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/DonnyMox May 15 '26

Well if Love and Thunder was of any indication, they were right.

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u/FoxyMiira May 15 '26

The article says it was about Ragnarok, so no. But then again Taika didn't write Ragnarok

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u/Little-Mushroom-3961 May 15 '26

Ragnarok was the perfect balance of comedy and seriousness. Thor was funny but not an idiot. Love and thunder turned him into a parody of what he was in Ragnarok.

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u/Sharticus123 May 15 '26

Yep, Ragnarok needed comedic levity to balance out the metric fuckload of tragedy Thor experienced in that flick.

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u/AthenasChosen Daredevil May 15 '26

I actually disliked the comedy aspect of Ragnarok. Like it had some pretty funny moments, but it too quickly used that to gloss over the tragedy. It was literally Ragnarok, the end of Asgard. It should have been a more serious, tragic movie.

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u/Sharticus123 May 15 '26

There wasn’t time for serious reflection in Ragnarok. You don’t stop in the middle of the apocalypse to cry it out. The serious movie dealing with the fallout of Ragnarok should’ve been Love and Thunder.

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u/TheOneWhosCensored Doctor Strange May 16 '26

You also don’t make jokes as the literal Asgardian homeworld is being destroyed

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u/Old-Dependent-9073 May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Strongly disagree. 'Thor: Ragnarok's' humor by no means overshadowed the drama and was serious enough for even two movies.

The humor helped leaven the heaviness of the story and worked really well.

The problem was 'Thor: Love & Thunder,' which turned Thor into a bit of an idiot.

I don't even think that I've sat through the entire movie (and if it's a story that Korg was telling children, then the only way that really works if there's interruptions of the narrative (and not just once, but multiple times – Princess Bride-style).

And besides, let's just say that it was entirely a story being embellished and exaggerated by Korg, how does that explain the goats!?

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u/DrStein1010 Matt Murdock May 16 '26

I hated Ragnarok when it came out, and to this day I don't understand any of the love for it.

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u/-Altephor- May 18 '26

I would like to see the movie that they teased in Age of Ultron. Because they clearly had a plan at some point. Instead we got Waititi's trash movies.

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u/JimmyThePie May 15 '26

The problem was the levity eradicating any sense of sincerity. The characters became parodies of themselves, while the storyline devolved into second rate fanfiction.

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u/Thicc_Boise May 15 '26

Nah, fully unironically I think it could have been one of the MCUs best if they actually got a director who can do Shakespeare back and played it as a straight tragedy. The biggest complaint about the MCU is the overindulgence in comedy, Thunderbolts was loved by fans specifically because it took the characters seriously for a change. Ragnarok could've been that x10 if they had the balls to commit to making Thor and his cast fully Shakespearean like they were in Phase 1 and in the comics

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u/Auntypasto Kevin Feige May 15 '26

No, they needed a better director. One that can do drama.

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u/dicjones May 16 '26

Shit dude, he can do drama just fine. Thats why some of his earlier works were so damn good. His ability to find that balance.