[This essay talks negatively about director Taika Waititi and his Thor films. Please don’t read if you happen to enjoy them.

Despite my best efforts, this post is 10,343 words long. Here is a table of contents for ease:

1. INTRODUCTION
2. CHARACTER
– Personality
– Funny nature
– The way he talks
– The way he operates
– Power ups
– Agency
– Side note in ‘agency’: shirtless scenes
3. RELATIONSHIPS
– His father – Odin
– His love – Jane
– Supporting characters
– Weapons
4. HIS STORY
– Character arc
– His way forward
– Torture p*rn
5. APPEARANCE
– The ugly suit in Thor4
– Shabby AF casual clothes
– Gouged out eye
– Stripped fOr FuN
6. WEB OF LIES
7. CONCLUSION ]

Despite Thor: Ragnarok (2017) (Thor3) introducing a complete change of tone for the Thor franchise, the mainstream media has decided it was only ever received positively by 100% of the audience. Not a ‘divisive’ or even a ‘generally favored’, but a ‘unanimously loved’ tag was given to this movie and its director Taika Waititi for “saving Thor”.

You have to wonder who were those people who went to the theatres for the first two films if this film saved the franchise because they were both hits. But seeing as I’m the non-existent 0% of the population that doesn’t echo that sentiment of the media, I decided to shed light on how Taika Waititi didn’t save him, but actually ruined, destroyed, and annihilated Thor in every way possible.

CHARACTER

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: there is nothing wrong with Thor being funny, as long as it isn’t at the expense of his character. And now you know why I’m writing this thesis.

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