But this turned into a cheesefest. They compensate with childish jokes for the lack of substance in actual story.....joke after joke after joke. They may as well have a Vaudeville act. Who needs Abbott and Costello when we have Hulk and Thor? The only thing worse was Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2.
shareI agree, although I loved Deadpool. But that’s what that character is all about. Here it was a weird mishmash of a generic, overserious plot “punched up” with random jokes.
shareI agree, but this isn't the only film to be as juvenile as it was. I found this kind of kids humor present even going as far back to the original Iron Man when everyone lauded it as some revolutionary comic book adaptation to become the standard in film. I didn't get it back then, and I don't get it now.
This EXACT SAME kind of juvenile kiddie slapstick humor was present in Batman & Robin and Transformers. And do we all remember how much everyone criticized Bay and Shumacher for using it in those films? Why do Marvel movies get a pass? I don't see the consistency here. Every Marvel flick is the same. Two superheroes off to defeat the bad guy flavor of the month while throwing in a bunch of bro jokes and corny one-liners inbetween. If you've seen one Marvel movie, you've seen them all.
I'm not a huge comic book reader, but when I did read them as a kid, I don't remember them being a FRACTION as goofy and comedic as they are in these films. Comic books took themselves more seriously. No kid would want to read a comic book about super heroes that spend all their time making jokes with their buddies. These are like parodies of their own source material. Compare junk like this to The Dark Knight or Blade. The difference in quality in staggering.
Batman & Robin did not have such humor, the Marvel films are way worse.
shareThis is seriously turning into some Batman & Robin type shit. Nolan ushered in the more realistic/serious comic hero, and Marvel, even though they weren't creating movies like that, kept things at a believable level for a few years. Since then, it's just been devolving and devolving into cheese and ridiculous shit.
shareAgreed. Just watched yesterday and although I liked it overall the jokes were too frequent and contrasted Hela, Heimdall and the tone. The jokes should be left with interactions with Loki or 'The Supreme master'
shareI disagree, I'm happy to have a ton of comedy in my superhero movies! Like "Guardians of the Galaxy", which even had laughs during the final confrontation with the villain.
You aren't a DC fan, are you? DC fans not only lack senses of humor, they object to humor in general.
Nowhere do I even hint at the fact that I have a problem with humor. Don't make assumptions. You're not good at it. Comedy works in doses. Nonstop comedy, in a movie that isn't a comedy is simply childish.
shareIt comes down to your preference. I enjoy the wittier, sophisticated humor found in Ragnarok, Monty Python, Tarantino, Coen Bros., etc. Others do not. You're clearly in that latter camp.
shareGood god, I hope you're joking about sophisticated humor in Ragnarok. That was nowhere near the level you see in a Coen brothers film, MP, etc...
shareIf you can't see a direct connection between the humor of Monty Python and that of Taika Waititi, you may want to stick to the Adam Sandler films...
shareAgreed. People seem to think this type of film needs more dramatic attention. That's the kinda of thinking that doomed the previous one. It's a film about gods in space and a junk planet for crying out loud. James Gunn showed the general direction this type of movie should go in, and Disney asked Taika Waititi to put his spin on it. He nailed it.
shareIndeed. He masterfully toes the line between high drama and witty comedy.
I can't take issue with anyone who simply dislikes the film or its humor, but someone who can't discern the drastic difference in comedic tone and style between Thor:Ragnarok and the "juvenile kiddie slapstick humor was present in Batman & Robin and Transformers," is demonstrating himself to be incapable of understanding subtle, intellectual humor.
Korg would be right at home in a Monty Python sketch, especially with his ramblings about Doug and New-Doug. There are nuances and subtleties to British, and by extension New Zealander, humor that are world's apart from what one finds in a Bay or Shumacher film, and those that don't that, well... they just don't get it.
They should put Korg in Guardians 3. He'd fit right in there as well.
shareIt's basically a movie about gods and a junk planet. There's really no reason to make it more dramatic. Thor 2 had a small amount of comedy, and that didn't do a damn thing to help the story. Thankfully Guardians of the Galaxy arrived and told the MCU how to handle characters in space.
shareYou're a fool if you think that because you can make a premise sound ridiculous, that the tone has to be ridiculous as well. You can break down Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc. in the way you just did. I guess they shouldn't have been dramatic either.
I could also easily say this movie is about an uprising of slaves and the destruction of Thor's homeworld. Hilarious.
Ragnarok isn't a funny-haha storyline in the comics either btw.
I agree. It was basically a parody of a Thor movie.
shareA cheesefest it was. Yet it was still 10 times more enjoyable than the previous two films.
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