It feels much more like a Marvel movie than a Taika film, and is desperately missing Ragnarok’s very specific genre subversion – and, probably, The Hulk. It’s a flaming hot mess that’s packed with too many characters, cameos and stupid green screen CGI action scenes that leaves little room for Waititi’s delicate and finely-tuned personal touch. Thor: Love and Thunder feels like that problem writ large on the big screen. From Reservation Dogs, The Auteur and Our Flag Means Death to two Roald Dahl Netflix shows, the Elisabeth Moss soccer film Next Goal Wins, a Flash Gordon reboot AND a freaking Star Wars project, it’s clear the director is stretched too thin. Out of all of the horrible accusations made by Gawker’s incredibly nasty recent takedown of Waititi, it got one thing right: he’s doing too much. Both director and film stretched too thin Does it live up to the success of Thor: Ragnarok? The Spinoff writers review.

Taika Waititi’s latest film, Thor: Love and Thunder, is out this week.

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