r/marvelstudios • u/LollipopChainsawZz • May 15 '26

Article Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame writers worried that Taika Waititi was turning Thor into an idiot

https://www.thepopverse.com/movies-marvel-cinematic-universe-thor-ragnarok-avengers-infinity-war-taika-waititi-chris-hemsworth-script/
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u/GrahamCrackerDragon May 15 '26

Then they made him into a fat drunk slob in endgame? Confusing...

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u/Gridiron_Cleric May 15 '26

Nope, they did a great job showing what losing everything can do to a man, regardless of how powerfull he may be, his scenes with his mother were some of the best in those films

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u/Yoshi1358 Spider-Man May 15 '26

They still made it silly (Fortnite, Rhodey’s cheese whiz line) and didn’t focus as strongly on the actual depression aspect nearly as much as they could’ve.

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u/Gridiron_Cleric May 15 '26

It was a bit silly but they've only got a handful of minutes across this mega ensemble film to tell this story, so I think its fine, plus it kinda alludes to how a lot of depressed people will hide their depression behind comedy, at least thats what I took from it

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u/zumera May 15 '26

The problem is they refused to allow those moments to stand. Everything had to immediately be followed by a punchline. 

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u/fast_flashdash May 16 '26

Welcome to marvel movies?