#warriors3

Golden retriever leader-

The “body positivity” one that will only be used to make fat jokes-

The slut-

The token minority-

The “I’m not like other girls” girl who totally doesn’t have a crush on golden retriever leader and is just “one of the guys”-

And the annoying little brother of golden retriever leader who has to be invited to every group activity because mommy said so-

I waited 4 years with patience and excitement for this movie. TR was entertaining, there is no argue with that. And Weirdly enough I enjoyed it. But it lacked what I care about most in a movie: depth, character development and consistency. After watching it, I was disappointed, angry and upset(I know it seems contradictory). I waited for months to calm down enough to be able to write from a logical point of view and not just emotionally. So in this series of posts I’m going to explain why this movie didn’t meet my expectations.

Part 1: Loki or How Thor Ragnarok Tried to Give us Agent of Asgard and How it Utterly Failed

Part 2: Heroes, Villains and Double Standards

Part 3: A Chance for a Good Villain is Gone to Waste

Part 4: The Sheer OOC-ness of the Characters and The Utter Disregard Towards the Previous Canon

In one of the really early posts(that got like 2 notes I guess, lol) on my blog, I mentioned how TR was more like a comedic fanfic with ooc characterizations. Since then I've seen similar opinions from people and this post may seem like a repetition of those ideas, but I need to write my version(otherwise the words may suffocate me, lol).

So, how did TR made the characters ooc? Let's take a look at 5 main characters that we've seen previously in other movies and come to know them:

Thor: A while age I was re-watching Thor (for the nth time) and I realized how much I loved that version of Thor. In fact I remembered how much I loved Thor before TR made me completely neutral toward his new twisted version. The Thor I knew was hot-headed, reckless, flawed, yes, but he was also kind, friendly, had a big heart and he wore his heart on his sleeve. He genuinely cared about people and his friends. He wouldn't have tried to use his friends or people just to achieve his goals, like what his attitude toward Bruce/Hulk and Valkyrie suggested. Before TR, I always thought Thor didn't/couldn't understand his brother because of their differences, but despite that he cared about him and if given the chance he would have tried to understand him. But what I saw in TR was that Thor didn't want to understand Loki, didn't care, he only cared about Loki as long as he acted as Thor wanted. The Thor I knew wouldn't be delighted by his brother's pain. This aspect of new Thor really broke my heart. This was the most important part of his characterization for me, but I'm not done yet. The other aspect is the writers’ indecisiveness toward Thor's intelligence. One moment he mistakes a piece of paper for Loki or try to disguise himself with a cloth on his head, the other he can out-smart Loki and go toe to toe with Banner about quantum physics! The thing is none of these make sense. Thor is not stupid, not at all, he is actually quite smart, so the first two stupid things don't add up because of that. But neither the two smart things. Because while Thor is smart his intelligence level in no way is the same as Loki and Banner. That was like seeing Cap out-smart Tony or understanding Bruce. And before you say it, it's not character development! Character development is when a character learns from their mistakes and tries to do better, it doesn't change core personality traits or the level of intelligence. The last but not the least is Thor's way of speaking and his type of humor. Tell me this please, why Thor is talking like someone from Earth? Why did they disregard the Asgardian type of speech? And Thor's specific kind of humor? He is not Chris Hemsworth for God's sake! So why for the most duration of TR, it felt like watching Chris tries to play Thor in a parody kind of way? I know the writers and TW tried to make Thor more interesting, but in doing so they made him ooc, to the point that he is unrecognizable. They tried to make us like him more than Loki by giving him some of Loki's traits. If I like Loki more, it isn't just because of his traits, it's because I IDENTIFIED with him and his pain. So no amount of changing Thor will change that for me. And you know what TW? You can't make Melanie of the "Gone with the Wind" more interesting than Scarlett, because she isn't. You can't give her Scarlett's traits because that's not who she is. Their core personalities are totally different and by doing so you just ruin a beautiful character with a kind heart. The same goes for Thor and Loki.

Bruce Banner: Did you see the Bruce of the previous movies? Because I didn't. Same as Thor, I mostly saw Mark Ruffalo tried to play Bruce Banner. His speech, humor, reactions were so different than the Bruce I knew and loved. I mean where was the shy, introvert, awkward and thoughtful Bruce? You think someone as intelligent as Bruce think about disguising himself as Tony on ANOTHER PLANET?

Loki: Let me list all the things that were wrong about Loki's characterization. He is one the most intelligent and resourceful characters of Marvel. You think he wouldn't have played Odin in character? You think he couldn't come up with a plan that notify him the moment Thor appeared on Asgard? As addressed in Thor, he is a master of magic. You are telling me he can defeat Odin and put spells on him that took Odin time and effort to break, that Loki learnt and practiced magic for a millennium, but Dr. Strange with a mere year of practice can surprise him and manage to trap him? How is it logical, pray tell?  Remember the cool and defiant Loki after his defeat in Avengers, or how he fought Dark Elves and tried to save Thor from Kursed? Do you think the same Loki would be scared so much in seeing the Hulk that he tries to escape from the planet! And leave Thor behind?! Honestly??? You think it's not obvious if someone put a metal device on your back and Loki wouldn't feel it? Loki is the definition of change and adaptability. You think he would be predictable? And Don't get me start on him laughing about the pain he went through(I wrote about it in part 1). I think it’s obvious how bitter and mad I still am about what TR did to Loki.

Odin: So, Odin is Dumbledore now? How can TR expect us to accept this kind, good-humored and lovely version of Odin that is so different with the cold, cruel, manipulative asshole of the other movies? Because I can't. I still remember every single detail of his terrible behavior and parenting and this nice version doesn't change anything. The only in character part about him was the revelation of yet another lie and his convenient unavailability.

Heimdall: The only character that I think they actually made him better and more human is Heimdall. So congratulations I guess? This time he did things for the good of Asgard, not just because of Thor, or because he couldn't accept Loki as the king.

Finally I want to address the disregard for the other characters of Thor franchise. I didn't like Jane and Thor romance because it was so Twilight-y. But couldn't we at least get to see them as friends? They are still good friends in the comics. No we just got one line in regard to this brave and intelligent scientist an Erik and Darcy didn't even got that much. I didn't exactly like or really care about W3 and Lady Sif. But they were Thor's friends for a thousand years. They were important in other movies. Couldn't they get more recognition? The way TR treated these characters were so disrespectful.

*Turns on megaphone*

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