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Thor 3: Ragnarok Review Thread

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MrCompletely

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Looks great, but I typically can't even sit through a Marvel movie. Last I saw was Dr. Strange on Netflix, which I had to watch in 2 sittings. Before that, was Capt. America Winter Soldier.

I tried Age of Ultron and Civil War, but lost interest inside of 20 mins on both.

will this movie even make sense to me without the context of the previous movies?
 
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MosquitoSmasher

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I watched the IGN video review and they also say it goes for the gags a lot and that is its strength and weakness at the same time. They say when big dramatic moments happen they just feel weightless.

But at least it sounds better than Dark World. Quite easily accomplished.
 
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Salty Rice

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Callibretto said:
I hope Hela is not a one off character. please let her show up again in Infinity War.
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Agree. Since Cate Blanchett was announced as Hela i hoped she gonna play the Death part of the MCU.

Also it makes it more realistic because who wouldnt destroy the universe for Cate Blanchett.
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
Ecotic said:
I feel like reviewers have been put on a spell when it comes to the Marvel movies. Homecoming was such a vacuous, middling movie and reviewers fawned all over it. Iron Man 2 would be hailed today for its fun, comedic take.
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If by spell you mean just making good movies that critics and general audiences like, then yeah, they put that spell where they hire great directors, writers and actors for their movies. I wish more studios did that.
 
G

GAMEPROFF

Banned
MrCompletely said:
Looks great, but I typically can't even sit through a Marvel movie. Last I saw was Dr. Strange on Netflix, which I had to watch in 2 sittings. Before that, was Capt. America Winter Soldier.

I tried Age of Ultron and Civil War, but lost interest inside of 20 mins on both.

will this movie even make sense to me without the context of the previous movies?
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Sadly we are no magicians or fortune teller who have seen the movie two weeks in advance. Sorry.
 
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Blobbers

Member
So we've gone from "why are people putting trust in Taika Waititi, what has he ever made?" from the impressions thread, to "ever since the mediocre Spider-Man Homecoming scored highly on RT, I cannot trust reviewers when it comes to marvel movies"

whew
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
MrCompletely said:
Looks great, but I typically can't even sit through a Marvel movie. Last I saw was Dr. Strange on Netflix, which I had to watch in 2 sittings. Before that, was Capt. America Winter Soldier.

I tried Age of Ultron and Civil War, but lost interest inside of 20 mins on both.

will this movie even make sense to me without the context of the previous movies?
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This is all the context you need.

In Age of Ultron, Hulk got brainwashed and went berserk for a bit. Banner felt remorse because of that, got on a plane and no one has seen him since.

In Thor 2, Loki escapes from his prison and starts impersonating Odin, who is Thor and Loki's dad, no one knows Loki is doing this at the end of Thor 2.

During Age of Ultron, Thor has some visions that something is gonna happen in Asgard, so at the end of that movie, he leaves to check that out. He hasn't been seen since.

This movie shows us what they've been doing since leaving in Age of Ultron.
 
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HeySeuss

Member
MrCompletely said:
Looks great, but I typically can't even sit through a Marvel movie. Last I saw was Dr. Strange on Netflix, which I had to watch in 2 sittings. Before that, was Capt. America Winter Soldier.

I tried Age of Ultron and Civil War, but lost interest inside of 20 mins on both.

will this movie even make sense to me without the context of the previous movies?
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From what I've heard, this doesn't really advance the over arcing MCU plot for future films all that much and is pretty much a stand alone film. Although depending on how well they explain Hulk being in space, knowing the ending of Ultron would be helpful and maybe Thor 2 to know about the Loki/Odin dynamic. Otherwise you should be ok.
 
P

Pai Pai Master

Banned
Blobbers said:
So we've gone from "why are people putting trust in Taika Waititi, what has he ever made?" from the impressions thread, to "ever since the mediocre Spider-Man Homecoming scored highly on RT, I cannot trust reviewers when it comes to marvel movies"

whew
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The goalposts will always move, but Marvel always stays winning.
 
H

Hero

Member
Excited to see this one, I think the lessons learned from GotG helped them figure out what they could do with Thor to make him successful.
 
M

Magwik

Banned
MosquitoSmasher said:
I watched the IGN video review and they also say it goes for the gags a lot and that is its strength and weakness at the same time. They say when big dramatic moments happen they just feel weightless.

