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Topic	Board 8 Ranks: The Marvel Cinematic Universe (Phase III!)
Inviso 02/19/21 12:25:56 PM #18:	Jeff Goldblum was just a great casting decision for the Grandmaster. Goofy asshole dictator. Sure, he was mainly comedy, but he oozed character. Also, apparently he's the brother of the Collector, so there's that. The Warriors Three jobbing and all dying was kinda disappointing at first, but... I guess it makes sense to off them in this scenario. I'm really glad Sif wasn't around to die, but... where is she? Odin didn't need much time, but he did his job right. Bit appearance by Anthony Hopkins, tells Loki that he loves him... it's very sweet. He could have given a little more heads-up to the two before Hela arrived, though. And why did she arrive right where he died, anyway? Kinda weird. Hela... just a bad bitch who wanted to conquer everything and had no regard for life (being the Goddess of Death, and all). That someone could be so intimidating, so powerful, so threatening, piss you off by killing the Warriors Three and all the Valkyries in the flashback... and yet STILL make you like how strong and kickass she is? Excellent job. Not the best villain ever, but really well-utilized. Finally, a good Thor villain that isn't Loki! The other gladiators were cute. Even being the dumb cringey humor of the movie... they weren't really all that cringey. It was really well-written - they played their role well, only straddling the line of being annoying and bad a few times, without really crossing it. Heimdall, of course, is the biggest badass ever and will remain as such. Doctor Strange xD That whole sequence was amazing and just states how much he needs a second movie already. But they better not use Mordo and just go full mystical/cosmic or whatever. I want to see even more special effects, but with less... Earth. Everything about this movie was great. The humor was amazing... there were a few jokes in it that were kinda eh and didn't quite land, but usually there was a really good consistency to the jokes and how they fit in. There were a lot of really well done visual gags, like the skeleton's jaw dropping in Thor's opening speech, and Thor throwing the rocks at Loki's projection. There were even some that just kept getting drawn out... but well! "The hammer got you off?" Plotwise... they were able to resolve Asgard, and bring Thor back around to Earth, or at least on his way. Loki is good. Presumably he has the Tesseract (and maybe the Casket of Winter too, that seems to be something up his alley to grab). I love that they fixed the plothole with the first movie with the Infinity Gauntlet in the vault. In all - Hela did her job to help Thor become lightning dude without his hammer, cut his hair, accept his role as king... I don't know what else to say! It was a damn good movie! Illuminatusbubu I dont really like Thor as a character in the first two movies but the change of tone toward comedy is done superbly that I have to give it a nod here. It seems like it was around this time that MCU really find a perfect balance between storytelling and comedy. Jesse Custer Up until this movie, Thor was not one of my favorite characters in the MCU. Not even close. But just as The Winter Soldier changed everything for Captain America, so too did Ragnarok for Thor. This is apparent from the opening minutes of Ragnarok, as we get a Thor who no longer takes himself too seriously, along with an unexpectedly fun fight sequence set to Led Zeppelin. Amazingly, not only was Ragnarok a hilarious movie, but was still capable of being serious at just the right moments. For instance, the movie gets us to take Hela seriously as a villain immediately when she unexpectedly and easily catches and destroys Mjlnir. Its not easy to achieve that perfect balance between comedy and drama, but this movie did it just right. Also, the Planet Hulk storyline could have easily felt tacked on as filler, but was seamlessly included. And casting Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster wound up being a stroke of genius. From start to finish, this was a really fun ride, and its easily one of my favorite MCU movies. Johnbobb So, on the one hand, this is the closest we'll ever get to Planet Hulk, and on the other, it pretty much confirms we'll never get a World War Hulk. Either way, we get Hulk doing gladiator combat, we get consistently funny action humor, and most importanly, we get a really goddamn good Thor movie. --- Touch fuzzy. Get fuzzier. Inviso <cite>Inviso posted [p:950836211] in Board 8 Ra... [t:79304892]...</cite> <quote>Jeff Goldblum was just a great casting decision for the Grandmaster. Goofy asshole dictator. Sure, he was mainly comedy, but he oozed character. Also, apparently he's the brother of the Collector, so there's that. The Warriors Three jobbing and all dying was kinda disappointing at first, but... I guess it makes sense to off them in this scenario. I'm really glad Sif wasn't around to die, but... where is she? Odin didn't need much time, but he did his job right. Bit appearance by Anthony Hopkins, tells Loki that he loves him... it's very sweet. He could have given a little more heads-up to the two before Hela arrived, though. And why did she arrive right where he died, anyway? Kinda weird. Hela... just a bad bitch who wanted to conquer everything and had no regard for life (being the Goddess of Death, and all). That someone could be so intimidating, so powerful, so threatening, piss you off by killing the Warriors Three and all the Valkyries in the flashback... and yet STILL make you like how strong and kickass she is? Excellent job. Not the best villain ever, but really well-utilized. Finally, a good Thor villain that isn't Loki! The other gladiators were cute. Even being the dumb cringey humor of the movie... they weren't really all that cringey. It was really well-written - they played their role well, only straddling the line of being annoying and bad a few times, without really crossing it. Heimdall, of course, is the biggest badass ever and will remain as such. Doctor Strange xD That whole sequence was amazing and just states how much he needs a second movie already. But they better not use Mordo and just go full mystical/cosmic or whatever. I want to see even more special effects, but with less... Earth. Everything about this movie was great. The humor was amazing... there were a few jokes in it that were kinda eh and didn't quite land, but usually there was a really good consistency to the jokes and how they fit in. There were a lot of really well done visual gags, like the skeleton's jaw dropping in Thor's opening speech, and Thor throwing the rocks at Loki's projection. There were even some that just kept getting drawn out... but well! "The hammer got you off?" Plotwise... they were able to resolve Asgard, and bring Thor back around to Earth, or at least on his way. Loki is good. Presumably he has the Tesseract (and maybe the Casket of Winter too, that seems to be something up his alley to grab). I love that they fixed the plothole with the first movie with the Infinity Gauntlet in the vault. In all - Hela did her job to help Thor become lightning dude without his hammer, cut his hair, accept his role as king... I don't know what else to say! It was a damn good movie! Illuminatusbubu I dont really like Thor as a character in the first two movies but the change of tone toward comedy is done superbly that I have to give it a nod here. It seems like it was around this time that MCU really find a perfect balance between storytelling and comedy. Jesse Custer Up until this movie, Thor was not one of my favorite characters in the MCU. Not even close. But just as The Winter Soldier changed everything for Captain America, so too did Ragnarok for Thor. This is apparent from the opening minutes of Ragnarok, as we get a Thor who no longer takes himself too seriously, along with an unexpectedly fun fight sequence set to Led Zeppelin. Amazingly, not only was Ragnarok a hilarious movie, but was still capable of being serious at just the right moments. For instance, the movie gets us to take Hela seriously as a villain immediately when she unexpectedly and easily catches and destroys Mjlnir. Its not easy to achieve that perfect balance between comedy and drama, but this movie did it just right. Also, the Planet Hulk storyline could have easily felt tacked on as filler, but was seamlessly included. And casting Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster wound up being a stroke of genius. From start to finish, this was a really fun ride, and its easily one of my favorite MCU movies. Johnbobb So, on the one hand, this is the closest we'll ever get to Planet Hulk, and on the other, it pretty much confirms we'll never get a World War Hulk. Either way, we get Hulk doing gladiator combat, we get consistently funny action humor, and most importanly, we get a really goddamn good Thor movie. --- Touch fuzzy. Get fuzzier. Inviso</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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