing to do with movies. Scorsese is above suspicion when, through the World Foundation, he saves not only Hollywood classics, but also rare works of world cinema. In your Journey into North American cinemahas already highlighted the ‘smugglers’, directors who, inside the dream factories of Hollywood, created works of authorship.
It’s a shame you can’t see that this is what many directors working at Marvel and DC are doing today. This is the case of Taika Waititi, a New Zealand director acclaimed for his Jojo Rabbit. Waititi had done Thor – Ragnarok and now returns to trigger the universe of gods – and superheroes – with another Thor, love and thunder. What the Scorsese in life still haven’t figured out is that Waititi – like the Russos, James Gunn, Zack Snyder, etc. – is using these sagas to shape new narratives. Waititi mixes farce, parody, epic and even tragedy love and thunder. It shows how Thor becomes a bagasse after breaking up with Dr. Jane Foster, a caricature of herself. Drunk, pot-bellied, staging his own adventures in a seedy theater, he resumes form fighting, alongside Jane, against a new evil killer of god.
Christian Bale is the one who plays the role, and he has become this sinister figure – Gorr -, who threatens the balance of the galaxy when he loses his daughter, in the opening scene. He becomes vindictive and, when he grabs the sword of Necromonte, unbeatable, or nearly so. Thor himself is in crisis. Jane is dying of cancer and every time she uses the mythical ax, it drains her energy. The message – blah blah blah – is that only love builds. Waititi spends the entire film playing a superhero and ultimately proposes an epic, tragic dimension, followed by another euphoria. The hero is his new ally. He looks to find out who he is. In the fusion of genres, absurd, excessive, but also funny, Waititi shows that what interests him is the metacinema.
THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER
QUOTE: GOOD
Source: Terra
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