But at least it sounds better than Dark World. Quite easily accomplished.
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So it's more of GoTG2 then
 
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LotusHD

Banned
Blobbers said:
So we've gone from "why are people putting trust in Taika Waititi, what has he ever made?" from the impressions thread, to "ever since the mediocre Spider-Man Homecoming scored highly on RT, I cannot trust reviewers when it comes to marvel movies"

whew
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Lmao, the BP thread will be a delight
 
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MugiwaraCole

Member
Einchy said:
This is all the context you need.

In Age of Ultron, Hulk got brainwashed and went berserk for a bit. Banner felt remorse because of that, got on a plane and no one has seen him since.

In Thor 2, Loki escapes from his prison and starts impersonating Odin, who is Thor and Loki's dad, no one knows Loki is doing this at the end of Thor 2.

During Age of Ultron, Thor has some visions that something is gonna happen in Asgard, so at the end of that movie, he leaves to check that out. He hasn't been seen since.

This movie shows us what they've been doing since leaving in Age of Ultron.
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I'd add Thor visits with Doctor Strange briefly about Loki being on Earth.
 
R

Rvaan

Banned
LotusHD said:
Lmao, the BP thread will be a delight
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When that movie does well I'm walking in the thread like this
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Elandyll

Banned
Looks great!

I've also read in my mind the Variety review using Jim Sterling's aristocratic voice from Commentocracy, and it's hilarious.
 
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overcast

Member
I mean it doesn't surprise me for one second that this movie is reviewing well. Every MCU movie does because of the standard and efficient rate at which they are produced.

That being said these reviews are giving me that much hype as they sound exactly what I expected. Joke a minute superhero flick with little stakes.
 
Mihos

Mihos

Gold Member
MrCompletely said:
Looks great, but I typically can't even sit through a Marvel movie. Last I saw was Dr. Strange on Netflix, which I had to watch in 2 sittings. Before that, was Capt. America Winter Soldier.

I tried Age of Ultron and Civil War, but lost interest inside of 20 mins on both.

will this movie even make sense to me without the context of the previous movies?
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It doesn't sound like you should even bother, honestly.
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
Kid Kamikaze10 said:
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People can truly care about different things going into a movie.
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People don't care about comedy in a comedy film, you silly goose.

I can't wait for Spatula's literal hundreds of posts in the Thor 3 thread nitpicking literally every single thing he can think of.
 
Trojita

Trojita

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Blobbers said:
So we've gone from "why are people putting trust in Taika Waititi, what has he ever made?" from the impressions thread, to "ever since the mediocre Spider-Man Homecoming scored highly on RT, I cannot trust reviewers when it comes to marvel movies"

whew
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Who was shitting on Taika?
 
Subpar Spatula

Subpar Spatula

Banned
Kid Kamikaze10 said:
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People can truly care about different things going into a movie.
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Joke factory doesn't paint it well. Good comedies have more than just jokes and are usually anchored by some kind of emotional core that makes you care about the characters because without the characters the jokes won't be memorable or as well received.

Movies aren't stand-up. Even for all the jokes in the MCU, the big draw has never been the jokes and the jokes are the least memorable about it.

Einchy said:
People don't care about comedy in a comedy film, you silly goose.

I can't wait for Spatula's literal hundreds of posts in the Thor 3 thread nitpicking literally every single thing he can think of.
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Movie is sitting at 100% on RottenTomatoes with an average of 7.7 using a total of 31 reviews. Some shit is uuuuup.
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
Subpar Spatula said:
Joke factory doesn't paint it well. Good comedies have more than just jokes and are usually anchored by some kind of emotional core that makes you care about the characters because without the characters the jokes won't be memorable or as well received.

Movies aren't stand-up. Even for all the jokes in the MCU, the big draw has never been the jokes and the jokes are the least memorable about it.



Movie is sitting at 100% on RottenTomatoes with an average of 7.7 using a total of 31 reviews. Some shit is uuuuup.
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X

xxracerxx

Don't worry, I'll vouch for them.
Subpar Spatula said:
Joke factory doesn't paint it well. Good comedies have more than just jokes and are usually anchored by some kind of emotional core that makes you care about the characters because without the characters the jokes won't be memorable or as well received.

Movies aren't stand-up. Even for all the jokes in the MCU, the big draw has never been the jokes and the jokes are the least memorable about it.
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Have you ever seen a Waititi film before?
 
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