10 More Film Secrets That Were Hiding In Plain Sight
2. Miek's Whiteboard Spoils The Entire Film - Thor: Love & Thunder
Remember when Midsommar kicked off by showing a mural that not-so-cryptically revealed the plot of the entire movie? Well, Taika Waititi apparently thought that was a brilliant idea and did just the same thing in Thor: Love and Thunder.
Early on we see a very dapper Miek standing by a whiteboard in New Asgard, and if you hit the pause button, the board is actually full of illustrations which basically show off the movie's entire narrative trajectory.
The drawings clearly show Gorr (Christian Bale) getting Stormbreaker, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) encountering Zeus (Russell Crowe), a fleet of children being imbued with Thor's powers, the appearance of Eternity, and even Jane Foster's (Natalie Portman) demise.
This shot comes and goes quickly enough that anybody watching the movie on the big screen had no time at all to make sense of it, but on streaming? Absolutely.
The shot was also included in Love and Thunder's trailers, though was given a sneaky edit to ensure that enterprising fans didn't deduce the whole story months in advance, instead serving as a summary of the trailer itself. Incredible.
As for what this says about Miek's apparent ability to predict the future? Good luck making any sense of that.