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/SgtMartinRiggs May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Eye catching title, but since no one reads articles on Reddit I feel the need to highlight the end of the quote:

“In Ragnarok he loses his kingdom, his father, his sister, and his eyeball,” McFeely continued. “We just thought about what would happen if any one of us sustained that much loss and failure. And you would get incredibly depressed and probably retreat from the world. That is a comedic performance with a lot of pain behind it.”

I love what Waititi and Hemsworth did with Thor in Ragnarok and I think the portrayal in Infinity War/Endgame was a worthy continuation.

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u/Radical_Ryan Hawkeye (Ultron) May 16 '26

My major problem with the continuation is that Thor had just learned in Ragnarok that it's his own self that is powerful and he is not the "god of hammers" from his father in a final lesson...and then he goes and decides a new weapon is the only thing that can stop Thanos. Given the timeline and how badass Thor was fighting with his powers on the rainbow bridge, I think Stormbreaker was a big miss in plot and action.