No, just pointing out that the pretentious way wouldn't necessarily be the better way.
Spoilers Thor: Ragnarok Grading and Discussion
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No, just pointing out that the pretentious way wouldn't necessarily be the better way.
Saw the Ragnarok last week and loved it. The new director knocked it out of the park!
I loved the new comedic take on Thor and it has to be the funnest MCU film yet. Basically the entire cast seems to be having a good time. Chris got many great scenes with everyone in the main cast. Talking Hulk was a long time coming, Valkyrie was cool, Loki grew up, Goldblum went full Goldblum, and Hela was one of the better MCU villains.
The action was great, with Thor vs Hulk being the standout of course.
They thankfully jettisoned the entire human cast of Jane and her annoying sidekicks, I never thought the Thor Jane romance worked.
This movie has a very similar structure to the first Thor which I thought was cool. Movie begins with Asgard, there is a massive detour in the middle after Thor loses his hammer while the main villain is taking over Asgard, and the final act when Thor returns back home to kick ass.
Ragnarok equals the first Thor for me, and both those movies are way ahead of The Dark World.
A-.
I loved the new comedic take on Thor and it has to be the funnest MCU film yet. Basically the entire cast seems to be having a good time. Chris got many great scenes with everyone in the main cast. Talking Hulk was a long time coming, Valkyrie was cool, Loki grew up, Goldblum went full Goldblum, and Hela was one of the better MCU villains.
The action was great, with Thor vs Hulk being the standout of course.
They thankfully jettisoned the entire human cast of Jane and her annoying sidekicks, I never thought the Thor Jane romance worked.
This movie has a very similar structure to the first Thor which I thought was cool. Movie begins with Asgard, there is a massive detour in the middle after Thor loses his hammer while the main villain is taking over Asgard, and the final act when Thor returns back home to kick ass.
Ragnarok equals the first Thor for me, and both those movies are way ahead of The Dark World.
A-.
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Nor I.
...but just imagine the outcries, the outrages, and the meltdowns that would happen if it did win.
...but just imagine the outcries, the outrages, and the meltdowns that would happen if it did win.
I liked it a lot - but best picture?
<--- What are they smoking? (And can I get some because it must be some good s**t. 
I saw a couple people complaining about Ragnarok being a comedy, but that actually brought up one thing I was pretty impressed with in it. Waititi and co managed to give us a lot of great humor, but at the same time the didn't undermine the darker, more serious moments, and allowed them to have the gravitas they needed.
Finally got around to seeing this yesterday. I enjoyed it, and thought it had a number of highlights, but boy are these films starting to get a bit messy! I felt the same way about the second Guardians. The first one of those—and the first Thor, which is still one of my all-time favorites of the MCU films—was tight and direct in its structure and pacing, with no bloat. Vol. 2 felt more like just a string of things happening, with less defining shape and direction to it, and so did this. There was a lot that seemed like just obligatory tying up of dangling threads from other movies. At least it was fun—which I did not find The Dark World at all, really didn't enjoy that one—and the acting was good all around. Blanchett absolutely tore it up, looked like she was really enjoying herself with it, and Goldblum too. Thompson was very effective. Ruffalo I really could have taken or left, but certainly didn't mind having there. Hiddleston was as good as ever, and I liked that Loki seemed to actually grow a bit. Cumberbatch and Hopkins' roles made theoretical sense, and were of course foreshadowed in Doctor Strange, but they felt somehow a little perfunctory.
I do not mind humor in general and think it has been handled very well in MCU films overall, but I have to agree with those who have said that it may have gone just a tad overboard here. Reading above that the movie was re-shot/cut to deliberately inject an extra dose after the fact falls in line with how some of it felt as I was watching: slightly forced.
The "Jane dumped you"/"it was mutual" bit struck me as a pretty on-the-nose "meta" joke...not that there's anything wrong with that, exactly.
Black Panther trailer had me really looking forward to that one! I'm just hoping that Infinity War won't be a clusterfuck of epic proportions, as I suspect it could be...
-MMoM
I do not mind humor in general and think it has been handled very well in MCU films overall, but I have to agree with those who have said that it may have gone just a tad overboard here. Reading above that the movie was re-shot/cut to deliberately inject an extra dose after the fact falls in line with how some of it felt as I was watching: slightly forced.
Largely agree, except as far as the opening scene goes, I liked the spinning in chains thing, and it was rather the "crown or big eyebrow" exchange that overrreached for me.
The "Jane dumped you"/"it was mutual" bit struck me as a pretty on-the-nose "meta" joke...not that there's anything wrong with that, exactly.
Black Panther trailer had me really looking forward to that one! I'm just hoping that Infinity War won't be a clusterfuck of epic proportions, as I suspect it could be...
-MMoM
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Black Panther trailer had me really looking forward to that one! I'm just hoping that Infinity War won't be a clusterfuck of epic proportions, as I suspect it could be...
-MMoM
Eh, everytime MCU is predicted to create a bomb/clusterfuck they always pull it off. Have faith.
Not sure if you are serious or being sarcastic....
I guess you're one of the people that wants all comedies for comic book adaptations.
These films have made billions of dollars and managed to utterly crush the DC movies so Disney is not going to change this formula. Either get over it or stop watching them if it bothers you so much. Personally i am glad Disney has figured out they don't have to do a trilogy arc with every super hero movie (and usually failing to deliver) - they can just keep pumping them out.
I personally hate the Fast and Furious movies but realize that as long as they keep raking in so much money they will keep getting made. I just choose not to watch Fast and Furious movies.
No but to appeal to Fox to save serious comic book movies implies either sarcasm or a serious misunderstanding of how poorly Fox is doing with comic book movies compared to Disney.
And forgot that their number one franchise now is Deadpool.
I don’t think Black Panther or Infinity War will be as funny as some people are dreading it to be. In fact, I think all this comedy is to lighten things up before showing us how dark things can get.
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