Last June, the filmmaker assured IndieWire that his “Thor” would come complete with his usual hallmarks. “The tone of my films is never full drama or full comedy,” Waititi said at the time. A New Zealand filmmaker known for his charming and deeply amusing comedies like “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” and the television series “Flight of the Conchords,” adding Waititi to the mix signaled early on that Marvel was definitely going for the laughs this time. “‘Thor: Ragnarok’ is a great version of that, taking what we’ve learned and improving upon it and trying something new and getting a chance to get a second or third chance is one of the great privileges of doing an ongoing series.”ĭiplomatic as that answer may be, Marvel’s decision to try something new was obvious from the moment they picked director Taika Waititi to helm the film. “It’s one of the great pleasures of getting to do additional stories with the same characters,” he said in an interview. 'Succession' Round 2įor most film franchises, a feature like “Thor: The Dark World” - which made over $200 million domestically and is still listed as critically “Fresh” over at Rotten Tomatoes - would be considered a success, but it’s been a blemish on the MCU record since it debuted back in 2013, earning the franchise its worst reviews ever and pulling in the lowest box office for any of the series’ highly anticipated first sequels. Feige is the last person who would ever say that any MCU film was a misfire, but he will admit to the wealth of possibilities opened up by a third film, complete with some handy resetting.
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