The following article contains spoilers forThor: Love and Thunder.Thor: Love and Thunderis off to a great start at the box office as people all over the world flock to theaters to see yet another classic Thor adventure. However, many more viewers and critics are not coming out of cinemas as satisfied as they normally are by MCU blockbusters, asThor: Love and Thunder’s review scores continue to trend downwards.
Taika Waititi’s secondThormovie did get a hefty dose of positive impression after its Hollywood premiere a couple of weeks ago, but regardless of that, the movie’s merits have become a contentious topic for Marvel fans, with many consideringRagnarokto be a vastly superior work. The film does leave the door open for a futureThorsequel starring Chris Hemsworth, as hinted byThor: Love and Thunder’s two post-credit scenes, so how bad are things looking for Thor Odinson?
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Currently, one of the most popular review aggregators out there shows a grim landscape forThor: Love and Thunderon the Tomatometer, placing it asthe fourth-worst MCU movie on Rotten Tomatoes, according to critics. This placesThor: Love and Thunderjust barely ahead ofThor: The Dark World,The Incredible Hulk, andEternalswith a 65% critics’ score, and it’s faring slightly below average on the audience scale with an 82%. Over on CinemaScore it really doesn’t look much better, as the median score given by moviegoers right out of the theater is a B+, only beatingEternalsin what is definitely a much more generous ranking.
Meanwhile, on IMDb,Love and Thunderholds a respectable if not great 7.0 rating that puts it aboveCaptain America: The First Avenger,Iron Man 2,The Dark World,Captain Marvel,Black Widow,Eternals, and the MCU’s soleHulkmovie. Compiling all these scores,Love and Thunderedges closer to the bottom of Marvel library, unlikeRagnarok,which usually finds itself at the top. Reviews for the film indicated audiences may want to temper their expectations afterRagnarok, and it appears their warning was warranted.
Of course, some folks absolutely lovedThor: Love and Thunder’s comedy and Jane Foster’s cancer storyline, and there’s a lot of speculation about where theThor franchise could be headed next. Even thoughThor: Love and Thunderchanges a lot from Marvel Comicssource material, particularly with villains like Gorr, what seems to be dividing fans of the film is Waititi’s overall approach.
It’s unlikely these criticisms will hurtThor: Love and Thunder’s prospects at the box officeafter making over $300 million worldwide during its opening weekend, but it could hurt its chances to surpassDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' box office performance.
Thor: Love and Thunderis currently available in theaters.
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