(Dir. Taika Waititi 2017)
PG-13, but don't worry there's plenty of inappropriate humor. Including a Hulk dick joke, am I allowed to say that on this? Guess I'll find out. 've never been a huge Thor fan, I've never hated any of them like some people I know though. They just kind of paled in comparison with the rest of the MCU. If Thor wasn't in the Avengers I doubt I would've ever watched them. This movie changed that for me. I really enjoyed the humor in this movie and I wish that they'd started out the Thor movies with Taika as the director. If you've kept up with my posts you would know that I recently watched and loved What We Do In the Shadows, which is co-directed by Taika and he is in it. What I really enjoyed about What We Do In the Shadows was how they made inhuman characters relatable. Instead of trying to make them seem cool and undefeatable, as people often do with supernatural entities, they focused on their flaws which helped make them relatable and humorous. Taika brought this approach over to the Thor movies and I really enjoyed its effect. Before Thor seemed a little to serious and a little to distant of a figure. This worked when he was surrounded by other characters in the Avengers, but in his own movies it got a little stale. I have heard some complaints that he seems like a totally different character, and I do think that that is a valid concern. Thor is much more of a goofball in Ragnarok than ever before, but I think it works for him. I've decided to not get upset over the sudden character change, because it just works so well and I think was desperately needed. I think that the use of color in Ragnarok really sets it apart from previous Marvel movies. A lot of people complain about the dullness of color in Marvel movies, and they're not wrong to. The way they edit the films tones down a lot of the colors and the end result isn't terrible by any means, it could just be a lot better. The editing process was still the same in this movie, as far as I know, but this Marvel color dullness was evened out by the use of a lot of vivid bright colors during raw footage shoots. Taika saw his chance to bring a lot of color in while shooting the Sikaar scenes, and he took it. One thing I really appreciated about the story line was how they worked in Planet Hulk. The most obvious reason they didn't do a stand alone movie for planet Hulk was the fact that they'd have to get the rights back, which is much more trouble than it's worth. I'm actually really happy about that though, I don't think I could handle a movie centered entirely around the Hulk. So combining it with Thor Ragnarok was a really smart choice on their part I think. It allowed them to include the story line, but not make it the center of the movie and it gave them a convenient excuse for Hulk to help out Thor. I kinda wish that it would've been more of a surprise that the Hulk was in the movie. Marvel kind of touted the fact that Hulk was going to be in it, but I think it would've been a lot cooler if they'd let it be a surprise. Still really cool though, just could've been better. *SPOILER* One BIG issue I take with this movie is that they kill off two kinda major characters and don't even mention it. Two of Thor's friends, ones that played a sizable roll in the universe before, got killed in like a thirty second scene that was never brought back up. I really liked them and if they'd been killed to serve some greater thematic purpose I would've been okay, but it was seemingly for like no reason. So that's kind of annoying. *End Spoiler* Overall I really enjoyed this movie and will totally watch it again when it comes out on DVD. I think that this movie really revamped the Thor universe and the characters in it are AMAZING. You should go watch it right now. Also, Jeff Goldblum, need I say more?
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Aubrey KirchhoffI'm just screaming into the void and somehow getting graded on it. Archives
April 2018
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