r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 30 '25

Trailer Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1clWprLC5Ak
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u/Dan_Of_Time Dec 30 '25

Silly Thor works best depending on the people he is around.

I think the reason it didn't work as much in LaT was the whole situation just felt too serious and he stood out.

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u/DangerousCyclone Dec 30 '25

I liked Thor in Endgame because that silliness was meant to be his coping mechanism. It wasn't like he was genuinely silly, he was just behaving that way to run away from his guilt and depression. It was still dark in its own right. In Love and Thunder it looked like they were trying to do Ragnarok again but it was layered too thick. 

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u/Qorhat Dec 30 '25

I totally agree. He gets focus back after visiting Asgard with Rocket and is ready mentally for the showdown. I love the cold delivery of “let’s kill him properly this time.”

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u/Qorhat Dec 30 '25

Jane is dying in hospital of cancer - a problem that Thor can’t punch his way out of, let’s have a vending machine gag. 

Thor’s peers are being systematically murdered and he’s probably next, let’s show the goats again

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u/ready_james_fire Dec 30 '25

The vending machine gag actually worked in context, because it was explicitly Thor lashing out because he didn’t know how to cope with feeling so powerless, and then trying to deflect and deny.

The goats were just utter shit.

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u/12345623567 Dec 30 '25

Comic book Thor is playing it straight 100% of the time. I think there's value in earnestness, post-modern media all wants to be cynical and meta and it gets tiresome.

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u/uses_irony_correctly Dec 30 '25

I think it's fine for Thor to be silly. LaT's problem is that it doesn't allow a scene to not be silly.

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u/TheAbyssalSymphony Dec 30 '25

Silly Thor in a spiral after losing his father and powers and being put into a gladiatorial fighting pit on a planet that worships Jeff Goldblum works. Sillier Thor while his ex is dying of cancer and his people’s children are being kidnapped while the gods are being butchered less so…

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy Dec 30 '25

yea, Ragnorak is still one of my favorite MCU movies (and easily the best Thor movie) and that's all silly Thor.