For those of you who were looking forward to watching the latest installment of the movie Thor at the cinemas here, you’re going to have to find another place.
According to Alqabas, the Ministry of Information has banned the screening of ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ in Kuwait due to scenes that include gay characters. This shouldn’t come as a surprise anymore, and similar to previous movies that included gay characters, it’s mostly likely going to get banned in other neighboring countries as well.
33 replies on “‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ has been banned in Kuwait”
Nothing more to say really…thank god for streaming services and vpns!
I’ve seen the movie already, and lemme tell you, if there weren’t any gay characters involved, then the movie would’ve gotten banned for showcasing multiple gods (just like when the Percy Jackson movies were banned, but the books that inspired those movies weren’t).
I watched the other Thor movies in the cinema in Kuwait which all had multiple gods depicted
GOOD!
on the path, are we?
OH NOES THE GAYS ARE GONNA DESTROY THE YOUTH!
SO, now it’s too much work to edit out the very few scenes that are undesirable to Kuwait censorship?
You need permission to edit the scenes and Disney isn’t allowing it.
From my understanding, we are at a point where Disney are the one who aren’t allowing the screening of their movies if the country’s censorship doesn’t align with them. So it’s not really about kuwait’s ministry of information banning the movie, it’s that Disney isn’t giving the rights to begin with.
One benefit I got from the ban of Dr. Strange and now Thor, I get to skip the credit roll and go straight to the post-credit scene!
Spoiler Alert: there is one conversation between Valkyrie and Korg about kronan birth orgin, and another conversation about Valkyrie’s wife, a MUTE wouldn’t be enough?
Disney isn’t allowing countries to censor their movies. They’re basically saying if you don’t like the film as it is then don’t show it. I actually like this approach over going to a movie and then watching scenes that make no sense because they cut out random parts for various reasons. Still don’t understand how Basic Instinct ever got released in Kuwait…
On a similar note, just read an article about how a Lebanese movie distributor thought there was a mix-up with the Pulp Fiction reels so they edited the movie to play linearly. Not only that but they were also editing Tarantino’s other movies to make them shorter because they felt they were too long. Check the article out its hilarious: https://english.alaraby.co.uk/opinion/reel-confusion-lebanons-inglourious-beef-quentin-tarantino
that’s a great link
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MoI really concerned all folk in the closet will instantly come out by watching a movie that has little to slight mention of anything queer.
I wonder how and who decides what can and can’t play here. Do they have the latest technology in Gay-O-Meter to check? Did they innovate from their Gaydar? (true story look it up)
Oh man those were the good old days! For those who don’t know about this you can check this old post out
https://248am.com/mark/news/welcome-to-100-straight-kuwait/
Not really, it’s more about protecting the underage as the idiots here find it hard to implement pg13 / R- rated movies. Anyways imo It’s sickening how movies & shows are focusing alot on “acceptance”where they have lost the plot.
Protecting the underage? Good luck with that.
If you find it ‘sickening’ don’t watch any movies or shows. But don’t impose your warped worldview to the rest of us 🙂
U an idiot? THEY are imposing their warped views not the opposite.. just watch what the latest Disney’s prez interview.
The simple question is, if Disney is so ‘woke’ and wants to give fair representation to a community, then how come they’re so dim and tone deaf to nations that cannot because it conflicts with their religious beliefs and not personal ones. I mean, if McDonald’s in India adapted their menu to not include beef due to religious beliefs…
Then again a billion people frequenting their stores would look fantastic for their bottom line – but I guess Kuwait doesn’t really make a dent for Disney’s box office returns.
Anyway, this sounds like a studio problem and has nothing to do with Kuwait.
Your view on this is skewed because you’re saying if Disney are so woke then they shouldn’t include gay characters because it offends Arabs which is the opposite of being woke. Watch Ms Marvel (it’s great except for last episode), they are trying to represent everyone including Muslims and if you don’t want gay characters they’re saying it’s fine, don’t release the movie.
I’m wondering if those banned movies are going to appear on Disney+
Shhhhhhhhh dont want that banned too
Blame lies with Hollywood trying to include LGBTGJFTHVVDRWAHK into every mainstream movie or TV series nowadays, be it about Superheroes or even kids Animation – ridiculous!
(Watched Dr. Strange on TV and was super happy it was banned in cinemas, saved me 3 KD because it was the worst movie I ever watched 💩 )
Clearly you haven’t seen Morbius, that movie was pure 💩
I see a Marvel movie up coming book my tickets and go abroad watch it and have a small time off and come back problem solved
basically whatever MARVEL has announced about its upcoming movies on phase 5 and 6 will be continuously banned just because Disney doesn’t want to remove it. GREAT!!
Expect every single Disney movie to banned in Kuwait moving forward, as Disney will most likely include at least 1 LGBQT+ character in everything they do
People can stream/pirate this and all the future banned movies and get to watch the original, which is better or worse depending on your stance regarding the LGBTQ+.
Doesn’t make sense like if a character is queer then the movie is banned or because they said something queer then it’s banned?
Example: *spoilers for Stranger Things S4*
Will is heavily hinted to be gay but there is no mention of queer language. So would this be banned? How deep are we going?
For you
https://youtu.be/u1f0MWuX55g
lol what is this
Harry potter was banned in UAE. To each their own