Christian Bale Mesmerizes Fans With 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Role
'Mesmerizing'
Thor: Love and Thunder was fun and I enjoyed it overall. The biggest highlight for me was Christian Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher. He was mesmerizing. He’s got some really kickass and creepy scenes. I thoroughly enjoyed every second he was on screen.#ThorLoveAndThunder #Gorr pic.twitter.com/WMpUN2Rueh
— Mason K (@GhostMaseTV) July 7, 2022
Fans praised Bale above all of the familiar heroes and returning characters in this film. Some placed him among the MCU's most distinctive villains.
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Scary, threatening, terrific, dark, emotional. Wow What an great performance CHRISTIAN BALE ,he has less screen time and not so good script but his acting made the character awesome 👏 #ChristianBale #ThorLoveAndThunder #Thor #Gorr #ThorLoverAndThunder pic.twitter.com/Je7o6V0Rje
— Priyanshu Singh (@Priyanshu1877) July 8, 2022
Christian Bale was the only good thing about this new Thor movie
— kira 👾 (@kirawontmiss) July 9, 2022
Many fans praised Bale while criticizing the rest of the film.
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christian bale’s carry job in thor: love and thunder pic.twitter.com/uwmn012sEe
— dominique☼ (@saokodomi) July 8, 2022
Some joked that Bale had taken on more responsibility than he bargained for in this movie, carrying the pressure of success while the others involved took it easy.
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Hearing nothing but horrendous stuff about Thor 4 expect for Christian Bale
— Austin (@Arkhamaus) July 8, 2022
My goat never misses 🙏 pic.twitter.com/X59pxvytLX
I really hope Christian Bale is not wasted in Thor Love and Thunder. If so, Taika Waititi is the new Paul Allen. pic.twitter.com/mxYJeQHYRW
— Thecubancrusher (@thecubancrusher) July 7, 2022
Long-time fans of Bale himself were pleased to hear that their favorite actor was the highlight of this film. Many also got to work creating fresh memes using Gorr the God Butcher screenshots.
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Though he looks nothing like the character. He's a great actor but the look would have made it epic.
— Wayne Kosack (@WayneKosack) July 9, 2022
Christian Bale discusses changing the look of #Gorr from the comics for the MCU in #Thor 4. pic.twitter.com/2qawg7Apfz
— ComicBook.com (@ComicBook) July 9, 2022
The depiction of Gorr in this movie looked far different from the comic book version of Gorr, to some fans' disappointment. Bale himself commented on this in an interview with Comicbook.com.
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you cannot tell me that Taika Waititi got Christian Bale to do a fucking Wuthering Heights choreography dance sequence for Thor Love and Thunder and then just NOT SHOW IT TO ME pic.twitter.com/rYAgiMYJJ6
— Laz 🦇 (@pluto_drove) July 1, 2022
Can’t wait to see those deleted scenes. They probably didn’t make any sense😂 #ThorLoveAndThunder https://t.co/D5xhXtnwvh
— Benji’s Diary (@Benjisdiary2) June 30, 2022
As much as they loved what they saw, fans mourned for the scenes that were cut from this movie. Some have already been described in interviews and fans are hoping to see them in the DVD special features.
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#ThorLoveAndThunder is completely underwhelming & Tonally imbalanced. At times it felt like a parody of Thor himself. No one & nothing stood out except for Christian Bale as Gor despite his 10 min of screentime. At the end of the day this movie just simply exists...
— Rorschach's Journal (@jokerquinn299) July 8, 2022
Grade: B- pic.twitter.com/fEAGYa3OAm
Finally, many fans complained that Bale did not get enough screentime in this movie – especially as the highlight of the film. Thor: Love and Thunder is in theaters now.
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