If you haven't been following along, you might get left behind in 'Thor: Love and Thunder'.
. What I will say, however, is that over the years it’s become increasingly hard to just dip into the franchise.hammered this home. That’s not a criticism exactly. Instead, it’s a reckoning: At this point, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown so dense and self-referential that it’s hard to watch one of these films without feeling like you’re missing out on all the in-jokes and plot reveals. You lose a lot if you don’t know the characters, basically.
A fair response would be to point out that Marvel films, like Marvel comics, are meant to be enjoyed in conversation with one another; that they are never stand-alone stories. But there’s a noticeable aimlessness tothat’s difficult to ignore if you’re not watching the film to just see your favorite characters. In a post-
world, the dramatic stakes are just lower, a problem compounded by Waititi and his actors’ cool, ironic tone. These films are formed in his image, shot through with the same mischievous satire that informed his. But that tone heightens the impression that nothing really matters: We're just here to have a good time.
And that’s fine! These movies don’t have to accommodate everyone, and it’s amusing, almost avant-garde, that they have grown so prohibitive to outsiders. But how will they age? Will audiences in 30 years, who you’d imagine have quite a different frame of reference, find them watchable? Is it conceivable they will log onto Disney+ Max and watchLove and Thunder