Before the release of the original address of "Thor 3: Ragnarok", the word-of-mouth has exploded.
Imdb 8.2 points! Rotten Tomatoes 95%! The North American reputation has reached the pinnacle of Marvel movies!
Wait a minute, is this scene familiar?
That's right, "Marvel is the best" seems to have become the slogan of several recent Marvel movies.
From the emergence of "Guardians of the Galaxy" in 2014, to the "Doctor Strange" which brought dazzling dazzling effects, and this summer's cutest spider "Spider-Man: Homecoming", each one comes with "The best in Marvel history" label.
No wonder some netizens joked:
"Marvel is the best" is a joke.
In addition to ridicule, it also pointed out the current direction of Marvel movies: from a serious heroic legend to an unscrupulous comedy.
How funny can the "Thor" series in your impression be? It has always been a serious fight against the backdrop of Norse mythology. It's not brothers turning against each other, it's fighting for the throne, it's not the end of the world, it's saving the vicissitudes of life.
Coupled with the arrogant image of Brother Hammer who was born as a god, he is not grounded, has a staid personality, and has a bitter and deep hatred. It's not like funny material at all. It's not the same way as other Marvel heroes from weak to strong.
But "Thor 3" unexpectedly surpassed the most amusing "Silver Guard" series, with another label: the
movie with the most laughs in the history of Marvel!
From the poster: the darkness and solemnity of the first part, the magnificence and tragic part of the second part, and the third part. . . Colorful, dancing and dancing, completely free yourself.
After watching the movie, my first reaction was:
Shakespeare became a happy twist.
The whole movie is spoof, subversive, and funny. It's obviously the American version of "The Shameful Iron Fist"!
Not only the funny ability is first-rate, but many plot scenes are also very similar:
they are abused everywhere, such as the Valkyrie, who is always going to corona hammer brother, just like Ma Lidian Allen.
The same is to fight the ring, the same is to face the most powerful opponent.
The same is a group of funny second-hand teammates.
The male protagonist also has the same experience and purpose: after practicing to make a new face, even if he is physically disabled (handicapped and blind), he must regain his lost things (boxing champion and homeland).
Keke, pull it far, return to the topic.
On the level of funnyness, I can give Thor full marks.
It takes the "contrast" in the comedy to its extreme, and it doesn't play cards according to common sense everywhere.
At the beginning of the movie, Brother Zhu is in a dangerous situation, hanging on the chain, facing the threat of doomsday from the Demon King Sutert. The atmosphere was tense and solemn. When the Great Demon King talked about impassionedness, he was suddenly interrupted by Brother Hammer. The unexpected but very natural contrast made the sense of crisis disappear instantly, making the big devil very embarrassed and helpless.
For example, when robbing planes and fighting mobs, Hammer made an idea to let his younger brother Rocky play the "Save Me Save Me" game to confuse the enemy, but Rocky refused to agree. Just when the audience thought it was just a chatter, the elevator door opened and the younger brother had obediently obeyed the older brother.
Remember that before the final battle of the movie "Invincible Hulk", Banner jumped from the helicopter and transformed into a Hulk in the air.
But this scene is also restored in "Thor 3": Opposite the powerful behemoth, Banner made up his mind and jumped off the spaceship. Just as the audience was eagerly looking forward to it: harp! Banner fell directly on the bridge and became disabled, motionless. The audience burst into laughter at the same time they collapsed.
This is not enough. Every character in the film is endowed with a powerful funny attribute.
Brother Hammer is obviously too mournful, but he wants to pretend to be calm. He wanted to throw the ball and smashed the window and escaped handsomely. When the ball bounced and hit his forehead, he almost fainted. But he still stood up quickly, posing in front of the Valkyrie and pretending to be calm, as if nothing had happened.
Luo Ji is obviously bitter and bitter, but he is weak in his heart. When I saw the Hulk appear on the ring, I was so frightened to hide from such a distance. I saw my brother being swiped by Hulk in the same way. He was so happy that he shouted like a child: "That's how it feels!" He seemed to have found a partner in the matter of being bullied.
The Hulk is obviously fierce and cruel, but inside is a little princess. It doesn't matter how you fight each other with Brother Hammer. But when the other party said "the earth hates you", he was so angry that he sat on the bed, and had to let Brother Hammer stick to his side and apologize before he was willing to calm down.
