He DESTROYED Thor

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Welcome to another one guys. In this one, I talk about Taika's incompatible relationship with Thor but also why Marvel continues to fail to under how contrasting themes work.
I hope you enjoy.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:35 - Chapter One: Tone
6:09 - Chapter Two: Thor(ne)?
12:53 - Chapter Three: Taika The Destroyer
#taikawaititi #thor #Marvel

[@thedarkestfateful]

The first two Thor movies weren’t perfect but they respected his character. I was so excited for Infinity War Thor, and even though there was Fat Thor in Endgame, I was even more excited at the prospect of a darker, more mature and battle hardened Thor because of all the people he lost. A broken god struggling to become the King his father wanted him to be, but unable to overcome the feeling of failure and loss. And when they were going to be bringing in Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher, I was hoping they were going more serious for Thor, but no…his losses and pain were played for laughs, and he gives the throne to…Valkyrie…because after centuries of abandoning Asgard to drown her sorrows away on top of becoming a mercenary, she is totally fit for the title of King 👍 yup… /sarcasm

[@ideatheory]

"His losses and pain were played down for laughs" is probably one of the most disappointing part of Waititi Thor.

[@rileyjfosbre6383]

I really hate Valkyrie. That character was a terrible idea. And we’re just supposed to ignore the fact that she was a fricking slave trader for centuries on the dumpster planet because… I don’t know, you “feel bad” for the useless drunk? Because Thor specifically made it out okay and the countless randos she brought in before were slaughtered by Hulk off screen? Awful convenient.

[@Gamerlord17]

Finally someone gives the first two Thor movies credit

[@Matt-ji9hj]

Mcu fans who have never read a Thor comic say Waititi saved the character by turning him into a joke lol Thor 1 and 2 >>> Waititi parodies

[@ideatheory]

You really are the GOAT for saying this.

[@SpFlash1523]

Taika himself said he didn't care for the Thor comics because they were not what he wanted to do.

[@justmike3018]

Agreed. Thor 1 and 2 were more true to Thor's story and world than Thor 3. That film was the beginning of Thor becoming a GotG spinoff.

[@hungnguyenquang7247]

I prefer watch bvs than thor 4

[@dylanlewis5113]

I recently rewatched Thor 1 for the first time since it came out. I spent years thinking it was boring, probably because I remember enjoying Iron Man and Captain America more. I found myself really enjoying Thor 1 this time. I plan to rewatch Dark World, and I'm excited to see how if its better than I remember. I remember liking Ragnarok, but I'm willing to accept that that might be because I didn't like/ couldn't remember the previous movies.

[@buki3009]

When i saw thor 3 and people were happy with it, i said it, i said when they annonced the fourth, that marvel will learn the wrong lesson from that, but people were telling me that i was too negative lol

[@ideatheory]

A lot of people received Ragnarok so well that Marvel just decided they needed more of it and Taika double down. But the problem with “clown Thor” was just that; he was a clown. That tends to get old pretty fast.

[@JohnXSmithMG]

I like a lot of your takes, and if you were isolating this theory to love and thunder, I would completely agree with you. However, I do believe that Thor Ragnarok kept a lot of what we love about Thor and the MCU while adding to Thors character by giving him more personality, and letting Chris Hemsworth have more fun with his portrayal. Thor love and thunder, undercut everything that was built by giving taika way too much power.

[@rouyworld7551]

This completely articulates my thoughts on thor in the mcu

[@thebeast_]

finally someone saying egzakly what I had in my mind

[@namejsliepins2577]

The Dark World is my favorite Thor movie and in my top 3 marvel movies (I stooped watching them after Black Panther though). I am not a big fan of first Avengers and Captain America Story.

[@kevinjmccloy5865]

I’m sick of the “marvel is light” and “DC is dark” argument that only people born after the 90’s would think is actually true- both companies have tried different things over the years and often copy each other. It has never been that way outside of the films

[@orlandoacosta2631]

Never really understood the praise for Ragnarok. To me it always felt formulaic and predictable and I failed to see anything new about it. I remember people were saying it was just as good as Winter Soldier, 🤣🤣🤣. Funny how people accuse Snyder of butchering Superma but are ok with Watiti butchering thor to the point he's a parody of himself.

[@Prototopics]

Thor 1 and 2 were great. Ragnarok was not nearly as good as people say. It’s cheap.

[@nichobee]

Waititi is average man, i've never rated him. His sense of humour is like an out of tune guitar, which was terrible for thor because he insisted on cramming it into every scene We live in the shadows was the same, over the top and not in a good way. He's similar to Rian Johnson. Another indie director who came to prominence with estrogen-charged indie flicks, so hey, let's put him in charge of star wars, perfect fit. The arrogance to re-mould a beloved character into your own lazily and cynically formed interpretation is shocking.

[@ideatheory]

The arrogance is astounding to me. He kept taunting fans, telling us he'll destroy the mythos. Rarely ever see such disrespect from a director. I fear he would genuinely be worse for Star Wars than Rian Johnson.

[@Negative921]

THIS!

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

at least he didnt make him fat

[@m.f-thatboy-9220]

Waitoto 😂😂😂😂 love n thunder was absolute gabage

[@thebeast_]

yes , thor ragnarok was a shit movie and love and thunder was the worst, thor is still my fav marvel charecter

[@ideatheory]

Mine too. He deserved better.

[@SpFlash1523]

Thor was great in Thor 1, Avengers 1, Thor 2, Age of Ultron, and Infinity War.

[@cjstryder5441]

The first two Thor's were boring. A pretentious bore that you couldn't relate too.

[@alexman378]

Guess “haha, big man did funny”, 8 year old type of humor is more your style, then.

[@cjstryder5441]

@@alexman378 I'd rather hang out with Thor from Ragnarok and Love and Thunder than the boring stiff from the first two movies.

[@alexman378]

@@cjstryder5441 Yeah, well, that says everything one needs to know about you.

[@kool4209]

Thor 1 is garbage because Thor is literally a 1,000 years old..... hes still acting like a fking child? he hasnt come to understand any aspect of War? Why is he this dumb? Then after 1,000 years of his weird "romanesk accent" goes away at the end of the film lol Did Odin strip that away too? Dark World was just a turn your brain off and watch... theres no real point other than to introduce the reality stone. Ragnarok gave Thor a much need character change but they leaned too far into the comedy.... Thor 4 is the death of this character....which utterly sucks cause Chris Hemsworth is like Henry Cavil....Theyre literal specimen......built to play these roles. You got Thor acting like hes a Percy Jackson character when he should be a battle hardened VIKING god...... yet we never see that.

[@ms0824]

It's less about what you like and more what the actual character is about. If Superman made jokes every 5 seconds it would be off-putting because that's not his character archetype.