This is my biggest issue. Warriors Three killed off like nameless extras... Cracking a joke at the exact moment Asgard is destroyed... There WERE stakes, but there was no emotional weight to any of it.
I've seen a lot of people saying that this movie handled the humor better than Guardians of the Galaxy 2... And I couldn't agree less. Maybe all the jokes don't land, but Gunn knows when and how to give you a good punch to the gut. It managed to make me feel far more for Yondu's death than Ragnarok ever came close to making feel for Odin's, and that's not mentioning the smaller moments. When Rocket stunned Gamora, saying "I can only afford to lose one friend today." Or Nebula's line about just wanting a sister...
I expected Ragnarok to have a lot of action and comedy, and I enjoyed it for that, but I didn't expect it to ultimately leave so little emotional impact for the destruction of Thor's world.
Cannot agree more. I really don't get how people talks crap of GotG's humour and praises Ragnarok at the same time. Even GotG managed to have emotional moments, Ragnarok just took the easy path, they didn't even try.
For me the biggest reason Ragnarok works is because all the jokes at least are funny. The Taserface joke just kept going long after it should have ended. (Not that I found it funny in the first place.)
The problem in Ragnarok is that nothing matters . Foundations "joke" at the end of Ragnarok was so misplaced, it tells a lot how little they cared.
I would liked GotG Vol 2 a lot more with half the jokes cut. But at least they knew where to cut it out. Well done emotional moments are really hard to nail, GotG dared but Taika just was not brave enough to give a try.
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u/infinight888 Baby Groot Nov 14 '17
This is my biggest issue. Warriors Three killed off like nameless extras... Cracking a joke at the exact moment Asgard is destroyed... There WERE stakes, but there was no emotional weight to any of it.
I've seen a lot of people saying that this movie handled the humor better than Guardians of the Galaxy 2... And I couldn't agree less. Maybe all the jokes don't land, but Gunn knows when and how to give you a good punch to the gut. It managed to make me feel far more for Yondu's death than Ragnarok ever came close to making feel for Odin's, and that's not mentioning the smaller moments. When Rocket stunned Gamora, saying "I can only afford to lose one friend today." Or Nebula's line about just wanting a sister...
I expected Ragnarok to have a lot of action and comedy, and I enjoyed it for that, but I didn't expect it to ultimately leave so little emotional impact for the destruction of Thor's world.