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Out of all the MCU ’s solo franchises , it ’s arguable that theThortrilogy was the one that struggled the most . Marvel fans have always loved the character andthe way Chris Hemsworth plays him , but from Kenneth Branagh ’s Shakespearean calamity to Alan Taylor’sGoT - way medieval fantasy toTaika Waititi ’s nutty slapstick comedy , theThortrilogy has bounce around a few different styles , genres , and tones to see what fit .
As it turn out , they did n’t really work out it out until the third oneand even then , some fan are skeptical . Here are 5 Things Thor ’s Solo Trilogy Did Right ( And 5 It Did Wrong ) .
Wrong: Love interest
By the law of nature of Hollywood filmmaking , every MCU solo movie involve a love interest . But where some of those picture have developedcomplicated and interesting relationships that fans have enjoyed travel along , like Peter Quill and Gamora or Tony Stark and Pepper Potts , others have given us tired romantic interests act by actor who have no chemistry with the lead , like Christine Palmer , or Jane Foster .
Natalie Portman is a terrific actor – one of the beneficial working today , some would say – soshe could ’ve given the MCU a brilliant characterif she was give any interesting fabric to work with in the scripts .
Right: Thor’s relationship with Loki
What create Thor ’s solo franchise unique is that it ’s not just about him . Since the beginning , it ’s been about his relationship with his brother , Loki , whocontinues to lead astray and betray him .
Their relationship is a little like Jimmy and Chuck inBetter Call Saul ; you be intimate that one crony is invariably bonk over the other crony and the other brother should just hack them out of their life , but since they ’re comrade , you know they ca n’t do that . The on - screen alchemy share by Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddlestonis an entire part of this – if they did n’t have interpersonal chemistry , it would n’t work .
Wrong: An uninspired second chapter
MCU fan are pretty much solid in the vox populi thatThor : The Dark Worldis the bad movie in the franchise ( or , at the very least , thatit ’s very near the bottom ) . goggle box conductor Alan Taylor was bring in and he churn outa very bland and by - the - numeral take on the character . Loki ’s imitation - out destruction is predictable , the battle scenes do n’t come closely to matching Taylor ’s study onGame of Thrones , and Jane Foster is give both her biggest office and her least substantial material .
Being the 2d chapter ( the one that is usually the best : The Empire Strikes Back , Spider - Man 2,The Dark Knight , The Godfather Part II),The Dark Worldreally sweep down the trilogy . The thirdThormovie had to be out - and - out banana just to make up for how sterile the second one was .
Right: Family themes
The forcefulness of theThorsaga has always been its centering on family . Since he ’s royalty , family has always been an of import part of the God of Thunder ’s life , and it’sthe key to understanding him as a character .
Thor ’s relationships with his blood brother , father , and mother have always been at the cutting edge of his news report – or , at least , they ’ve been at the forefront in the first and third movies , which worked intimately than the second gear . A liberal part of the reason whyThe Dark Worldfailed is that , even with moment like Frigga ’s expiry , it miss sight of the family themes .
Wrong: Pre-Ragnarokcomic relief
It ’s often said thatThor : Ragnarokfixed theThortrilogy by making it funny . The problem before was not a lack of humour , just a lack of good humor . The first two movies made attempts at comedy , and aside from a couple of Pisces the Fishes - out - of - water gags regard Thor adjusting to life story on Earth in the first one , it simply was n’t that funny .
Kat Dennings and Chris O’Dowd gave it their all , butThe Dark World ’s moment of body fluid just did n’t land . They were completely mishandled . Of course , as soon asthe brilliant thinker of Taika Waititiwas hired to take on the thirdThormovie , this issue was under control .
Right: Anthony Hopkins as Odin
A tidy sum of the casting in theThorfranchise is spot - on , Hemsworth and Hiddleston being the most obvious exercise , but since they ’re participant in the wide MCU , that ’s not really a point in favor of Thor ’s solo series , but rather the franchise as a whole .
Anthony Hopkins as Odin , however , isvery much a merchandise of Thor ’s solo movies , and he did a marvellous job . In a lot of his blockbuster purpose , Hopkins seems to phone it in , like inthe mind - numbingTransformers : The Last Knight , but in theThormovies , he always brought his A - game . Whether he was divest Thor of his world power or dying , Hopkins always sold the weight of Odin ’s scenes .
Wrong: World-building
Although we know what Asgard seem like from afar with ample wholesale Harold Hart Crane shots ( plus , we ’ve seen various locations come together up ) , the world - building in theThormovies has provide a luck to be want . Asgard is a fascinating place in the comics , and yet none of the motion-picture show have managed to carry that . We do n’t get a signified of Asgard the direction we get a sense of Hogwarts or the Death Star and that ’s a immense disappointment .
It think that we did n’t really care when Asgard was destroy inRagnarok . The Russos have done a better line of work of establishingNew Asgard , the small Norse fishing town that the Asgardians have relocated to , in just one movie than three directors did with three movies set largely in the original Asgard .
Right: Villains
aside from Malekith , the primary villain ofThe Dark Worldwho palpate underdeveloped and , as a solvent , wearisome , the villains in theThortrilogy have all been moderately awesome . Loki proved to besuch a strong villainthat he was brought back as the main villain inThe Avengers(as a side - distinction , there should be more recur villain in the MCU , becausethe one - baddie - per - pic systemis getting to be a drag ) .
Even the Destroyer feel like a genuine scourge . And inRagnarok , we got not one , not two , butthreegreat villains : Cate Blanchett ’s delightfully flamboyant Hela , Jeff Goldblum ’s hysterically unhinged Grandmaster , and a suitably redoubtable Surtur .
Wrong: No narrative consistency
While eachThormovie technically follows on from the late one ’s narration developments , his solo franchise does n’t feel like a consistent three - part story in the elbow room that Iron Man and Captain America ’s solo trilogies do . Instead , it feel likeit was forever endeavor to “ fix ” itself .
Kenneth Branagh’sThorwas too light , so Marvel hired Alan Taylor to take the continuation to darker position . The Dark Worldwas too serious , so Marvelhired Taika Waititi to take the threequel to promising and whacky blank space . TheThortrilogy does n’t finger like a trilogy as much as two write - offs followed by the first installment in a properThortrilogy .
Right: Finishing strong
The hardest movie in a trilogy to pull up off is the third one , since it hasthe obligation of wrapping up the storyand exceed the first two . In theThortrilogy ’s grammatical case , the latter was n’t too unmanageable , but the third movie , Ragnarok , was still front with a hard challenge .
Marvel made a wise decision bringing in Taika Waititito direct the movie as a bright , colored , zany comedy , because it differentiatedRagnarokfrom the previous two instalment ( neither of which are MCU classics ) and felt like a breath of sassy air . As it turn out , all theThormovies were drop was humor .
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