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The Day of Marvel’sThorbeing a series of viking war and Shakespearean dramatic play are over , withThor : Ragnarokbringing Marvel ’s new vision of a lighter , more comedic , and adventurous god of thunder to life . The term " light " and " dark " have become loaded price in the realm of comic account book movies thanks to fan and media insurance coverage , but whatever a motion-picture fan ’s preference , theThorseries has show the risks of trying to have it both means . In the MCU , a enfranchisement that ’s one part Norse war story , one part Earthbound amorous funniness has deform out to be one of the studio ’s most challenging to turn into a home run .
It may be a good problem for Marvel to look , since it roost on Chris Hemsworth ’s shoulders : a leading serviceman too sinewy , charismatic , and comically gifted to tally a specific mould . But the solution has become obvious fromRagnarok ’s joke - lumbering trailers , and when we got the chance to confabulate the solidification of the plastic film before the world had seenChris Hemsworth ’s new Thor design , everyone agreed that the time had come to help Thor endure up to his potential .
Producer Brad Winderbaum back up up the mind that Chris Hemsworth fought for a funnierThormovie , explaining that the dark , Scandinavian warfare look ofThe Dark Worlddidn’t seem as hopeful as the light second ofAvengers : Age of Ultron . The first flick may have made its laughs on Thor ’s obliviousness to Earth ’s ways , but was already show the star power needed to stand with Iron Man himself :
The biggest takeout food from Ultron was that Thor got some of the biggest laughs in the movie and , you know , he won scenes even with Tony Stark . And we wanted to base a movie around that Thor , that empowered , impertinent Thor who the other cosmic figures in his mythology would perchance be a little spot unprepared for .
There were sealed things that Kevin [ Feige ] wanted out of [ Thor 3 ] . One was definitely , you know , the comedic side of Chris , who ’s an awesome comedy worker as it turns out . A big , fun kind of space epic that ’s not so married to Earth . And really just a fun escapade film that has liberal stakes , but also has a breakneck speeding and takes you on a unbalanced adventure .
There will of class be some disappointed by the shift in direction , in particular those who felt that the darker , more unrelenting aspects of theThorfranchise heavily act upon by Norse mythology retain more promise than its romantic comedy . But a pick seemed inevitable for the serial - lighthearted , or viking larger-than-life - and there ’s no denying that Chris Hemsworth ’s comedic chop have shone brilliantly in the persona . And that ’s a major reason , according to Winderbaum , that New Zealand director Taika Waititi landed the gig .
Thefirst laggard forThor : Ragnarokshowed that the goofy , irreverent drollery of theComic - Con short starring Thor ’s roommate Darrylwas closer to the genuine movie than many expected . And while the anticipation of look Thor do struggle in Sakaar ’s gladiator domain could be undercut by the happy reveal ofhis " friend from work , " Hulk … Waititi explains that fans wo n’t have to prefer . Ragnarokwill fetch the laughter , the action , and more :
There were already storey ideas when I come on board . A lot of that changed over the first sort of three or four month . mighty from the beginning , they had wanted … just to lighten it a little bit , and to kind of embrace a bit more of the adventure aspect of it . You know , the last two picture show , well by all odds the last film was a lilliputian darker . Personally I feel like , and I ’ve said this before , is that if the flick ’s called Thor , then Thor should be the best character .
That ’s what my main focus was : make [ Thor ] cool and funny when he needs to be , heroic when he needs to be , and , you know , patently there ’ll be a certain degree of ruth , and some emotionalism to it as well . If you ’ve reckon my other films , there ’s always a proportion between some funniness and some drama , and I think that ’s a satisfying story to watch . So that ’s always been my focus with this whole thing . To make it really entertaining , and poignant , and profound when it needs to be . And also adventuresome when it needs to be , and suspect when it needs to be .
Marvel movies have distinguished themselves as crowd - pleasing escapade , if nothing else , so it ’s easy to see why theThorseries is being retooled to fit the mold . It ’s not all that much of a change where the character is interest , especially withRagnarokdebuting a newer , good Thor . If the worldaroundhim changes to amp up the adventure and fun , and Waititi can keep the heart of the character inviolate , then it may just be Thor ’s good big screen outing yet .
And even if Marvel fans are changeable about a"lighter"series , it will be knockout to refuse a"better"one .
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