Thor: Ragnarok
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Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige prides himself on the fellowship ’s process of choosing the perfect film director for their projects . Inan interview with Fandango , Feige explained that , " We want filmmaker that can help us focus on and elevate the character journey so it does n’t get lost amongst the spectacle . " And when Marvel hired director Taika Waititi to helmThor : Ragnarok , they pick out an specially eclectic auteur whose colourful ouevre would undoubtedly bring a wholly unique vision to the Marvel adaptations .
Ragnarokhas Waititi ’s fingerprints all over it , so if you ’re at all familiar with his filmography , you ’ll notice that in - antic , flow jest , and trademarks that have shown up in everything fromEagle vs. SharktoHunt for the Wilderpeopleare present in spade . In fact , Waititi himself mentioned this in an interviewwhen he said , " It ’s more that I did n’t clear that after doing this for a few months , what we ’re doing fundamentally is precisely the same as all my other flick . "
Personal Cameos
Taika Waititi is a filmmaker so deeply embed in his pic that his presence behind the camera is just as unassailable as his presence in front of it . So far , in all of his picture , Waititi has appeared in either cameo - form or as a full - fledged persona . For illustration , inHunt for the Wilderpeoplehe exhibit up for a abbreviated shot as a funeral - conducting rector whose tactfulness during a time of misery is defective at best . InRagnarok , he show up as the ( perishable ) rock’n’roll wight Korg , one of the Grandmaster ’s veteran champions whose wit and teetotal humor is similar to that of Waititi ’s other bit part creations ( his " rock-and-roll , paper , scissor " joke is specially endearing ) .
( Fun Fact : this is n’t the end of Korg , as he ’ll be getting his own mini spinoff . )
Casual Death
Despite the fact that Taika Waititi is first and foremost a comedic film maker , his enactment of the human experience is by no means lacking realism . And since reality generally involve a bit of pain and hurt , decease is ever present in all of his film . InRagnarok , well - established reference from the series meet their luck at an almost occasional pace ( not as an revilement to the character , but to convey the realistic fact that sometimes , no matter how likable someone might be , people expire - often without ceremony ) . In the director ’s previous films , dying comes and goes so casually that it could almost be played for laughs ( albeit embarrassing , disconcert joke ) .
Past Movie References
InThor : Ragnarok , Waititi is happy to call back to some of his premature films . Despite the fact that none of them partake in the same mystical qualitiesRagnarokdoes ( aside fromWhat We Do in the Shadows , as well as itsupcoming sequelandTV spinoff , which at least exist in a man where the supernatural is very much legitimate ) , he manage to squash some references from his other movies into the tardy MCU venture . One easy - t0 - misfire mention is a patch of graffiti that reads " Skux Life , " a direct denotation to a recurring line fromHunt for the Wilderpeople . Though the conniption only exist in the house trailer ( in the plastic film , the urban landscape shown in the trailer is substituted with a field on the Norwegian seacoast ) , it ’s a abbreviated nod to the motion picture ’s sericeous hero Ricky Baker ( recreate by Julian Dennison ) .
Waititi also makes sure to convey back some actors from his previous picture show . Sam Neill ( fromWilderpeople ) makes a brief cameo as the actor playing Odin , while Rachel House ( also fromWilderpeople ) , plays the Grandmasters ' right hand , Topaz . There is also an obvious and inescapable reference toThe Incredible Hulk , which itself gets a nod inBoy(though that true only half - counts ) .
Screwed-Up Haircuts
boom and lightning might be Thor ’s go - to trademarks , but he ’s also very much known for his majestic fuzz . In all four of the MCU films in which he ’s appeared so far , his long , blond locks have been consistent hallmarks , but tragedy hit inThor : Ragnarok .
Before he ’s forced into the Grandmaster ’s arena to do conflict with Marvel ’s friendly light-green giant , a Sakaaran Samuel Barber afford Thor a combat - well-disposed high - and - pixilated cutting with the helper of some aggressively mechanized sheers . While the excision is technically a success ( his hairisshorter ) , the lack of finesse leaves much to be trust .
As it grow out , finicky haircut are becoming a raw material within Waititi ’s storytelling . InBoy , the titular character played by James Rolleston undergo a similar haircutand in fact even display exchangeable uneven pattern on the sides of his head .
Gallows Humor
If Taika Waititi has surmount anything in the way he makes films , it ’s perfecting the jar contrast between humor and the macabre . InHunt for the Wilderpeople , Rima Te Wiata ’s Bella ( a.k.a . Auntie ) takes Ricky hunt , where he see in a sort of white horror her rassling and finally killing a violent boar . It ’s a bloody mess that end with Ricky fainting , but it ’s successfully played for laughs . InWhat We Do in the Shadows , Viago ( played by Waititi himself ) bites the pharynx of a victim , only to panic over how how much blood is spraying over his furniture . It ’s disturbing to watch , but somehow does n’t sacrifice any sense of humour , which is a testament to his unique reconciliation deed of gore and comedy .
InRagnarok , these sort of scenes show up as betimes as the first routine , where the innards of a decapitated dragon handle two Asgardian woman ( as well as Karl Urban ’s Skurge ) from head teacher to toe . Later , the Grandmaster melt his cousin Carlo in veridical time by simply touching him with his " melt stick . "
Deadpan Humor
While there are bits of humor sprinkled throughout the first twoThorfilms , neither could be specifically billed as clowning . Thor : Ragnarok , on the other deal , is equal parts legal action / escapade and comedy - if not leaning more towards the latter . This is the guinea pig on account of Waititi , whose earmark deadpan humor is n’t just sprinkled throughout the movie , but infuses almost every picture .
This attack , which is peculiarly noticeable in exchanges between Thor and Hulk , was hone betimes on in Waititi ’s life history . In all of his previous photographic film , deadpan humor - as well as a signature dry give-and-take that only Waititi could write - may as well be the focal point in Thor ’s third cinematic outing . mayhap the best exercise of both of these facets is in the vampire comedyWhat We Do in the Shadows , which document three vampire roommates who deal with distinctive partake - space thwarting , such as whose turn it is to wash blood off all the crockery .
Mockumentaries
Waititi doubly played around within the realm of faux documentaries before doing so again withThor : Ragnarok . First , it was with his shortWhat We Do in the Shadows : audience with Some Vampires , and the 2nd time was in the lineament - length version of the short , which neglect the subtitle and kept the original name . WithRagnarok , Waititi revisited this culture medium withTeam Thor , parts 1 and 2 .
determine up as a variety of fictitious prelude toRagnarok , Team Thorposits the idea that Thor was residing on Earth with a deadly roommate while the rest of the Avengers were off fighting . It is n’t considered canyon , but it still serves as a comical raid into Thor ’s downtime . It also give audience a taste of Waititi ’s signature body fluid in the context of the MCU .
Deceased Maternal Figures
Now , this is by no means an " in - gag , " but a working thread in all of Waititi ’s films is mother ( or female parent digit ) either dying before the story begins , or shortly thereafter . InRagnarok , of trend , this has already been set up as Thor ’s mother Frigga ( Rene Russo ) was kill inThor : The Dark World , but even though it ’s just a coincidence it certainly fit with Waititi ’s formula .
InEagle vs. Shark , both Lily and Jarrod ’s mothers are dead ( due to a center onslaught and getting kick in the headland by a moo-cow , respectively ) ; inBoy , Boy ’s mother die while giving nativity to his brother Rocky ; inHunt for the Wilderpeople , Auntie dies unexpectedly ( and Ricky ’s literal mother abandons him ) .
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