After Thanos destroyed half of the universe, the Avengers have been shattered. The riveting conclusion to over 10 years of universe-building will be unveiled on April 26, 2019 when Marvel Studios releases the 22nd installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Avengers: Endgame.” Where will you be when the journey ends?
“We are the Revengers,” -Thor Odinson INTRODUCTION After two mediocre Thor films, “Thor: Ragnarok” is the champion of the Thor trilogy, directed by Taika Waititi, this third film takes a more comedic approach to the space fantasy. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE This is the 17th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Set two years after the events of “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the audience finally finds out what has happened to Thor and the Hulk. Every MCU film has started to feel similar at this point. However, the formula is good. It works, and not many people are complaining. PLOT The film opens with a monologue from Thor as he has been trapped by Surtur. He says that he has been searching for the Infinity Stones and a battle ensues after he finds out Odin is no longer on Asgard. Thor then finds Loki impersonating Odin and travels to Earth to find him. There Odin tells him of his half-sister Hela and everything goes crazy from there. Thor gets misplaced on a warrior planet ran by Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster. There he reconnects with the Hulk and they plan to escape and save Asgard. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR “ENDGAME” What happens now that the snap has decimated half the universe and Thor lost to Thanos? Where is Valkyrie? Korg? Will we see Loki again? One of my biggest concerns going into “Endgame” is that “Infinity War” left me clamoring for more time with the characters from “Thor: Ragnarok.” STAN LEE CAMEO Stan’s cameo is hilarious in this film. We’ve never seen Stan so costumed as he is in this film dawning crazy spectacles and scissor arms. Plus, Stan’s role is pertinent to the feel of the entire movie as he is the one who cut’s Thor’s golden hair. END CREDITS SCENE Another staple of Marvel films are the after credits scenes. This wasn’t a new thing for films, but it has been a revolutionary concept in that every movie now has scenes during and/or after the credits. There are two end credit scenes. The first scene is the most important because it has all been leading up to this. We see Thor and the people of Asgard heading to Earth when their ship is intercepted by Thanos himself. This directly leads into the events of “Infinity War.” The second scene is just played for laughs. We see the Grandmaster surrendering to his captors claiming that the revolution was a tie. CONCLUSION I’m fairly lukewarm on “Thor: Ragnarok.” Most people either love or hate the film but I am in between. It is definitely one of the better Marvel films and the most rewatchable, but it feels so disconnected to the rest of the Thor franchise. RANKING Every week I plan to rank the movies in order from favorite (#1) to least favorite (#22). Now 17 movies in, it’s getting harder to decide where I want to rank each film. I just love these movies so much. That said, “Thor: Ragnarok” received the number nine spot on my list.
HOW MANY DAYS TILL “ENDGAME” 34 days till Avengers: Endgame in theatres everywhere on April 26, 2019. [email protected] @GrahamWoodMedia
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