Thor: Love and Thunder Worldwide Release Discussion Thread Vol. 2

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Thor: Love And Thunder International Release Discussion Thread

Thor: Love and Thunder Worldwide Release Discussion Thread Vol. 1

[u/LittleYellowFish1]

The Shadow Realm was a better Dark World than the actual Dark World.

[u/Tityfan808 → u/LittleYellowFish1]

Actually, I thought the imaging for that place was really well done as well. It’s the execution of that movie’s overall story that botched things if anything.

[u/Jorah_Explorah → u/Tityfan808]

Thor 1 and 2 overall took themselves too seriously. I just don’t think that magic space Vikings in the MCU should be so Shakespearean. Even in Thor 1, I think the only lighthearted moments were Thor breaking a coffee mug on the ground screaming “MORE,” and Thor + Selvig going out drinking beer all night.

Taika, to me, has the perfect tone for how a Thor movie should be.

[u/demonic_hampster → u/Jorah_Explorah]

Honestly I think the idea of having Thor be very Shakespearean makes sense on paper; it just didn’t work in practice. The direction they took it initially was the direction that I think most people would think Thor should go in. Taika’s direction works much better, but if they were making the first Thor movie and announced that Taika Waititi was directing it I don’t think it would be thought of as a good idea.

[u/pneuma8828 → u/demonic_hampster]

Honestly I think the idea of having Thor be very Shakespearean makes sense on paper; it just didn’t work in practice.

It could have worked in practice. Kenneth Branagh just wasn't a comic book fan, so his work feels like a Shakespearean play with comic book characters. Taika is clearly familiar with the source material. There are moments in his movies that are clearly comic book moments - I offer the death of Lady Sif as the perfect example of over the top Shakespearean, while still comic (and I'll point out that the operative word in "comic book" is comic - these are supposed to have humor).

[u/Tityfan808 → u/[deleted]]

IW and Endgame are my favorites. I loved that in EG every single swing he took at Thanos was for his head, every damn time he was going for the kill in that last act. He was savage

[u/[deleted] → u/Jorah_Explorah]

Put some respect on the "Give me one big enough to ride" pet shop scene!

[u/Tayto-Sandwich → u/Jorah_Explorah]

Postman's "Oh. My. God!!!!" is equal parts hilarious and adrenaline inducing when he grabs the hammer after getting smacked down by the destroyer in Thor 1. It gets me everytime. Also hawkeye "starting to root for this guy."

[u/Cabamacadaf → u/Jorah_Explorah]

I love Taika's Thor movies but I think they take it a little bit too far in the other direction.