Thor : Love and Thunder (2022) Trailer Review

Yesterday morning, I woke up to a new Thor: Love and Thunder trailer and now it is time to review it and look at the most important things as we get closer to the next MCU blockbuster. 

Jane Foster is now Thor and she is not a Variant. 

One of the things that people are most excited for is seeing Natalie Portman as Thor. It was theorised that she could be a variant of the character that we saw in the first two Thor films, but this trailer confirms the history between these two characters. It also pretty much confirms that Jane was blipped as she has a different recollection of time to Thor who obviously wasn't blipped. The trailer doesn't confirm the cancer storyline, but it is an important part of the comic run so I expect it will be something we see here. 

Christian Bale makes his debut as Gorr The God Butcher

There was also big hype for Christian Bale playing Gorr: The God Butcher. Now I know nothing about this character except he wants to kill the gods but Bale is obviously an amazing actor and I really like the look for the character. The only thing is that he seems like a really serious character so it is going to be interesting to see how he exactly mashes with the more comedic nature of the film. 

Keeps up the fun tone from Ragnarok

As expected with Taika Waititi returning as director but this film seems like lots of fun and continues the tone and vibe that came from Ragnarok. Thor has become more of a comedic character and it seems like that is rubbing off on the rest of the cast. 

Mjonir is the broken hammer, reformed. 

We saw in Ragnarok that Hela destroyed Mjonir and the version seen in Endgame was not broken and returned by Captain America. The version here that Jane Foster uses has the cracks in it, which shows that it has somehow been reforged. The question will be how has it been fixed and why has Jane Foster now got the power to wield it. 

The Guardians of The Galaxy maybe have a larger role. 

I theorised that The Guardians Of The Galaxy would only be in the first like 10 mins of the movie but now I am not sure. There is a quick shot of Nebula and Drax fighting and either something happens at the beginning of the film that they are involved in or they come back later in the film to help Thor, it is quite hard to tell. 

Overall

Overall, I really enjoyed Thor: Ragnarok so I am really excited for this film, so this trailer has done its job well and I now can't wait to watch the film in the cinema when it comes out.