Like it more or like it less -that everyone is within their rights-, Taika Waititi has once again gotten away with it within the Marvel machinery to do what he wants with ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’. Even with his commitments, a film of his continues to be noticed, which he has decided to take to a terrain that not everyone is going to want to get into. In this case, he has decided to do an action comedy with its little heart, its lot of tacky. In other words, he’s made a Guns N’ Roses record into a movie.
Since we can’t recommend watching Guns N’ Roses stuff on streaming platforms here -although few things are you going to see better than the ‘November Rain’ video clip-, we’re going to pull the great combos of comedy and action that most connect with Waititi’s movie. Four hilarious proposals, free of prejudice and available on platforms.
‘The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai’ (‘The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension’, 1984)
Address: W. D. Richter. Distribution: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith.
Recognized influence of Waititi with ‘Flash Gordon’ to address the most carefree and crazy space fantasy. His mixture of genres manages not to be an absolute nonsense, but a charming eighties film with a formidable Peter Weller before his most powerful and celebrated role. He even throws in rock & roll very high and charged to invigorate his already explosive combination.
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‘Big Trouble in Little China’ (1986)
Address: John Carpenter. Distribution: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, Kate Burton, Victor Wong, James Hong.
Another one that Waititi has assimilated as a notable influence in his great shows, and that he makes completely explicit in one of Thor’s looks during the film. The truth is that the formidable powerful action cinema and the crazy fantasy that John Carpenter unfolds, in addition to the parodic touch that he brings through the character of Kurt Russell, could not be more influential to how Marvel has evolved with its movies -not all have applied it equally well, eye-.
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‘Army of Darkness’ (‘Army of Darkness’, 1992)
Address: Sam Raimi. Distribution: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, Richard Grove.
It has its point to include something from Sam Raimi after having made his own contribution to the Marvel Universe with ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, which in its own way also drink a lot of this third movie of the trilogy ‘Evil Dead’.
Here the character of Ash Williams has before him an epic adventure full of dark fantasy, and its journey couldn’t be more hilarious thanks to its stale and absurd lines of dialogue, as well as its great use of physical comedy. A more subtle influence, but also very clear.
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Address: Taika Waititi. Distribution: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, Mark Ruffalo, Karl Urban.
“He screwed us up, man, you must have broken your head with the last one.” Ok, yes, this one is very obvious. At the same time, it’s such an effective blend of everything the New Zealander is aiming for that it’s hard for me to resist. The best exploration of Thor’s character -and a subtle exploration of the traces of blood and bodies on which empires are built-, and it does so from the most absurd and silly comedy. And also from the most colorful and imaginative fantasy. hit.
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