The Portland Martial Arts & Crafts 5 Star Movie Review is a new segment on my blog. My reviews will all be five star reviews. Why? Because there’s enough negativity in the world, and I don’t want to add to it. Some will be old movies, some will be new movies, most will be movies I just watched. Reviews will likely be shockingly incomplete and rather self-centered. Now, on to our first review!
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Thor: Love and Thunder
Rating: Five Stars
First of all, Natalie Portman’s arms look amazing in this movie. I mean, her shoulders are just beautiful and muscular in a way that tells me she’s put in her hours at the gym. As The Mighty Thor, she wields the hammer with gusto and ferocity. Natalie Portman is who I would pick to play me in a movie about my life, so I’m very pleased to see that she is committing to movies where she gets to show off her increasing martial arts skills.
The jokes in this movie are so silly. They’re often goofy little quips, wacky wordplay, or funny misunderstandings, which are really delightful types of humor. I am happy to see that this film isn’t resorting only to explosions and seriousness to entertain its audience like so many other terrible superhero movies do.
If I could make one wish for anything in the world, it would be for a pet pegasus. In Thor: Love and Thunder, Tessa Thompson’s character Valkyrie has a glorious pegasus she rides in on in one scene. (Technically it is a winged horse — I do believe “Pegasus” is the name of a particular winged horse, the one born from Medusa’s head, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me if I call her steed a pegasus.) Anyway, the CGI was just WONDERFUL when she rode in on her pegasus. The wingspan was HUGE like it oughta be in order for such a large animal to fly. It was beautiful, and made me want a pegasus even more. Well done, Thor: Love and Thunder.
So there you have it, folks. Gorgeous arms? Check. Funny jokes? Check. Glorious pegasus? Check. Thor: Love and Thunder has it all.
Michelle Folk Johnson 