Probably just me, but I didn't think the screaming goats ever stopped being funnyrhutton125 said:
I have three theories:
1) Folks that loved Ragnarok probably weren't big fans of Thor 1 and 2. (Fans of 1 and 2 tend not to be as in love with Ragnarok.)
2) Folks that loved Ragnarok tend not to be big fans of Love & Thunder.
3) Ragnarok and Love & Thunder are pretty much the same
I was a fan of original recipe Thor - therefore I liked but didn't love Ragnarok. I enjoyed L&T a lot the first time. (Second viewing, warts were more apparent)
While I think Ragnarok is the best Thor film, it was a very jarring tonal shift and has a lot of jokes that ain't that great. Comes with the territory of Taika films - they all have heart, but there's a ton of throwaway humor and "just roll with it" plot points that work well in a Hunt for the Wilderpeople, but can be frustrating and distracting in an MCU film.
L&T is just Ragnarok on steroids, which I think we all thought we wanted. In Ragnarok someone got electrocuted to the ground about 8 times until it stopped being funny, this time you get screaming goats until it stops being funny. Comics mythos will be shat on a little. Korg will keep making little jokes through 50% of the film instead of 20%. The villain will only be there for about 1/3 of the film. Etc.
But at least one thing L&T has for it that Ragnarok didn't is that it makes Thor 1 and 2 a little better by making me care about Jane again. Ragnarok made Jane useless in the long run, which made rewatching pretty weird. Now, the Thor films kinda flow together, which I appreciate.
I think it's unclear in this movie whether or not what we see is through the eyes of a semi-unreliable narrator and if so when/where that stops. I interpreted a lot of the Guardians of the Galaxy stuff as ridiculous Korg interpretation of what really was happening. Their actions while Korg was narrating their battle was also silly and deferential to Thor, but later on as we see what happens afterwards, its more normal when like they take the first available chance to get rid of him.Quote:
I also think L&T completely ignored Thor's growth in Infinity War and Endgame. At the beginning, he's sitting back and being silly while the battle is going on, then sweeps in to save the day...that just seemed out of character for Thor post-Endgame. It was odd. No, he's not as serious as the early Thor movies, but I think they took it too far in L&T.
That's a great point. I'll have to keep that in mind on the rewatch.JJxvi said:
I think definitely if you can hear Korg talking, the scene probably shouldn't be taken literally as having happened that way.
Korg is the unreliable narrator.Gigem314 said:That's a great point. I'll have to keep that in mind on the rewatch.JJxvi said:
I think definitely if you can hear Korg talking, the scene probably shouldn't be taken literally as having happened that way.
Taika could read the dictionary in his Korg voice and it would still make me laugh.
