Thor
Thor is now a fan favorite Marvel character. He, stole the show in Infinity War and thor is now one of my favorite
MCU heroes.
Yes,
Thor. (no way)
I think it's truly amazing to see, mass appeal for a character which was cared for before, but not necessarily gushed over.
Thor was the third Marvel character, which was introduced to us which was building up towards the Avengers and the first film(true)
was pretty good it suffered from a few things but, what it got right, was Thor and Loki,
Loki eventually eclipsed Thor in Thor: The Dark World with Loki dominating a lot of the spotlight. (#1 worst mcu movie)
The reason why, is because after Thor's hero's journey in the 2011 film,
Thor, pretty much stayed the same. He stays a somewhat static character throughout the Avengers, mostly through thor the dark world and is a static
character in Age of Ultron.
In the Avengers the biggest change for all the characters
is that they cannot work together and then at the end of the film they eventually learn how to.
But most of the characters have something that they were struggling with as well.
Captain America is a man at a time and is continuing his journey immediately after the First Avenger.
His journey is one of adaptation man versus world,
also man versus self a little bit.
Iron Man's journey is about learning humility, to be a team player, letting others take control.
We also see him grow into as big of a character as a god and a monster,
capable of sacrificing himself for the greater good
"You're, not the guy to, make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire or let the other guy crawl over you"
"I think I would just cut the wire"
"You know, you may not be a threat but you better stop pretending to be a hero."
Bruce banners arc is of acceptance,
and now Thor's arc is pretty much intertwined with his brothers.
But that's the biggest, issue with Thor in the earlier marvel films, there's no Thor without Loki,
but there's definitely a feeling that there can be a Loki without Thor.
Loki's journey in the Avengers is one of discovery.
We, the audience are able to see the man he's transformed into after the events of Thor.
It's a back and forth between
Thor and Loki, with
Thor not wanting to harm his brother and eventually learning what needs to be done.
The issue with this arc is that we kind of already saw it in the film of Thor.
Thor loves his brother, but doesn't want to fight him, but eventually has to, it's done yet again.
And while both are effective and are great climaxes to these arcs, since we've already seen this in Thor (2011),
Thor the character is not as interesting of a character because he's
still wrestling with the same issues of his first film.
In Thor: The Dark World, thor is yet again intertwined with loki in fact loki's arc is far moreinteresting than thor's
You, fit you, alone with loved mother you, had her tricks but i had her trust trust
Was that a last expression?
trust i
wish i could, trust you
Trust my rage
Loki, wants to do one thing in the dark
World get revenge on malekith and curse for the death of his mother he changes drastically because of the film
Begins with him incarcerated and ends with him sacrificing himself to stop curse
It's a dramatic change, which unfolds naturally, from his character thor's journey on the other hand
is i'm pretty sure about wanting to be with the, jane
and
It's one of the most dull arcs i've ever seen in a marvel film
Thor's arc is that he believes that his duties to the people of asgard and in the end of the film he does not want
The throne and returns to jane thor is also impacted. By his mother's death but his, sadness is
Overshadowed by loki's and though it should, feel, like thor's quest, because that's the name of the movie it feels like
Loki's film for the entire second act
Thor's mood doesn't change throughout the entire film and in the end he starts feeling like a static character even
Though, he learns and finally we've reached
Age of ultron the movie that butchered thor in my opinion, thorin, age of ultron has
No arc he is just there and worse he's fallen, lower than, hawkeye and black widow
Because those two characters actually have arcs now even though widows is not that amazing?
you
And banner better not be playing hide the zucchini
Thor realizing that vision is important due to his visions is not an arc
By the way that is a plot point and after age of ultron thor was left a broken shell of a character in my
personal opinion
Thankfully, the character, was picked up by tycho ytd, and we got the spectacle known as thor ragnarok
now thor ragnarok
Absolutely rejuven, eyes the character for thor for multiple reasons one thor is now a lot, more relatable having, awkward moments
Like people, do but more importantly thor, is written less as a moody shakespearean character it's hard to relate to someone that speaks, like this
the truth
Thrown, chill you people are so petty
and tiny
Now thor acts more like a human being whatever she is we can, we can stop it together, we can, face or do you
Know i used to want to be a valkyrie when i was younger so i found out that you were old?
Women what really, helped. Push this is the tone of thor ragnarok
Now the movie is a comedy and due to this everything that occurs is put through a lens
One complaint i always see is that ragnarok is too funny
That's mostly based on preference is not really a valid critique a much more valid critique
Is that the characters don't act the way, they usually, do and that i can, explain very easily
Comedy, films always have a sort of comedy lens from a comedy filter people don't necessarily act in mundane ways and everything is a bit
Of an exaggeration of what is normally seen and this is common in all comedy movies and you shouldn't expect?
A serious tone when going into a comedy film in ragnarok
What is funnier is not really as much the characters as it is of the situation's they are faced with but
Still if characters are more cheery, you're, happy, they technically are now
More cheery and happy and that will be explained later on when i talk about infinity war right now if you remove all the comedy
From thor ragnarok you still have a great film
Thor is on a quest to save as people in the movie but must
Also, overcome his insecurities and similar to tony stark and the avengers become a, man that's willing to sacrifice something for the greater good
whatever
Even thor's ark with loki is now different thorne loki
Voice butted heads but now thor is indifferent to loki as tom hiddleston stated during press junket i've said
This, about loki
Before the opposite of love is not hate but
Indifference so the idea that thor might be indifferent to loki is troubling for him
Because that's a defining feature of who his character is i don't belong in the family
My, brother doesn't love me i hate my, brother the idea, that his brother is like, yeah whatever it's an interesting development
There's a sense of urgency in the film and a sense of family family dynamics and family secrecy
Is huge in ragnarok
And with thor finally accepting his role as king of asgard as arc from the first thor film has now completed as, well
Tycho, ytd really reinvigorated thor franchise able to capture a comic book absurdity and pretty much morphed a new character
The thor, we should have seen in an age of ultron i was pretty bored with, myself and the tiger agreed. He, said i'm sorry
and
Never, we didn't, want it we didn't, want to sort of stick to a pattern in what was familiar, what people were expected
We wanted something wildly different and so and actually my concern was hopefully, they'll let him
Keep his finger prints on the movie rather than being sort of muscled into a studio version of it we last, way too much and
Credibly surprised, that people love this film because
Now, what is incredible? Is that the russo brothers have taken the attitude change of thor from thor ragnarok
And delved into the psyche of the character an
Infinity war thor is a conversation with rocket racoon in which he describes how
Important it is for him to stop thanos and how much he's lost
Well he says all this with a carefree attitude setting the loss of his brother how
He could, still be alive
His mother's death at the hands of a dark
Elf his father's death and the loss of half of his people his eyes and mannerisms tell a different story one of loss and sadness
What more could, i lose he says and we now realize that thor is actually hiding some of his pain
By smiling and act like he's having fun all the time
Thora, during infinity war is not all that joyous but
He's still the same thor from thor ragnarok his attitude still a bit more witty and nonchalant
But now has a more powerful drive compared to ragnarok thor's journey an infinity war is one of revenge what
We should have gotten in thor the dark world
We see thor's losses through two movies and an infinity war he is the character we're probably rooting for the most
While thanos has the most screen time an iron man is top billing
thor's journey an infinity war propels the character into the spotlight, again due to his fantastic character progression and arc
His journey is understandable and the most human pain, and revenge are all feelings that, we humans experience?
And that is why thor is now a truly beloved character in the marvel cinematic universe
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