There is also the most powerful villain of Marvel, Hela. Every time he appears, he must do a very important thing-sort out a spider-foot style hairstyle. (Usually the hair is really messy and greasy) If
this is not fun enough, the movie also has dazzling to the eye-blind action stunts, retro and explosive rock and roll electronic BGM, and countless sensory satisfactions: airplane chase, battle between humans and beasts, the whole city Destruction and so on.
If this is a video game, I give it full marks. Because it's cool enough, fun enough, enough to vent anger.
But to say that this is the best Marvel movie, I definitely disagree.
A good movie needs to let the characters, content, pictures, etc. serve the story itself and promote the development of the story.
Even if it is as funny as "Guardians of the Galaxy 1", it is first through the protagonist Xingjue's amusing and unrestrained appearance, starting from a small story naturally, leading to a bright partner, because of the unique experience and purpose of each character, collide Different sparks have triggered various accidents one after another, and finally reached the climax of the story.
It seems unreasonable, but it is logical.
But "Thor 3" has gone to the other extreme. Whether it is the story, the characters, or the content, it seems that there is only one purpose: to serve the form of comedy.
So it's funny, but can't remember anything. Not only did we forget the story, we couldn't catch the characters, and we couldn't evoke the feelings in our hearts.
You must know that the title "Twilight of the Gods" is a series of huge catastrophes predicted by Norse mythology, including the battle that caused the death of many important gods (Odin, Sol, Frey, Heimdall, Fire Giant, Frost Giant, Rocky Etc.), countless natural catastrophes, after which the whole world sank under the water. However, in the end the world recovered, and the surviving god and two humans rebuilt a new world.
The title foretells that Thor's world will encounter a series of earth-shaking disasters and changes.
That's right, "Thor 3" brought major tragedies one after another from the very beginning:
His father died, the awl was destroyed, his home was destroyed, and his eyes were blinded. . . . . . Picking any plot alone and putting it in any Thor movie is enough to shock and grieve the audience.
But in "Thor 3", they seem to be fragments that were rushed in to advance the story, without plot foreshadowing, and no emotional foreshadowing.
Why did the father suddenly say that he died? Where is he going to die?
How could the villain's sister suddenly come out, why is it so powerful?
Why did the two brothers and the Hulk come to Sakar?
Under what circumstances can Hammer become Pikachu?
Why did the determined Valkyrie suddenly decide to help Brother Zhuo?
This routine can be summarized as: plot needs.
While facing the important information, the audience has been brought into the next plot before emotionally and logically reacting and digesting it.
The key point of the plot of the film is not to impress the hearts of the audience, but to become a routine for the advancement of the story. All the plots are modeled, and all the sections are designed to elicit more comedies.
In the movie, there is also no intersection between the stories that happened in the two places of Saka and Asgard. It gives people the feeling that half of watching Gongdouxi, went to the casino next door to play, and went back to watch the plot.
The final result is that the audience has no sense of crisis and tension, and does not care about the survival of the protagonists, let alone whether the hometown is safe and sound.
Director Taiga Viditi said the cause of the problem himself. In the original 100-minute movie, in order to make it more funny, an extra 30 minutes of funny clips were interspersed to complete the 130-minute final version that is now seen in the cinema.
It turned out that it was not that they made a comedy, but that a completed work was changed abruptly into a comedy that everyone liked.
Just like a sophisticated product assembly line, it is constantly adjusted based on feedback from various tests.
"Thor 3" is a successful product on the commercial film assembly line. However, the material it consumes is the role setting, character relationships, emotional accumulation and the core of the story accumulated over more than ten years.
Some movies are creating content, and some are eating away at content.
As for the boss, sooner or later he will finish eating.
At the end of "Guardians of the Galaxy 2", the planet is destroyed and fireworks are all around. Everyone faces this sad scene and hears how many people sobbing. The heart is nostalgic for Yongdu's departure.
At the end of "Thor 3", the homeland was bombed and the foundation was destroyed. When everyone faced this doomsday scene, they heard a lot of laughter, because at this time the stone man told an embarrassing story on the spacecraft.
Even the last bit of lyricism has to be forced into a joke.
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