Thor Ragnarok or Wonder Woman?

Thor: Ragnarok

Though I did find Wonder Woman enjoyable, I didn’t like it as much as everyone else did. The only part that I actually really liked was the second act when Diana fought on the battlefield against the Germans and her scene in the snow with Steve Trevor, but otherwise I thought the beginning and end were lackluster.

Not to mention, I wasn’t a fan of how the movie betrayed its themes by having Diana win WWI by beating Ares even though Steve literally told her:

You can’t just win a war by killing one man.

My other gripes with that movie were:

• The Germans being literally Nazis even though it was a WWI setting.
• The awful slo-mo action scenes at Themyscira.
• The forced use of a villain at the end of the movie.
• Speaking of villains, the German guy and Dr. Poison weren’t that impressive. I loved the latter’s character design though.
• Diana’s awful Sailor Moon-esque line about how love always saves the world.
• Aside from Ares, there’s no real challenge for Diana since she’s very overpowered.
• The ending song being sung by Sia, who can’t enunciate at all (I like the song itself though).

Thor: Ragnarok appealed more to my personal tastes than Wonder Woman did.

Not only was it hilarious, it managed to do the exact opposite of what Wonder Woman did, a formula that the two previous Thor movies did in the past. It finally got rid of that awful “let’s take a mythical character and put them in our modern world” trope.

By doing that, the film managed to be as crazy and weird as it wanted to be (most of the color palette being inspired by Jack Kirby’s art), things that I revel in whenever I’m watching a film or a show.

There was Mr. Krabs—- Errr…. I mean Clancy Brown as Surtur destroying Asgard in great ham.

There was the amazing performance of a melting stick-wielding Jeff Goldblum, with such lines like:

You are pardoned. You are officially pardoned FROM LIFE!!!

There was Hulk actually being his own character now, with actual personality traits beyond being angry.

There was the fact that everyone in the cast did a great job, including Anthony Hopkins as Loki disguised as Odin and Matt Damon as an Asgardian actor portraying Loki.

Thor: Ragnarok felt like a good mashup between the Thor films, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie, and Regular Show.

My only real gripes with this film was that awful green screen in the scene where Odin dies and Hela returns. Not to mention how there were times where Waititi’s comedy wasn’t appropriate (like the destruction of Asgard). Other than that, I would take this over Wonder Woman any day.

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Let’s compare this to shows that I’ve watched from the time span from when I watched Wonder Woman to when I watched Thor: Ragnarok.

When I was watching Wonder Woman, I was also watching this show called Youjo Senki (The Saga of Tanya the Evil), which also happened to take place during WWI (or at least an era similar to it), and also had an overpowered character being taken from their home turf to WWI. Like Wonder Woman, I enjoyed it but I wasn’t a fan of its themes.

When I was watching Thor: Ragnarok, I was also being introduced to a show called JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. Like Thor, it had hammy deliveries, excellent color palettes, 70’s to 80’s nostalgia, and the tone where everything is crazy and awesome.

What Wonder Woman was to Youjo Senki is what Thor was to JoJo. I prefer crazy creative adventures over stories where an overpowered character beats everyone.