{"id":1543,"date":"2016-07-16T03:10:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T03:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2016-07-16T03:10:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T03:10:43","slug":"thor-ragnarok-review-marvel-avengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=1543","title":{"rendered":"Thor: Ragnarok and the Marvel of Self-Parody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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n the year 2008, when the world was recovering from the true grit of <\/span>Batman Begins <\/span><\/i>and bracing itself for the truer grit of <\/span>The Dark Knight<\/span><\/i>, another superhero movie dropped that year, one that changed the genre forever. Marvel\u2019s <\/span>Iron Man<\/span><\/i>, with its glib, imperfect hero Tony Stark, made us realise that saving the world could also be fun. That having superpowers wasn\u2019t merely a burden, but also, you know, cool.<\/span>\n\nChristopher Nolan\u2019s<\/span><\/a> dark <\/span>Batman<\/span><\/i> still did well, but for every other mortal filmmaker, <\/span>Iron Man <\/span><\/i>altered the foundation of the genre. Gone were the heavy-hitters, the <\/span>Superman <\/span><\/i>of the \u201980s, which paved the way for <\/span>Captain America<\/span><\/i>, followed by the bearable lightness of <\/span>Avengers<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Ant Man<\/span><\/i>,<\/span> and eventually <\/span>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/span><\/i>. Marvel brought the superhero to the masses, wholesome entertainers, which didn\u2019t take themselves or the genre seriously. Those which did, like DC\u2019s <\/span>Man of Steel<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Batman vs Superman<\/span><\/i> were <\/span>cast aside<\/span><\/a> by audiences and critics alike. <\/span>\n\nIn the <\/span>Avengers <\/span><\/i>circus, there was one character firmly out of place: Thor. In films featuring an ensemble of clowning, smart-talking asskickers, he remained too macho, too brutish, too <\/span>basic<\/span><\/i>. Director <\/span>Taika Waititi<\/span><\/a>, the dude who acted in the shameful Ryan Reynolds <\/span>Green Lantern<\/span><\/i> back in 2011, changes all this with <\/span>Thor: Ragnarok.<\/span><\/i>\n\n

Films change, heroes change, but Hulk only smash<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nRagnarok\u2019s <\/span><\/i>opening frame places Thor in the face of death in Surtur\u2019s cave. He\u2019s hanging from a rotating tightrope, and has to ask Surtur to frequently pause his tirade about ending the world and shit. It\u2019s silly slapstick, but it sets the ridiculousness early on. Even in its most serious moments, like one where Thor is near death and asks Odin for his hammer, Odin retorts, \u201cAre you the God of hammers!\u201d I sat back laughing, wondering why since the first film in 2011, we actually haven\u2019t seen the God of Thunder use a jolt of lightening to demolish enemies. <\/span>\n\nThis new parodying, poor man\u2019s Tony Stark version of Thor takes time to adjust to. But then in one scene, Thor lectures Loki about personal growth, change, and the predictability of Loki\u2019s betrayals, which is commentary on Thor\u2019s growth, his change, and even the audiences who have grown to love these movies for their <\/span>self-parody<\/span><\/a>. The only trace of unchanging order in the film is when Hulk picks up Thor and smashes him sideways. Films change, heroes change, but Hulk only <\/span>smash<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>\n\nThor Ragnarok<\/span><\/i> is a road trip loaded with more jokes than the Bill Burr stand-up, more emotion than the <\/span>fakery<\/span><\/a> of the second <\/span>Guardians<\/span><\/i> movie, and perhaps the best CGI ever in a superhero film. The studio invented the light-hearted superhero flick in 2008, and nine years and 17 films later, <\/span>Thor: Ragnarok<\/span><\/i> has reached the sub-genre\u2019s apex.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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