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I’ve never seen a Marvel movie – so why not start with Thor: Love and Thunder? | Brigid Delaney

There are 29 movies in the Marvel universe – and until recently, I had seen none of them.

Once there are that many movies, that many heroes, villains, plots, deaths, worlds lost, worlds regained, monsters destroyed – it’s too late to start. But out of the blue, an email arrived from Marvel Studios. It was an invitation to enter the universe – albeit at this late, decadent stage of the empire. Would I attend the Australian premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder?

The Daily Mail described this premiere as emblematic of the. “There were just a handful of genuine A-listers spotted among the sea of low-tier ‘celebrities’ at Monday’s premiere.”

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