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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Review: Not Marvel’s Gayest Movie Ever
In an interview with Andrew Freund prior to the release of Thor: Love and Thunder, Natalie Portman agreed with him that this movie is “the gayest movie ever made in the MCU.” And it’s certainly been marketed that way. At an advance screening, director Taika Waititi and Portman called the movie “super gay,” and “so gay.” Waititi and the cast have been hyping queer fans up for the movie, constantly mentioning how queer the film is.
The only problem is, it’s really not.
Spoilers ahead! Yes, Thor: Love and Thunder is a very cute movie with queer elements. Valkyrie and Korg are canonically gay in this. Valkyrie gets a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment when she kisses a Zeussette’s hand. In a brief conversation, Korg mentions Valkyrie’s expired “girlfriend” and reveals he has two dads and comes from a species that’s seemingly all-male and all-gay. Korg also really enjoys Thor’s brief strip verb. The movie’s imagery is filled with bright pops of rainbow color. Heimdall’s son has changed his name from Astrid to Axl (and
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During an advanced screening of “Thor: Love and Thunder,” star Natalie Portman, who plays the role of Jane Foster and the Mighty Thor, answered one fan’s question and said, “[The film would be] so gay.”
“Super gay,” the director Taika Waititi followed.
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Watiti is known for LGBTQ+ storytelling. In both the HBO Max series “Our Flag Means Death” and “Thor,” he arranges romantic storylines for LGBTQ characters.
While the latest “Thor” may not be as “super gay” as Waititi described, it still features a number queer characters, including Zeus, a pansexual god, Korg, a gay rock bloke, and Valkyrie, a bisexual warrior played by Tessa Thompson.
Even though in this movie Valkyrie didn’t find “her queen” as Thompson said in a preview, she had a long conversation with Korg about same-sex relationships. The lengthy conversation marks a outbreak fr
'Thor: Love and Thunder': Queerbaiting or Queer Representation?
After the success of Thor: Ragnarok, many fans had high hopes for director Taika Waititi’s sequel Thor: Love and Thunder. However, the film released to mixed reviews, becoming one of the worst–rated Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies on Rotten Tomatoes.
Critics are mostly debating whether the film successfully balances its humor with its seriousness or whether it’s just Ragnarok redone. LGBTQ fans, however, are panning the film for other reasons: alleged queerbaiting.
Queerbaiting is the exercise of using marketing or narrative undertones to imply a movie or show’s characters are queer without ever saying they are. It hooks in viewers who are seeking queer representation while avoiding officially outing a character or writing thoughtful LGBTQ storylines. But not only is it lazy storytelling, queerbaiting also allows the picture to retain the support of LGBTQ audiences, homophobic fans, and corporate sponsors alike. Similarly, queerbaiting allows films to be premiered in certain inter
The following review of “Thor: Cherish and Thunder”has spoilers for Valkyrie’s gay storyline. The most significant spoilers are marked off with the designation [spoilers begin], however reading ANY of this review comes with the presumption that you have either seen “Thor: Love and Thunder”or don’t mind being spoiled overall. And away we go on a flying winged rainbow horse called Aragorn! 🦄⚡️🌈
I first knew that I’d buy tickets to Thor: Adoration and Thunder back in 2019, when at San Diego Comic Con Tessa Thompson said that Valkyrie’s first priority as the King of New Asgard would be to find her queen. Ok wait, that’s a falsehood, I first knew I’d offer tickets to Thor: Love and Thunder back in 2017 during Thor: Ragnarok, when Tessa Thompson used a oversized space gun to make a joke about a strap-on. But I knew that I’d be buying tickets on the first day — Covid risk and all (I wore a mask the entire time) — when a Love and Thunder trailer came out last month, and Tessa Thompson was licking what appeared to be gold blood off of a sword with her whole